Self Confidence for Women

I encourage celebrating achievements. Writing a list of them even. A long list. Keeping it. Referring back to it.

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I recently wrote about facing fears. How often do we tell ourselves we can do nothing? This girl addressed the UN about the environment…

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Know your Top 3 Goals for the next 6 months

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‘We don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are.’ ~ Anais Nin Wow, what a powerful quotation. If we want to change something, or change the way we see something, we need to change ourselves. ACTION CHALLENGE: Pick a situation that is challenging you right now. Don’t go for the biggest [...]

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Perfectionism can slow you down and even stop you getting things done.

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment
that something else is more important than fear.

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I’ve come across this handy little tool for looking at a problem another way. It’s an online wizard (!) with a tool for asking questions, the Unsticker. Sample question (I love this) – what part of the problem is the most ticklish?

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What are you tolerating? We are used to the notion of putting up with things. “How are you?” “Can’t complain” “Mustn’t grumble” “Could be worse” And as a (British) race I sometimes wonder if we like to have something to moan about. Tolerations can drain so much energy that we haven’t enough left over for [...]

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I spent three and a half months in South America in 2003. I travelled south from Rio to the tip of Argentina at Ushuaia, then back up the other side through Bolivia and Peru to Quito in Ecuador. One of the best quarter years of my life. We saw glaciers, icebergs, rainforest, beach, waterfalls, fjords, [...]

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Last Easter I made a big leap. Physically. Off a (small) cliff and into a deep blue river by a waterfall. In hot hot Cuban sunshine. Well, maybe it was just a ledge. But I am scared of heights, so it was a big deal. A big leap, in fact.

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I have met people who do not admit they are fearful. Yet something is holding them back from the life they truly want.

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I’m now over a year into the process of being and becoming an entrepreneur with my own practice. It’s been an interesting time. I expected running my own business to give me extra flexibility and control. I didn’t expect the process to be an opportunity for so much personal growth and challenge.

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I have heard it takes 21 days to start a new habit. Lent is 40 days (excluding Sundays for some reason) and an ideal time to reflect on your life and make changes. Traditional Lent decisions are to give up chocolate or alcohol. A penance. Last year I decided to add something to my life [...]

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Quickly write down the top three ways that you try to treat people you care about. Now.. Are you treating yourself according to your own rules?

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I’ve been having a stressed few weeks. The old story; trying to pack in too much into too little time and not allowing enough time for rest or doing the things that bring me energy.

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A coaching relationship has come to an end. Well, two actually. My own life coach and one of my life coaching clients. My coach and I took time to acknowledge one another’s strengths and good qualities. And acknowledge the changes over the time we have worked together. It was a life affirming conversation. There’s a [...]

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There are four times of year when I might think about the old and the new. New Year, my birthday, April (spring and a new tax year). And September which for many years was the start of a new school or university year. They can all be good times of year to think about the [...]

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Back in June, I published my six month goals (My goals ) . Somewhat foolhardy maybe.

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Why do I put pressure on myself? Why do you put pressure on yourself?

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I am having a nightmare situation with a tooth. In order to avoid a large bill for root canal treatment, I changed dentist to attempt to get the work covered on the NHS. This then involved a referral to the dental hospital which got lost and then an appointment at the hospital with a promise [...]

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