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.
Amber Herrera
When you’re a creative, it’s common to overthink and underestimate yourself and everything you do. When you lose the security blankets in your life, like, say, leaving home, or experiencing major life changes, you really have to find a way to make it without just creating a new one. Read More>>
Kendall Taylor
Growing up I was always known as the shy and timid girl. I was afraid to try new things due to lack of confidence. As I got older and started to look back, I realized how many opportunities I missed out on. I was always left with all of the what could of been or should of been thoughts. After constantly letting myself down, I decided enough was enough. I started challenging myself, by deciding to work through the fears of the unknown, talking with other people who shared similar interest as me, instilling positive self-talk and believing in my own abilities. Read More>>
Nathan Sanderlin
From overcoming stepping stones along the way. In the past assed year 2022 I’ve lost 3 people that mean the most to me. Knowing I wanted to be an artist I was going to need to step out my comfort zones and network and make a connection with the people. My dad and mom also force a massive build of confidence in me. My mom is independent and my dad was a hustler so both of those combinations hinder my confidence and self esteem. Read More>>
Sarah Franklim
I was very fortunate to grow up in a two parent household. I’m the youngest of 3 and have two older brothers. Growing up my parents sacrificed their time to make it a point to show up to every dance recital and every extracurricular activity I was involved in. Making sure they spoke life into me regardless of my performance to them I was always “the best one.” Of course there were kids more talented than me but my parents always encouraged me and spoke over me with words of affirmation. Read More>>
Alex Beasley
Reps, reps, and more reps. Everything and anything is a skill that can be learned & improved upon with consistent action. Believing that confidence & self-esteem aren’t inherent traits you’re either born with or without, that they are forged through practice, is half the battle. The second half of the battle is the practice itself; it’s the reps! In coaching, confidence building early on looked like coaching as many people as possible. When I started I coached people for free, for whatever time they had available; I made mistakes & sometimes coached poorly. The accumulation of these hundreds of coaching “reps” is what forged my sense of confidence & self-esteem inside of coaching. Anyone can do that in any arena with the same mentality about practice & reps! Read More>>
Dr. Torian Salary
My confidence and self-esteem come from knowing who I am and whose I am. “Who I am,” speaks of my purpose in life… what I’m called to do and be.
“Whose I am,” speaks to my relationship with God. Read More>>
Rof Roc
Having confidence in my self is a daily journey that I spend a lot of time working on because lack of self-confidence comes in different shapes and forms.
Over the past years I have deviced steps to help me boost and maintain my confidence and self-esteem.
I constantly make a list of all my achievements and compare them to when I first started the journey as a content creator, because it helps define my work and the process I had to go through to reach this level in my career. Read More>>
Reginald Flemming
Through many years of writing I learned over the years to be confident in all of my work before I allowed anyone to read it. My self esteem was sort of warped into that due to my confidence increasing so did my self esteem. Learning to take a critique without reacting negatively if you don’t agree with it will not only humble you but build your confidence as well. Read More>>
Janelle Jalila Issis
Confidence and self-esteem was initially set by example. From an early age I watched my father Dr. John Issis dedicate his life to taking care of others and heard him speak of how much he loved what he did each day, even the hard days. His passion drove him to get up at 4am (even to this day) and come home late in the evening. His work meant something and he was proud. Early on I realized you must have to have some kind of trust in yourself and confidence to cut people and hope to heal them. Read More>>
John Wayne
I’ve never been shy, as a kid I was in musicals, performing on stages, in theater, and a class clown. I eventually discovered raves and from there started tearing up club dancefloors, but decided I wanted more and became a dj. so I guess you can say I have been entertaining my whole life and with time and struggle comes confidence and self-esteem. Read More>>
Deanna Durbin
This is honestly still a work in progress for me, but I can tell you that my confidence and self-esteem have improved significantly over the last six months! Being just on the other side of the divorce process has pushed, shoved, stretched, pulled, and molded me into the woman I knew I could become if I could only get out of my own way. I’ve been in such desperate situations, seemingly one after another, trying to just keep my head above water. Read More>>
Jordan Adrian
I am a firm believer in making promises to yourself, but more importantly in keeping those promises.
