The Therapy Gents

025: Self Confidence/Self Love vs. Self Esteem


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What is really the difference between all the ways we label taking care of oneself? 

Self-confidence, self-compassion, self-esteem, self-care, self-help, ect. 

“The flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.” from book Zen Shin Talks

Let’s start from the beginning. How do parents play a role in the way their child views themself?

Balance between love and responsibility. 

Where does my capacity fall into all of this? (I really want to be a pro basketball player)

Effects of comparison (comparison kills happiness) and other cognitive distortions (i.e. believing every ANT in your mind). 

Learn to combat the ANTs and build self-confidence. 

Carl Jung - “Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.”  



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The Therapy GentsBy Michael Medley, LPC & Andy Newman, LPC

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