Every person goes through periods of low self-esteem at some stage in life, it’s unavoidable. Replacing this negative conditioning with more positive programming is critical to building a successful and harmonious life. Stress is perhaps the most common issue of man’s everyday life. Stress is so universal and widespread that it is considered as a hallmark of human life. Married women especially with responsibilities of job, children and ageing parents can particularly feel overwhelmed by stress of daily life and that might accentuate if women have lower esteem. Low self-esteem can lead to psychological effects that cause a person to be more susceptible to stressful situations. Conversely, high self-esteem can act as a sort of protection against high levels of stress. Individuals with low esteem tend to feel helpless, powerless, and incapable of overcoming the obstacles placed in front of them. People today suffer from stress in a range of situations. Stress is present in people’s lives and is believed to be the cause of psychopathologies, diseases, and inability to adapt to any given environment or work. Stress is considered a complex defensive-balancing mechanism of the body that develops in two stages: during the first stage, individuals assess the stressor and the demands stemming from it, and during the second stage, they evaluate whether or not they have enough resources to meet the stressor demands. The latter stage draws attention to the individual’s subjective assessment of the stressor, which conditions their reaction to it. Different people may react differently to the same stressor. The stress response refers to body reactions, which can either be physiological, emotional, or behavioral reactions to stimuli that cause stress. Keywords Stress, Self­esteem, Working Women, Non­working women

The study finds the relationship between obesity, self-esteem and Emotional maturity among young men and women between the age group 23-35 years in Bengaluru City and with the help of Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Emotional Maturity Scale and demographic information sheet, the level of self-esteem, level of emotional maturity and BMI data have been captured for 50 Men and 50 women. The primary goal was examining the level of self-esteem and emotional maturity between obese young men and women. And it is observed that the level of self-esteem between obese men and women are not differing very significantly. However, Males have less self-esteem than females. The secondary goal was to identify relationship between Emotional Maturity and self-esteem, and it is found that they are negatively correlated.