Building Confidence and Overcoming Barriers

If you're like most people, you'll have experienced moments when your confidence wavers, leaving you unsure of yourself and holding back from reaching your full potential. But what if there was a way to increase your confidence and make a greater impact in your personal and professional life?

This week, Dr Claire Kaye joins Rachel to explore the power of confidence and how it influences our lives. They dive into the common challenges we face when it comes to confidence, whether it's feeling underconfident, lacking self-belief, or dealing with the negative self-talk that holds us back.

But this episode isn't just about identifying the problem – it's about finding practical solutions. Claire and Rachel discuss strategies to boost your confidence in a genuine and authentic way, helping you navigate through life's uncertainties and excel in various areas. They emphasise the importance of knowing yourself, understanding your values, and embracing vulnerability as a pathway to personal growth and success.

If you're tired of letting self-doubt hold you back, this episode offers valuable insights and actionable tips to help you increase your confidence, impact, and overall fulfilment.

Listen to this episode to

• Learn practical strategies to boost your confidence and make a greater impact in your personal and professional life.
• Explore common challenges related to confidence, like feeling underconfident, lacking self-belief, and dealing with negative self-talk.
• Discover how to be more confident in an authentic and genuine way, without resorting to acting or disingenuous behaviour.

Episode highlights

• [00:03:16] Confidence and positive outcomes
• [00:07:28] What a severe lack of confidence can do
• [00:10:12] What is confidence?
• [00:15:55] What makes people lose their confidence
• [00:21:39] Building your confidence
• [00:24:44] Fear of failure
• [00:30:33] How environment affects confidence
• [00:34:01] Comparison
• [00:40:14] Tackling your inner critic
• [00:49:43] Claire's 10 top tips for building confidence
• [00:52:03] Where to find Claire

About the guest

Dr Claire Kaye, an executive career coach who specialises in career development and perimenopause and menopause in the workplace. She works with women who are experiencing symptoms of the menopause and helps them find ways to thrive while maintaining their careers and personal lives.

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Resources

• Download your copy of the Stress Curve graph
• THRIVE Weekly Planner
• More episodes of You Are Not a Frog:
• How to Deal With Your Inner Critic – Episode 197
• The Surprising Power of Self Coaching (and How to Do it Well) – Episode 117, with Dr Claire Kaye
• How to Ditch the Saviour Complex and Feel More Alive – Episode 88, with Rob Bell
• VIA Character Strengths Survey
• Download the episode’s workbook and CPD form. You can use them for reflection and to submit for your appraisal.

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• Twitter: @DrRachelMorris
• Email: hello@youarenotafrog.com

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