I Tried Every Way to “Build Confidence”. Most of It Backfired.
For years, I tried everything people recommend when you feel invisible, hesitant, or shaky showing up.
Mindset courses.
Branding shoots.
Daily affirmations.
Content calendars.
Posting more.
Posting less.
Waiting until I felt ready.
Some helped a little, but most didn’t last.
I’d feel confident for a week, maaaaaybe two.
Then something would knock me off track.
A launch that didn’t land, a Reel that flopped, a less than impressive first impression.
And a lot of the time it was someone else doing “better” with half the effort.
Then suddenly I was right back where I started. Second-guessing, overthinking, hiding.
So I stopped trying to figure out how to be confident and I started asking better questions.
“What actually makes confidence stick? What makes a woman ACTUALLY comfortable in her own skin?”
Here’s what failed…