What We can Do to Appreciate Ourselves More

For a long time Judith Barnard, found appreciating herself hard to do, it seemed easier but it’s not. She first heard of the phrase “appreciate yourself” was during her Satir Training when one of the groups would tell something about what they had accomplished and had struggled with and their instructor would often say “And can you appreciate yourself for that?” Alot of them pause and say, “Yeah” in response in a tentative voice. Their instructor then told them to take their accomplishment in, think about it, feel it and integrate it.

A lot of times we get caught up with what we can’t do, with what we have yet accomplished that we forget to stay in the present and appreciate what we are doing to move towards a positive change and growth.

Here are some challenges, Judith shared in her blog Appreciating Myself More, which we can do to appreciate ourselves more:

1. Identify something that you are working on to accomplish. Then in every step you make try to stop and determine the positive change that you’ve accomplish along the way.
2. Do good self-talk. It’s the best ways to appreciate yourself. Try it and you’ll have more energy, feel more confident, be more grateful and less judgemental of yourself and others.