There’s a common piece of advice that gets tossed around when someone struggles with low self-esteem: just think more positively. Stand in front of the mirror, repeat something kind about yourself, and eventually you’ll believe it. It sounds reasonable enough. But for people who genuinely struggle with a deep sense of inadequacy or unworthiness, this advice often falls flat. That’s because low self-esteem isn’t really about what someone thinks on the surface. It runs much deeper than that, and treating it effectively means going beneath the obvious.… Read more