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Hey everyone, this is episode number two of the Absolute Mind podcast and today I will be talking about self-confidence

and how we can regain our confidence or how we can build on the confidence we already have.

As always at the end of this podcast there will be hypnosis for you that you can all listen to

and take away. It is absolutely free and will remain to be free, you simply need to find

time where you can relax and shut off the rest of the world for at least 30 minutes.

So let's get started, self-confidence. We all need it and we all strive for more of it. It's what we have that

helps us to succeed in life. It's what gets us further and gets the jobs and the careers that we

want. This podcast today is very, very close to my heart, guys, because I spent many, many years being a shy,

non-confident kind of girl and I spent a lot of my teen years overweight and being

avoiding social situations. I didn't really want to be in a group of friends where I was the one

that was the fat one and everyone could make fun of her. So today's very close to my heart and if

you want to read my story, just take a look at the website. Go on to the about bit and look at my

story. It's www. absolutemind.com.com.uk, the about section and then

you'll see my story from there. So let's carry on. Have you ever watched someone who you perceive

as a confident person wishing that you could in some way behave the way that they do. I know for a fact I have

and I'm almost certain that you guys listening will at some point in your life wish that you

could too. We've all got confidence within us and it's how we cope within everyday events.

It's just that some people have access to more than others. Confidence is built from a very

young age and with each new task that we all overcome, even from as little as learning to walk as a

baby, talking, running and everything else that we overcome during your childhood,

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