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

2581.048 - 2604.639 Dr. Rhonda Barofsky

Someone found their father after their father had died by suicide. And so they were people who had tragedies in their life, and yet they were happy. And one of the common threads is exactly what you said, David, is they woke up every day and they made a conscious decision to choose to be happy. Like you're saying, people can make conscious decisions to choose to accept themselves.