Welcome to the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

My name is Lisa A. Romano.

I am a life coach, best-selling author, YouTube vlogger, meditation teacher, an expert in the field of codependency and narcissistic abuse.

I am a believer in the power of an organized mind.

My aim is to help people learn what it means to live above the veil of consciousness rather

than living a reactive life.

May your heart feel blessed, your mind feel expanded and your spirit find hope as you

spend time with me here at the Breakdown to Breakthrough podcast.

So today, we're going to be talking about how you can boost your self-confidence.

When I was a little girl, I used to receive report cards.

On the back of the report card, there would be a little comment section.

And on a number of occasions, I read where my teachers wrote, Lisa needs self-esteem.

And my first initial reaction was to feel guilt and to feel shame, that whatever it is that my teacher saw, she saw a deficit in me. And like most children, I assumed

responsibility for that deficit. I didn't understand that I had low self-worth. I didn't

understand that low self-worth is tied to beliefs and the emotions that you experience as a result of these beliefs that you hold

about yourself. So doing some research, I found a pretty cool definition of self-esteem.

And it's impossible to have self-confidence if you don't have esteem for the self. And it's

impossible to have confidence in the self, esteem the self if you don't

have a self. So this is a very serious, deep issue that so many of us struggle with and have a difficult

time navigating. So let me read you this definition.

Self-esteem is an overall reflection.

Reflection.

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