Building gratitude is a great way to shift from pessimism to optimism.

Writing and directing the words to your inner child can help you move past challenges that occurred some time ago.

Build self trust by writing and reflecting about your abilities.

We all can get stuck in a negative self-view. We can place ourselves in a box that contains this view. We can shift our beliefs to get us out of this box.

Anxiety is a very common challenge for people. Learning to build self-trust in your abilities and recognizing the exaggeration of our stories is key to getting rid of it once and for all.

We all have challenges in life. We can learn to process them in a more realistic and gentle manner.

We all have issues with how we look. Knowing what we tell ourselves allows us to re-frame those stories to something more reasonable and balanced.

Uncovering the story we tell ourselves that causes shame is key in re-framing our self-value and letting that shame go.

We can easily dismiss any success that we have had. By reflecting on it and relishing in it, we can make that new story more automatic when we are struggling.

Knowing where we want to get to allows us to plan our path so we can get there and achieve our goals.

Learn to affirm your learning and growing abilities.

We all judge ourselves negatively. Recite some affirmations that will help reduce your self judgement.

Reciting gratitude affirmations helps shift us into an optimistic state of mind.

Wishing others well makes us feel good. Sometimes however we are reluctant to send kind wishes because of resentment or anger. Learn to open yourself up and send love and well wishes to everyone. It sets you free.

We go through life thinking that we have to know everything in order to be smart. Recognize that this is a false belief and you can re-frame it top something more reasonable.

We go through life not recognizing the good that we are. We diminish our accomplishments and focus on the negative. So we settle into a label that we and others have placed on us. Rest assured you can learn to let go of this false belief.

We go through life beating ourselves up for failing or acting badly. So we settle into a label that we or others have placed on us. Rest assured, you can learn to let go of this false belief.

Many people struggle with accepting who they are because of pre-conceptions that others have placed on them. We can trust in our value as human beings in order to move forward.

We can easily get caught up in the belief that we need to be perfect in order to be good. This affirmation exercise helps us release this belief.

We all go through life judging others. Developing some compassion for them and recognizing that we are all doing the best we can at any given moment releases this need for judgment.

We all judge ourselves to a standard that others have set. Learning to accept and recognize that we are indeed desirable allows us to move forward with more confidence.

Forgiving others releases us. You are accepting what has happened, and perhaps we just got caught up in the drama of their lives.

Life is full of challenges. Trusting ourselves and our abilities allows us to reduce fear. From there, we can then accept the challenges that are present.

We can be very harsh to ourselves. Learning to notice unkind self-talk and then apologizing to ourselves is the beginning step to becoming self-compassionate.