‘I AM ENOUGH’

If you talk to someone who feels they have low self-esteem, heighten anxiety, feelings of depression, they would all find it hard to say something good about themselves, to say they are good enough. They find it hard to believe in themselves.

I am the sort of person who likes to join Facebook page, read articles, google the internet, and join anything that will help broaden my knowledge of how to feel better about myself, and as a therapist I like to keep broadening my knowledge to help others. Most of the time the articles I read all go to the same thing Mindfulness.

Mindfulness was developed in the 1970’s by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts USA. From his interest in Buddhist philosophy,

Mindfulness is the practice of purposely bringing your attention to experiences occurring in the present moment without any judgement. This skill is developed through meditation or other training.

There are two main approaches to mindfulness Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based cognitive Therapy (MBCT) both of these are used by many therapists who have been taught many tools to help people with low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression.

What can you do if you are waiting to see a counsellor for help?

Why not look at your thoughts and how much positivity there is. How much self-care you have in your daily/ weekly routine? Do you have a daily/ weekly routine?

Too much to soon ok 

Let’s start small why not write on your bathroom /bedroom mirror 

“I AM ENOUGH”

When you wake up in the morning and you see it on your mirror read it, then read it again and a third time.

Then each time you look in that mirror say it again, 

Then the next day do the same and the day after that.

It’s surprising how over time you start to believe it. 

We tend not to believe it when people tell us, “you are good enough “or say something good about you.

Think back to the last time you got a complement from someone. 

How quickly did you say to yourself “no I am not, that’s not true”?

Our brains believe it when we say it to ourselves, the more we say it the more our brain believe it and it help to rewire the brain to a more positive way of thinking. 

Once you start feeling open to believing “I AM ENOUGH” you may surprise yourself on how you can start to gain confidence in yourself and more importantly believe in yourself.