Confidence.

 

Let’s talk about something that doesn’t come from degrees, designations, or decades of experience — confidence.

If you’ve ever questioned your worth, felt like you needed to do more or know more before stepping up, charging more, or speaking up… you're not alone.

Here’s what I want you to know:

Confidence isn’t something you wait to earn. It’s something you practice — every single day.

Most of us have been subtly conditioned to believe that we have to be perfect before we’re allowed to be powerful. That we need to prove ourselves again and again. That if we’re not doing it all — and doing it flawlessly — we’re failing.

But the truth is, the ideal person we compare ourselves to doesn’t exist. And the more we try to meet their impossible standards, the more we chip away at our own voice, value, and vision.

Here’s how you can begin to shift that today:

Stop waiting to be “ready.” You’ve figured out hard things before — parenthood, exams, client chaos — and you’ll do it again.

Question the self-talk. Would you speak to your child the way you speak to yourself? If not, rewrite the narrative.

Inventory your evidence. List out moments where you didn’t know how things would turn out — and still figured it out. That’s real confidence in action.

Surround yourself wisely. Borrow belief from those who see you — until you can see yourself that way too.