LIFE TAP YOUR
On the long list of wants in life – to be healthy, happy, fulfilled – feeling really, truly good about yourself likely takes a top spot for many people. And that comes with building confidence, which usually means improving your selfesteem – an internal judgement of your self-worth or “an evaluation of worthiness,” says Dr Kristin Neff, an associate professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Perhaps the most talked-about method for pumping yourself up is to tip the needle in the direction you want, telling yourself to work harder, get stronger and develop grit. But
