How do we get over not feeling Good Enough?

What I do to help with that sense of unworthiness

All the cultural chatter about self-worth (to which I contributed last week) makes it easy to disregard unless…

you ask yourself if you’ve ever felt like you weren’t good enough.

Is there a subtle sense of something running below the surface that you might not be able to access? I’ve found this thing can masquerade as discontent and wanting things to be different, or the need to control the outcome of things, or micromanage stuff, or the tendency to talk too much, or never at all, or those little fears you can’t identify – all the juicy stuff that seems to come from being human.

One other juicy thing about being human is getting to work in gorgeous coffee shops! Can you believe this beauty, Kicking Horse Coffee, is in our small town?

Honey if you’re like me, and you’ve unearthed some traits in yourself that you don’t love, and they occasionally leave you on shaky ground, I invite you to keep reading. Perhaps these thorny characteristics lead us to feel like we don’t measure up, but this isn’t an accurate assessment because we ALL have stuff about ourselves that aren’t great and that does not mean we suck. So what do we do about it?

HOW do we overcome a sense of unworthiness, how do we feel better about ourselves (remember this is from someone who is not a mental health expert but has tried a lot of things and is a constant cheerleader of personal growth)?

SIDEBAR: If you are new to The Bright Life I welcome you with my whole heart, I am so glad you’re here. Every couple weeks I write especially to my paid subscribers. I treasure their support of my work. It seems to allow me greater freedom in my writing because it’s an intimate space for those who choose to be there. This list of suggestions of how to feel good about ourselves is for those with a paid subscription, and I sincerely invite you to become one.