Should You Pursue Self-Esteem or Self-Compassion?

If you want to feel better about yourself, should you try improving your self-esteem or self-compassion? A journal article published on August 3, 2023, “A Narrative Review and Meta-Analysis on Their Links to Psychological Problems and Well-Being,” can help answer that question.

Both self-concepts are assumed to play roles in well-being, which research supports. And both can be seen as relationships with the self. (Click for full article)