Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Self esteem and relationships




We often measure ourselves by how people are treating us. We often feel happy when our family, work colleagues partner or friends are nice to us and can feel devastated when we are treated poorly. To have a healthy and strong self esteem it’s necessary to have strong resilience. This means that when things happen you are entitled to have a reaction to them (e.g. to feel upset) but it’s important to deal with the issue at hard and not take the next step and assume you are a bad person as a result of someone else’s behaviour.

The next time someone upsets you, put it in perspective. Separate yourself from the other person and deal with what just happened – as soon as possible – so you don’t internailise it and assume you must have done something to create their behaviour. Visit www.happylife.net.au for more insights into happiness.

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