10 Ways to Boost Your Confidence

If you're feeling insecure or doubting yourself, take heart.

We all go through periods where we need a boost of confidence.

Here are 10 ways to help you return to the strong, centered, self-assured version of you.

10 Ways to Boost Your Confidence Today

1. Exercise.

2. Get outside.

3. Talk to a friend who you trust and who can listen without offering advice.

4. Question the voice in your head. If you’re hearing, “You’re not good enough,” immediately refuse that statement and counter it with, “I’m fabulous.”

5. Help make someone else’s day better.

6. Take a deep breath and notice your body.

7. Remind yourself of your past success, or read about the success of someone who inspires you. Focus on the positive.

8. Play some upbeat dance music and bust a move in your living room.

9. Meditate on your heart center and visualize it being open.

10. Give yourself the gift of time. What do you feel like doing? What would lift your spirits? Do that.

What helps you when you need a confidence boost? I’d love to hear.

Photos by Brandon Johnson.