Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

A child's mental health is just as important as their physical health and deserves the same quality of support.

Mental health can be just as important as physical health - and major depression is one of the most commonly diagnosed mental illnesses.

Surely a good therapist should produce a Dorian Gray-style portrait from under the couch so the patient can see the person they really are.

They (...) call what I have an invisible illness, but I often wonder if they're really looking. Beyond the science stuff. It doesn't bleed or swell, itch or crack, but I see it, right there on my face. It's like decay, this icky green colour, as if my life were being filmed through a grey filter. I lack light, am an entire surface area that the sun can't touch.

Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need.