Note: This is the companion journal to the Building Self-Esteem guide, ISBN 978-0990413400. It mirrors the questions in the guide, giving you a space to record your answers and explore the topics as they relate to your own journey.Low self-esteem can negatively impact all facets of your life, including happiness, success, relationships, and academics/career. This journal is the companion to "Building Self-Esteem: A Guide to Achieving Self-Acceptance & a Healthier, Happier Life" (ISBN 978-0990413400). It will guide you in examining various concepts of self-esteem and self-worth on a personal level and will give you a space to explore and practice the tools necessary in developing a more positive identity. Each chapter in the journal coincides with the chapters in Building Self-Esteem: A Guide to Achieving Self-Acceptance & A Healthier, Happier Life and is divided into three sections, giving you a place to explore preliminary questions, space for jotting down notes and questions, and a section to process reflection questions. This journal can help you organize your responses to chapter questions and keep track of your progress as you delve into and conquer your own struggles with self-esteem, self-talk, relationship boundaries, assertiveness, body image, and self-care.

Author Biography

Megan MacCutcheon, M.Ed., LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a private therapy practice in Vienna, Virginia. Megan provides individual and group therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Megan specializes in helping individuals to build self-esteem and manage stress, and has extensive experience in working with victims of sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and domestic violence. Megan also teaches a Building Self-Esteem workshop at The Women's Center (www.thewomenscenter.org), a local nonprofit counseling agency, where she completed an internship and residency, and worked as a therapist and Domestic Violence Systems Advocate. Megan obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication from Boston University and completed a Master of Education in Counseling and Development at George Mason University. She is a member of the American Counseling Association and Northern Virginia Licensed Professional Counselors. For more information, please visit www.meganmaccutcheon.com.