Champion Mindset: Building Confidence & Self-Esteem

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.

Juri Jinnai-Cramer

It is such a cliche answer but I have developed my confidence and self esteem by try and fail. It’s hard for me to trust anything that happened overnight that the “raw talent” really does’t have much power over me including from myself or others. Read more>>

Reysa Macaraeg

Growing up, I was the fat kid at school who always tried to escaped P.E. because that would mean my classmates would have to watch my whole body jiggle doing ab crunches. It was embarrassing, and at a very young age, I struggled a lot with bad body image. Read more>>

Anna Dobbs

For a long time, I was a mystery to even myself when it came to confidence and self-esteem. I had genuine confidence at times, while simultaneously the companionship of a very loud, harsh inner critic. I was confused by this until I began my own healing journey. Read more>>

Crissy London

Developing my confidence and self-esteem was a life long process. I appear very confident today but people have no idea the amount of real work and sweat it took for me to get here. When I was a child, I was the shy kid. I didn’t talk to anyone I wasn’t familiar with until I got to observe them for a little bit and get comfortable with them. Read more>>

Kiran Jesudasan

This is a hard one because more than anything it’s very personal. And like personal things, they tend to be ever evolving. But TLDR, my mom, being a black sheep, learning to deal with tough circumstances, addressing ADHD, and having people around me who can call my BS out is where I’ve gotten my resilience. Read more>>

Sophia Vasiliou

At the heart of this answer lies many of the keys and skills that I currently use in my work. I had terrible self esteem growing up in one way. I was bullied and different and generally part of the outcast, misfit group. However in another way I always had authenticity – I wouldn’t do false things just to try and fit in and I never tried to be anything that I wasn’t. Read more>>

Karè Chenell

It honestly took some time for me to develop my self confidence. I had to take time to learn myself and figure out what truly makes me happy. It’s easy to get caught up in what everyone else is doing around you and feel self doubt. But once you start to focus on yourself and your peace, everything else will fall into place. Read more>>

Jonathan Goff

Like most people, I came out of the womb brimming with confidence! We all do. We have an unquenchable optimism that a cry will bring comfort, or end our hunger, or get us a fresh diaper. As time passes, we learn to stand, falling a thousand times or more, but we never fail to get up again. Read more>>

Sciadone

I develop my confidence by truly understanding that I was born to be only myself. You have to be the leader in your life so that you can hone your power. Im someone who likes to express myself through my clothing because each color or piece reflects how I am feeling. If everyone is wearing sneakers I will be wearing pumps with a fur Boa because it doesn’t matter what others think. Read more>>

Curtis Cunningham

I gained a lot of this through my travels around the world. I was always a very shy kid and spent most of my time by myself but always had a desire to explore the world and learn as much as I could. Finding myself in different parts of the world with people I never met before really forced me to be who I was in a respectful unapologetic way and that seem to gain a lot of state took and it allowed to discover more about myself, Read more>>

A.V.I.V

I gotta give this one to my mom and my life experiences, my mom pushed me from a young age to do things, and even when I was shy she encouraged me to fight the ridiculous feeling I was feeling, even the little things like going to ask the person at the store for a discount, which might seem uncomfortable and embarrassing but you have to try and the fear in your head will see that it is not that bad. Read more>>

Rhiannon CLauss

Confidence for me has always come in the form of integrity. I know that when I am true to myself and my morals as well as have a solid knowledge base about what I’m speaking on, then I am in a great place. If someone asks you a question that you don’t know the answer to, one of the most respectable answers someone can ever give is “that’s a great question that I don’t know the answer to! I’d love to try to find that out!” Being genuine instead of trying to pretend to know it all is incredibly endearing. Read more>>

kushagra jain

After dedicating twelve years to my craft within the industry, I’ve encountered a myriad of life’s situations. Through unwavering commitment and persistent effort, I’ve unravelled the mysteries of success. It dawned on me that true fulfillment stems from pursuing my passions, rather than being swayed by external perceptions. Read more>>

Fossil Daddy

My confidence wasn’t always as strong as it is today. If you look back on my Instagram from just five years ago, you’d mostly find photos of fossils. Back then, I didn’t see myself as someone who could be in front of the camera. At that time, my audience was more conservative, reflecting the general demographic of the rockhounding community. Read more>>

Kimberleigh Cleary

Developing confidence and self esteem is not a one-and-done thing. It is a continual practice, an ebb and flow, like climbing a mountain over and over again. I’ve found that being vulnerable and authentic are pathways to deepening those levels. Read more>>

Brittany Plaven

I developed my confidence and self esteem as a child, through sport. I was a figure skater, and the nature of the sport and my coaches helped facilitate these skills. Read more>>

Amy Painter

In my experience developing confidence and self-esteem is a lifelong journey rather than a finite destination. For me, it is a daily exercise to check-in with myself to see how I’m feeling, and what I’m aware of that may need attention within. Because if I am in turmoil within, my outer world and experiences will reflect that imbalance. Read more>>

Kris J.

In today’s digital world, it’s becoming harder and harder to identify authenticity. People are allowed to snuff down their insecurities while simultaneously broadcasting their perfect persona online, without ever having to be called out on the facade in real life. Well, I grew up in the 80s, a time before social media. Read more>>

Annie Joy Carter

I grew up believing that I talked too much, that I was too loud, and that I was just too much. I was awkward, had gangly teeth and a terrible perm. I did obnoxious things to try to get attention. I was screaming, “Please love me!” Read more>>

Jessi Kneeland

I believe we’re all born feeling good enough, and that it’s only the messages we get and the experiences we have that teach us otherwise, so I view the process of developing confidence and self-esteem more as a stripping away of the false beliefs and shame we’ve learned about how we’re *not* good enough. Read more>>

Mandi Koger

I first started to gain confidence when I was in high school. I joined the speech and debate team which was so out of the normal for me. But it helped me overcome fear of what other people thought in a big stage. From there I gained confidence in the work place dealing with customers from and handling transactions. I would get compliments and good reviews from customers which made me feel great about my work. Read more>>