Working with jealousy often involves strengthening your sense of self-worth and creating a fulfilling life independent of your relationships. Jealousy can stem from feeling that you or your life lack importance or meaning, so building confidence and purpose is a gradual but transformative process. Easy to say - hard to do. Jealousy can also arise when your basic needs are unmet. Reflecting on how you can work to meet these needs in your own life-rather than relying on your partner or relationship-can be a real benefit.
We have three exercises that can support that work - this is the first one:
Working on Self-Worth - Finding a Mantra
Step 1: Identify insecurities
Reflect on aspects of yourself that you believe are unworthy of love. These could be general, such as:
“I’m not good enough.”
“I’m not beautiful enough.”
“I’m not smart enough.”
“I don’t trust that I can do this.”
Your statements might be more specific to your experiences.
