Every day, our team is focused on how to help our audience and community reach their full potential in every part of their lives – personal and professional. Building confidence and self-esteem is one of the most essential requirements for success and below we’ve presented some of the conversations we’ve had around how to build confidence.
Kirby Mekler
As someone who is completely self taught, it really boosted my self-esteem when people started to think that I was a lot further along in my career than I actually was. Because I started my food photography journey as a food blogger, I was posting my work on Instagram before I even took it seriously. Read more>>
Emma Schermer Tamir
You only gain confidence by doing. That means you have to act before you feel confident. This has been one of the biggest gifts of entrepreneurship. Being a leader and growing a business requires you to continuously upgrade your skill set. It’s a constant adventure of confronting new and scary things you’ve never done before. Read more>>
Allan Ginsburg
This is a hard one for me… I’ve found that the more I develop my skill set and feel more at ease with my own art, it is reflected on my confidence to share my artworks. I’ve also found that the vast majority of people (specially other artists), are very supportive of one another so getting that feedback helps a lot with self-esteem. Read more>>
Dujuan Austin Jr
I would say I got my self esteem and confidence from my grandparents and parents. They all have always embraced that I be myself and be great at whatever I do! Also, I would say boxing played a huge part in my confidence. Read more>>
Tara Thompson
Height tends to portray confidence and as a woman being over six foot tall people assume I have had and have more confidence than I have realistically had in the past. Growing up it was so awkward being tall and it’s something that you have to work at to get your personality wise and confidence wise to match what people assume you already are. Read more>>
Rochell Malay
When I wake up in the morning, I’ll look in the mirror and I love what I see not only the outer my outer beauty, but my inner beauty because I’m such a dynamic light, to this world I’m literally a walking earth angel. Read more>>
YEA
I cultivated my confidence and self-esteem through personal growth and reflection. There was a time when I constantly sought validation from others, but I soon realized it led me nowhere. Now, I embrace self-love and trust my own instincts and aspirations. Read more>>
Amber Hall
That’s good question. One thing I notice often is the way I look up to other women when I see their confidence. That feeling always resonated with me. Because of that, I try to show my clients that I have confidence in my work. Read more>>
Loria Stern
My confidence and self-esteem come from a combination of my athletic background and my professional accomplishments. As a semi-professional tennis player, I learned to embrace the mental toughness and resilience required to compete at a high level. I carried that mental fortitude with me into my business ventures, which has helped me to take calculated risks and push through challenges. Read more>>
Jenny Roesel Ustick
From a young age, I became quite accustomed to being in uncomfortable spaces. Whatever new or intimidating situation I found myself in, I had realized that I could rely on one constant—my super power of being an artist. Read more>>
Nancy Paloma Collins
The realization that confidence and self-esteem is an ongoing journey is the credence that keeps me going. Understanding that I’m human and I make mistakes that give me the opportunity to do things better the next time. I strongly believe that it’s having the ability to learn from our mistakes to make the adjustments necessary to do things better next time. Read more>>
Shardaye Kendrick
I believe I developed my confidence and self-esteem from having people constantly telling me I can’t do something. It’s like them words give me the drive and passion to prove them wrong. Read more>>
Adam Easterling
My confidence has always come from setting myself apart from the crowd. Growing up, I changed schools a handful of times, and was “the new kid” more than once. The challenge of establishing myself in a new place was scary, but I found that once I started expressing myself, everything in life always seemed to get easier. Read more>>
Canisha P. Ross
My confidence and self-esteem comes from within. Ever since I was a small child, I’ve had a grand ability to thrive .My being my heart, My compassion: it’s my driving force. I never set out to be like anyone else THAT, I knew . I can’t even really say I’m like anyone in my family. Right off the bat. Read more>>
Love The Artist
I have developed confidence and self-esteem by keeping the promises that I’ve made to myself. When difficult decisions or tasks are ahead of me, I get to feel the trust that comes with knowing that I will do what I say. If I get new information. Read more>>
Jaslean Ahuja-Michals
Confidence and self esteem is not something you are born with, it is something you develop from within. I really started to gain my confidence when there were situations that I didn’t stand up for myself and really regretted it, looking back. Read more>>
Adrian Bourgeois
I must first give credit where credit is due for having the most encouraging and supportive parents one could ever ask for. The paradox of confidence and self-esteem is that not having them is the very thing that will prevent you from developing either. Read more>>
