BoldJourney is all about helping our audience and community level up by learning from the experiences of others. One of the most important topics we’ve been focused on sharing insights and lessons on is confidence building and self-esteem. Below, you’ll find some brilliant entrepreneurs and creatives sharing their perspectives and advice.
Isaac M. Hamm III
My condolence and self-esteem comes from understanding who I am as a person. I never took on the role of self-doubt or insecurities when it came to self or my business ethics. I’ve always believed that I was where I was supposed to be in life. God has my plan and I have been living it one day at a time. If I look back 8 years ago when I first moved to Atlanta, you couldn’t have told me my business would be successful and I would own a home. It’s the little things for me. Read More>>
Andrew Fisher
Regardless of your background, or what it is you create as an artist, there’s always a sense of fear when it comes to putting yourself out there for the world to see. There’s always someone doing things differently, or better – at least in your mind – than you. I find that showing off your work for others to see is a necessary part of the journey, though, because that’s where the positive affirmation comes from. You may find that some don’t care as much as others, but you will always find people who care about your work and have kind things to say. Read More>>
Molly Ritter
Growing up, I was painfully shy, to the point where I couldn’t even function at times. I have one very distinct memory when I was about 7 years old, of my mom telling me to go ask the lifeguard at the neighborhood pool for the time (hello pre-smartphone world), and I crumbled so magnificently that we had to leave the pool. However, my parents were incredibly patient with me, and put me in a Waldorf school, where my creativity, and foundation were really fostered. As the years passed, I progressively came out of my shell, and my personality grew and grew. Fast forward to today, I am a working actress and business owner. I have an unshakable sense of self and resilience and am so proud of who I have become. Read More>>
Kate Thomas
I’m a believer that confidence doesn’t always come from within. At least for myself, confidence has come to me from having moments where I stepped back and reflected on the evidence of making a decision and following through to the best of my abilities and listening to what my deepest self wants and needs. That doesn’t necessarily mean I’ve succeeded all the time at something I’ve pursued or worked toward; but it also doesn’t mean I’ve ever failed — failure is a bad attitude and an unwillingness to see the lessons and opportunity in being redirected. Read More>>
Manoel Neto
I always was confidence and had a good self-esteem and major part of it, I believe, is because my mom make sure that me and my brother were beloved. But after your grow up, meet different people, bunch of good and bad experience, sometimes you don’t have yourself in high esteem. One thing that I believe to always maintain my confidence is not to compare to other and have the consciousness that each person is unique and has they own path in this life. And the self love its very important in this process. Sometimes we hate ourselves for making a bad decision, it is normal, but you always have to preserve your self love in order to have confidence and self-esteem. Read More>>
Anny Olinger
Undeniably, I’m an ongoing work in progress, and I’m fine with never hitting the ‘finished’ line. After all, isn’t confidence just fear’s cooler cousin? Who knows when life might throw a curveball that requires a confidence level I’ve yet to unlock? I hope to welcome it with an open invitation for me to grind and level up, leading me to boost my self-esteem. To give you a vivid picture, let’s go down memory lane to a couple of years ago. Read More>>
Bria Coles
Stepping out of my comfort zone was pivotal to me developing confidence and enhancing my self esteem. A lot of times people don’t know where to begin when it comes to finding a proper channel of self-expression. Trying different looks, working on social skills, being able to self-affirm and having a positive attitude are all keys to developing confidence. Read More>>
Hannah Davis
Confidence and self-esteem have been two things I’ve been working on my entire adult life. As a kid you usually have a certain level of confidence about yourself and I’ve always been that person who was confident. However I didn’t have self-esteem and full confidence in myself until the last year or so. I realized around 21 years old that my confidence was somewhat faked throughout life and it wasn’t rooted in me being confident in myself but more so making others feel good and be confident in themselves. Read More>>
Angela K Durden
Confidence. Ah. Well, That I did not have for a very long time. How I built that confidence was through research and critical thinking. For instance, a customer asked if I could do a particular thing. I answered yes, confidently. He wanted a price and was told I would have to get more details from him and work it out. He understood. Read More>>
Cindy Hernandez
Honestly working with my plants. I had a long battle with cancer and depression and the only thing that would keep me grounded was gardening. I learned how to grow my own succulents and cactus and from there started learning about how to propagate houseplants and develop my own soils. Through this process I began to feel different especially when others would ask for advice on how to take care of their plants. Read More>>
Britnee Alphin
In December 2021, I made the bold choice to receive VSG weight loss surgery after struggling with PCOS and weight fluctuations most of my life.
Before I dive into the confident and self aware woman I am today, I’m going to share who I was and how we ended up here— healed, ambitious and enjoying life with a different, intentional paradigm. Read More>>
Brooke Hanson
Developing my confidence and self-esteem has been quite a journey for me, and it’s been shaped in part by both my past career and my current path as a florist.
