Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cable, author of the

Mindfulkind book, Mindfulness Teacher and blogger at Rachelcable.com. Each week this podcast will bring

meaningful tips, tools and strategies so you can manage stress and live more mindfully in the modern world.

Hello and welcome to episode 274 of the Mindful Kind podcast. Feeling confident is something

many of us struggle with, including me, and there's heaps of advice out there about how to build

confidence. However, I think it can also

be important to stop and take a look at some of the things we do that negatively impact our

confidence and maybe try to stop doing some of those things. Building confidence isn't always about

doing more confidence building activities. Sometimes we can simply do less of the things

that diminish our confidence. So in this episode, I'll be sharing three activities I've given up

to help myself feel more confident and secure. If you've been engaging in some of these activities,

you might like to think about giving them up too. So I've been thinking a lot

lately about things that I've been doing that make me feel less confident and I'm excited,

maybe a little bit nervous to share these with you. I really hope you find it helpful to

learn about some of the activities that have held me back from feeling more confident and

that could potentially be holding you back too.

Just a quick note before we dive into it, please don't be too critical of yourself if you

realize that you've been doing one or some or all of the following activities. As I mentioned

before, I've done all of these myself. This episode isn't about saying, yes, I do that. I'm getting in the way of

my own confidence. I'm so stupid. This episode is about creating some awareness, being mindful and

potentially choosing to let go of some of these activities, maybe just a little bit in order to help

yourself feel more confident.

...