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    The Journey to Finding Yourself
    The Journey to Finding Yourself
    The Journey to Finding Yourself
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    The Journey to Finding Yourself

    By Rena Camille

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    The Journey to Finding to Yourself is a self-help book that offers life skills advice on ones personal journey in over-coming low self esteem. The book is geared towards the new adults, but speaks to the highs and lows, of all ages. There are many different attributes, that may enhance the negativity that we at some point may feel about ourselves. This book is a tool that will help rebuild your inner self as we go on this journey together.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateMar 27, 2012
    ISBN9781475906134
    The Journey to Finding Yourself
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    Rena Camille

    Author Rena Camille is a proud mother and second time author, who’s life challenges inspired her to pen this book, to help uplift our new generation.

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      The Journey to Finding Yourself - Rena Camille

      Copyright © 2012 by Rena Camille.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4759-0612-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-0613-4 (ebk)

      iUniverse rev. date: 03/19/2012

      CONTENTS

      DEDICATION

      SPECIAL THANKS

      LESSON ONE

      LESSON TWO

      LESSON THREE

      LESSON FOUR

      YOUR PERSONAL JOURNEY

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      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to my girls! Emani, Emiya and Ja’Miyah! I love you three endlessly; everything I do is for you! Mommy loves you!

      SPECIAL THANKS

      Gino Harris photographer for The Evolution of Woman photo shoot

      The Amazing lead Stylist: Tamera Simmons, showcasing her work on facebook.com/tamera.simmons

      Models: Rose James, Hannah Grimes, Valaira Sa-Ra

      This is the beginning of your journey toward loving yourself and conquering low self-esteem. Low self-esteem shouldn’t be looked at as a permanent inner disability, but minor lacerations that over time will heal, leaving only the memories of your trials and tribulations and a new confidence in how far you’ve come as a person.

      The lessons in this book address the different stages that low self-esteem can take you through mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. The objective is to identify the source of the problem, working from the core of the problem outward. This process is your ticket to bettering yourself. Countless women in America of all ages embark on this personal journey every day.

      Some women do not develop low self-esteem until adulthood; many emotional burdens, such as those associated with an unhealthy marriage, weight gain, and aging, can cause their self-esteem to plummet. People in your everyday life, whether they are friends, family members, or complete strangers, can worsen how you feel about yourself with teasing, hurtful comments, and verbal or physical abuse. The way the people in your life treat you can affect your perception of your own value.

      However, we all are in control of our own destiny and have the key to fixing our own self-esteem. Overcoming your inner obstacles will take determination and willpower, but you can do it. I’m not a professional psychologist, but a woman who has lived through this—who along the way found the secrets to achieving victory in the battle with low self-esteem.

      No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.—Eleanor Roosevelt

      LESSON ONE

      Mission Statement

      Self-esteem:

      1. A realistic respect or favorable impression of oneself; self-respect.

      2. An inordinately or exaggeratedly favorable impression of oneself.

      The first step to conquering low self-esteem is to realize that self-esteem originates within you. Outside parties may amplify your feelings of inadequacy, but those feelings still come from you. Blaming others for your issues is an attempt to avoid responsibility and to distract yourself from the root of the problem.

      Low self-esteem causes you to be weak, sensitive, and vulnerable—states that can leave you susceptible to hurt feelings and irrational choices. Low self-esteem can cause us to criticize our own physical appearances or mental abilities. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery started collecting statistics in 1997; a 2008 update showed that cosmetic procedures had skyrocketed 457 percent since then.1 A 2007 study showed that 91 percent of the cosmetic procedures were performed on women of traditional racial and ethnic minorities. Botox injections, liposuction, and breast augmentation are only a few of the many procedures that women are undergoing to try to perfect themselves and gain self-confidence.

      Physical appearance boils down not to inherent worth, but to genetics. You may have inherited a physical feature from one of your parents or grandparents that you find hideous, or you may be that sibling out of the bunch who has the good hair. It’s the luck of the draw, and those who feel as though they got the short end of the stick seek plastic surgery as the solution. The media promotes the importance of physical appearance and the supposed magic of cosmetic surgery. They may show a before picture of a small-breasted woman wearing no makeup and clad in an outfit only a grandmother would love. The after image might feature not only voluptuous breasts, but an outfit and makeup to die for. Such a comparison is not only skewed in its reality,

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