Self-Esteem Online Course

Lesson 1: What Is Self-Esteem?
Young kids often don’t understand the concept of self-esteem or why it’s important. We read a story to help kids understand that they are in charge of their self-esteem.

Lesson 2: How Your Mind Shapes Your World
How kids feel about themselves is shaped by what kids believe about themselves - both on the conscious level and on the subconscious level. When kids learn how to uncover negative beliefs and then shift them to supportive beliefs they become empowered to handle the ups and downs of growing up without getting down on themselves.

Lesson 3: Honoring Your Uniqueness
Kids often live in the world of comparisons – seeing themselves as “better than” or “less than” someone else. Judgment with a feeling of “less than” leads to self- criticism and self-doubt as kids see everyone else as “better than” they are. This destroys self-esteem as kids fail to see their own uniqueness, gifts, and talents.

Lesson 4: Neural Pathways & Self Talk
Children’s thoughts about themselves create the way they experience themselves. Every time they think about themselves – either in the positive or in the negative – neural pathways are created which establish their beliefs about themselves.
People can tell kids that they are great, but if they don’t believe it deep down, then it doesn’t matter. Help kids understand that what they say to themselves is more important than what anyone else says to them.
In this lesson kids learn how to use the power of positive self-talk to create positive beliefs about themselves and to create strong self-esteem.

Lesson 5: Power Shifting
When things don’t go their way, kids often get down on themselves. A powerful skill for kids to learn is how to separate both events and their results from “who they are”. We call this power shifting (often referred to as reframing).