Is There a Wound to Self Esteem?

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In the book, you talk about self esteem. We know wounds to our self esteem. Too much self esteem turns into narcissism. Most programmes to improve self esteem simply don't work. To improve self esteem, you have to a, cut out the whips and the sticks and teean, increase the carrots. And what i talk about in the book is self compassion. In other words, an easy guide line for people. It's very much like meditation in that way, right? I my brain goes off with that thing. And then i just go, wait a minute. Bring my brain back. You never judge the fact that yo have te thing that's right that you just

Guy Winch, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, keynote and TED Talk speaker, and author whose books have been translated into twenty languages. In this episode, Eric and Guy discuss his book Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts.

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In This Interview, Guy Winch and I Discuss Emotional First Aid and …

His book, Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts
Understanding that we need to tend to our emotional wounds just as we would physical wounds
Building emotional resiliency by addressing these small wounds
How to treat the emotional wound of rejection
Identifying exactly what the hurt feelings are
How the brain registers physical and emotional pain in the same way
Learning to improve low self-esteem
Writing exercises to help deal with rejection and failure
How ruminating can easily become a habit and lead to depression
The dangers of rumination: stewing vs. doing
How rumination is vulnerable to distraction, engage your mind somewhere else
What works and doesn’t work in building self-esteem
Building self-compassion
The detective mindset vs. a harmful and self-critical mindset

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