Why I Struggle With Self-Worth and How I’m Working to Heal It (and How My Jewelry Became Part of That Journey)

There was a time when I thought self-worth was something you could “figure out” and then just keep forever. Like a switch you flip and suddenly you’re confident, grounded, unbothered.

But for me, it hasn’t worked like that.

My struggle with self-worth has been quiet but constant. It shows up in overthinking, in second-guessing myself, in wondering if I’m doing enough or being enough. It’s not always loud—it’s often subtle. A thought here, a comparison there, a feeling that I’m somehow falling behind even when I’m trying my best.

Healing it has been less about becoming someone new and more about learning how to stay with myself as I am. On good days and especially on the hard ones.

One of the most unexpected parts of that healing journey has been creating my jewelry line on AbbyJuli.com through Printify.

I didn’t set out to just make accessories. I wanted to create small, wearable reminders. Pieces that feel like grounding moments you can carry with you. Little symbols that say things like you are enough, keep going, or you’re allowed to take up space—even on the days you don’t fully believe it yet.

Because I know what it feels like to need something tangible when your mind feels loud.

Designing this jewelry became its own form of healing for me. Every piece started to feel like a quiet conversation with myself—like I was building reminders I wish I had always had close.

Designed with simple reminders that everyone needs that you can wear. Inspired by a former friends buissness, called Happii

I still have days where self-doubt creeps in. But now I also have something physical to hold onto when it does. Something that gently pulls me back to myself.

And maybe that’s what this whole journey is becoming—not perfection, not total confidence—but small reminders, repeated often enough, that slowly change how you see yourself.

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