Low self esteem is a common issue in our world today. We all seem to be able to find a million reasons why what we’re doing isn’t good enough, or why we don’t measure up, but we have a lot more trouble seeing the good in ourselves.

It’s true for me, and for most people I know, that we are our own harshest critics. We’re harder on ourselves than we would ever be on someone that we care about.

We all have self talk, and for far too many of us that self talk is critical and judgemental. How many times have you caught yourself making some kind of silly mistake, and then saying to yourself internally “You big idiot!”? It’s something that I’ve done all my life, although I find myself much more aware of that behavior these days.

It is in our own best interests to work on learning to see the good in ourselves, however difficult that may be for some of us. EFT is the perfect tool for doing something like that. The following tapping script was written to help us in focusing on our positive qualities, and letting go of all the negative self talk.

Karate chop:

Even though it’s sometimes hard for me to remember that I’m a good person, and I tend to look at all I see wrong with me instead of all that’s right with me, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

Even though I seem to have a little voice in my head that keeps reminding me that I’m not good enough and never quite measure up, I choose to start looking at all the good parts of me, and I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself.

Even though I often have trouble seeing myself as a good person or a worthwhile person, and I’m usually way too hard on myself, I deeply and profoundly love and accept myself, and I’m choosing to recognize all the wonderful parts of me.

Eyebrow: I’m not a good enough person
Side of eye: And I’m always beating myself up because of that
Under eye: There isn’t a whole lot that I like about me
Under nose: But there’s plenty that I don’t like
Chin: I never seem to measure up
Collar bone: I don’t feel good about myself at all
Under arm: But I’m choosing to start working on feeling better about me.
Top of head: And bringing healing to this situation.

Eyebrow: I don’t feel like a worthwhile person
Side of eye: But I could be wrong about that
Under eye: I feel like I don’t do anything right
Under nose: But I’m open to considering that I could be wrong about that too
Chin: Starting to release those feelings of not being good enough
Collar bone: And to embrace all that is good about me
Under arm: Choosing to see all my good points
Top of head: And to leave behind that feeling of unworthiness.

Eyebrow: Working on seeing all the good things about me
Side of eye: Realizing what a strong person I am
Under eye: And what a good and worthwhile person I am
Under nose: Feeling good about the authentic me
Chin: Letting go of all those feelings of not being good enough
Collar bone: Releasing the feelings of not measuring up
Under arm: Letting those unworthy feelings just slip away
Top of head: And just feeling good about who I am

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