Bonus 06: Boosting Your Confidence
In today's bonus episode, I'm sharing with you a small part of a class I teach, Storytellers In Action.
In this class, we help womxn creators get a footing in the travel media space. But this class is about so much more than that. It's about dreaming big, working through our fears, and taking action.
In this episode, I’m sharing with you a bonus workshop I did for our Storytellers In Action class students. As part of the class, I asked people in our community what would be the number one thing that stops them from pursuing their creative dreams. Many people have answered that they need more confidence so today’s episode is all about that: confidence. We cover the reasons behind our lack of confidence, and what we can do about it. This episode gives you some specific ways you can start boosting your confidence today and I hope it will serve as a reminder that you shouldn’t be afraid to put yourself out there.
“We have this exceptionalism culture where we have to make it. Success is everything, right? That hurts us. That hurts us so much because it precludes us from dusting ourselves off when we fall down and picking ourselves up and starting again and trying again.”
“You do have something special to say because nobody, absolutely nobody on this earth can do what you do and can have that exact unique perspective that you have in the way that you have it. No one on earth.”
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What you’ll learn in this episode:
[02:25] Three common ways in which lack of confidence shows up in our lives
[02:57] Theme #1: When you feel you’re not good enough to do this work
[06:24] Theme #2: The feeling that you don’t have anything special to say
[08:40] Theme #3: When you feel like it’s too late for you to try something
[12:30] Three methods for boosting your confidence
[12:53] The power of treating yourself through little acts of kindness
[14:23] Honoring your creative work by putting it on display as a reminder of what you’re capable of creating
[15:46] The importance of finding a supportive community with people who will lift you up and remind you of your brilliance
Featured on the show:
Check out our travel journalism masterclass, Storytellers In Action, in which we help womxn creators get a footing in the travel media space, dream big, work through our fears, and take action.
Check out our membership community, The Circle, the place where brilliant womxn creators go to claim their dreams, get support, take action, and build their dream creative lives
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