Self-esteem is the most misunderstood and misused developmental factor of the past thirty years. Child-rearing experts in the early 1970s decided that all of the efforts of our society should be ...

Self-respect (also referred to as “appraisal self-respect”) is the belief that someone deserves dignity and regard because ...

Years of social anxiety forced me to learn everything about confidence around other people. I found an amazingly fine line between getting caught up in anxiety and enjoying social interactions. Here's ...

High self-esteem is not loud. It doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t need Instagram captions or validation rituals disguised ...

Throughout the years, I've met many clients, including entrepreneurs, who claimed to have low self-esteem and were fixated on raising it. While some coaches help address self-esteem issues, my team ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Our lives are based on self-worth. It affects the type of relationships that we ...