Travel is one of the best environments to improve your self-esteem. On this episode, we dig into why. Using The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden as a framework we break down the ways in which travel and especially long-term travel can inherently boost your self-esteem. The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem are: The Practice of Living Consciously The Practice of Self-Acceptance The Practice of Self-Responsibility The Practice of Self-Assertiveness The Practice of Living Purposefully The Practice of Living with Integrity Covered in this episode: What is self-esteem? What is pseudo Self-esteem? Low self-esteem relationships How travel changes your perception of time Forcing yourself outside of your social comfort zone How getting space from your problems is valuable How travel changes the incentives in social situations Travel and self-reliance Learning how to say no How learning a language teaches you to be assertive How travel teaches you about living with purpose Doing what is right, not what is easiest in the moment Our book recommendation for this episode is The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden. You can get it free when you start a one month free trial with this episode's sponsor, Audible.com Check us out on Patreon. There are a bunch of cool rewards for supporters of the show. Music credit: bensound.com