Travel is one of the best environments to improve your self-esteem. On this episode, we dig into why.
Using The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden as a framework we break down the ways in which travel and especially long-term travel can inherently boost your self-esteem.
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem are:
- The Practice of Living Consciously
- The Practice of Self-Acceptance
- The Practice of Self-Responsibility
- The Practice of Self-Assertiveness
- The Practice of Living Purposefully
- The Practice of Living with Integrity
Covered in this episode:
- What is self-esteem?
- What is pseudo Self-esteem?
- Low self-esteem relationships
- How travel changes your perception of time
- Forcing yourself outside of your social comfort zone
- How getting space from your problems is valuable
- How travel changes the incentives in social situations
- Travel and self-reliance
- Learning how to say no
- How learning a language teaches you to be assertive
- How travel teaches you about living with purpose
- Doing what is right, not what is easiest in the moment
- And much more… Here’s the episode!
If you want to learn more about how travel can improve your self-esteem, download our free guide on travel + self-esteem here.
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