I believe most of us have heard that constantly comparing ourselves to others can be devastating to our self-worth. It’s easy to compare your body type, how you dress, your career, your relationship, even what you choose to eat at a party with what other people do. Especially us as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to other women.
I remember years ago when I would teach “Stress Management for Women,” I would say that it was always interesting to me when a man and a woman would walk into a large party. The man would immediately check out all the women in the room. And guess what the woman will do? Check out all the women in the room!
It’s when she’s comparing herself to them that it becomes a problem. Admiring and appreciating other women is different than comparison.
The most devastating comparison that I work to overcome regularly? Comparing my current self to my former self. We as women change over time — we evolve, we age. It’s important to be my best self now versus thinking that I need to be a version of my former self.
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