Self-esteem and Self-image: Importance of Self-affirmations

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp 3rd August 201822nd September 2018

Research has shown that positive self-affirmations – if not too unrealistic – actually work, reducing negative effects of stress and improving performance!

So try to find at least 10 positive traits that describe you. For many this is surprisingly difficult, 3 is normal to be able to come up with.

If difficult, you can try to stimulate your thinking by 1. interviewing people around you, 2. describe a person that you admire and see if you share any of the traits. It doesn’t matter that you sometimes do not show the traits due to circumstances – either you have the capacity or not – be kind and loving towards yourself.

You will be able to use these traits in future exercises…

Healthy Routines | Life goals

Identify your problems and goals to live the life you want

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp 11th November 201827th June 2021

Monday – Life goals: Now we have first during several sessions uncovered the way behind you that contributed to and affected the symptoms and related problems you have today as well as gone through how to create goals that are SMART to help you set and achieve motivating goals which can kick-start you towards your…

Feelings | Healthy Routines | Self-esteem

Increase your self-esteem by debating with your inner critic (1 minute read)

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp 27th November 202025th June 2021

This post “Increase your self-esteem by debating with your inner critic” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by listening to your feelings and heal self-destructive shame. Increase your self-esteem by debating with your inner critic: One way of reducing self-critical shame is to become more self-compassionate. An exercise that can help you…

Healthy Routines | Mindfulness | Stress

Mindfulness: The Breathing Anchor Exercise Part 5 of 5

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp 10th October 2018

Here comes the last of five parts of the breathing anchor, a seated exercise using the breath as an anchoring point of in total 5-10 minutes depending on pauses/pacing: …Notice when your mind has wandered. Observing the types of thoughts that distract you is an important part of the learning. Try to notice the content…

Life goals

Better self-esteem: How to make goals time limited (1 minute read)

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp 19th January 202125th June 2021

Better self-esteem: How to make goals time limited (1 minute read) This post “Better self-esteem: How to make goals time limited” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by achieving your resolutions and goals to kick-start you towards your desired direction. Better self-esteem: How to make goals time limited The SMART model stands…

Life goals

Important Dimensions To Achieve Goals

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp 3rd December 2018

It is important to give yourself a reward for each achieved interim goal and a big reward when the big goal is achieved. Often we forget to celebrate and acknowledge what we have achieved, especially if we have not yet completed every single dimension as we had imagined. Instead, we are often far too…

Life goals

Better self-esteem: How timing impacts the possibility of reaching your goals (1 minute read)

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp 16th March 2021

Better self-esteem: How timing impacts the possibility of reaching your goals (1 minute read) This post Better self-esteem: How timing impacts the possibility of reaching your goals summarizes earlier posts about important considerations when it comes to how you can increase your self-esteem by achieving your goals and improve your life. Better self-esteem: How timing impacts…

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