Many people make New Year’s resolutions every January 1st. I have to admit that I am one of those people. You, dear reader, are at this very moment reading my first New Year’s resolution. This fantastic new blog called Optimize Your Self-Image.
Some subscribers know who I am, and my passion for maintaining an enlightened self-image. However, for those of you who do not know me, I would like to introduce myself; my name is Shannon Tancock and I am a self-image/self-esteem life coach. I was specially selected to train with the extremely gifted and talented Martha Beck (columnist for O Magazine and author of Finding Your Own North Star and The Joy Diet). My life coaching journey has led me to focus on a niche that is near and dear to my heart, self-esteem and self-image for women and girls.
I do believe that every woman and girl deserves to feel happy and beautiful, inside and out. I also believe that a key factor to obtaining happiness and beauty is to have an enlightened self-image and higher self-esteem. As a self-image life coach, “I have been there and done that.”
Growing up, I had low self-esteem. I watched, from a darkened corner, all the other girls in my high school try-out for the cheer leading squad, all the while thinking to myself that I was not good enough to try out. No one had actually told me that, just this little negative voice inside my head said "who are you kidding, you are not good enough". I also felt I had failed as a student, and as a daughter for that matter, when I received any grade below an “A”. This led to a very unfulfilled life and low self-worth. I can honestly say that I have coached myself (along with the help of my own life coach) to a healthy self-image and fabulous lifestyle.
As a survivor of low self-esteem and low self-image, I want other women and girls out there to know that they too can overcome these self-rejecting beliefs and live an enlightened and fulfilling lifestyle.
With this blog I intend on sharing helpful tips and other resourceful information that not only helped me to obtain a higher self-image, but also helped others who struggled with low self-esteem. My hope is that you will find the information contained in this blog helpful and inspiring.
The first tip I would like to share is my "cup o' steem" moment. What I do is sit with my cup of coffee, or tea, or whatever my poison is for that morning, and I close my eyes for just a minute or two and repeat to myself, "I am a natural born winner: always was and always will be." After about two months, I noticed myself feeling a change occur and then I noticed that I really began to believe what I was saying to myself. Initially when I started out doing this little morning routine, my reaction to that statement was "Are you kidding.....you can be a loser". However I can honestly say that over time, I noticed my reaction changed and now I can honestly say my reaction is "OH YES I AM A WINNER!"
Please try this tip out daily, and I believe you will feel and see your self-image change deep inside you.
Cheers and enjoy!
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