No matter your age, gender, socio-economic status or lifestyle, your self-confidence can take a hit at anytime. It could be a career obstacle, bad break-up, business failure, health challenge or some other life issue. When your confidence is shaken it affects your perception of self, which affects goals, aspirations and happiness. In order to keep yourself strong, you have to practice, yes, practice, how to stay confident in spite of the things thrown at us daily.
Introduce/ Reintroduce Yourself to Yourself
Spend time getting to know who you are – talents, likes, dislikes, passions, what makes you laugh out loud and your pet peeves. Truly get in touch with the uniqueness of you. It is truly understanding just how special you are that will be your best tool. Tapping into that knowledge in times of crisis will help you combat crashing.
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Reality vs. Negative Self Talk
Often, when hit with challenges, we let our inner thoughts slip into the negative. This inner critic can really have us spiraling into a seriously negative state. Most of us are harder on ourselves than anyone else, and we beat ourselves up when we make a mistake or experience a failure. It is important when these thoughts are flying around to pull them from your head and write them down. This allows you to look at them and dispel them because in most cases they are untrue or something you can actively work to improve; seeing them written out takes their power away. Positive self-image is one of your most powerful tools.
Live in Gratitude
No matter what stage you are in life, challenges you are facing are temporary. The one constant in life is change. If you practice being grateful for even the smallest things, it can alter your perception. These things are to be used as your anchors to the greater universal energy. Being in connection with that energy keeps you tuned into your inner consciousness.
Social Media is a tool, Not Reality
When you are experiencing a crisis, seeing someone on social media “living their best life” can push you down further. In most cases, social media is a presentation not based in true reality. Recognize pages that inspire you over the ones that have you doubting your worth. The garbage in garbage out mentality. Comparing ourselves to people we don’t know is not a healthy way of living. Being mindful of who you follow and what they do to you on a subliminal level is crucial to what you are feeding your subconscious. Our confidence is critically tied to how we show up in the world and it is on us to do whatever it takes to keep ourselves strong. This is YOUR life and you have to take control of living it the best way possible.
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Feature image photo by The Lazy Artist Gallery
