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Kevin Solomons

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Port Elizabeth, South Africa

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Nonfiction, Self Help, Psychology

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Following in my father’s footsteps, I became a doctor after graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1978. After trying different branches of medicine I began specialty training in psychiatry and completed it at Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand in 1987. I have worked as a psychiatrist ever since. I am remarried and live with my wife in Vancouver, Canada. Between us we are blessed with 5 children and a grandson.

I am launching a movement to raise awareness about the relatively poor impact that self-esteem has on our mental health and the empowering feeling self-worth can have in our lives. For all of those still suffering from the need to match up to some external standard of "self-esteem", focusing on self-worth can be a life ...more

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Born to be Worthless: The Hidden Power of Low Self-Esteem

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Negative Emotions Can Kill Your Self-Confidence

Self-confidence is an important part of your life, in almost every way. Unfortunately, many people have a hard time achieving or maintaining their self-confidence due to the negative emotions they harbor about themselves. Maybe you are one of them. Without a positive sense of self-confidence, it can be hard to work towards achieving one. And if you ha

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“Self-esteem is the way you regard yourself as either being worth your mother’s while to care for you, protect you and keep you safe and alive, to be present for you when you need her to meet your needs – or not.”
― Kevin Solomons, Born to be Worthless: The Hidden Power of Low Self-Esteem

tags: psychology, self-esteem, self-worth

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“It is crucial for us to understand the origins of our low self-esteem before we can transcend it.”
― Kevin Solomons, Born to be Worthless: The Hidden Power of Low Self-Esteem

tags: psychology, self-esteem

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“We do not know how to make ourselves feel worthwhile on our own, and unless we specifically learn how to value ourselves, we go to our graves depending on others for a sense of self-worth.”
― Kevin Solomons, Born to be Worthless: The Hidden Power of Low Self-Esteem

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“It is crucial for us to understand the origins of our low self-esteem before we can transcend it.”
― Kevin Solomons, Born to be Worthless: The Hidden Power of Low Self-Esteem

tags: psychology, self-esteem

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