3 Tips to Improve Self Esteem

Self esteem: how your think about yourself and how your thinking makes you feel.

Feelings are linked to our emotional core which guides us through our lives.  When you begin to have negative thoughts about who you are and what you do, you head down a slippery slope away from a happy fulfilling life.  Feeling good about who you are and how you handle yourself is vital to good mental health.

Feeling good about yourself can be a struggle for women who have gained a few pounds over the years. Most of us fight nature, as we get older, move less and have babies, with hope of winning showing in glimpses on the scales. But many of us struggle mentally with internal put downs and poor body image which in turn, contribute to a lack of self esteem.

So what can you do? Here are 3 easy mental activities which will change how you feel about yourself thus helping you to shift that weight and lead a happier life.

Tip One:

Pick and aspect of your body that you like and every time you look in the mirror tell yourself how special, unique and wonderful it is to have that aspect looking back at you.

Tip Two:

Spend one minute each day telling yourself that you are unique and special and quite unlike anyone else in the world. Repeat this to yourself in your mind daily for one minute.

Tip Three:

Focus your energy positively on someone else- your partner, child or even a pet and tell them frequently that they are unique and special and quite unlike anyone else in the world.

I met a woman once who told herself she was fat and ugly every time she looked in the mirror. This poor woman wasn’t only saying this to herself in her mind but she was saying this out loud. Sure enough, by the time her child was 3 years old, her child was calling her fat and ugly. I met her again a year down the track and she diligently used these 3 tips daily and over time she made a great shift in her self-confidence and self esteem.

Just a little time each day, invested in your own self will make a big long term shift in your life’s satisfaction and happiness.

For more help contact me at www.scopehypnosis.com

Can happiness impact your child's health?

Late last year I wrote a blog about how the negative culture of a school also negatively impacted my child’s health. There are many articles written about healthy kids being happy kids. 

As you may know reading my previous blog we have recently relocated to a town more than 800 kilometres from where we lived. Our child is going to a new school again. This is the third school in as many years. But this blog is about how happiness has impacted my child's health and moreover, the influence of emotions on childhood well-being.

In the new school our daughter enjoys the teacher, enjoys the activities that go on at school, and has fun.  The new classroom is no stress fantastic enriched environment. She arrives out of the classroom happy and stays that way while playing at home. Today I walked her into the classroom and she read me a story that she wrote last week. She felt very proud of what she’d written and rightfully so. The teacher in the classroom smiles when the children come in and says “Good morning” looking like she has all the time in the world!  

Having spent 15 years as a primary school teacher I know that she is rushed off her feet day and night. Yet she makes the time to smile at me and the kids individually and set the day off right. The classroom is warm and comfortable, not just physically but emotionally as well, and I trust that this individual is working to help my child not just learn but develop into a caring compassionate person for the future.

Funnily enough, after the stress of the move, one month gone and my child has become healthier and healthier. But she is also happier and happier as each day passes. Emotions play a vital role in health and childhood stress is a huge issue in our world. Stressed children become stressed adults with deep-seated issues for which resolution can be challenging. 

Today I encourage all of you to help your children become healthier by being conscientious that the actions that we take as adults and choices we make for our children can have a lasting impact on their health and wellness. Happiness is not a frivolous "feeling" but a way of seeing the world which has an impact on your child's physical wellness.

If you or your family need help to reduce stress then contact me at www.scopehypnosis.com

Read more about childhood stress here:

http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/stress.html

http://psychcentral.com/lib/7-tips-for-helping-your-child-manage-stress/