During times of great change it can be a daunting task to stay centered and positive. When the things that we see as permanent begin to crumble it?s common to experience self doubt. Try any of these techniques to shift your vibration and anchor positive self esteem.

1. Be a Complaint Free Zone- become aware of how you communicate, put a bracelet on your wrist or stone in your pocket, and each time you gossip or complain, move the stone or bracelet to the other side. The bracelet or stone acts as a physical reminder to use kinder more positive language. The goal here is to go 21 days without complaining. Most people are amazed at how much they complain. A complaint or gossiping is negative energy that is mirrored back to your self-esteem.

2. Forgive Yourself - the past is the past, the present moment is your point of power. When you release yourself from guilt about past actions you free up energy and boost your self esteem with the power of acceptance. Close your eyes, take a deep breath. Think of a situation that you feel guilty about. Repeat the following phrase until you feel the guilt ease. I love you, I?m sorry, Please forgive me, Thank you.

3. Start a Gratitude Journal - each day, write down five new things that you're grateful for that day. They can be big or small, what you're doing here is creating an atmosphere of positive belief that helps you feel good about yourself and boost your self-esteem.

4.Ask for Positive Feedback - asked 10 friends or family members to list your top three strengths. Often times, we can't see our own strengths clearly, we simply take them for granted. By having others point them out to you, you?re able to honor and celebrate them.

5. Put Negative Nellie on Mute - We all have those little voices in our head chanting negative messages. Negative Nellie often stops us, and drains our self-esteem. Quieting Negative Nellie is essential to healthy self-esteem. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and imagine a radio control, the volume is turned all the way up, you can hear the loud chattering of Negative Nellie, imagine reaching forward and turning the dial quieting the voice of Negative Nellie. Now, turn that dial all the way to zero and push the button off. Imagine your Negative Nellie scampering away because it has no way to voice it'sr negative beliefs. In the silence, experience the freedom from all the chattering in your mind. Savor this feeling; know that you can turn the volume down anytime you wish.

6. Breathe - breathe in a warm hug of love and exhale any blame, faults, and frustrations. Repeat until you find yourself breathing in love, and breathing out love.

7. Connect with Nature - by appreciating the beauty that surrounds you you?re seeing the good. Connecting with nature allows you to tap into the peace and magnificence that silently surrounds you.

8. The Essence of Me - each day, write down 3 great things about yourself. They can be anything: a smile you gave the checkout clerk at the grocery store; the way you tended to your child's skinned knee; your pretty toenails; anything that makes you feel good about yourself. This celebrates the essence of you and boosts your self-esteem.

9. Confident You - imagine a situation (real or imagined) where you were in your most confident, self assured state. Breathe in that feeling, letting the feeling flow through you. Keep breathing in the feeling allowing it to move through every cell of your body. Now, squeeze your pinky finger and thumb as you take one more breath, allowing the body to absorb the feeling and anchoring that feeling in your body by squeezing your pinky and thumb. Release your fingers take another deep breath. Next time you need a quick dose of self-confidence squeeze your pinky and thumb together and allow the feeling wash over you again.

10. List of High Regards - make a list of 25 achievements you've made big and small, anything goes, if you felt a sense of accomplishment add it to the list. Things like graduating high school, landing a job, speaking up to Uncle Ron, giving birth to your children. Keep this list and a visible spot and continued to add to it, read over it, and acknowledge what it took to accomplish these things.

Cathy Brennan has coached hundreds of people internationally on transformational change and is President of the Gifted Healers Association visit http://www.healingwithchakras.com for a FREE e-course on using chakra energy to feel great.