1. Self-Confidence: 5 Little Changes That'll Make a Big Difference With Your Confidence

'𝐄𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.’ How often do you doubt yourself and your abilities? Does it hold you back from doing what you have always wanted to do? Often a lack of self-belief stops us from feeling confident in our abilities. Feeling less confident in turn, stops us from living the life we should. Self-confidence is not shallow. It’s a deep sense of self-awareness within you that makes you confident without the clothes or modern-day armour we love to cover ourselves in. Believing in yourself is what allows you to rise up and reach your potential. The more we can cultivate unstoppable confidence the more we believe and trust ourselves.  So here are my 5 steps to cultivating unstoppable confidence: Step 1 - 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐞 Your very own quick ‘life hack’ where your posture makes you feel powerful. Whether that is Wonder Woman or Superman, stand in this posture for two minutes with a great big smile on your face and feel the change in your physiology and psychology.  Click here to watch Amy Cuddy’s talk on The Power Pose. Step 2 - 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 ‘𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬’ We never ever fail, we just learn. Pick out the three positive learnings from all the time you fell on your butt, use them and move on. Step 3 -𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 Go back to a time you are most proud of in your life and list 5 strengths you used in that time.  What strengths do other people say you have? How can you be using them now?  With all those strengths in play what could you achieve now. Step 4 - 𝐀𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 - 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠  Put pen to paper and journal all the ways you would be if you were confident and had belief in yourself and your abilities. Keep journaling till you feel the power within. If you want to be confident, act as if you are confident and other people will start to feel confident in you. If you wanna be healthy and fit, start feeding your body a healthy person would feed herself. Step 5 - 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠 What song makes you feel empowered, alive and motivated? Use this song as an anchor in times of need. Turn up the volume and let it make you feel amazing. If we try out all of these 5 steps, work on them daily and use repetition we will be able to see that self-confidence cultivating. CLICK HERE to join my LinkedIn Group - Women Creating Unstoppable Confidence Join me over on Social Media: Facebook Instagram LinkedIn