You're listening to the Confidence Podcast.

You're one-stop-shop for motivation, inspiration, and confidence to help you boldly take action on your dreams.

I'm your host, Trish Blackwell, internationally recognized confidence coach and founder of the College

of Competence and I teach women how to take their thoughts captive, how to step out of their shadows of

self-doubt, and how to courageously step into their purpose with confidence.

It's time to train your thoughts. Let's get started.

Hey guys, it is Trish, your confidence coach and I am welcoming you to episode

number three hundred and 95 of the Confidence Podcast y I'm happy to hang out today we mean these are weird times let's be honest and hey if you're listening in the future they're probably still weird even in I, life has curve falls, life has uncertainty.

There is no doubt about that.

And the reality is that the difficult times can either define, diminish, or develop you.

And my hope and prayers at these times,

that they develop you, that they inspire you,

that they challenge you to be pruned

the things that are holding you back

and to step into, courage with a sense of

urgency about how precious the gift of life is into creating change and really

living a beautiful life that makes an impact in this world and that's why I'm so

passionate about confidence. Confidence is a skill, it's a mindset, it's something that

we train within our brain. You don't just, well first off, I do believe we're actually

all born confident when we feel connected and loved. But we lose that sense of confidence.

And so we have the opportunity to spend our awareness and train it.

And when you are aware of how to train your thoughts, you can change your entire trajectory of your life and so that's

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