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5 Practical and Psychological Ways to Build Healthy Self-esteem and Be More Confident
This world is not designed to make you feel good about yourself. If you give in, that’s it. So you must fight back!
I moved from Vietnam to London at 17 with nothing but a suitcase.
Looking at my old self now, I have so much love for her and think the world of her, but I know at that time, I had very low self-esteem and it was something I struggled with throughout my early twenties.
If I hadn’t improved my self-esteem, I would never be where I am now.
Self-esteem is your overall subjective evaluation of your own worth or value. It means thinking to yourself: I’m not good enough. I’m a failure. It’s all my fault. I don’t deserve more. It means people pleasing, over-apologising, comparing yourself to others, denying your own needs, self-cricising, or tolerating poor treatment.
Why did it get so bad? And why did it become worse when I moved to London?
