Low Self Esteem

I suffered from low self esteem most of my adult life. Low self esteem is characterized by negative feelings about oneself: not liking how I look, not believing that people really like me, and mistrusting my opinions and judgments. My memoir, Following the Whispers tracks how low self esteem influenced my choices and behavior with devastating consequences.

Low self esteem emerged when I quit dancing—something which filled my soul with joy from the time I was three. A sexual molestation at age seven played a large part in this decision, but psychological and emotional abuse from my parents also engendered low self esteem, which contributed to my poor choices. Next, I became involved with boys and later, men, who were incapable of loving me. My low self esteem kept me picking men who were emotionally unavailable, men who lied, and men who betrayed me by cheating on me with other women.

It wasn’t until I was forty-six years old and had been working on myself for eighteen years, that I overcame low self-esteem enough to choose wisely. I met a man who loved me for who I am, unconditionally. I’d never had that kind of love as a child or a grown woman because of low self esteem, so it was unexpected and delightful.

Following the Whispers highlights the poor relationship choices and underscores how low self esteem fed those decisions. It takes the reader through dynamics that fostered low self esteem and then spotlights the changes that fired a higher self esteem, enabling me to live a life of inner peace and contentment free of low self esteem.

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