Dana SanMar
Developing confidence and self-esteem, particularly within artistic expression, is a deeply personal journey unique to each individual. Exploring diverse interests and venturing beyond my comfort zone has been vital. Read more>>
Sofia Ceballos y Spina
Ugh.. this is a complicated question. Since I feel that I am always in a process of healing my self-esteem and confidence. I feel like we are developing it all the time. Facing challenges that put us face to face with new versions that require the best of one. Read more>>
Troy Holden
For me it was from becoming immesred in the industry first as s tudent then as someone who could share. Another big part was my wife “making” me attend VO Atlanta in 2022. I did NOT want to go. I felt I was not a part of the VO scene although I was full time, had a farily successful podcast and facebook group… but I was still doing “grunt work” to pay the bills. Read more>>
Cameron Moody
I have always believed that confidence comes from preparation. I have devoted my life to writing music, and that steadfast commitment has granted me the peace of mind to be able to persist — with a rather tunnel-visioned disposition — in developing myself as a composer. Read more>>
Daniela Gheorghita
I can definitely, that confidence and self-esteem is a process that we develop and change during our entire life. Even if we talked about the personal or the professional life, there are always situations that can affect our confidence and self esteem and that’s one of the moments when we need to pick ourselves up, so we can have the courage and the confidence to get through it. Read more>>
Veronica McCoy
As a woman, I have developed confidence and self-esteem by embracing my natural beauty and cultural identity, surrounding myself with supportive individuals, and celebrating my achievements and resilience. Through self-care, empowering mentorships, and unapologetic self-expression, I have developed a strong sense of self-worth and unshakable confidence. Read more>>
Rita Liu
I was born in pre-Communist China, then moved to Taiwan as a young girl during the Communist Revolution. When I met my future husband, we moved to West Germany to get married. I didn’t speak German, and the language was very different from Chinese. Read more>>
Debbie Schanberger
This isn’t a simple answer. I’ve always been confident in my artwork, school work and work ethic because it was natural. Self-esteem didn’t come easy at all. As a child, I was shy. I would hide behind my mother and not want to speak to strangers. After she passed when I was eight years old, I became involved in the 4-H Club. Read more>>
Adrian Giuliani
I think it comes down to being 100% myself, not trying to be anyone else. It is a flawless plan, really. I know that as long as I am doing honest work, which for me means using a great deal of observation, those moments of reality that I am capturing are going to shine through. Read more>>
Alexis Doerfler
Confidence is something you consistently have to work towards, but being able to trust what you say you are going to do, your follow through, and your execution has no replacement. Read more>>
Jamita Brown
Each year I’m confronted with the idea of the how’s behind obtaining a positive self-esteem and confidence. Each year, there’s a lesson to be learned and a new level of healing in the area of self-worth, self-compassion, and self-appreciation. Read more>>
Mary Trice
My self esteem was extremely low because I was always told I was not able to succeed. Growing up I always felt like I was living in a dream well more like a nightmare at times. I always knew I had to work harder than anyone. As I got older I realized I am chosen from God to be an example to others like myself. Read more>>
Shea Lehnen
Being nervous, scared, downright terrified and stepping forward anyhow. That’s what confidence is right? Doing something and learning to do it well. The more we can try new things and get good at them the more confidence we have. I will honestly try about anything, at least once. Will I look like a fool? You bet! Do I care? Read more>>
Dr. Shameka R. Pointer/ Pastor, Counselor, Author
I got my confidence and self esteem from being rejected and overlooked!! You may ask how is that possible? Well, I learned to truly love myself, and as I loved myself my confidence grew to another level because I found out , what I thought I needed from other people was already inside me!! Read more>>
Lauren Elise Peterson, MS, BC-DMT
The short answer if how I found confidence and self-esteem is through dance. I was deeply insecure in high school and college. In the 90s and early 2000s, pressures to be a thin waif were very high. I’m naturally a curvy girl. Read more>>
Lindsay Fordham
As a photographer, I developed my confidence and self-esteem through continuous practice, pushing my creative boundaries, and embracing both successes and failures as part of the learning process. Over time, seeing improvement in my work and receiving positive feedback from clients and peers bolstered my belief in my abilities. Read more>>
Mo Hendrixx
I really developed my confidence through my role models. One in particular is Curtis Williams, I highly recommend to do some research on the absolute Two-9 legend himself. He was the spark that let my creative freedom and confidence soar. Read more>>
