Are you being a bully to yourself?

My youngest daughter Sarah is in middle school. She is 13 years old and very sensitive. I am what is called an empath.  That means that I sense the emotions of others around me and that is what makes me good at what I do. Sarah has gotten that trait from me. In middle school that is a self esteem nightmare!  She cries at the drop of a hat and other kids know this. It makes her a target for the middle school bullies. 

Earlier this week she was being teased at school and she correctly identified this as bullying. She was so upset that she posted some things on social media that caused an uproar with her peers and a few frantic phone calls from my friends. Bullying is being targeted by the schools and with a quick trip to the assistant principal this problem was taken care of for now anyway. She seems to be back to her old self.  

Today I found a video on facebook that put signs above the doors of public buildings saying "beautiful" and "average".   Please click on this link to see the video for yourself. https://www.facebook.com/minasselfesteembuilder/posts/616516701817217The majority of women were going in the "average"door and seemed to hesitate to go in the door with "beautiful" on it. This really brings up the question for me. When I look at myself with negative eyes am I not bullying myself? 

We all want our children to have good self esteem and want others to be kind to them. I have to ask the question though, would you want other children to say to your child the things that we say to ourselves on a daily basis?  How can we teach our children to love themselves if we can't love ourselves? 

As I thought about this I began thinking about the powerlessness I felt about things when I was in my teens and twenties. Life continued to happen to me. I did not know at the time I could create my own reality by letting go of the negative perceptions and limiting beliefs that I had.  

My goal is that everyone who is struggling to feel good about themselves will begin to shift their thinking and stop that inner bully from limiting our ability to create joy and have fun.

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