self-acceptance
Embracing your flaws
Self-acceptance is embracing yourself as you are—flaws, limitations, and all—rather than requiring yourself to meet some ideal before you can feel okay.
It differs from self-esteem, which involves evaluating yourself positively; self-acceptance asks only that you acknowledge reality without harsh judgment.
After years of therapy, she finally reached a place of self-acceptance.
Thorough change in form
- actualizationMaking something fully real
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
- healingRestoration of health
renewal · integration · becoming · flourishing · unfolding · awakening · liberation · authenticity
Innate personal worth
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
Returned light or thought
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
- inner-peacePsychological harmony within oneself
meditation · awareness · insight · presence
Enduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- groundednessState of being anchored
- steadinessState of being constant
composure · poise · centeredness · adaptability · courage · tenacity · balance · serenity
transformation
Thorough change in form
- actualizationMaking something fully real
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- maturationProcess of becoming complete
healing · renewal · integration · becoming · flourishing · unfolding · awakening · liberation · authenticity · emergence
dignity
Innate personal worth
- appreciationRecognition of worth
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
reflection
Returned light or thought
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings
inner-peace · meditation · awareness · insight · presence
fortitude
Enduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- groundednessState of being anchored
steadiness · composure · poise · centeredness · adaptability · courage · tenacity · balance · serenity · calm
- milestonesgraduation, wedding, birthday, retirement, birth
- well-beingwell-being, happiness, wellbeing, wellness, contentment
- self-worthworthiness, confidence, personal dignity, personal honor, deserving
- LGBTQgay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer
- aging psychologyaging brain, life review, late adulthood, life span, brain aging
- character arcscharacter arc, arc, redemption arc, hero's journey, fall from grace
self-acceptanceself-loathing
Intense disgust toward oneself
self-hatred · self-disgust · self-rejection · self-contempt · self-deprecation
self-acceptanceself-criticism
Judging one's own failings
self-condemnation · self-blame · self-flagellation · perfectionism · self-punishment
self-acceptanceself-denial
Restraining one's own desires
self-alienation · self-dissatisfaction · inauthenticity · masking
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