Building self-validation skills is essential for fostering a healthy self-concept and emotional well-being. Use the following activities to practice self-validation and reflect on your progress.

Self-validation is accepting your own internal experience, your thoughts, and your feelings. Self-validation doesn't mean that you believe your thoughts or think your feelings are justified.

Addressing this, Psychotherapist Emily H Sanders wrote, “Self-validation is so important for many reasons (including esteem and confidence) and it’s a skill many of us are still working on.