If you have low self-esteem you are more prone to becoming depressed. To beat depression you have to raise your self-esteem.

People with low self-esteem more easily and more often become depressed compared to people with high self-esteem, whether it is just a matter of feeling a bit down or actually getting a diagnosis of clinical depression (major depression or bipolar depression). The reason to this is quite obvious: people with low self-esteem don't feel that they are valuable people and they feel that their lives are meaningless (compared to people with high self-esteem). They don't feel appreciated by others, they react more strongly to criticism and they find it more difficult to accept compliments and praise. In general, people with low self-esteem feel more negative towards themselves and their lives than people with high self-esteem do.

When you are deep down in a major depression period it is not easy to raise your self-esteem. Merely getting out of bed in the morning can be a huge challenge. There are therapy programs that focus on building self-esteem as well as getting you out of the depression as quickly as possible. If such therapy is available to you that's great, but for most people this is not an option. In such cases you may simply have to focus on getting out of the worst part of the depression first and then start to work on your self-esteem. If you have had several periods of depression you know what it is like and you know that you don't want to get there again. Start to raise your self-esteem when you are in a healthy period to prevent yourself from falling down into depression again.

If you are simply feeling down rather than having clinical depression you can start to raise your self-esteem immediately. This will both help you to become happier in the short term and it will prevent you from feeling down as often in the future. The methods of how to raise your self-esteem depend on how depressed you feel. If you just feel a little bit sad a self-esteem self-help book (such as The Self-Esteem Toolbox) might help. If you feel worse than that you might benefit from a self-esteem course or from self-esteem group-coaching. If you really want to beat your depression NOW personal self-esteem coaching is your option.

When you work with your book, course, or coach you will learn to make life style changes that will prevent you from sinking down into depression again. If you just lift your self-esteem momentarily without changing your everyday life to support this higher self-esteem, you will lose your newly found self-esteem as quickly and become pray of depression again. You need to make small but significant changes in your life style that will help you to keep your self-esteem up forever. Your self-esteem book, course or coach can help you to figure out what changes you need to make in your life.

Liv Miyagawa - The Self-Esteem Coach

Self-Esteem Coach, Liv Miyagawa, helps adults who want high self-esteem. Apart from through personal self-esteem coaching, Liv Miyagawa can help you to raise your self-esteem through group coaching, self-esteem distance courses, home study materials and other self-esteem resources. She is also the author of The Self-Esteem Toolbox, a book full of self-esteem exercises to boost your self-esteem. " Liv Miyagawa The Self-Esteem Coach - http://www.livmiyagawa.com/.