Lack of self-esteem has many faces. Women doubt their abilities and hesitate to develop their talents. They are stuck in toxic relationships, suffering through one crisis marathon after another, still convinced they’re the ones doing something wrong. Male-dominated thinking continues to determine how women feel. They perform at the highest level and yet doubt their competence. The Heart of a Lioness offers a step-by-step guide on how women can overcome this mindset and find and reclaim their self.

• Make a pact with yourself to bring self-doubt out into the open, rather than internalizing it.

• Stop defining yourself based on whether others find you especially beautiful, especially attractive, or otherwise exceptionally exciting.

• Separate yourself from “energy killers”: those people who make you feel miserable about yourself.

• Lose your fear of being assertive. First of all, learn to say no – No, I don’t want to! No, I won’t do that!

• And, above all else – love yourself!