Self-esteem is passé. And comparison is dumb.
Brilliant illo by Sachi Swick ~ www.gooddaygoldfish.com
I know I’m supposed to be talking – and writing – about self-appreciation rather than self-esteem. Well, Albert Ellis the American psychologist who developed Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy is quoted (as an early voice, now among many) saying: “Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it’s conditional”.