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If you sometimes struggle with self-confidence, you are not alone. Every single one of us, no matter how successful, polished, or “together” we look on the outside, has struggled with confidence. I know women who are CEOs, women running households, and women leading movements and doing big, badass things. Even they have had moments of questioning themselves, doubting their worth, or second-guessing every decision they make. If this sounds familiar, please know you are not broken. You are human.

Now, here is the good news. Confidence is not something you either have or do not have. It is something you build. It is like a muscle. Just like your body gets stronger when you lift weights consistently, your confidence grows when you put it to use and practice daily. So if you have been feeling a little shaky in your self-belief, let’s talk about how to shift that energy and start showing up as the strong, capable, brilliant woman you already are.

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Where I live, the nights are starting to feel cooler, the days shorter, and the seasons are shifting. Maybe you notice it too, those subtle reminders that change is always happening. It made me think about how quickly we adjust our external temperature while often ignoring our internal one.

Most of us keep our external comfort level steady year-round. If it gets too cold, we turn up the heat. If it gets too hot, we switch on the AC. We do whatever we can to stay in that comfortable range. But what about our internal thermostat?

Your internal thermostat is your personal comfort zone. It is made of the thoughts, habits, and behaviors you fall back on when life feels uncertain. It is the place where you feel safe and normal, even if it is not serving your growth. If you do not recognize yours, it might be silently holding you back.

How Your Comfort Zone Holds You Back

Imagine someone who works hard, earns a promotion, and finally lands the role they dreamed of. On paper, it is a win...

Do you want to feel happier and more positive each day? Most people would answer  yet to this question but it can feel overwhelming when thinking about where to start. Building a positive mindset doesn’t require huge changes; it’s more about forming small, daily habits that lift your mood and increase resilience. By focusing on positive routines, you’re not only setting yourself up for a better day, but you’re also building mental strength that can help you handle life’s ups and downs. It’s small consistent daily actions that add up and result in noticeable results.

Let’s dive into five simple habits that can bring more positivity into your life and help you feel happier and more energized every day.

Write Down Three Things You’re Grateful For Each Morning. Starting your day with gratitude can be a game-changer for your mindset. When you take a few minutes each morning (and really, it only takes a few minutes) to think about things you’re thankful for, it sets a positive tone f...

Persistence is the quality of consistently pursuing a goal or task despite obstacles, difficulties, boredom, or setbacks. It involves determination, resilience, and a strong commitment to achieving a desired outcome, even when there is discomfort. Persistence is often seen as a key factor in overcoming challenges and achieving long-term success in various areas of life, including personal, academic, professional, and creative pursuits.

There are some key characteristics that persistent individuals possess.

What is important to note is that these characteristics are not fixed or innate. They can be developed and strengthened with some focus and attention. As you read through them, I encourage you to identify one or two that you can work to strengthen as a means of strengthening your overall persistence when you are pursuing your goals.

Resilience: Persistent individuals are able to bounce back from failures, setbacks, and disappointments. They view obstacles as temporary ch...

What you believe about yourself, others, and the world impacts how you feel and the results you get in your life so it is important to have a belief system that works for you, not against you. A belief is an acceptance that something is true or that something exists. It is trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something. It is how you make sense of the world but your beliefs are not the “T” truth that you might think they are.

We all have beliefs. Some of our beliefs we are aware of and some run quietly in the background of our minds, or in our unconscious minds. The problem with the unconscious beliefs we hold that run quietly in the back of our minds is that despite their being quiet, they do influence how we feel, the actions we take, and the results we get in our lives. 

Before going further, let’s explore where your beliefs come from. Your beliefs are the result of some of the following: 

• Messages you have received from others over the course of your lifetime. These...

Journaling can be a highly beneficial practice to support mental, emotional, and even physical well-being. In the hustle and bustle of your daily life, finding time to reflect and become more self-aware can be challenging. One thing to keep in mind is that there is not a “right” or “wrong” way to journal. Journaling is a personal and individualized process and can look very different from person to person, or even from day to day for one person. When you write things down on paper (or digitally if you prefer, but I always encourage trying pen and paper), you get information out of your head, which can give you a different perspective. 

When your thoughts, ideas, questions, goals, feelings, etc. are on a piece of paper in front of you, you can “zoom out” and think about them differently. 

Some ways journaling can benefit you are:

Allowing for emotional expression. Journaling offers a safe space to express and release emotions, which can reduce stress and anxiety and provide ...

It is likely that you have heard talk about the positive impact a morning routine can have on your life. I have many clients who talk about hearing about morning routines but who don’t really understand why they can be so important, or what their morning routine should include. The good news is that there is no “right way” or “wrong way” to do a morning routine and morning routines do not need to take a long time or be complicated.  

I think one of the biggest benefits of a morning routine is that it is an opportunity to intentionally start your day off in a way that feels good.

It allows you time to focus on yourself, and allows you to set the tone for your day. Like so many people, I have fallen victim to waking up in the morning and immediately picking up my phone and consuming text messages, emails, and social media. For me, and for many of my clients, the problem in doing this is that I was losing control of my day before it even started. I was almost immediately thinking ...

Do you have days where you are feeling energized and on fire, and then have other days where you can’t seem to muster up the energy to get anything done? Or maybe you have days where you are feeling really good about your life in general and other days where all you can see and think about are negative things. This is not an uncommon human experience and it is also not something that is completely outside of your control. 

Your energy and whether you are feeling positive or negative overall is tied to your thoughts and your mindset. Often we think these things are tied to situations happening around us, or to what other people are doing to us, however, this is never the case. Things happening around you can spark thoughts, but it is always your thoughts that create your feelings. This is important to note because this means that if you change what you are thinking, you can change how you are feeling. When you are intentional about this, you can create habits around the way you thin...

Do you wish you had more joy in your life? Do you keep waiting for outside circumstances or events to bring you more joy and happiness? Do you ever find yourself saying, “I will be happy when…”? Have you ever heard someone say that a person makes them so happy, or that they were so happy that they got a promotion, or that they are so happy they are finally starting a family? 

While it is true that people, external circumstances, and events can trigger us to feel joy, it is ultimately what we think about people, circumstances, and events happening in our lives that create the feelings we experience.

In each of the situations mentioned above, it is what someone is thinking about another person, a promotion, or starting a family that creates the feeling of joy. For example, starting a family is an event or circumstance that happens in someone’s life. One person could feel immense joy because this is something they have been wanting for as long as they can remember. Another person w...

Your mindset and your beliefs about yourself are powerful. They can elevate your confidence, your actions, and the results you get in your life, or they can crush your confidence, limit your actions, and limit the results you get in your life. Have you heard of the “fleas in a jar” story? It is a great example of how what you believe changes how you act, and therefore the results you get in your life. 

Years ago, a scientist conducted an experiment where he placed fleas in a glass jar. Once in the jar, the fleas immediately started jumping and jumped so high that they were able to jump out of the jar and escape. Next, the individual conducting the experiment put a glass lid on the jar so that the fleas could not escape. The fleas continued to jump but now they were hitting the glass lid, jumping again, and hitting the glass over and over without being able to escape as they had before.

What happened next is fascinating. The scientist removed the glass lid and guess what happened...