How To Use Self-esteem In A Sentence

  • A person today who seems to have a great sense of self-esteem has his or her childhood days to thank for it. Stephen Richards 
  • Self-esteem is the need to feel good about oneself and self-actualisation is the need to reach one's full potential.
  • We have had reports from a high percentage of attendees that their levels of self-esteem and confidence have increased considerably.
  • Naturally, the narcissist is attracted to the codependent's lack of self-worth and low self-esteem.
  • Such thoughts reduce self-esteem which leads to depression and which can finally culminate in suicide.
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  • Frequently the behaviors associated with dependency are also associated with poor self-esteem.
  • Thomas, by his own admission, was extremely negative and had low self-esteem.
  • A good self-esteem level is mostly dependent on how we value ourselves without any bias. Stephen Richards 
  • Being forced to do both farm and household work, she is torn between her self-esteem and her husband's chauvinistic attitude.
  • Success is not about money or position - it is about personal satisfaction and self-esteem.
  • In the book, Dale attributes her decision to a bout of low self-esteem coupled with a fear that her time had passed.
  • For many, losing weight can become the catalyst to improvements in their overall health and self-esteem. Times, Sunday Times
  • The overturning of card tables or the snapping in two of billiard cues are signs that the loser has a very low self-esteem. Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive?
  • Which, you know, doesn't do much for my maternal self-esteem, nor for my sense of myself as a functioning grown-up especially not when the lab-technicians/blood-letters get all finger-waggy on me for going dizzy on them without warning. Archive 2008-02-03
  • Abusers are often suspicious and jealous, suffer from low self-esteem and need to assert themselves.
  • We hope to build people's confidence and self-esteem with these projects.
  • Negative emotions, such as the feelings of hatred, meanness, low self-esteem and confidence, and pessimism, create an unpleasant person and a bleak destiny. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • Others have been dislocated from work, escaped from an abusive relationship or just have low self-esteem, which is where Mr. Ramchandani comes in. New Suits for New Starts
  • Turns out she took a little time off to graduate cum laude from FRIGGIN' HARVARD (can you hear that...that's my self-esteem shriveling up and dying) and now she's back at it, appearing in a plethora (Harvard word) of TV and movie gigs. YesButNoButYes: YBNBY Hall of Fame: Babes of the 80's
  • It is then that, stripped for a brief moment of our armour of complacency and self-esteem, we see ourselves as we are -- frightful chumps in a world where nothing goes right; a grey world in which, hoping to click, we merely get the raspberry; where, animated by the best intentions, we nevertheless succeed in perpetrating the scaliest bloomers and landing our loved ones neck-deep in the gumbo. Jill the Reckless
  • Badly chosen baby names can lead to low self-esteem, low education and more smoking: study Most people would rather be single than date someone with an 'unfortunate' name, research shows Amanda Mikelberg / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Think your name ruined your life? NYDN Rss
  • A good self-esteem level is mostly dependent on how we value ourselves without any bias. Stephen Richards 
  • Men should remember that muscularity is not masculinity and that self-esteem is not built on a six-pack of abdominal muscles.
  • This can lead to a downward spiral of weight gain and low self-esteem. The Sun
  • Science can be one area of schoolwork that gives disabled students a sense of achievement and self-esteem.
  • The pastor is steadfastly ministering to something other than his own carnality or self-esteem.
  • Women should be allowed to develop a sense of self-respect and self-esteem, she says.
  • But he said that access to cash and high self-esteem has a big impact on health and longevity. Times, Sunday Times
  • Truly changing our approach toward something so closely tied to self-esteem takes time. Christianity Today
  • Their costly purchases are to boost self-esteem. The Sun
  • Lead researcher Brad Bushman believes that young people may be "addicted" to self-esteem.
  • In addition, the researchers investigated the relationship of suggestibility with social desirability, self-esteem, focus of control, and visual vividness of imagery in this situation.
  • I couldn't agree more, though I think the this coddling might produce more of a sense of inflated self-entitlement than the deflated self-esteem the author describes.
  • Overweight people often have low self-esteem, easily adopt the role of a failure and even punish themselves by overeating again.
  • Girls and young women may experience lowered body satisfaction and self-esteem after viewing idealised images of thinness in magazines, soap operas and music videos.
