The Courage to Be Yourself: An Updated Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem

The Courage to Be Yourself: An Updated Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem

by Sue Patton Thoele
The Courage to Be Yourself: An Updated Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem

The Courage to Be Yourself: An Updated Guide to Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem

by Sue Patton Thoele

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Overview

Embrace The Courage to Be Yourself Authentically

“As a Clinical Psychologist, I have frequently recommended this book. It is very well written. It is clear and highly beneficial. The author states that it is written for women. I have found that most of the book can also be useful for men.” ─Amazon review

This self-growth focused motivational book teaches you how to find yourself. In The Courage to Be Yourself, learn to set boundaries, make peace, and find happiness with who you are in a world that projects perfection onto us.

Target harmful patterns. Surrounded by the pressures of society, we often measure ourselves by impossible standards, causing us to doubt ourselves. When this causes negative self-talk, our happiness inevitably suffers. Unhealthy mindsets can also infiltrate our relationships with others. Women can feel the need to be caretakers and sometimes put others' needs above our own. By identifying these patterns, we can set boundaries and target areas that need change—so you can love yourself properly.

Become a loving friend to yourself. While all of us certainly have a calling to love others, it is just as important to give that same love to yourself. It feels good to be yourself, but you must find yourself first. In this emotional strength book, Patton shares impactful stories to show readers how to journey from a place of fear to a life of courageous self-acceptance and real love.

Inside The Courage to Be Yourself, you’ll find:

  • How to find and be yourself through the pressures of today
  • Stories of growth and healing from Patton and other women
  • How to set boundaries, communicate more effectively, and change self-deprecating behaviors

If you liked Courage Is Calling, The Courage to Be Disliked, or How to Be Yourself, you’ll love The Courage to Be Yourself.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684810277
Publisher: Mango Media
Publication date: 11/08/2022
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 223
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Sue Patton Thoele is a licensed psychotherapist and the author of The Woman’s Book of Confidence, The Woman’s Book of Courage, and The Woman’s Book of Spirit among other books. She and her husband, Gene, live in Boulder, Colorado.

Read an Excerpt

The idea of writing The Courage to Be Yourself first occurred to me in the small groups and seminars that I and a dear friend, Bonnie Hampton, led for several years. As we explored women’s issues—which included hopes, dreams, frustrations, fantasies, and fears—I was struck by the fact that, whether married or single, stay-at-home moms or career women, old or young, the women in the groups struggled with similar anxieties and were saddled with comparable limiting beliefs. Amid both laughter and anguish, we helped each other transform common fears into the courage to express our authentic selves. Bonnie’s and my goal was to provide simple but powerful tools for helping ourselves and participants enhance self-esteem and tap into our elusive but ever-present core of emotional strength.

I’m hoping the true stories and examples shared in The Courage to Be Yourself will act as a group experience for you to help you overcome any tendency you may have to undervalue yourself and to encourage you, instead, to fully love and appreciate how wonderful you really are. Sharing our journey with other women can uphold and sustain us as we find the courage to be uniquely ourselves and realize that emotional strength and self-esteem are, in fact, our birthright, our privilege, and our responsibility.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Introduction: Sharing the Journey

Part One: Finding the Courage to Be Yourself

  • Chapter One: An Expanded Vision of Self
  • Chapter Two: Courage: You Have It!
  • Chapter Three: Facets of Emotional Dependence
  • Chapter Four: Allowing Ourselves to Be Invaded
  • Chapter Five: The Leveled Life
  • Chapter Six: Getting There: A Road Map

Part Two: Facing the Dragons in the Dungeon

  • Chapter Seven: Fear! Our Greatest Obstacle
  • Chapter Eight: Faces of Fear
  • Chapter Nine: Underlying Assumptions and Hidden Beliefs
  • Chapter Ten: Drowning in Life's Debris

Part Three: Healing: Owning Your Own Excellence

  • Chapter Eleven: Beyond Fear: Transforming the Dragons
  • Chapter Twelve: The Power of Thought
  • Chapter Thirteen: Yes, We Do Have Rights
  • Chapter Fourteen: Being a Loving and Accepting Friend to Yourself

Acknowledgments

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