Your sense of self is your awareness of being a unique, individual human being who’s not dependent on anyone else’s opinion or approval to determine self-worth. A healthy sense of self allows you to experience true freedom of self-expression, which makes space for contentment, happiness, peace, and fulfillment. Lacking a healthy sense of self may lead to challenges such as anxiety, depression, and insomnia.
The Sense of Self Method teaches us how to restore our sense of self so that we can live life to the fullest.
How Healthy Is Your Sense of Self?
TAKE THE QUIZ & FIND OUTBenefits of a Healthy Sense of Self
Child-rearing
- More patience
- Better child rearing
- Fewer rages and family upsets
- More respect for children
- Increased learning abilities for your children
Relationships
- Better chance to find, give, and receive love
- Less controlling of others and of situations
- More compassion, empathy, tolerance; less hostility
- Better social skills (friends – family – work-floor)
- Better communication skills
- Lower divorce rate
Senior Citizens
- Better overall health
- Possibly less susceptible to specific old-age disease: Alzheimer, Dementia
- More fulfillment
Self Help
- Less stress
- A more relaxed nervous system
- A better functioning digestive system
- No “self-sabotage”
- Fewer to no migraines
Sleeping Difficulties
- Sleep better
- Overall better shape
- More vibrant and active
- More integrated into society
Anxiety and Despair
- Fewer panic attacks
- Less depression: feel better, think clearer, feel more alive and engaged
- No suicidal thoughts or acts: more joy of living, happiness, success
- More self-accepting, which leads to accepting others
Addictive Behaviors
- Less substance abuse; healthier habits
- Fewer addictive behaviors; more moderation (shopping, sex, internet, TV, gambling, food, etc.)
- Less compulsiveness
- Higher self-esteem
- Better companion
Violent Behaviors
- Less uncontrollable behavior (e.g. temper tantrums)
- Less violence and verbal abuse
- Less war
- More responsible behavior
Criminal Behavior
- More common sense – more realistic – more “real”
- A better balance of head and heart – genuine and integrated feelings
- Better insight into society’s functioning
- Fewer issues with money
Performing Artists
- More comfortable with self-expression
- Decreased fear of failure (stage fright)
Society, Community, World
- More compassion and empathy
- Sense of your own limitations, boundaries, potential, and talents
- More likely to have a clear preference, taste, opinion and standing up for it
General Health and Well Being
- Overall health
- Less motion sickness
- Less prone to accidents that are due to lack of focus and erratic behavior
- Less eye-strain
- More inner peace
Success in Professions & Business
- More success in business and other creative endeavors (Direct Motivation)
- Less prone to (professional!) injuries (musicians!) due to more relaxed muscles
- More likely to achieve any goal (Direct Motivation)
- Stronger ability to focus
- Better equipped for team-work
- More capabilities to commit
Self-Realization
- More self-confidence
- Overall higher quality of life
- Comfortable with facing your Self; more self-accepting
- Ability to self-realize and live life to the fullest
- Better equipped to deal with criticism – less over-reactive
- Feeling comfortable in your own skin
- Comfortable being in most crowds
- Comfortable being by your self
- Know what you want
- Better flow in your life
- Better aligned with your blueprint