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This Was The Issue I Observed Most As A Relationship Therapist.
This Was The Issue I Observed Most As A Relationship Therapist?
What was this issue? It was self-worth.
No matter what a couple’s presenting problem was, when I dug a little deeper, self-worth issues would always emerge.
Self-worth results in people not believing in themselves and consequently many desperately land up accepting second best. This then usually gets reflected not only in the relationships people choose, but also in the career or jobs people get lumbered with.
Unfortunately, people forget that having no self-worth is mirrored in their body language.
No matter what is said, if people sense your ‘self-worth vulnerability’, they won’t believe a word that follows or how you try to counteract your negative belief system. Why? Because if you don’t believe in yourself — how can you expect anyone else to?
This is why many people land up not understanding why they didn’t get the job and so on, forgetting that self-worth can have a vast ripple effect on everything we do.
People forget too, that what we present to the world — is far more than we anticipate. When you enter a space you bring with you, not just who you think you are, you bring with you all your past experiences — your childhood experiences, your relationship experiences, your family experiences, your insecurities, your fear around…