Self-Esteem: Making Sense of It
Self-Esteem: Making Sense of It is a podcast in the Making Sense of It series focused on helping adults who struggle with a harsh inner critic. It offers practical tools for building genuine self-worth, addressing topics like inner critic work, shame resilience, self-compassion, body image, and people-pleasing. The show aims to avoid toxic positivity and empty affirmations, instead providing day-to-day practices for self-respect. It is produced with AI assistance but researched and scripted.
Episodes
Self-Esteem: Sleep, rest, and nervous-system recovery…
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Making Sense of It, we explore how sleep, rest, and nervous-system recovery shape your inner critic and sense of worth. Host Hana shares a candid story of restless nights that turned everyday tasks into proof of failure, revealing how sleep loss keeps the body in a wired state that amplifies self-doubt and shrinks emotional buffers. You will learn why missed recover
Understanding Self-Esteem: Self-compassion progress feels slow
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Making Sense of It, we explore self-compassion when progress feels slow. When your efforts crawl forward, the inner critic often turns delays into proof you're falling behind. Through a personal story of stalled Spanish practice and insights from Kristin Neff's research, we unpack how self-attack adds unnecessary weight during waiting periods. Instead of letting cri
Navigate Self-Esteem: Managing stress at work day to day
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Making Sense of It, we explore how work stress spills into home life and practical ways to create clear boundaries without self-blame. Host Hana shares personal stories of tension carrying over after long days, from snapping at loved ones to checking emails during dinner, and explains why our bodies stay keyed up even after the laptop closes. Learn simple habits tha
Navigate Self-Esteem: Communication skills that reduce conflict
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Making Sense of It, we explore communication skills that reduce conflict because tense moments often hit self-esteem hardest. Host Hana shares how naming your feeling before responding and asking one clear question instead of defending can stop arguments from spiraling. These steps keep conversations focused and quiet the inner critic that flares during clashes, tur
Understanding Self-Esteem: Bonus: Notice Critic Then Track Values
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t, we explore how the inner critic shapes daily self-worth and how steady micro-habits can loosen its grip. Rather than chasing dramatic overhauls, the conversation focuses on practical interruptions you can weave into ordinary routines. Learn to observe critical thoughts without immediate debate, finish simple tasks without layering on e
Build Healthier Boundaries to Grow Your Self-Esteem Daily
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Let's Make Sense Of This Sht, host Hana explores the quiet cost of saying yes when your limits feel stretched thin. Through real talk and personal stories, the conversation examines why the inner critic often grows louder at the exact moment you consider pulling back, how people-pleasing drains energy while building hidden resentment, and why small pauses before com
Understanding Self-Esteem Triggers Without Shame or Guilt
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Let's Make Sense Of This Sht, we explore understanding triggers without shame. Instead of viewing sudden defensiveness or raw reactions as personal flaws, we treat them as useful signals from an automatic system that scans for safety. Through a candid story from a recent team meeting—where a colleague's question sparked a physical rush followed by a harsh inner narr
Navigate Self-Esteem: Quiet the inner critic this week
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t, Hana shares three no-fuss coping strategies to handle your inner critic during packed days. Instead of silencing the voice or carving out extra time, treat its comments as simple data while building small, repeatable actions that reclaim your energy for the present. Key takeaways include: - Notice the exact words your critic uses and w
Navigate Self-Esteem: Inner Critic, Shame, and Building
In this episode of Self-Esteem: Let's Make Sense Of This Sh*t, we break down self-esteem fundamentals by addressing the inner critic, shame resilience, and self-compassion. That automatic voice tallying every flaw often triggers deeper shame, turning small missteps into stories of not being enough. Learn to spot these patterns early, name the critic to create space, and respond with steadier self-
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