Five Great Ways to Battle Insecurity

Don’t you love watching a cooing baby? They look so content in their mother’s arms, and all their needs are readily met with a loving intent. It’s our basic need as a human being to want to feel secure, and yet the older we get, it seems the harder it is to hold on to.

First we are pushed out from our mother’s womb, then we are passed around from person to person like a hot potato, next we are subjected to going to some strange place with other strange youngsters, while Mommy and Daddy go off to work. It just gets scarier after that. So, after years of having it stripped away from us, how do we hang on to a little security in an increasingly insecure world? Here are some ways that might help:

1. Learn to enjoy your own company. If your blood pressure rises when you realize you are going to be home alone, you really need to experience more evenings by yourself. Think back to a time when you were your happiest. What were you doing? Even if you were with a dear friend, that does not mean you cannot recreate the feeling you had. Watercolor, get a kid’s coloring book and some crayons and get busy. Sing in your underwear, using the spatula as a microphone. Have fun, when no one is watching, and you will be more secure being yourself when you are with others.

2. Practice saying positive affirmations. First right them down. Here are a few examples:

I am confident in a state of not knowing.

I trust my instincts above all.

I am aware and open to all the wonderful gifts life is bringing me.

I am an amazing vessel for pure source energy

Many times insecurity has its roots in negative messages, which were feed to us when we were growing up. These are false messages. The uncluttered truth is you are a divine being. Practice writing and speaking affirmations that confirm this, and you will be much closer to the freedom that comes with living a fulfilling and secure life.