Confidence can open doors and is at the heart of so many amazing success stories across industries and disciplines and so we’ve always been interested in learning how we can help our readers and community members increase their confidence and self-esteem. Below, you’ll find highlights of some of the great conversations we’ve had on this topic.
Elaine Nesbitt
Growing up as I had, with so much uncertainty cast upon my own identity—misdiagnosed mental health where autism prevailed, a pain-struck and ravenously demanding physical-self that was treated with improper medical regard, to the extent of a shattered spine from lethally undetected osteoporosis at age 29—my body was my betrayer and my voice, it was frequently disregarded, by those I trusted, by those I loved, by my own dismissive inner monologue, frequently to terrible consequence. Read more>>
Caitlyn Harris
For me, confidence and self esteem started as a daily cultivation. At the start of my healing journey in 2020 I read a quote that hit me to my core. It goes, “We can’t shame ourselves into change, only love ourselves into evolution.” I was highly self-critical and full of fear and shame in the moment I received that message. It was an enlightening take on what felt impossible, hopeless and a bit cynical as I had never thought of that approach. So I sat with myself in grief, in sadness, and in pain and thought-why the hell not? I’ve got nothing left to lose. If only love could create lasting change then I knew that love would have to come from me so I gave it my all.. as it was my last ditch effort at transformation during the lowest point in my life. Read more>>
Chantal Santiago
I didn’t wake up one day just confident and full of self-esteem, it was developed in the fire. For me, confidence was forged through obedience and intimacy with God. I had to walk through seasons where I felt unseen, misunderstood, and even questioned my own worth. But it was in those very places that I learned my identity doesn’t come from people’s approval or external validation. It comes from Heaven’s verdict over my life. It comes from the One who created me. Read more>>
