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Increase your self-esteem and decrease shame by managing strong feelings (1 minute read)

ByPsychologist & Therapist Jenny Rapp

This post “Increase your self-esteem and decrease shame by managing strong feelings” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by listening to your feelings and heal self-destructive shame.

 

Increase your self-esteem and decrease shame by managing strong feelings:

One way of reducing self-critical shame is to become more self-compassionate.

Here are some more important insights in how Compassion Focused Therapy, CFT, can be helpful in reducing self-critical shame by helping you taking control over strong feelings:

1 Calm breathing – slowly breathing out longer than breathing in

2 Relaxation exercises

3 Touch: caressing oneself or being touched by a loved one, such as cuddle up, keep warm, hugs etc.

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