411: Ask David: What’s Self-Esteem? What’s Self-Acceptance? Do We "Need" Them?

1788.352 - 1822.636 Dr. David Burns

And there's no judgment of being, gosh, I have to have success or so much success to be worthwhile or to have self-esteem. So that's my way of thinking about it. Self-esteem. And then here's another question we've got, since we've got you experts here. Actually, there's no expertise. These are just metaphors, ways of thinking about things that might be helpful to some people. But self-acceptance.