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Practical Ways to Improve Your Confidence (and Why You Should)

By Eric Ravenscraft — 2019

Self-confidence is just one element in a triad of things that make up our overall “confidence.” Here’s what you can do to boost yours.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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How to Be More Confident

Most of us want to get more confident … but we don’t know how. Confidence seems to increase with age, but what else can we do to consciously boost our confidence? Here are my best tips. What’s one of yours?

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Neil Pasricha
2019
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28 - Friday Fix: A Simple but Effective Way to Develop a Healthier Inner Dialogue

In today’s Friday Fix, I explain some simple steps you can take when you have unrealistically negative (or BLUE) thoughts and replace them with true thoughts. It’s a really easy but effective exercise for developing a healthier inner monologue.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2020
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113 - Friday Fix: How to Stop Repeating Your Mistakes

Whether you keep eating more than you intend or you blow your budget every month, in this Friday Fix I share six strategies that can help you stop making the same mistakes over and over again.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2021
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115 - Friday Fix: How to Turn a Mistake into a Valuable Life Lesson

In today’s episode of The Verywell Mind Podcast, I share how you can turn a mistake into a valuable life lesson. I discuss the three questions you should ask yourself when you make a mistake and the strategies that will ensure a mistake becomes an opportunity for growth.

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The Verywell Mind Podcast With Amy Morin
2021
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Take Back Your Mind: Buddhist Advice for Anxious Times

If you are reading this, then you’re likely plagued with anxiety. The good news is that you don’t have to be. You can live a life without so much anxiety and stress. You can train the mind to feel contentment, peace and joy—even in the midst of difficult circumstances.

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Lodro Rinzler
2021
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InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health

Science tells us that the foundations of sound mental health are built early in life. Early experiences—including children’s relationships with parents, caregivers, relatives, teachers, and peers—interact with genes to shape the architecture of the developing brain.

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2015
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How to Do the Work: Recognize Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self

As a clinical psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera often found herself frustrated by the limitations of traditional psychotherapy.

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Nicole Lepera
2025
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Only through our connectedness to others can we really know and enhance the self. And only through working on the self can we begin to enhance our connectedness to others.

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Harriet Lerner
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Visualize Confidence: How to Use Guided Imagery to Overcome Self-Doubt

Visualize a more confident, capable you. To achieve, you have to believe. It's that simple. If you can picture yourself doing something difficult or challenging, you'll have a better chance of making it happen because you'll have confidence in your ability to succeed.

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Kirwan Rockefeller
2007
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Embracing Anxiety: How to Access the Genius of This Vital Emotion

Are you struggling with anxiety? If so, you’ve probably tried the usual options—distraction, repression, medication, exercise, or just trying to ignore it. But anxiety evolved to help us.

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Karla McLaren
2020
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