The 5 Gateway to a Happy Life
The 2nd Gateways: Self-Acceptance
Self-Awareness
Self-Acceptance
Self-Confidence
Self-Actualization
Self-Realization
Self-Acceptance Is:
The awareness of your strengths and weaknesses
- The realistic appraisal of your talents, capabilities, and worth
- The feeling of satisfaction with yourself, despite flaws and regardless of past choices
Self-Acceptance: The 2nd Gateway
Self-acceptance is:
The awareness of your strengths and weaknesses
- The realistic appraisal of your talents, capabilities, and worth
- The feeling of satisfaction with yourself, despite flaws and regardless of past choices
Benefits of Self-Acceptance:
- A heightened sense of freedom
- A decrease in fear of failure
- An increase in self-worth
- An increase in autonomy
- An increase in self-esteem
- Less desire to win the approval of others
- Less self-critique and more self-kindness when mistakes occur
Impacts of Low Self-Acceptance:
- Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Emotional distress
- Panic disorder
- Risky behaviors
- Social anxiety disorder
- Substance use
- Stress
Lack of self-acceptance or self-compassion can take a terrible toll on our lives. Finding self-acceptance may be a lot simpler than you thought. In this deep dive, experiential and online training, you will learn to identify the behaviors that impact your connection with others.
We explore the painful feelings such as shame and anger that keep us separate and the shadow driven beliefs that are the sources of our discontents.