We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.
This is where you will win the battle - in the playhouse of your mind.
Forgiveness is a scalpel that removes emotional scars.
Begin to imagine what the desirable outcome would be like. Go over these mental pictures and delineate details and refinements. Play them over and over to yourself.
An idea accepted as true from any source can be every bit as powerful as hypnosis.
Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you're stalled, “standing still”.