In my previous career as an advertising project manager, I had the opportunity to work closely with creative teams. Witnessing their incredible creativity and passion was truly inspiring, but I often found myself holding back during client meetings. I was afraid of coming across as uninformed or uncertain about the ideas I was presenting. The fear of not sounding intelligent enough or not fully believing in what I was selling held me back. Read More>>
Brittany Kaseoru
Ohh self development is ongoing! Even though I’m a natural optimist, I still have days when I get down on myself. Those days are becoming fewer and far between and I think the first key was the realization that feeding that feeling had a cumulative effect on how I felt over time. The second key, for me, has really been a set of keys. I am always learning, I read a little every day, lots of informative texts and studies, but also fiction and poetry. Read More>>
Freesoul Feli
It took me a very long time to reach this level of peace, self love and security within myself. I battled through some very dark times in my life. I used to walk the streets with my head down as I’d rather look at the pavement than make eye contact. I was unsure of myself and didn’t want the world to see me or even know that I existed. I’d purposely isolate myself from everyone and everything because I feared being judged and ridiculed for being different. Read More>>
Jarrod Weaton
I developed my confidence and self-esteem from running. I was an awkward kid without direction. I wasn’t good at much but in Junior High, we had a cross-country team. I ran pretty well in PE and my teacher, Mr. Morgan encouraged me to meet the coach, a teacher and runner. I trained really hard with the team and by myself. I would run just a little further each time, to 1 telephone pole, then another, then a main street. Read More>>
Jessenia Martinez
My name is Jessenia I’m located in centra Florida born and raised in Puerto Rico I graduated cosmetology school in 2000 licensed in 2001 Im a mother of two teenagers since I was young I always knew that I wanted to work in the beauty industry. After years during knowledge and education I’m fully experienced in all hair needs. My goal is for every client that sits in my chair comes out with the biggest smile ever Read More>>
Channon Brooks
I developed my confidence and self-esteem from my parents. To be confident is to have faith in your abilities. My parents always taught me to believe in myself from the start of the journey all the way to the finish line, no matter the obstacles faced along the way, always be confident in knowing you can and will be successful. Always see the value in yourself first, what and how do you feel about yourself is what matters most. Read More>>
Mari Rubio
By making a conscious decision to work on this every day. It is something that is built with time, intention, patience and discipline.
I struggled with this for a long time, and honestly, I still do. I just got better at handling it.
Few things have helped: working on becoming the best version of myself. Not just professionally, but personally too. Every day I strive to be one step closer to the person I want to become. For me, one cannot exist without the other if you’re really aligned. If you’re not happy with the person you are – or with the person you’re becoming- then it’s all a facade. Read More>>
Emily Francis
Confidence comes from within, it’s taken a long time to develop confidence and sometimes I still struggle. It’s important to remember that nobody is perfect. Developing good habits, reviewing past achievements, and setting yourself targeted goals for each session or wedding is the key to growing self-esteem. Every time I meet a new client, have a consult, or a photo session, I evaluate everything from the lens I used, the words I spoke, the edits I applied, and the customer service I gave, just so I can work on and improve myself. Read More>>
Julie Fernandez
Truthfully, confidence was a byproduct and not my end goal. When I was younger, I used to think that it was never possible for me to feel confident so instead I focused on healing from my childhood traumas, learning to like myself and eventually love myself. I committed to living a life that would make me happy. What I didn’t know is that it would require me to learn about myself – my most authentic self and live in a way that honors that. In short, my confidence comes from knowing who I am, connecting to my sense of worth, living in integrity and giving myself credit for creating a life that I am proud of. Read More>>
Chrissy Goobache
I developed my self-confidence and my self-esteem by being extremely loved as a child. I would like to think that everything starts from your adolescence. Everyone around me always treated me differently, in a good way. They treated me like they knew that I was destined to do great things and that I was special. My family, my teachers, my friends, even strangers. I always was everyones first choice, and that kind of love followed me through my whole life until now. Read More>>
Britney Campbell
Honestly, my confidence comes from a lot of trial and error. I’ve always thought it was hard to know what you like with clarity unless you try a couple of things that your are not quite as sure about. Which to be honest is much like how I live life. I think a lot healthy self confidence comes from doing or in this case dressing in whatever way that suits you even if others around you might not understand. I think developing your individuality leads to better self esteem ultimately. Read More>>
Breanna Perry
Cultivating my confidence and self-esteem has always been a long uphill battle that began as a child when I was really shy publicly which we would now identify as social anxiety. I had a fear of being the center of attention but behind closed doors, I was really silly and goofy. I grew up an only child so I spent a lot of time with myself inevitably being self-reflective. With social anxiety, a major fear is being judged or being wrongly perceived by others. Read More>>
Amber Monique
Growing up I lacked role models for self confidence so I had to find it the hard way. I worked on developing confidence and self esteem while simultaneously recognizing what I didn’t like and wanted to fix about myself and my life. To help with my inner struggles, I sought therapy, as low self esteem is often rooted in past traumas and experiences, while confidence is how we feel about our capabilities. I examined what I loved about myself and what set me apart, talked to myself more kindly, took action to transform my image, and gave myself permission to be the best version of myself without negative self talk and other people’s opinions getting in the way. Read More>>
Bobby Choi
Well my desire to write music was something that I’ve always felt was there. One day I was at my homie crib and they was messing around on a DAW software called “Cooleditpro”. We were just messing around but when my homie heard my verse I guess he saw something in me. He wanted to start working on more stuff together. He’s the one who first introduced me to “Cooleditpro. So when i started hearing what I sounded like on the mic, I just wanted to keep doing it. Keep improving my performance. When other people started to acknowledge my music It really motivated me to make more and even take challenges from friends on topics to write or concepts, etc… Read More>>
