Author: Jo Costello

Importance of Self-Esteem

How you talk to yourself is tied to how you feel about yourself. How you feel about yourself and your opinion of yourself is known as self-esteem.

Many factors affect your self-esteem, including your abilities and your limitations. Self-esteem is your personal sense of value and self-worth.

Having a high self-esteem or strong sense of self-worth may help you build relationships, have better health, connect with your community, and increase your social supports.

Setting Yourself Up for Success

Identifying your likes and dislikes helps you better understand who you are, and how you would like to be in the community. Understanding your personal preferences helps you set yourself up for success and allows you to have more positive experiences.

Making use of your social supports may help you be more successful in addressing your dislikes and making a plan of action.

What Do You Like?

Have you ever stopped to think about what you like?

It seems like a simple question, but it may not be something you actually spend a lot of time thinking about.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in what you are doing and forget to sit down and sort through how you feel about things.

When you can identify areas where you feel comfortable and things that you like, and dislike, you can potentially identify areas where you can use social supports.