Hello, everyone!  Think about this and tell me what you think.   Self-Esteem as a Spiritual Discipline Four decades ago, when I began lecturing on self-esteem, the challenge was to persuade people that the subject was worthy of study.   Almost no one was talking about self-esteem in those days.  Today, almost everyone seems to be talking about self-esteem, and [...]

Not long ago, I was asked to submit a paper that would address the following question: Now that more and more psychologists are doing research and writing books and articles about self-esteem, what do I see as the immediate challenges facing those who work in the field? In response, I submitted this short essay. The Importance [...]

Some time ago I was invited to contribute a paper that would suggest ways that parents, teachers and therapists could nurture self-esteem in children. I offer this paper in its original form, unchanged, as it was addressed to colleagues. Nurturing Self-Esteem in Young People If we are to consider how self-esteem is best nurtured in young people, [...]

1. Does self-esteem mean feeling good about yourself? Self-esteem is an experience. It is a particular way of experiencing the self. It is a good deal more than a mere feeling. It involves emotional, evaluative, and cognitive components. It also entails certain action dispositions: to move toward life rather than [...]

I have been asked, what is my mission in this Blog? I want to share what I have learned about psychological well being and what it takes to achieve it. That is one of the reasons I focus so much on self-esteem (although at some points I will be writing about ethics or culture or [...]

Welcome to the Nathaniel Branden Self-Esteem and Personal Development Blog. As this is the first day of the Blog, I want to cover a few basics. To begin with, I do not assume that you necessarily know, just because you are here, who I am or what I am about. Perhaps you decided [...]