205 SelfWork (Second Time Around): How To Build Your Self-Confidence

Published: Dec. 31, 2021, 6 a.m.

Here we are on the cusp of 2022! And many of you will be trying once again to have a New Years resolution. I'm not a huge fan of those but building self-confidence would certainly be a worthy one! \xa0In this second time around for this episode, as my team and I take a break during the holidays, I'll tell the story again about a \xa0patient who'd begun to find her own self-confidence when she said, \u201cI realized that what I needed \xa0- I\u2019d had all along. It\u2019s like the ruby red slippers. You simply have to know their power and your own power.\u201d

I wasn't able to forget that analogy. We all have the capacity to learn, to understand, to see and to have confidence in ourselves - but we can sabotage and discount our strengths, values, talents, and gut feelings.\xa0In this episode, I decided to trust my own red slippers in this episode, sponsored by BetterHelp, and allow my own mind and heart to create a list of ten things that can build self-confidence - and with humility I bring it to you.

The listener email is from a man who writes that he\u2019s begun having symptoms of anxiety and panic at a time when he and his wife are having troubles and she wants a separation. What would you say?

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