One BIG Way To Increase Your Values and Self-Esteem by Catherine Franz

One hour here, two hours there, even fifteen minutes, it all

adds up, and quickly too. Television is toxic to our self-

esteem. In fact, 90% of television programs are a

depressant. That leaves only 10% as a stimulant. With such

a high percentage of negativity fueling the majority of this

country television must play into the fact that anti-

depressant consumption is doubling by the year. So, if you

are wondering why you have low self-esteem, think about your

television habits.

Look how long the tobacco industry used television to

convince us smoking was "Cool." If that doesn't hit you,

now we know that fluoride is a toxic substance that

manufacturers couldn't figure where to dump, so the

advertisers convinced the public, and the majority of the

dentist community, how great it was for our teeth,

especially our children. Now, the truth is really out,

including cancer in children in academic portions.

When is enough, just that, enough? Is the public that

gullible? Advertisers say yes, and we keep supporting it

because we keep buying and doing the behavior.

In order for advertising to work, advertisers must create a

problem or target a problem. If the problem isn't big

enough, they blow it up with misleading information to push

the problem up in our perception. Then they promote a

solution with a limited perception. These internal messages

tell us we need to be dissatisfied with our lives, what we

own, and especially our self-worth with their answer. No

matter where you are on the social scale, commercials

purposely make us feel that we haven't arrived yet.

If you love your two-year car, they tell you how great it is

to buy a new one, and, of course, your self-esteem will rise

just because you drive it. The next time you drive your car

this message plays even if you don't think it’s playing in

your mind. In addition, with all the car ads on television,

how can you miss one even if you mute or leave the room

during the commercials, you still get the tail end of one?

Advertiser even play people by giving expensive cars to

celebratees, create hype about them having the car, which in

turn creates the “keep up with the Jones” effect. Then, the

fans of those celebratees have just “got to have” that car

in order for them to respect themselves in the morning. The

individual’s emotional roller coaster begins in shopping for

the car, through the buying process, and the first few

months with the new car. Afterwards they must sit down,

watch 30 or 40 car television "gotta have" messages just

after writing a their car payment check for that new car and

immediately get depressed because they have $10 left in the

account and they now want the other new car. Then talk show

programs tell them they can't manage their money and all it

takes is simple common sense. They get down on themselves,

grab another anti-depressant, and watch another car ad.

Its a-no-wonder depression is doubling year in children in

America. The message we're bombarded with is whatever we

own isn't good enough. Moreover, we allow the television to

be our babysitter while we are off doing something else.

Would you hire an individual to stand in front of your

children and yell at them every 10 to 15 minutes for 3 to 6

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BIO:

A life coach supports individuals in finding what is
affecting their lives and making changes in order that the
prognosis is more happiness and prosperity. Catherine Franz
is the coach you want to hire to give you just that support.
Find abundance at: http://www.abundancecenter.com

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