271 - Building Confidence with Model and Self-love Advocate Achieng Agutu
Oct 20, 2023
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Model and self-love advocate Achieng Agutu shares her journey of building confidence, overcoming societal expectations, and finding internal validation. She discusses her transformation towards self-assurance, dealing with rejection, and the positive impact of her digital community. Agutu highlights the importance of community care and the significance of asking for help. A motivating and inspiring conversation!
Therapy played a crucial role in Acheng Agutu's journey to becoming the 'confidence queen', helping her trust herself, feel strong, and recognize her own value.
Acheng Agutu encourages others to prioritize their own happiness and not be limited by societal or familial expectations, emphasizing the importance of living life on one's own terms.
Deep dives
Building Confidence and Self-Love
Acheng Agoutu, a model and digital content creator, shares her journey to becoming the 'confidence queen'. Despite struggling with low self-esteem, Acheng self-proclaimed herself as the confidence queen and started a journey of healing, self-love, and finding self-worth. Therapy played a crucial role in her transformation, helping her trust herself, feel strong, and recognize her own value. Acheng emphasizes the importance of understanding that rejection is redirection and that staying committed to one's goals and dreams despite challenges is key to building confidence.
Navigating the Impact of Family Expectations
Growing up in a traditional Kenyan family, Acheng faced challenges in pursuing her own aspirations instead of fulfilling her family's expectations. Initially, her family struggled to accept her choices, viewing them as disrespectful and fearing that she would lack stability. However, with time, her parents began to understand and support her journey, realizing that she deserved to live life on her own terms. Acheng encourages others to prioritize their own happiness and not be limited by societal or familial expectations.
Overcoming Negativity and Embracing Visibility
As a digital content creator, Acheng experienced both the benefits of visibility and the negative aspects of online criticism. However, she has learned to separate herself from the negativity and focus on the positive impact she has on her community. Acheng advises those facing online criticism to recognize that such negativity reflects the insecurities of others and has nothing to do with their own worth. She emphasizes the importance of redirecting energy towards uplifting and empowering those who appreciate and resonate with her message.
Achieng Agutu is a Kenyan-born model, and digital content creator, who has made a name for herself through social platforms by serving us a daily bowl of motivation, daily affirmations, self-love and fearlessness.The positivity became a viral sensation, leading Vogue to name her the “Confidence Queen.” Global attention from major brands such as Victoria’s Secret and Away followed and she was also chosen for this year’s Create & Cultivate Top 100 list for creators.
In this episode, Agutu sits down with Minaa B to discuss how she developed her confidence, stopped living for other people and what's up next for the "Confidence Queen."