Life Skills Development/Module One/Self Awareness Self Esteem

Introduction and Rationale

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Objectives

After completing this section, you should be able to:

Definitions

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Self-esteem

What is self-esteem? Self-esteem is how much we value ourselves.We either have high self-esteem or wee have low self-esteem.If we have low self-esteem it is not the end of the world, like everything else we can take charge and learn to appreciate ourselves and improve our self-esteem.

Activity

Let us start by finding out how much we value ourself Put a circle around the words which best describes you.

Happy	Often unhappy
Friendly	Does not have friends
Relaxed	anxious
Trustworthy	Does not trust yourself
Healthy	Often sick
confident	lacks confidence
willing to try harder	gives up easily

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Feedback:

• If we have high self-esteem we are likely to be happy, healthy, respected by others, confident, disciplined, successful, work at our weaknesses, accept the things we cannot change.

• If we have low self-esteem we do not trust ourselves, lack self confidence, we do not take pride in what we do, we do not take care of ourselves, we have negative feelings and we have anti-social behaviour.

Activity

Setting goals for improving our self-esteem. For each of the suggested ways in which we can improve our self-esteem write out something you can try out. Choose one or two to work on at first the add others. Know ourself-List down our qualities, achievements, things we can do and our weaknesses Respect ourself-What things can we do well? Do not compare yourself with others all the time Love ourself-What do you do or can do to make ourself happy and healthy? Affirm ourself-Tell others about something that is really important to us. Trust ourself-What can we rely on ourselves for?What good decisions have we taken before? Accept ourself-Think of what you can do well. Think of our weaknesses as areas we can improve on. Show ourself-Let people know you really are? Interact with others. Stretch ourself-Do new things, try new things, challenge yourself Self-discipline-Set rules and deadlines and follow them Nourish ourself-Take care of your mind, your body, feelings, have good friends, good food, exercise,read good books, entertain yourself with good experiences, enjoy yourself, be happy. Be ourself-we are unique, we cannot be replaced and we cannot be somebody else. Share ourself-get to know others, have friends. Go beyond ourself-discover new horizons,it is all out there for us

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Feedback:

Life is a journey and we can go forward by taking small steps, giant leaps, falling back and getting back on track again.Our self-esteem can sometimes be low in some areas. The good news is we can get it high again.

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