Remembering our personal growth that resulted from negative life experiences makes new obstacles easier to embrace.

— Sam Owen

Self-esteem comes from not letting unrelated external occurrences be tied to your own self-worth.

— Sam Owen

Social media allows us to subjugate feelings and problems we don't want to confront, like emotional eating or substance abuse, thus perpetuating our problems and delaying our happiness.

— Sam Owen

Sometimes being overwhelmed by emotions can leave you speechless but even then it is important to identify the correct emotion.

— Sam Owen

Sometimes the anger directed at another is actually angered toward the self.

— Sam Owen

Taking charge of our life reinforces our self-worth.

— Sam Owen

The long-term pain suffered by suppressing emotions is far greater than the short-term pain of confronting them.

— Sam Owen

Thoughts repeated over time, no matter how incorrect, become consolidated in our minds as beliefs because we’ve repeatedly affirmed them over and over again.

— Sam Owen

Trust yourself to be able to confront and work through your emotions. If you believe you can’t do it, you won’t do it and you’ll become stuck. If you believe you can do it, you will.

— Sam Owen

Unhealthy relationships keep our self-esteem low.

— Sam Owen