When you lack self-worth, it’s as though the ground beneath you has been ripped away. You may feel insecure, unstable, and a constant sense of underlying anxiety that taints everything like poison. While others appear to be healthy, confident, and robust, you’re like the plant that has had all its leaves ripped off. You may try to put on a mask, a tough facade to try and fool others. But deep down, you know it’s all a lie.
Lacking self-worth is like being a tree without roots.
Of course, you could continue to work on your self-esteem, to try and fill the void with achievements and accomplishments or simple confidence coaching, but there’s a Big Difference Between Self-Worth and Self-Esteem! Although these two words are used synonymously, they’re not the same. Self-worth comes before self-esteem. Self-worth is the foundation – it’s like the trunk and roots, and self-esteem’s like the branches.
Without self-worth, self-esteem is shallow and unstable. Can you imagine what a tree would be like without its trunk and roots? Yes, that’s right: a tree would be reduced to a pitiful pile of leaves and branches. And that’s what happens when we don’t have the foundation of self-worth.
Self-worth is believing that you’re fundamentally worthy, whereas self-esteem is feeling good, or confident, about yourself.
As Dr. Christina Hibbert explains:
Self-esteem is what we think and feel and believe about ourselves. Self-worth is recognizing ‘I am greater than all of those things.’ It is a deep knowing that I am of value, that I am loveable, necessary to this life, and of incomprehensible worth.
What if you second-guessed yourself less? What if your old patterns had less hold over you? What if you knew your boundaries and how to hold them with love and kindness to yourself and others? What if you didn’t feel like an imposter? What if you knew what you needed and how to get those needs met? What if you knew better how to handle uncertainty and had a some more resilience to deal with the unfair things that happen in life? What would be different?
Part of self-love is loving yourself as you are. Nobody is perfect. We’re all human. We all make mistakes. It’s OK to be you, just as you are! We often doubt ourselves and imagine that we have to change so that the world accepts us. We imagine we need to compromise on our dreams, on doing what makes our hearts sing, in order to succeed. But what if instead, you could simply be yourself, unapologetically, wholeheartedly?
“We did not come into this world loathing ourselves or wishing to numb our feelings. As small children, we operated from a place of wonder, curiosity, spontaneity and creativity.”
If you're curious about how Coaching can assist you and would like to find out more:
Lacking self-worth is like being a tree without roots.
Of course, you could continue to work on your self-esteem, to try and fill the void with achievements and accomplishments or simple confidence coaching, but there’s a Big Difference Between Self-Worth and Self-Esteem! Although these two words are used synonymously, they’re not the same. Self-worth comes before self-esteem. Self-worth is the foundation – it’s like the trunk and roots, and self-esteem’s like the branches.
Without self-worth, self-esteem is shallow and unstable. Can you imagine what a tree would be like without its trunk and roots? Yes, that’s right: a tree would be reduced to a pitiful pile of leaves and branches. And that’s what happens when we don’t have the foundation of self-worth.
Self-worth is believing that you’re fundamentally worthy, whereas self-esteem is feeling good, or confident, about yourself.
As Dr. Christina Hibbert explains:
Self-esteem is what we think and feel and believe about ourselves. Self-worth is recognizing ‘I am greater than all of those things.’ It is a deep knowing that I am of value, that I am loveable, necessary to this life, and of incomprehensible worth.
What if you second-guessed yourself less? What if your old patterns had less hold over you? What if you knew your boundaries and how to hold them with love and kindness to yourself and others? What if you didn’t feel like an imposter? What if you knew what you needed and how to get those needs met? What if you knew better how to handle uncertainty and had a some more resilience to deal with the unfair things that happen in life? What would be different?
Part of self-love is loving yourself as you are. Nobody is perfect. We’re all human. We all make mistakes. It’s OK to be you, just as you are! We often doubt ourselves and imagine that we have to change so that the world accepts us. We imagine we need to compromise on our dreams, on doing what makes our hearts sing, in order to succeed. But what if instead, you could simply be yourself, unapologetically, wholeheartedly?
“We did not come into this world loathing ourselves or wishing to numb our feelings. As small children, we operated from a place of wonder, curiosity, spontaneity and creativity.”
If you're curious about how Coaching can assist you and would like to find out more:
