1. Chapter 3
Building Self Esteem

2. Chapter 3 What Is Self-Esteem?
Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life
What Is Self-Esteem?
Self-esteem is a measure of how much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.
Your self-esteem determines how you face new challenges and how you make decisions.
Your self-esteem affects your relationships with others.
Your self-esteem affects your success in anything you choose to do.

3. Chapter 3 What Is Body Image?
Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life
What Is Body Image?
Body Image is the way you see and imagine your body
Body image affects your self-esteem
Media greatly influences our body image
If you feel good about your body, you will probably feel good about yourself.

4. Chapter 3 High Self-Esteem
Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life
High Self-Esteem
The Benefits of High Self-Esteem Having high self-esteem can help a person have a positive outlook on life. High self-esteem can help a person achieve success.

5. Chapter 3 Low Self-Esteem
Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life
Low Self-Esteem
The Problems with Low Self-Esteem Low self-esteem may keep a person from enjoying life. People who have low self-esteem do not feel good about themselves. They do not like themselves.

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Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life
Most people’s self-esteem falls between high self-esteem and low self-esteem.

7. Who Can Affect Your Self-Esteem?
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Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life
Who Can Affect Your Self-Esteem?
Every person in your life can have a positive or negative effect on your self-esteem.
• Your family
• Your friends
• People at school
These and other influences on your self-esteem are shown on the next slide.

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Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life

9. The Media and Your Self-Esteem
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Lesson 1 Self-Esteem and Your Life
The Media and Your Self-Esteem
The media tends to show only people who are very successful or glamorous. The media also tends to show only people who are unusually thin or muscular.
Some people may compare themselves to the people they see in the media. This comparison can cause a person to develop an unhealthy body image. Body image is the way you see and imagine your body.

10. Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
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Lesson 2 Your Self-Concept
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
Self-concept is a building block of self-esteem. Self-concept is the way you see and imagine yourself as a person.
Your self-concept can affect your self-esteem. For example, if you see yourself as an artist, you may choose to think to yourself, “I like to draw, and I am good at it. This makes me feel more confident about myself.”

11. How Self-Concept Develops
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Lesson 2 Your Self-Concept
How Self-Concept Develops
Your Different Sides Your self-concept can develop from many areas. Three very important areas are your academic self-concept, your physical self-concept, and your social self-concept.
Learning About Yourself These three areas of self-concept contribute to your overall self-concept. As you get to know yourself better, your self-concept will change. In turn, your level of self-esteem may change, too.

12. Three Keys to Healthy Self-Esteem
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Lesson 3 Keys to Health Self-Esteem
Three Keys to Healthy Self-Esteem
Integrity The first step to developing good character and self-esteem is to have integrity. Your integrity is your honesty to yourself and others.
Self-Respect You must respect yourself to have a healthy self-esteem. Respecting yourself means knowing what is right and what is wrong for you.

13. Three Keys to Healthy Self-Esteem
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Lesson 3 Keys to Health Self-Esteem
Three Keys to Healthy Self-Esteem
Assertiveness Being assertive can help you build a healthy self-esteem. Being assertive means acting on your thoughts and values in a firm but positive way.

14. Eight Ways to Build Self-Esteem
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Lesson 3 Keys to Health Self-Esteem
Eight Ways to Build Self-Esteem
You can build your self-esteem by:
1. getting to know yourself
2. learning to like yourself
3. being good at something
4. setting a goal
5. being positive
6. finding a mentor
7. doing something for others
8. having a sense of humor

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Lesson 3 Keys to Health Self-Esteem