These days more than ever, coaches, social media voices, and others are emphasizing the importance of self-care. Taking care of yourself physically, spiritually, and mentally is the priority and is essential for you to be your best, feel your best as well as show up for the world at your best.
However, Self-care and community are not mutually exclusive. While treating yourself as an afterthought is not an option, completely functioning as a silo is not either. Each and every one of us has come to this world with a unique purpose, a purpose which we are responsible to fulfill, develop, and ultimately share.
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Far too often many of us are fully unaware of our personal power or we are far too quick to give it away to others, relinquishing control, and responsibility for the reality we live in. In this blog post I would like to encourage you to take back your personal power by consciously choosing to step out of “Victim Mindset” and into the “Victor Mindset.”
How to identify that you are stuck in the “Victim Mindset”
While self-esteem is an indication of how you see your value and worth, it can affect relationships, career, motivation, behaviour, and wellbeing. In short, self-esteem can significantly increase or decrease the overall quality of your life.
A healthy self-esteem allows you to acknowledge your potential, set healthy boundaries, have a clear understanding of your needs and strengths, feel a sense of belonging, as well as feel courageous enough to grow, take risks and seize opportunities. Remaining in a healthy state, similar to physical exercise, requires regular efforts and attention. It may be hard, but it will prove to be worth the effort and time investment. In order to cultivate a healthy self-esteem, here are five suggested exercises that you could implement in your day-to-day life. Have you set unattainable, high standards for yourself? Do you become self-critical when you do not achieve said high standards? Have you become critical of others for not meeting the standards which you have set? Does your fear of failure lead you to procrastination or hinder you from following your dreams? If you have answered yes to any of the above, you may have perfectionistic tendencies.
While continuously striving to be the best version of yourself and having attention to detail can be a great driving force, perfectionism often becomes a roadblock. How do you know if perfectionism is blocking your path to self-actualization? |