Self-esteem and self confidence are things that we all struggle with at times, however I feel that it is especially more challenging for women. We are constantly placed under the microscope, held to unhealthy beauty standards, and asked to perform well in all aspects of our lives. This can take a toll on our mental health.
If you don’t know your own self-worth and how special you are, anyone can take advantage of that and manipulate you. Whether it is someone bringing you all the way up to cloud 9 with compliments and then throwing you to the ground when it is convenient for them, or whether it is someone stomping all over your self-esteem and confidence to begin with to fuel their own ego.
Know your own worth.
You are beautiful, you are smart, you are accomplished, you are a great human.
You don’t need no boss, colleague, friend, or significant other to make you realize these things. You don’t need their validation. You need yours. And only yours.
You need to know your self worth, and how special you are, so that when others come to you and say nice things about you, you can gladly nod your head and say thank you. Because whether their words are acknowledging how you feel about yourself, or putting you down, you will take their words with a grain of salt. Because at the end of the day, you know yourself best, you know who you are, and what you are worth. You don’t need to take to heart someone else’s words or opinions, whether it is someone who is passing by in your life momentarily or someone who has known you for years.
When you are sure of yourself, and in your self worth, you will not entertain any form of bull $h!t ever. You will know what you are worth, you will know when not to tolerate demeaning behavior, and you will know that you are worth being treated with the utmost respect, and when that is not given to you, you walk away with your head held high.
Because you are worth it.