The more you are able to trust yourself to do what you say that you will as well as identifying who are you as an individual first helps you show up more effectively for those who rely on you. Read More>>
Joseph George
Volunteering at various courthouses has been instrumental in fostering my growth as a mediator, allowing me to develop my confidence in this role. In particular, handling pretrial cases has played a pivotal role in shaping the skills I possess today. Read More>>
Angel Yvonne
There are a lot of strong woman in my family and they were my first examples, even though growing up I was shy and quiet as a mouse. Even now my confidence and my self esteem continues to grow. I think the more I experienced failure or brokenness in my life became the catalyst for me perservere . Confidence and self esteem goes beyond value and we see ourselves. For me, it’s how much we respect ourselves and how much we value our own self worth. Read More>>
Jennifer Terrell
Determination and tenacity are two of the strongest aspects of my personality. There have been points in my life when I have had stumbling blocks come about and make things appear as if they were too much for me to handle. Nevertheless, I kept the mindset that I would not allow a stumbling block in my life give me an excuse to fall prey to stumbling. People who know me know that two words serve as a driving force behind my confidence: Read More>>
Tequila Williams
I developed my confidence at a very young age but as I grew older, I found my true confidence. I always wanted to be the kind of person that felt good “naked” (not literally) but the kind of naked that a person is wowed by. I wanted to walk in a room quietly and let my presence speak for itself without saying a word. In high school I chopped my hair off and that made me feel a bit freer in being who I am. In reality being that my name is Tequila and there was always a joke coming after introducing myself I’ve always had to have a comeback and stand firm in me loving my name. I’ve always thought I was unique, and the name Tequila was made perfectly for me. Read More>>
Lyndsey Arorash
There’s always going to be people who try to bring you down no matter what you do. Often times one of those people has been myself as well. I’ve grown up dealing with being told my body doesn’t look the way it should to be a dancer, I shouldn’t be eating this and I should be eating that. Or just others judging me on anything. Those thoughts would start to constantly creep into my mind to the point where I would start to believe them. Read More>>
Veronica Nater
My confidence and self-esteem have been molded through many moments of self doubt. Moments such as being stranded in an unfamiliar town in China, all alone and having no one to call, but still making it home safely. Yes, I lived in China for a couple of months in 2019. I didn’t know anyone and didn’t speak the native language. It was scary, but I quickly realized I couldn’t afford to sit in fear and feed my insecurities. Read More>>
Fred Delgadillo
Since childhood, I have sought role models who could fill the void left by an absent paternal figure. Musicians, friends, and others whom I admired often held the potential to shape my perception of self. However, None could come close to the ideal I needed. Therefore, I realized that I needed to become my own role model. This profound realization enabled me to develop a profound sense of self-reliance and self-validation. By setting my own standards and striving for personal contentment, I discovered the intrinsic ability to create happiness from within. Read More>>
Kennedy Nelson
How I developed my confidence and self esteem was definitely a bumpy journey. Growing up I had 5 siblings to look up to and parents that would inspire me and put me onto new things for sure. When turning about 17 years of age is when I really self reflected and dug deep within myself and thought about how I’d wanna be perceived if I were to step outside of myself. That really changed perspective for me and I have abided by that when I am feeling not so confident. It’s how I navigate til this day! I am still taking things day by day and learning and unfolding more and more about myself but come to learn to accept it all. Read More>>
Helen A Altamirano Perez
Confidence comes from feelings of well being , belief in your own ability, and skills. To become someone very confident in your personality doesn’t happen overnight it takes some time and experience. I have gain confidence in myself through the development of positive thinking, recognize the situations that seem to deflate my self esteem, accepting that it is ok to make mistake and I’m running my own race,l. I don’t have to compare with other people because everyone is running their own race and every one is living their own process in a unique way . Read More>>
Chana Torres
Lots of time, accountability and even more self love. To be transparent, I’ve come to the conclusion that you only have yourself 100% of the time. For the last 4 years (since I’ve moved away from my small conservative home town to the big city of Austin), I’ve had plenty of space and time to figure out who I am and let my weirdness flow. I haven’t always been so “confident” but with the solidarity that comes with moving to a whole new city, you can find self acceptance more easily. Also eliminating any outside factors that could intervene in who you truly are. Read More>>
Essex O’Brien
I was pretty shy and reserved when I was younger but one of my best friends said to me one day ” one monkey don’t stop no show” which basically means don’t let one person’s opinion stop you from living your life the way you want. Once I learned that how felt about myself was up to me and nobody else I began to be more assertive and confident in how I presented myself and how I approached taking risks in life. This confident lead me to success in the financial services industry and now with acting. Read More>>