  • Self-esteem is, of course, a term in the modern lexicon of psychobabble, and psychobabble is itself the verbal expression of self-absorption without self-examination.” Weekend Edition: 4-3 « A Progressive on the Prairie
  • When you let go of the past, you will experience increased self-esteem and renewed optimism.
  • It doesn't take away the low self-esteem.
  • The Ducks must win tonight not just to shore up their record but also to help repair their flagging self-esteem.
  • In my opinion, the causes are related to depression, emotional trauma and extremely low self-esteem.
  • If ones hears the rumbling approach of a runaway train, why should one's panic be lessened by the knowledge that the engineer, conductor, crew, and passengers abroad the train are well medicated, and, as a result, are all models of self-esteem and self-confidence, are imbrued with glowing good cheer, and are at peace with themselves and the world? The Rise of Pharmatopia
  • Use the time to try and build your self-esteem and confidence - learn to like yourself a bit more.
  • Attaching self-esteem so inextricably to this physical ephemeron is just all kinds of cringe-inducing from the long view, as one imagines hard-won confidence melting slowly away as rock hard abs give way to the dreaded "jelly belly" once again. I Want to Wrap My Self-Esteem in a Package of Improbable Preservation! Rah Rah Rah!
  • Diligence and high self-esteem are meant to be virtues, but it will become exaction to demand every thing be perfect. it will neither help to cultivate one's mind, nor will it make one happy.
  • The result in each case had been the conversion of my patient into pork pies and a drastic plummeting of my self-esteem.
  • All her daughters also claim mental illness, although only one seems to suffer from anything more serious than poor self-esteem. Times, Sunday Times
  • The idea is to give the group members positive experiences which can help build self-esteem and confidence.
  • Self-esteem is, of course, a term in the modern lexicon of psychobabble, and psychobabble is itself the verbal expression of self-absorption without self-examination.” Weekend Edition: 4-3 « A Progressive on the Prairie
  • Self-esteem is, of course, a term in the modern lexicon of psychobabble, and psychobabble is itself the verbal expression of self-absorption without self-examination [3].” A Progressive on the Prairie » Weekend Edition: 4-3 » Print
  • And people with higher self-esteem tend to like their bodies more. The Sun
  • It is hoped that the scheme will raise their self-esteem and increase pride in the community.
  • It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior. Nathaniel Branden 
  • A study found that a man's self-esteem is often directly connected with his outward appearance. Thin and small men often regard themselves as punny and easily sink into depression.
  • The program is designed to help children from broken families build their self-esteem.
  • Here participants were given a chance to discuss sexuality, health, relationships, self-esteem and abuse.
  • Unemployment can cause feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem.
  • Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
  • I may come across as confident, but cruel jibes left my self-esteem in tatters. The Sun
  • My self-esteem was so low that I used to walk down the street with my head down.
  • The ability of your children to have a positive emotional reaction begins with a firm grounding in their feeling loved, secure, and competent, in other words, their self-esteem. Dr. Jim Taylor: Freak Out or Geek Out?: Children's Emotional Reactions to Achievement
  • Jail is the conventional and time-honored nostrum, which is administered with a glow of moral self-esteem, and no more thought about it. The Subterranean Brotherhood
  • What would your self-esteem look like if roles were reversed and you were the child being parented by someone just like you?
  • The present study investigated the development of self-esteem, that is, evaluative judgments about the self, across six years, from childhood to adolescence, in a Finnish sample.
  • The undermining of self-esteem may lead to assumptions about the reactions of others that are unjustified.
  • ‘One of the features of narcissism is enormous confidence and self-esteem,’ she observes.
  • And fulfilling such purpose is a source of self-esteem.
  • Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. Margaret Thatcher 
  • The most stupid thing is to show off your self-esteem before money and love.
  • They insist that the forfeit of self-esteem must be paid.
  • This need for self-esteem can be carefully nurtured so that the horse will want to perform to boost its own ego even further.
  • Back in 1989, as he contemplated a Test debut bowling to Marsh, Taylor, Boon, Border, Jones and S Waugh on an Oval shirtfront, Alan Igglesden received a timely self-esteem boost when the chairman of selectors Ted Dexter told the world Igglesden was the 14th-choice seamer. Australia v England - live! | Rob Smyth
  • A good self-esteem level is mostly dependent on how we value ourselves without any bias. Stephen Richards 
  • The Ingratiation Impression Management would be influenced by high extraversion, low neuroticism and high self-esteem.
