Breakdown:
- Introduction
- Questioning if we truly understand the concept of self-worth.
- Highlighting the common advice to “know your worth” but how it often lacks actionable depth.
- Common Advice Stops Short
- Acknowledging that while “knowing your worth” sounds simple, it often leaves people without a way to internalize and act on it.
- Establishing that self-worth isn’t just about knowing but also feeling and embodying it.
- The Exercise
- A step-by-step exercise to connect with the feeling of self-worth by comparing it to the love and protection felt for a loved one.
- Asking readers to visualize someone they deeply care about, think of a specific memory, and feel that love.
- Suggesting the idea of “body-swapping” with this person for a year, evoking emotions about how disrespect toward them would feel.
- Bringing It Back to Self
- Prompting readers to compare the protective instinct felt for their loved ones with how they treat and protect themselves.
- Highlighting a common gap between how people allow themselves to be treated versus how they’d want their loved ones treated.
- Emphasizing that real self-worth is about applying that same care and standard to oneself.
- Closing Reflection
- Encouraging readers to set boundaries and not tolerate disrespect in their own lives.
- Reinforcing that strength is valuable, but happiness and respect are essential for genuine self-worth.
- Leaving readers with a powerful reminder to apply the same love and standards they hold for others to themselves.