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Building Confidence & Self-Esteem in Young Girls / PSA Video

April 23, 2010 at 5:16 am | building self esteem
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Young girls talk about body image and self esteem. Dove’s message: Things won’t change until we change them. The Dove Self-Esteem Fund. Whether it’s models that wear a size 2 or movie stars with exceptional curves, beauty pressures are everywhere. And when young girls find it hard to keep up, low self-esteem can take over and lead to introversion, a withdrawal from normal life, and a waste of potential. For example, a recent survey in the United Kingdom indicated that 6 out of 10 girls thought they’d “be happier if they were thinner.” Low self-esteem leads to introversion, a withdrawal from normal life and a waste of potential. For too long, beauty has been defined by narrow, stifling stereotypes. Women have told us it’s time to change all that. Dove agrees. We believe real beauty comes in many shapes, sizes and ages. That is why Dove is launching the Campaign for Real Beauty. Dove’s global Campaign for Real Beauty aims to change the status quo and offer in its place a broader, healthier, more democratic view of beauty. A view of beauty that all women can own and enjoy everyday. Over 50% of women say their body disgusts them (Dove Internal Study, 2002). The body fat of models and actresses portrayed in the media is at least 10% less than that of healthy women (British Medical Association, 2000) 6 out of 10 girls think they’d “be happier if they were thinner” (UK Teen Body Image Survey, January 2004) While only 19% of teenage girls are “overweight,” 67% think they “need to lose weight” (UK Teen Body Image Survey, January 2004). Stereotypically “perfect” beauty imagery affects some girl’s (and some women’s) perceptions of themselves. Dr. Susie Orbach (psychotherapist, London School of Economics) has discovered that spending just three minutes looking at fashion magazines lowers the self-esteem of 80% of women. We can help girls to put “perfect” images of beauty into perspective. Let’s face it, most of us are never going to look like the models we see in the media. But when we look at images in magazines and on the big screen, it’s all too easy to forget the number of tricks that have been used to create them. But a small army of retouchers, camera operators, lighting technicians and props managers have created these artificial images. Let’s show girls the reality behind the imagery! Producer: CQ. Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.

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Low Self Esteem: The Cure For Low Confidence Levels

April 5, 2010 at 5:18 am | low self esteem symptoms
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Do you suffer from low self esteem? If so then you are one of millions of people on this planet who feel low levels of confidence. A poor self image can be very debilitating and often prevents people from living their lives to the full.
So what can be done about self esteem problems? Well, there are a number of tried and tested ways to improve levels of self confidence. The techniques we use in private consultations are, we believe, the best available. There is great power and grace in this combination of NLP and hypnosis and we like using these approaches for two reasons. Firstly they are generally very effective, and secondly they are very fast.
When you think about what your life will be like when the problems of low self esteem are firmly in the past you can begin to think about all sorts of areas of your life you can improve, your relationship, new relationships, better job prospects and better health. Yes, people who feel better about themselves are, in general, healthier.
People will use words like confidence and esteem in different ways; they will have different shades of meaning for each individual. We will work with you, therefore, to find out how you are thinking about yourself, and then we will use pragmatic techniques to not only show you HOW to think differently, but actually to get you to think differently, automatically.
So do call us to see how we can help you, we are based in the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada and Australia and all of the practitioners in the team are experienced in dealing with issues such as low self esteem. There is a cure, and it may be easier than you think.

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How to Improve Self Esteem : Fear of Failure & Improving Low Self Esteem

February 24, 2010 at 8:45 am | low self esteem symptoms
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For many a fear of failure keeps them from trying new things or attempting to change. Learn to improve low self esteem and a fear of failure from a professional speaker in this free self help video.