  • Legal regulation tends to create administrative burdens, resentment and loss of self-esteem through the undermining of professional autonomy.
  • At first blush, it seems like a typical up-with-teens site - the obligatory boosterish stuff trying to bolster the self-esteem of young girls.
  • Negative emotions, such as the feelings of hatred, meanness, low self-esteem and confidence, and pessimism, create an unpleasant person and a bleak destiny. Dr T.P.Chia 
  • The most stupid thing is to show off your self-esteem before money and love.
  • Some women use drugs as a means of self-medication to cope with their own devaluation and low self-esteem.
  • We all have green goblins, those nagging wee voices nibbling away at our fraying self-esteem and confidence.
  • And to what adolescent striving to define an identity do inflated self-esteem and grandiosity not appear attractive?
  • High schools are remaking yearbooks to more accurately reflect student populations amid larger societal concerns about bullying, peer pressure, and self-esteem.
  • It calls into question the adequacy of materialistic science, upon which these people have staked their careers, self-identity and self-esteem. Manifesting Michelangelo
  • But girls who look like they have self-esteem can also be tyrants, like what you saw in that video, and it could be false self-esteem.
  • She used cognitive therapy on her client to try to inhibit those negative thoughts which were damaging his self-esteem.
  • It demands nothing of its audience and offers only a self-flattery that goes by the name of self-esteem.
  • Build self-esteem. This doesn't mean unmerited praise, but it does mean expressing support for a job well done.
  • Some parents found social work visits made them fearful and anxious and their self-esteem was reduced.
  • Buss said he found it surprising how dramatically and variably sexual experience seemed to influence women's feelings of self-esteem.
  • When we select friends' evaluations, the self-verification motive is stronger, but self-esteem and the certainty of our self-concept have no adjustive effect on self-verification motive.
  • Not feeling good enough has caused poor self-esteem. The Sun
  • Parents and educators invariably note poor self-esteem as a central characteristic of work-inhibited students.
  • This is just the sort of comfort food that goes well with low self-esteem, a weepy video like Beaches and being single.
  • This need for self-esteem can be carefully nurtured so that the horse will want to perform to boost its own ego even further.
  • These include classes on parenting, self-esteem, conflict resolution and prep courses for the general education diploma exam.
  • Between them, they have so eroded Kate's confidence and self-esteem that she is incapable of taking control of her own life, and she is trapped in an increasingly suffocating existence as she grows to adulthood.
  • It worked wonders for her sense of self-esteem.
  • He had thick reddish-yellow eyebrows at the base of a slightly receding forehead – wanting in benevolence, phrenologists would have said, and with the bump of self-esteem considerably developed. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land
  • Anyone who’s self-esteem is so bloated as to blind him/her from his/her faults does not have a ’self-esteem problem’. Dustbury.com » Esteem cleaned
  • You also say that she has no self-esteem or confidence. Times, Sunday Times
  • One who does have high self-esteem displays confidence and assurance, gaining the courage needed to take steps towards success.
  • Self-esteem means having a high opinion of ourselves regardless of what we may or may not have done to earn it.
  • Playing a sport can boost a girl's self-esteem.
  • United States President Abraham Lincoln from childhood have an inferiority complex, he is overcome by self- deprecating self-esteem, develop their own self-confidence.
  • Five people with low self-esteem are paired up with superconfident buddies to complete tasks. The Sun
  • You need to build your self-esteem.
  • After having dominated a sport for some time, that would have been a huge knock to her ego, to her self-esteem as a player and a person.
  • It offers a child a safe haven from which to explore feelings, behaviors and issues ranging from self-esteem to severe emotional dysregulation.
  • Sex is used by histrionics to prop up their self-esteem and to regulate their labile sense of self-worth.
  • Considering that depression can cause poor self-esteem and sometimes even body dysmorphia, it's also possible that depressed teens would self-report "substantial" acne more often than their peers.
  • Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and importance, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. Margaret Thatcher 
  • The school's aim is to build the self-esteem of the children.
  • They gave examples of how some of their attempts at building up self-esteem seemed to have worked.
  • The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself. —William Henry Gates.
  • One of the sacred precepts of modern educational theory is that you must never impinge negatively on the pupil's self-esteem.
  • The importance of loss and low self-esteem to depression has been accepted by many.
  • This combination of higher self-esteem and greater safety created a powerful impetus toward greater intimacy.
