Would I trade my life for yours? For most of my life, I probably would have. Low self-esteem, high anxiety and fear influenced my thoughts and behaviors for decades, affecting my career, social, personal and family life.

On the surface, I appeared confident, was productive, hardworking and extremely ambitious. I worked exhaustively at building a career to prove I was somebody. Sadly, in my eyes, I was never good enough. Consequently, I strived even more to achieve a higher level, to attain a goal, a road to happiness. Never having been satisfied of achieving any kind of success, my...