The first pillar was the hardest. Branden wrote that self-acceptance meant refusing to deny or disown any part of one’s experience. So Mariana sat in her dark living room and let herself feel the shame. She admitted out loud: “I left engineering because I was afraid of failing. I was afraid my bridge would collapse. I was afraid of being seen as mediocre.” Saying it felt like pulling a splinter from her own heart. It hurt. But then, strangely, the pain lessened.
“It held,” she whispered to herself. And for the first time in her life, she knew she wasn’t talking about the bridge. Los seis pilares de la autoestima el libro defi...
Mariana stood at the center of the bridge, her hand on the railing. The book was in her backpack, dog-eared and underlined. She thought of the six pillars: acceptance, responsibility, assertiveness, purpose, integrity, and the return to acceptance. The first pillar was the hardest
The book had been a gift from her therapist, Dr. Reyes. “Read it,” she had said. “But don’t just read it, Mariana. Live each pillar for a week.” She admitted out loud: “I left engineering because
He gave her the walkway.