The Therapy Gents
Therapy Gents is a mental health podcast with licensed therapists Michael Medley, LPC & Andy Newman, LPC. We discuss common issues we see our clients facing every day.
The Therapy Gents
025: Self Confidence/Self Love vs. Self Esteem
What is really the difference between all the ways we label taking care of oneself?
Self-confidence, self-compassion, self-esteem, self-care, self-help, ect.
“The flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.” from book Zen Shin Talks
Let’s start from the beginning. How do parents play a role in the way their child views themself?
Balance between love and responsibility.
Where does my capacity fall into all of this? (I really want to be a pro basketball player)
Effects of comparison (comparison kills happiness) and other cognitive distortions (i.e. believing every ANT in your mind).
Learn to combat the ANTs and build self-confidence.
Carl Jung - “Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.”