I have been chatting to Red magazine about strengths or positive qualities. And how concentrating on our strengths increases self confidence.
Often schools and job appraisals focus on our weakest areas and where we need to improve, not on our strongest areas. Yet it’s often true that we would need to put in a significant effort to raise a weakness to a mediocre level. Whereas putting in the same effort to an area of strength can raise a strength to an expertise. Continue reading
Confidence
is a little voice
in the back of your head
that tells you
you belong.
~ Michael Gervais
I’ve been inspired to offer something to fund raise for a 18 year old girl Danielle and her gap year volunteering. I am offering coaching sessions to those who make a charitable donation to Danielle’s fundraising for her trip to Chile. Continue reading
Fruit drops from the tree when it is ready.
Staying too long,
or moving too early,
misses the mark. Continue reading
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
Do you hear a little voice telling you that you’re not […] enough or that you’re not […] enough?
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Ever considered that it is a lie?
What if you ARE enough? Continue reading
Happy Christmas! Here’s a short video of a
‘digital nativity’ for all you social media fans. Rosalyn
When no is truly better for you
it’s better for everyone else.
~ Kim Allen
So now what?
I’ve realised I lack self confidence, so now what?
Clients (and strangers) ask me this. I wonder if they hope that I have a pink pill, or even a hypodermic syringe. Some magic and instant solution. Continue reading
To achieve or not to achieve, that is the question.
I recently received a newsletter from my therapist friend Bonnie Miller, with article ‘The Happiness of Non-Achievement’. Now, if you were my client you’d know I encourage celebrating achievements. Writing a list of them even. A long list. Keeping it. Referring back to it.
And here is Bonnie celebrating non-achievement. Continue reading
I’ve been working with Striding Out and some inspiring young people recently – here’s a video about it.
Contact me if you’d like to know more about the work I’m doing with Striding Out.
I’m speaking at this year’s Greenbelt Festival.
If you’re at Greenbelt, come and join my Self Confidence for women workshop.
See you there!
UPDATE: I spoke at Greenbelt and 137 women explored self confidence and discussed how to say “No”. I’m in touch with a number of them and had some writeups. It was wonderful to discuss the difference between working out what others expect of us (particularly bosses and adult children) and what we actually want to give. What are our boundaries?
Success is not a destination,
it’s a journey.
~ John Wooden
I recently wrote about facing fears. How often do we tell ourselves we can do nothing?
This girl addressed the UN about the environment… Continue reading
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