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Self Confidence and Self Esteem

 What’s the difference between self confidence and self esteem?

Self confidence can be how we feel about our personal achievements, skills & talents or simply the things that we’re ‘good at’. Self esteem is a little deeper, how we feel about ourselves as people. This is why some people can be good at something but still not feel good about themselves; even when they achieve something positive, they say that they feel ‘unworthy’ of the success that they’ve achieved. This is why some people don’t seem to be able to take a complement, it’s not that they don’t want to, they simply can’t believe it!

Unfortunately if self esteem is low, we may unconsciously attract people or events in our lives that reinforce our view, or at least make it more difficult for ourselves to remain confident in certain areas. Also because it’s what the mind believes, it’s possible to notice and pick up on negative reinforcements - but miss or disregard the positive ones.

Hypnotherapy for confidence, Oxford female
man with Confidence after Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy for Self Confidence, Female Hypnother