Master Life Coach & Author Bruno LoGreco is back
Master Life Coach & Author Bruno LoGreco is back
It has been a while since you last heard from me. What’s going on with me? A few things.
I am the new and proud owner of an Italian Greyhound puppy. Meet Iggy. Iggy is adding the much needed balance to my life. We were meant to be together.
Read More »Turn Low Self Esteem Upside Down and Build Healthy Relationships
Low self esteem has been linked to a number of emotional and behavioral issues. Studies show people who suffer from low self esteem experience stress, anxiety, suspicion, lack of trust, jealousy, fear, isolation, aggression, bad relationships, and generally are unhappy.
Read More »LIVING YOUR GREATEST LIFE
Self-esteem is the way in which one views oneself as being able to manage the daily challenges that present in a constant stream, as well as being worthy of happiness. Self-esteem is central to everything you do. It affects one’s behavior and thoughts. It changes how you feel about yourself and how you value yourself. Healthy self-esteem aligns itself with confidence in our ability to learn, to execute intelligent choices and decisions, and it allows us to adapt to change with a modicum of resistance. Quite simply stated, self-esteem is your opinion of yourself.
Read More »Giving life, reclaiming my own
Guest Author: Marci Warhaft-Nadler
I knew when I became pregnant with my son, that I would love him and do whatever it took to make sure that he would be safe and happy. What I didn’t expect, was how becoming his mother would also make me take care of myself for the first time in my life.
Growing up, I was a very confident, outgoing little girl. It wasn’t until I turned 17 that my life took a drastic turn. My brother Billy, who was just the coolest and most handsome big brother in the entire world, had become ill. His illness took him from me when he was just 21 years old. I was shattered. Feeling like I had lost complete control over what was going on around me, I turned my control inwards. I started starving myself.
It was easier to cope with the pain from an empty stomach than the pain of accepting my brother was gone. He had always found a way to make me feel special. With him, I felt pretty, funny and smart. Without him, I felt none of those things. Thinking I would never be good enough I tried instead to be THIN enough. As any anorexic can tell you, thin enough just doesn’t exist.
There were moments when I felt stronger and promised I’d take care of myself, but the strength never lasted.
Read More »Body Image Dissatisfaction in Midlife Women
Body image can be defined as one’s evaluation of or feelings towards one’s body. Although body image and body dissatisfaction was long thought to be an ailment of teenage girls, body image issues are now becoming more apparent in midlife women (Lewis & Cachelin, 2001).
According to Lewis and Cachelin, the current social pressures and concerns with ageing, the belief that slim physiques result in youthful looks, and the unrealistic expectation for middle-aged women to retain their youthful appearance are significant contributors to the development of body image issues in older women. Even magazines aimed at midlife women typically show younger women on their covers and in the fashion and beauty sections. The magazines that do use older women show them to be 15 years younger, as signs of age are airbrushed (Nett, 1991). As such it is getting harder for ageing women to feel comfortable in their bodies.
Read More »6 Ways to Quickly Increase Your Self Esteem
Self esteem is defined as a feeling or sense of pride in yourself. This feeling can come from doing a number of different things. Most times it happens when you achieve something you work for or you set a goal and you’ve accomplished it through commitment and persistence.
When you feel like everything is going wrong or you aren’t achieving what you set out to do, this can cause your self esteem to tumble. Low self esteem can lead to depression, stress and anxiety, so it’s not worth it in the long run. To get the boost you need so you can continue on and reach for your goals you will need to follow the six tips below.
Read More »How to Encourage Positive Emotions to Improve Self-Esteem
Self esteem is defined as a feeling or sense of self worth – self respect and confidence in your abilities. This feeling can come from doing a number of different things. Most times it happens when you achieve something you work for or you set a goal and you’ve accomplished it through hard work and persistence.
When you feel like everything is going wrong or you aren’t achieving what you set out to do, this can cause your self esteem to be really low. Low self esteem can lead to depression and health issues, so it’s not worth it in the long run. To get the boost you need so you can continue on and reach your goals you need to follow the five tips below.
1. Stop comparing yourself with other people. Everyone is unique and has different values and strengths. Comparing yourself to someone who is nothing like you is accepting defeat from the start.
2. Stop putting yourself down. Separate your thoughts from you. When you start down the path of negativity look at your thoughts and ask yourself if they are real.
3. Hangout with positive people. Positivity rubs off plus it isn’t heavy unlike negativity which drags you down. The human brain is highly adaptable and can easily turn positive as long as the environment is right
4. Make a list of your values. Review this list often and foster those values. Start focusing on your positive traits and you’ll stand a much better chance of achieving what you wish to achieve.
5. Pump oxygen to your brain because it needs it. Incorporate 15 to 20 minutes of medium intensity cardio vascular into your daily routine. You boost your immune and lymphatic system and a sure way to boost your self esteem.
