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Feeling “Good Enough” Just As You Are

To be beau<ful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be
accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Self Worth, the opposite of Shame, is a constellaAon of

posiAve beliefs about yourself that drive powerful feelings of

adequacy and value. Like all thoughts they are changeable
with focus and a/enAon. Studies have also shown that

people who meditate acAvate and increase the funcAonality
WeHeartIt of these important brain areas. MeditaAon is believed to

Of all the judgments we pass in life, increase awareness while at the same Ame facilitaAng a

none is more important than the capacity to think about one's experience rather than just
judgment we pass on ourselves. experience it, and thus tolerate it be/er.

~Nathaniel Branden
Here are a few words that
demonstrate that someone
feels good about themselves:

Naming Your Feelings: A Guidebook to Understand & Control Your Emotions © Alicia H. Clark, PsyD 18