The Myth of Self-esteem




Courage & Spice: the podcast for humans with Self-doubt show

Summary: High self-esteem is something many of us desire, its the source of a squillion Pinterest quotes, we tend to worry if our kids don’t have enough of it.  But does self-esteem actually make us happier, healthier, more successful? In this episode, we go on a magical mystery tour of the self-esteem movement: where it came from, the surprising research findings and how self-esteem moved out of the realm of psychological research and into Infomercials and Oprah guests.