You are listening to Weight Loss Made Real, and this is episode 19,

Weight Loss and Self-esteem, your self-image and your self-esteem and how they affect everything.

Welcome back. I'm your host, Master Weight Loss Coach and Author Cookie Rosenblum.

Thanks for joining me again for another coaching session today.

I want to talk to you about something really basic that affects just about every area of your life

including your eating and your weight. So get comfortable and we'll get

get started.

And don't forget to listen to the last minute or so

where I'll share how to make sure you get a free copy of my book.

So let's begin our coaching for today. Today we're talking

about your self-image and your self-esteem. We're going to talk a little bit about what

they are, how they're created, and how and why we maintain them, even

when they may not feel so good.

I also want to talk about whether or not you have any say in your self-image and your self-esteem

and I think you can probably guess my opinion on this before we even get started on this topic.

So here we go. Let's first get clear on what

your self-image really is since it quietly rules just about your whole life.

It's how you see yourself in your life and how you see

yourself in the world. And your life might include things like what you think

about your physical body, what you think about your

roles with other people, your social roles, what you think about your personal qualities and

the way that you would describe yourself.

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