There are so many different things that can cause you to have low self esteem. You may find it’s hard to figure it out, but once you do you need to find ways to prevent it from happening again.
Do what you can to keep that self esteem as high as you can. When you do you’ll reach success almost every single time you set out to do something. Try to find ways to incorporate these five tips so you have the ability to it high all the time.
Get your a free copy of Polishing The Diamond Within – A Guide To Self Confidence
Bruno LoGreco Life Coach Toronto, Mentor & Author
The inferiority complex: Measuring up to societal standards can be expensive
Despite the fact that many of us are quick to compare ourselves to societal standards many of us don’t realize how often we think poorly of ourselves or of what this can cost us.
Many of us suffer from feelings of inferiority in many areas of our lives. Whether we compare ourselves on our ability to speak multiple languages, our fitness level, our level of attractiveness, our ability to sing, our ability as a parent, or our ability to do our job, it appears that we can never quite measure up to others.
The bigger issue is that we have a hard time separating society’s norms from our personal norms or ideals. In fact, the majority of us no longer bother forming our own norms and ideals but accept societal norms as our own measure of what a person should be. As a result, we are destined to feel a lifetime of negative feelings because of our perceived inadequacy.
More importantly, feelings of inadequacy can be expensive as they serve as a barrier to our success and happiness. When we feel like we do not measure up to the person we believe we should be, often times we’ll believe we do not deserve or can’t achieve happiness or success.
To improve our level of happiness we must understand that we, just like everyone else, are unique with unique skills and talents. The ideal person defined by society is non-existent, fake, and often times shallow. When we fully apply our true selves we rise above this petty standard and we demonstrate the enormous amount of good we have to offer to our community and the world. When we, however, belittle ourselves because of societal norms we hold ourselves back from living to our full potential and from fulfilling our life person. This lack of achievement and progress brings us unhappiness and feelings of failure, reinforcing our feelings of inferiority.
To make the most of our experiences in life it is time to create our own norms and our own ideals we can use for self-evaluation. By doing this we set realistic standards with personal meaning. This process will allow us to eliminate feelings of inferiority that are caused from unachievable standards. The process will also allow us to express ourselves, our strengths, and our skills. It will help us to become the person we were meant to be while being blessed with joy, love, and success.
Bruno LoGreco Life Coach Toronto, Author & Television Personality
Wipeout self-defeating & self-sabotaging false beliefs
Are you tired from doing nothing but lounging at home and surfing the Internet hoping to find the perfect thing for you to do; that “perfect” something where you will feel like you fit in and feel comfortable to be yourself? Staying home alone and doing nothing except surfing the Internet is a sure way for you to feel detached from the real world. You might be surfing the Internet for a very long time before you find that “perfect” something.
Trying to find where you fit in over the Internet and not in the real world is making matters worse. Stop making excuses for why you can’t do something in the real world because subconsciously each excuse adds greater value onto a developing self-defeating and self-sabotaging belief system. Find where you fit in within the real world. You could start from where you are at right now – in your home.
Actions speak louder than words.
Wipeout self-defeating & self-sabotaging false beliefs
- Review Pyramids Of Failure.
- Make a list of excuses you often use to avoid to doing something.
- Next to each excuse answer: Why can’t I?
- Prove each answer with facts. Ask yourself: Is my answer fact or assumption?
- Add facts to every assumption by actively participating in an activity away from a computer screen.
Boost your self-esteem by changing what you believe about yourself and your abilities. When you replace assumptions with facts you start to develop a healthy sense of self-worth as you become an active participant in life. Get Up and Out to prove your assumption with facts.
Polishing The Diamond Within – A Guide To Self Confidence
Self confidence is the foundation for success. Everything you are and everything you do depends on your self esteem. Your sense of worth forms the basis of your inner stability, your outer personality; and fuels your performances. Self confidence is not about beating your own drum or trumpeting your supremacy to the world. It is a quiet strength that comes from self-acceptance and inner contentment.
Self confidence:
• defines your self-worth
• provides a positive outlook on life and yourself
• defines how you acknowledge your inner strengths and weaknesses.
• provides the ability to accept the reality of your circumstances
• provides the courage to face your challenges
• proves your suitability for life’s tasks and situations.
• provides the foundation for happiness, well-being, and success.
• makes you more attractive to yourself and others
• makes you a better partner, lover and friend
To build your confidence you first have to know yourself. That process involves taking a thorough and honest look within to acknowledge the strengths humility may prevent you from accepting, and the faults that humiliation might prevent you from admitting. Self awareness is the only path that can lead to your desired success and beyond. Without it you are simply tilting at windmills following a quest that is both delusional and ineffective.
