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Need more confidence? Try this simple grounding technique. April 28, 2023 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships

In my confidence-building courses, I teach my delegates some simple grounding techniques in order to calm themselves when they are feeling overwhelmed by the panic and fear associated with low confidence. Here’s a simple exercise you can do in any moment of self-doubt or overwhelm. It’s called the Five Senses Grounding Technique and it’s so simple that a small child could master it in minutes. 1. Whatever is happening in your mind make the decision to stop…

How to maintain your confidence when you’ve just had a baby March 20, 2023 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships, Spirituality

Becoming a parent is undoubtedly one of the most overwhelmingly amazing things a person can do. However it is a journey fraught with highs and lows and if you’re not careful you can get lost in a mire of self-doubt, perfectionism and self-loathing. A baby, a serious lack of sleep, the enormous responsibility of another life and the intense upheaval of your own life can destroy your confidence but it doesn’t have to. I’m a…

Your confidence is your responsibility February 22, 2023 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships

In my coaching practice I so often hear people tell me that they lack confidence because of something someone did or said to them in the past. It could be that teacher who told you that you’d amount to nothing. A childhood bully who constantly picked on you at break times. Your hypercritical parent from whom you could never gain approval. Perhaps you were dumped and left broken by an ex-partner. Stop letting your past impact…

Forgiveness – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships, Spirituality

Confidence is an inside job and baggage from the past can seriously affect your ability to be a confident person. One of the biggest (but often overlooked) blockers to confidence struggling with forgiveness and blaming other people from the past for how you feel today, which just keeps you stuck in bitterness, resentment and low self-esteem. Those of us with genuine confidence have learned that we have to forgive the people who have hurt us in order to be free. I was working with a…

How to maintain your confidence in an argument February 13, 2023 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships

Conflict can be hard for us all but if you struggle with your confidence it can be excruciatingly difficult to enter into a disagreement. All your fears of rejection (which I made a video about over on my Instagram) and failure will be screaming at you to run BUT conflict is a part of life and we have to learn to deal with it because otherwise we say nothing and get resentful or blow up…

Just because you think something doesn’t mean it’s true February 21, 2022 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships

As a specialist confidence coach for the last decade, I’ve come to see that my job is really very simple; I help clients to manage their thinking because just because you think something, doesn’t mean it’s true. Here’s an example of my own life… Just before I graduated from university in my twenties I spent a fruitless day shopping for an outfit for the end of term prom. Fruitless because I had very limited budget,…

21 Days To Confidence September 19, 2021 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Personal Development, Uncategorized

Have you had enough of living small? Are you ready to do business with your low self-esteem? Is it time to unlock your potential? Would you like to learn the secrets to lasting confidence in just 21 days? If you are ready, if you want to change, then I can help you reclaim your confidence for good! I’m delighted to announce that my brand new email course is now available for you to build your…

The confidence to say ‘no’ April 27, 2021 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships

Lots of people who struggle with their confidence find it hard to say ‘no’. The two things go hand in hand. Do you find it hard to say ‘no’ to people? Do you find yourself doing things you don’t want to do and then getting resentful all because you couldn’t say ‘no’? Do you feel like a doormat? If so, then keep reading. Knowledge is power The first step to building up the confidence…

Improve Your Post-Pandemic Confidence March 22, 2021 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Leaders and Teams, Personal Development, Relationships

As a coach, I am always on the lookout for the themes that run through my clients’ lives. Why? Because these themes usually point us in the direction of where you might be stuck and where, exactly, the root of your confidence issues might lie. More recently I’ve been struck by the universal themes I am hearing across so many of my clients’ lives. Two questions keep coming up;“Who will I be after the pandemic?” and “How will I return to ‘normality’ with confidence?” The pandemic has changed us all and…

What do you want for the 2020s? January 2, 2020 – Posted in: Advice, Confidence, Personal Development

If you’re anything like I used to be, you will be feeling the pressure this month to set goals and resolutions for the coming year. And conduct an annual stocktake of sorts, perhaps. So, if you’ve read any of my January blogs over the past 8 years, you’ll know that I’ve given up with resolutions because they just don’t work! However, I am a believer in taking stock and setting intentions; I advocate looking back before you…

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