THE POWER OF SELF ESTEEM

Self image and self esteem are central for a happy and healthy life, after all, why would you want to take care of yourself if you don’t believe you are worthy or deserving of the effort to do so? A negative self image and low self esteem doesn’t just hurt our self, but it also hurts others that are close to us. If you are in love, or if someone is in love with you, and you currently suffer from low self esteem, you are probably causing someone else to share your pain.

The best thing you can do for your partner is to work on loving yourself, because only after you love yourself can you truly love someone else.
Low self esteem causes insecurity.
Insecurity can bring with it a whole group of relationship issues, for example: it can cause us to be controlling, possessive, overly needy, codependent, jealous, fearful, and frustrated.

When insecurity runs rampant in your internal world, you are constantly seeking: love, attention, reassurance, and other self serving actions. We all need need love,...