1. Your thoughts create a corresponding response

2. Understanding your response to events

3. Your thoughts shape your self-esteem

4. Negative thinking patterns:

• All or nothing thinking— A black and white world with no shades of gray

• Overgeneralizing and living in absolutes (always/never syndrome)

• Blaming others

• Self-blame

• Taking situations personally

• Relying on your emotions to interpret reality

• Worrying all the time

5. Conscious awareness

6. Detach in peace

7. Being and staying present

8. Mastering the inner game of self-esteem