3 Simple Ways to Boost Your Self Confidence

Self confidence is defined as a feeling of trust in your own abilities, your strength, and your judgment. It is important to your quality of life as your level of confidence can impact all aspects including physical and mental health and well-being. When you lack self confidence or feel down about yourself, it can affect your motivation and inspiration in all the things that you want to be doing in your life. There are a few simple ways that you can boost your self confidence that will help to improve your personal and professional life and set you back on track for success.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Comparison is an easy trap to get caught in. With just the click of a button, you can find yourself comparing your life to social media feeds all over the world on a daily basis. Our inboxes are inundated with articles that can make us feel like we are not doing enough or we are falling short in every part of our lives. If someone at work has a better performance rating than us, we can easily start comparing ourselves to our colleagues. While this could be motivation to improve our own performance, comparisons of this sort actually are not the healthiest behaviors.

There have been studies that have found that there are direct links between how we feel about ourselves and how envious we are of other people. When we start the comparison game, it tends to feed envy and can trigger us into a downward spiral of self doubt and loss of self confidence. Be sure to pay attention to the times when you start to compare yourself to others. We all have different experiences at different times and we are all on different paths and at different places in our progress. What you have or don’t have right now and what you are currently struggling with in this moment should not impact your level of self confidence. If you keep your head high and focus forward, your confidence should remain in tact.

Self compassion is the key to well-being.

Self compassion is different from self confidence as it involves being kind and loving to yourself even when you have faltered, made a mistake, or are failing at something. We are our own worst critics and negative self talk or speaking harshly to yourself can wreak havoc on your self confidence. Verbally abusing yourself will not motivate you to make improvements, but will instead have the opposite impact. So speak kindly to yourself and be your own best advocate and cheerleader.

It is also important to reward yourself sometimes. When you achieve a small success, perhaps you could celebrate by treating yourself to something like jewelry and crystals for love and self confidence. Other ways you can reward yourself include time alone, a relaxing bath, a quiet walk in the park, whatever it is that you enjoy doing to maintain a healthy balance and level of joy in your life. Remember to cut yourself some slack when things go wrong, take a step back from it to remind yourself that no one is perfect. Would you treat your best friend with the same amount of harshness if they suffered a failure of some sort?

Taking care of your body is the road to a healthy and happy life.

Trying to feel good about yourself if your physical body is hurting or unhealthy is nearly an impossible task. If your sleep is disrupted, your diet is poor, or you live a sedentary lifestyle with no exercise, you will notice this having a negative impact on your mental health as well. Studies have found over time that our levels of self confidence are closely linked to exercise and physical activity. The more you move, the better you feel about yourself, both physically and emotionally.

With the holidays fast approaching, now is the perfect time to consider what changes you can make to improve your lifestyle as well as your health. What healthy activities can you add into your daily routine? What bad habits can you work on breaking? What can you do to improve your overall quality of life? Self care should be a priority just as self compassion and self love are important for keeping our self confidence at healthy levels. Remember be kind to yourself. You are the only one you’ve got.

What have you been doing lately in the rush of the holiday chaos to maintain proper mental and physical health and to keep your self confidence high?

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee

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