Self Confidence for Women

Giving thanks right now for my orange bedroom curtains, made my my dear mother from shalwar kameez fabric from Birmingham’s Stratford Road. Thankful for fresh coffee and cake. And thankful for two texts from dear friends suggesting

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‘Do you treat yourself as well as you treat your friends and family? That simple question is the basis for a burgeoning new area of psychological research called self-compassion — how kindly people view themselves. People who find it easy to be supportive and understanding to others, it turns out, often score surprisingly low on [...]

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Growing in self confidence isn’t just about moving out of comfort zones. Sometimes it’s about making where we are right now more comfortable for ourselves.

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Wishing you a very happy Christmas day. I hope you have time to rest and recuperate over the holidays. Rosalyn

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Fruit drops from the tree when it is ready. Staying too long, or moving too early, misses the mark.

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For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. ~T.S. Eliot

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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’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 little while back I wrote about putting myself under pressure. I wrote of using a clenched fist and an open palm to interrogate decisions. I’m telling myself I have to do something. Do I really have to? I’m going to take this a stage further.

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

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