Stage One of Your Journey: Introduction and Key Concepts

"You can't do the right thing the wrong way." - Abraham Lincoln

Stage One of The Self-Worth Odyssey is yours free of charge. This stage of your journey includes Chapters One, Two and Three plus the very memorable imagery activity, A Choice for Hope.

A Choice for Hope outlines, in story form, the key features of the personal change process common to everyone who embarks on a personal change odyssey. When you know more of what to expect on your odyssey, you are much more likely to succeed.

In the first three chapters, you will learn about the nature of self-worth and the many important benefits that spring from a healthy sense of worthiness. You will learn how you can enhance your sense of worth and when you do so, you will change your attitude about everything that matters to you.

This free introduction to The Self-Worth Odyssey will demonstrate for you the outstanding value and potential that resides in this new, creative and professionally credible program for positive personal change.

Chapter One: From Two Drivers To One

• Driver Training Car Imagery: The Divided Self.
• Overview of Key Concepts.
• Summary of Self-Worth Principles.

Chapter Two: Personal Reality

• Self-Worth and Self-Esteem Definitions.
• Confidence and Optimism Descriptions.
• The Consequences of Low Self-Worth.
• The Nature of Healthy Self-Worth.
• What is a Sense of Self?
• How Your Sense of Self Influences Your View of the World.
• Selective Attending: How We Consistently Reinforce our Existing Beliefs.
• The Role of Family and Societal Values.
• The Nature of Trust.

Chapter Three: Choice

• You and Your Perceptions are Unique.
• We also Share Common Themes with Others.
• First and Second Order Change.
• Staying Present with Your Emotions.
• The Need for Self-Awareness.
• Description of Projective Imagery.
• Imagery Activity: A Choice for Hope (free download).
• Traditions and Their Influences on Us.
• Your Unaddressed History.
• The Challenge of Self-Awareness: There is no Risk-Free Life.