Self Improvement Is Not For Sissies | Self Publishing

By self on March 31, 2012

Who said self improvement is easy? Well, it is and it is not. If your improvement program consists of losing 5 pounds or getting a new hair style it?s easy. But to make those deep inner changes that draw you nearer to happiness, contentment, and success it may be more of a challenge.

To make changes on a deeply personal level you need to do an inspection through introspection and this needs to be done with neutral sight. It is important to drop the labels and the old programs that you run about yourself to see what?s truly there. If you have the self esteem of a gnat it will be hard to do this without seeing only the negative and piling up such a heap of things to improve that it looks impossible. Digging deep to find everything that you believe is wrong with you is never wise and should be done only with the help of another person with skills to help you stay balanced during the process. There is no improvement if the introspection process leaves you discouraged and depressed. If your intention to improve is sincere and serious you will be able to find the starting place and go about it gently and steadily.

My suggestions is to start by improving the things that are already strengths for you. If you have an artistic flair, for example, develop it. Take some art lessons, visit art galleries to see what others have done, take a course from your local community college or an art teacher. If you have a gift for speaking join a Toastmaster?s group, develop some presentations and alert the local service groups of your availability. Have someone videotape your speech and as you watch it, make notes for areas of improvement. Then practice until you are pleased with the next video tape you make. If you are a good cook, take some cooking classes to improve. Learn all you can about food preparation and presentation. Invite friends over to give you feed back on your feeding. If you like to write and want to improve your writing skills, write some articles and submit them to online article publishers. EzineArticles and Helium are two of them. Helium lets you judge the writing of others and has them judge yours to give you tips on how to improve. Both sites give you valuable writing tips. There are writing and poetry contests on the Internet that you can enter. Start a blog and write to it on a daily basis.Starting with your good traits and fine tuning them will give you confidence, increase your self esteem, help you meet new people, give you satisfaction in your improvement and gently open some of those deeper and more personal areas that need to be improved.

Self improvement isn?t for sissies but for those who sincerely want to improve. But it doesn?t have to be a process that opens all the old wounds and brings emotional pain. Be gentle but persistent. Start with the good stuff and make it better. We are holistic. What improves in one area improves the whole.

I?ll see you later. I?m going to the gym to ride the exercise bike. That?s my starting place for physical improvement.

Irene Conlan has a masters degree in nursing, a doctoral degree in metaphysics, is a certified hypnotherapist and an ordained minister. She practices holistic hypnotherapy and officiates at weddings in Scottsdale, Az and the Phoenix metropolitan area. Irene can be found at http://www.theselfimprovementblog.com

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