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The “I Love Myself” Workbook

The main idea behind this program is to teach yourself how to love yourself, to

and physically.

associate with.
Here’s what’s inside the workbook:

and also feel happy from the inside out

How to take inventory of your and to

know your self-worth

How to with cool and calm

Exercises that when applied will make you so much more

How to raise your self-esteem using simple exercises

to you

And much, much more.

First, you can print the pages in this workbook so that you have it in front of you
and can go through each one of the chapters. Each one will contain one subject

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Step 1: Learning How to Love Yourself

love ourselves, then we will be unable to love someone else or have someone else
truly love us completely.

Here is a list:
1 . What are some ways

also consider things like your favorite color, foods, or maybe the things that make
you happy. Whatever you feel makes you the person you are should be listed.

fake and who wants to love a fake?

Put your list here:

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2. Get your pen and paper and

start to write down the things you would like to do with your life – the job, the
career, and the people you want to be with, etc.

will make you happy, you will love yourself more because you will make yourself

Put your list here:

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Another good project you can do in order to help make you love yourself more is
to make a list of all the things you can do to help others. Helping out at places like

and that leads to loving yourself more. Once again, this means you will be happier
and that leads to others loving you more as well.

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4. Find ways to take care of your body

be very helpful for learning to love yourself. So, in this exercise you need to write
a list of all the ways that you can take care of your body so you feel healthy, strong
and good inside.

exercise regularly, avoid stress, etc.

There are lots more things you can add to the list such as ways to relax, be with

Put your list here:

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 you are and have respect and acceptance for those facts. No one is perfect and

Step 2: Exercises to build your self-esteem

Another way to begin to love yourself more is to build up your self-esteem.
Everyone needs to have a healthy self-esteem if they expect to love and be loved.

esteem:

1.

cards and choose the ones that you feel have meaning for you. Then, get some

Then, carry around a card in your wallet or post one a day on your desk at work,

tell yourself that it stands for who you are and use it to help you to realize that
you are a loveable person.

Put your list here:

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2.

is good in life and that means there are good reasons to love yourself and be loved
in return.

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Another way to boost your self esteem is to get some guidance from people in
your life who have had success in the things they have done. Talk to them and
have them act as your mentor. Your mission is to talk to them and learn how they

Put your list of people and how they can help you here:

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Another way to help you to overcome your fears and be able to love yourself is to

challenges:

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to stress over solving it and jumping to the conclusions of what will happen if

problem into manageable pieces.

For instance, in this exercise think of a possible challenge in your life. Perhaps you

online, in the paper, by word of mouth, etc. Then, you also make a list of what to

problem into lists that you can manage will make it easier to deal with, plus it

So, for the next few lines, think of a challenge that either you are facing now, or

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Then, break it down into logical lists of things you can do to help you deal with the

Use these lines to make your lists:

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2. Don’t worry so much about failing.

For this exercise make a list of at least one incident in your life when you failed
in some way and then think about whether or not you were able to turn it into a

an incident can make someone stronger.

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Step 4: Learn Your Self-Worth

going to love everyone.

count for much. You need to learn when it is important and when it is not. For
instance, you want your spouse to love you and so you care what they think.
Otherwise, being worried about what everyone thinks will only make you fear

loveable. So, here are some exercises to help you to learn your self worth:

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 1. Analyze yourself.
Make a list of some of the ways that you can self-analyze yourself in order to see
what kind of things you have done in your life that have molded you and made
you who you are. For instance:

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3. List your personal strengths

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All in all, these various lessons and examples are going to help you to understand

loved. This will help you to learn to love yourself and once you are able to do that,

be loved.

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