Building Self-Esteem for Healthy Relationships: A Self Help Guide

We all need a healthy dose of self-esteem before getting into a serious relationship. Young adults who enter a relationship feeling down about themselves too often look to the other person to make them feel better. This puts a strain on the relationship by:

• Placing a burden on the other person to make you feel better about yourself.
• Shifting power in the relationship so that you do what it takes to please the other person; you should not have to lose a sense of your values or self in a relationship.
• Accepting poor treatment because you feel you do not deserve better.
• Becoming upset every time the other person rejects you because your sense of self-worth is tied to how the other person feels about you.

If you feel you may have low self-esteem, this guide will give you ideas on what you can do to feel better about yourself, starting now. The ideas come from people like you; those working to improve their self-esteem so they can have healthy and positive relationships in their lives