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Self-esteem: Take steps to feel better about yourself
2. Become aware of thoughts and beliefs
3. Challenge negative or inaccurate thinking
4. Adjust your thoughts and beliefs
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1. Identify troubling conditions or situations
2. Step back from your thoughts
3. Accept your thoughts
2. Become aware of thoughts and beliefs
Once you've identified troubling situations, pay attention to your thoughts about them. This includes what you tell yourself (self-talk) and your interpretation of what the situation means. Your thoughts and beliefs might be positive, negative or neutral. They might be rational, based on reason or facts, or irrational, based on false ideas.
Ask yourself if these beliefs are true. Would you say them to a friend? If you wouldn't say them to someone else, don't say them to yourself.
