Raising Your Self Confidence & Self Esteem

Did you know that your confidence and self-esteem relate to what beliefs you hold in yourself, such as your skills and abilities and how you think about yourself? When you have confidence, you know that you can accomplish your goals and stay focused. You not only have a realistic view of just your strengths and talents, but also your weaknesses. You know how to deal with your weaknesses and how to overcome or even work with them to reach your goals. You see yourself in a positive light and keep going. You communicate openly and honestly with other people and accept criticism when appropriate.

However, if you lack self-confidence, you are more likely to doubt yourself and get easily unmotivated. Many of our clients who come to us for weight loss assistance have low self-confidence, which is the greatest blockage to reach their ideal weight. Often the lack of self-confidence and self esteem is linked with a level of distrust in their own ability and the way they think about themselves to stay focused and to reach their goals, which has to do with how they perceive themselves and their capabilities. 

Self-esteem is different to self-confidence. It is the way we think about ourselves and the value we place on ourselves. We tend to criticise ourselves from time to time, but if you often think badly about yourself or judge yourself negatively, you may have low self-esteem. 

Your sense of self is developed over time and often the experiences you had during your childhood had a strong influence on your self-perception and your level of self-esteem. If your parents or teachers criticised or rejected you, if your friends ignored or teased you, or if your family placed unrealistically high expectations on you, you might be more likely to suffer from low self-confidence and low self esteem. Traumatic experiences can also have a strong impact on your self-confidence too. 

Those negative beliefs you acquired early on in life influenceyour actions, thoughts and behaviours. As your mindset, your negative beliefs also influence everything you do, say, and even think. For example, if you spent your life believing that you are not good at speaking in public, you will likely avoid public speaking at all costs and may even avoid talking in front of your friends and family members.

Changing your mindset and the way you think on your own can be difficult. Hypnotherapy can be a powerful treatment to increase your self-confidence and self-esteem as it works on your subconscious level where your beliefs are stored. In Hypnosis we can work together to combat any limiting beliefs or damaging self-doubts or self-worth issues, and instead instil powerful positive beliefs for a more positive frame of mind and strengthen your inner resilience with powerful ways of thinking so it will be easy for you to stay more motivated. 

A strong, stable sense of self and a good level of confidence can help you with your identity and direction on where you are going in life. You can have stronger, happier relationships and a greater sense of autonomy as you trust in your abilities and judgements making you more resilient for any challenges coming your way.