You are enough. Your self-esteem is critical to your well-being. Having grown up in an alcoholic/dysfunctional family, I struggled trying to find validation in the midst of family chaos. Over time that meant I focused on my work and on my relationships to help center me.

Maybe you’ve done the same in the past.

Do you like yourself? Do you love yourself? Are you happy with who you are?

These basic questions might dredge up lots of negative memories for you if you grew up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional family.

When the focus is on the addiction in the family, everyone is swirling around trying just to stay afloat. Bad behaviors that we learned from those in our alcoholic family might have stayed with us through adulthood.

We often get many platitudes in life and nice sound bites such as “just do it” or “be true to yourself,” but there’s often not a lot of concrete advice on how to actually do the work that needs to get done to get from point A to point B.

Many “experts” have written volumes to help teach you what to do when to do it, and still, people suffer and struggle.