  • I think we need to help teenagers to have good self-esteem and a belief in themselves.
  • Many times it's easy for the housewife to think that she has no marketable skills, but this is typically a combination of low self-esteem and a lack of self-examination," says Dr. Potter.
  • Carwyn was flying home, Ted was working on his self-esteem, Richie was nursing a broken nose.
  • Unemployment can cause feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem.
  • We have had reports from a high percentage of attendees that their levels of self-esteem and confidence have increased considerably.
  • Still, at the time of her trial it was well documented that she suffered from battered women's syndrome, a state hallmarked by depression, anxiety, fear, and tattered self-esteem. SaraKay Smullens: A Letter to Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen: Mercy for Gaile Owens
  • The most stupid thing is to show off your self-esteem before money and love.
  • All this may play well to the sensitivities and self-esteem of the far-flung townsfolk in the rest of the country.
  • Keep adjusting your self-image and self-esteem to match your current abilities and skills, not those of your past.
  • Unemployment can cause feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem.
  • Poor self-esteem is at the centre of many of the difficulties we experience in our relationships.
  • The importance of self-esteem To be assertive you need to have your self-esteem well anchored.
  • They may have low self-esteem and they see this interest in them as attractive.
  • Twenge's team said their finding was consistent with other research showing generational increases in self-esteem, extraversion and assertiveness.
  • This can lead to a downward spiral of weight gain and low self-esteem. The Sun
  • Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need. Nathaniel Branden 
  • It wouldn't be correct to say that the study participants were addicted to self-esteem," said Bushman, who headed the research team.
  • Continually feeling bad about how your body looks limits your self-esteem, which eventually undercuts your immune power.
  • It could not be at the fact that, for all your hollow proclamations of the auteur's commitment to the work alone, this imposture is actually an artifical bolstering of a self-esteem that's actually quite frail and flimsy. How Not to be a Writer
  • She had a very low self-esteem and lived a troubled life - but it is still a desperate and sad piece of news.
  • Outstanding leaders go out of the way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
  • Self-esteem is the vision and feeling that you have about your own self worth.
  • I also cut, have no self-esteem and tried to kill myself, nothing majorly serious, on a number of occasions.
  • Typically sufferers become low and lethargic, tend to overeat and oversleep, gain weight, and sometimes work and relationships suffer as a result of low confidence and self-esteem.
  • Having high self-esteem is a huge plus in my eyes. The Sun
  • Some researchers suggest that boys seem to have higher self-esteem because they hide their insecurities behind bragging.
  • Surely if she had resisted the impulse to try that weapon, she might have found another as effective, the use of which would not have compromised her gentlehood and lessened her self-esteem. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius
  • I've got smarts, wit, style, self-esteem, friends, career, interests - everything except… a date!
  • Bushman said the findings, which are published online by the Journal of Personality, suggest that many young people may be a little too focussed on pumping up their self-esteem.
  • Self-esteem depends very much on self-satisfaction in regards to achievements and self-development.
  • We are feeling out of control, and then saying the cause is low self-esteem.
  • This will boost your self-esteem and help you to understand your relationship or quest for love. The Sun
  • Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves. Nathaniel Branden 
  • Everyone likes a bit of recognition or acknowledgement, and a bit of self-esteem was never a bad thing.
  • To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives. Self-esteem. Denis Waitley 
  • Both acts of wanton destruction were deliberately aimed at symbolically injuring the self-esteem of the targeted victims, beside tremendous loss of innocent lives.
  • The school's aim is to build the self-esteem of the children.
  • Getting the job has done a lot for her self-esteem.
  • Both bullies and victims need help to regain their confidence and self-esteem.
  • Since this was a correlational study, no causations can be assumed regarding self-esteem.
  • This will boost your self-esteem and help you to understand your relationship or quest for love. The Sun
  • J have already mentioned the need to promote greater self-esteem among gay youth generally.
  • As you can imagine, when he finally got to my office, his self-esteem was badly tattered.
  • The term narcissism is defined as excessive love or admiration of oneself or a psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem. Darren Littlejohn: The 12 Steps: An Antidote For Celebrities And Other Narcissistic Addicts
  • Jealousy within a relationship is usually symptomatic of low self-esteem in one of the partners.
  • I am 21 and have had low self-esteem since being in an abusive relationship. The Sun
  • When you become sexually intimate with a man in order to boost your self-esteem, you're opting for a quick fix of attention.
