Many people don't understand the difference between confidence and self-esteem. In fact, both concepts get used to describe the same phenomena. But what phenomena are we talking about? That's exactly where the confusion begins. read more
Self-Esteem vs. Self-Awareness Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D. Pavel Somov, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice and the author of 7 mindfulness-based self-help books. read more
Consciousness suggests the awareness of awareness, so that self-consciousness has the sense of too many abstraction layers (awareness of one's awareness of awareness). By contrast, awareness does not carry the qualification of layering as much, so that self-awareness is, in a way, synonymous with plain consciousness. read more