Self-Worth & Confidence
Articles on self-worth and confidence
Reading for the quiet voice that says you are not doing enough, not far enough along, not quite enough as you are. These pages name that pattern honestly and describe what tends to loosen its grip.
Articles in this topic
Why do I never feel like I am enough?
Where the never enough feeling usually comes from, and what actually loosens it.
Perfectionism that looks like high standards
The difference between caring about your work and being unable to let anything be imperfect.
Comparison and social media
Why scrolling can undo a good day, and practical changes that reduce the sting without pretending to quit.
When you apologize for everything
What constant apologizing is usually protecting, and how to shift it without becoming someone you are not.
Why compliments are hard to receive
What makes praise uncomfortable, and how to stop deflecting without feeling like you are bragging.
Speaking up when it feels risky
Practical ways to say the true thing in a meeting, a classroom or a family conversation.
Worth that does not depend on achievement
What to do when accomplishment has stopped producing the sense of value you were promised.
The inner critic that is never satisfied
Why arguing with the inner critic rarely works, and what changes the relationship with it instead.
Rebuilding confidence after a hard season
For women coming out of a divorce, job loss, illness or long stretch of survival mode.
Confidence in your twenties
For students and young women comparing their uncertain twenties to everyone else's edited version.
If this is what you are living with right now, you can also read how Lori works with it in counseling: self-worth & confidence. Or browse all of Lori's articles.
Reaching out can be the first step.
You don't need to know exactly what to say, or have anything figured out, before you contact Lori.
Or email rasmussencounselingandsd@gmail.com