What strategies have you tried to raise your self esteem? Consider these strategies. Have you tried them in the past? If so, were they effective? What strategies have you not tried you would be willing to try?

Change your thought process. When you change your mind about what should and ought to be, you liberate yourself.

Measure and focus on your past successes. Chances are you've made it out of tougher situations well.

Believe in yourself.

Give yourself credit for your accomplishments. Somedays, a shower is a major achievement.

Do something you find scary or hard.

Be determined to get something different out of life. Do you really want to be run by the weakest, needies parts of you?

Affirm yourself. You're your own best cheerleader, comforter, and colluder.

Accept yourself as is. You are not a tomato, needing to ripen and improve. You don't need to become anything. You are already there.

Do your best. At all times.

Adopt self discipline.

Lower your perfectionsistic standards. Sometimes "good enough" works just fine.

Chill out and know that things change. Don't personalize it.

Focus on the positive. Even chained to a wall you can find a way to have fun pretending to be Ghandi.

Live one day at a time. Or an hour. Or five minutes at a time. Sometimes, one breath at a time.

Believe your press. When others affirm you, accept and believe it.

Realize you've never quit...you're still hard at work working it out.

Partition yourself off from bad memories. Don't sign off on your story.

And remember! Comfort is NOT self-esteem. The acclaim of others does not create self esteem. It resides in the core of your being. It is what YOU think about you, not what others think about you. Live consciously and to your values, and you live with integrity...with the lovely side effect of great sef image.