“BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM” WORKSHOP

THE SELF-IMAGE 6A

* ONES SELF-IMAGE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT BELIEF IN ONES BELIEF SYSTEM.

+ IT’S THE PRIMARY DEFINER OF WHAT I CAN DO AND THE PRIMARY LIMITER OF WHAT I UNDERTAKE.

+ MY SELF-IMAGE DIRECTS ME TO BE WHO I AM, WHAT I AM, AND HOW WELL I PERFORM.

* CHANGE MY SELF-IMAGE AND NOT ONLY DO I CHANGE BUT THE WHOLE WORLD CHANGES - FOR THE BETTER.

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PERFECT ORGANISM: PERFECT DEFINED -

* WE HUMANS ARE PERFECT ORGANISMS, IDEALLY SUITED FOR LIVING.

* PERFECTION AS HERE USED IS DEFINED AS:

+ OPEN, ABLE TO PERCEIVE WHAT IS TRUE OUT THERE AND INSIDE US.

+ LEARNING FROM OUR EXPERIENCE WE CONTINUALLY DEVELOP.

+ OUR POTENTIAL IS ESSENTIALLY UNLIMITED.

* WE ARE FALLIBLE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ALL KNOWING.

* WE ARE IN A STATE OF BECOMING, DISCOVERING, NOT IN A STATE OF ALL KNOWING.

* WE MUST BE ONE OR THE OTHER, THEY ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. _____________________________________________________________________________________

JOHN BRADSHAW: ON THE FAMILY

* HUMANS HAVE BASIC NEEDS AND POWERS

BASIC NEEDS: SELF VALUE, SECURITY, STROKES, STIMULATION, STRUCTURE, SELF ACTUALIZATION, SPIRITUALIZATION. (BILL LILLY ADDS: NURTURING, VALIDATION.)

BASIC POWERS: TO: PERCEIVE, INTERPRET, FEEL, WANT, IMAGINE, EXPRESS, INTUIT, AND CREATE. (BILL LILLY ADDS: POWER TO CHOOSE.)

+ IF ANY OF THESE ARE NOT MET OR THWARTED, ONE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH AS AN ADULT.

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