How can you regain your self-esteem and stop devaluing yourself?

“I died at the age of ten, on a beautiful autumn afternoon, in a light that makes you long for eternity".

This sentence, taken from the preface to “The Power of Existence”, sums up the depth of Michel Onfray’s thought.

Hailing from abject poverty and an orphanage, he forged his own path to freedom through relentless determination and self-discovery.

Self-knowledge has been a recurring question for as long as man has been able to reflect on his condition. The famous adage “know thyself” was popularized by Socrates in the 5th century BC.

Self-knowledge and self-esteem have been a common thread running through most of the world’s great thinkers, right up to Nietzsche and his famous phrase: “help yourself, then everyone will help you.”

To grasp one’s identity and purpose, a delicate equilibrium of self-worth is essential.

Valuing yourself too much is an excess of vanity and pride.

Too little is too much humility and devaluation.

Positive self-worth is the most fundamental existential issue.

It involves introspection and reflection on the things that depend on us, not on what others think of us or would like us to be.

How can we improve our self-esteem?

How can we give meaning to our lives?

How can we be free without depending on other people’s opinions?

In this masterclass, Michel Onfray explores the principles and methods of understanding and improving self-esteem, so that we can put them into practice and finally make happiness possible.

How can we improve our self-esteem on a daily basis and reveal our true personality?How can we stop depending on the way others look at us, and build up our true self-esteem?What are the root causes of low self-esteem?What the great thinkers teach us about self-esteem…How can we reflect on how to value ourselves?

In a way he has never done before, he also teaches us that nothing is ever lost, no matter what life throws at us.

Be prepared, you won’t emerge unscathed from this life lesson.