  • Those scoring high on the blirt scale report higher levels of assertiveness, extraversion, self-esteem, self-liking, self-competence and positive effect. Why Nagging Women And Silent Men Drive Each Other Crazy
  • For anyone with an underdeveloped sense of self-esteem, this is a lifeline, providing a short cut to coherence and purpose.
  • Losing the job was a real blow to his self-esteem.
  • Back in my day, we didn't worry about self-esteem or agonize over feelings.
  • These could all feed through to a person 's self-esteem. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
  • Although biologic and medication factors are largely causative, they clearly facilitate the development of decreased self-esteem and depression.
  • They are so preoccupied with puffing up their own image and self-esteem that everything else just has to go hang.
  • It was so humiliating, a terrible blow to my self-esteem.
  • The vulnerability factors are argued to contribute to low self-esteem, or, as protective factors, to high self-esteem.
  • Children with low self-esteem tend to be overly critical of and easily disappointed in themselves.
  • To raise self-esteem in the ranks, each enlistee would now have the right to wear a black beret as of this June.
  • Character cheerful, optimistic and confident, self-esteem, To have good teamwork spirit.
  • Everyone likes a bit of recognition or acknowledgement, and a bit of self-esteem was never a bad thing;
  • You sound like you need to build up your confidence and self-esteem. The Sun
  • Self-esteem is, of course, a term in the modern lexicon of psychobabble, and psychobabble is itself the verbal expression of self-absorption without self-examination. ProWomanProLife » 2010 » March
  • Teenagers, in particular, are susceptible to feelings of worthlessness and low self-esteem because they cannot measure up to the perceived ideal of air-brushed perfection.
  • The rewards of motherhood made it her main source of self-esteem and satisfaction.
  • When self-esteem is high, we lose our mortal fear of jealousy.
  • What happened that season turned out to be a story about the struggle for self-esteem, equity and respect.
  • Throughout the film she feels that Howl would not love her because she isn't a pretty girl, and the removal of her hair is symbolic of her letting go of her own low self-esteem and feelings of unworthiness.
  • And to what adolescent striving to define an identity do inflated self-esteem and grandiosity not appear attractive?
  • Frequently the behaviors associated with dependency are also associated with poor self-esteem.
  • The findings dovetail with on-going research into mechanisms we employ to boost our self-esteem, particularly in an environment where job insecurity, secularism and changing roles tend to chip away at it.
  • High activity and low sociability are less accepted in girls than in boys, and this may explain why temperamental difficultness predicted low self-esteem among girls only.
  • Maslow's hierarchy isolates needs for self-esteem as a separate motivating category.
  • Stigma is often internalized by individuals with mental illness, leading to hopelessness, lower self-esteem, and isolation.
  • Battered women are often depressed, anxiety-ridden, suffering from low self-esteem or displaying a countenance of helplessness.
  • Featuring some of the sassiest veterans of RuPaul's Drag Race as professors of fabulousness, RuPaul's Drag U each week coaches three "biological women" with self-esteem issues to "unleash their inner diva" in a raucous, hilariously ribald and often unexpectedly touching crash course in self-acceptance and confidence building. Matt's Picks: Week of June 20-23
  • There was a loss of self-esteem in the bank and a belief that Crocker was the only problem.
  • It is true that Bridget Jones is particularly neurotic in her quest to snare a partner, but at least she ditches the rat who two-times her, showing that she does have some sense of self-esteem.
  • We have had reports from a high percentage of attendees that their levels of self-esteem and confidence have increased considerably.
  • Study author Brad Bushman says “American society seems to believe that self-esteem is the cure all for every social ill, from bad grades to teen pregnancies to violence.
  • One participant involved in training said people here have low self-esteem and must contend with almost daily harassment.
  • To respect your needs is a great way to lift your self-worth and build a higher self-esteem.
  • Among younger and single women binge-drinkers, alcoholic excess is associated with the pursuit of a sexual partner and, in some cases, with low self-esteem.
  • Legal regulation tends to create administrative burdens, resentment and loss of self-esteem through the undermining of professional autonomy.
  • White middle-class recruits were particularly sensitive to this perceived loss of status; as a group, they developed a whole arsenal of "adjustive reactions" that enabled them to maintain self-esteem while acceding to Army discipline. Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II

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