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What up my homies? I'm Lisa Biliu and this is Women of Impact and welcome to 2026. This is the year.

Ladies, this is the year where we are going to show up constantly every single day and put in the work to build our confidence.

It's not going to be easy. But that thing, that thing that's on your heart that you've just been dying to do but you're too afraid, you don't think're good enough, or you don't have the confidence. This is the year, this is the podcast, and this is the episode that you need to listen to in order to help you build the skill set, yes, it's a skill set to help you build the skill set of confidence so you can go and do whatever you want. Whether that, leave that damn toxic relationship, whether that's asking your boss for raise, whether it's changing careers, whether it's telling your parents, you no longer want to study, X, Y and Z, like whatever that thing is, or even go out and wear that freaking hot dress you've been dying to wear. Like whatever type of confidence you've been looking for, this is the moment, this is the episode, so let's dive in. My girl, Leila Homozi, is here today and she shares how she built her confidence

by learning how to take action before she ever felt ready.

Because you know that BS out there, this like, you just gotta believe in yourself.

Look, while I actually wish that was true, like I deeply, deeply wish that was true.

The truth is, is that

sometimes you can believe all you want and it's just not going to come. So Layla today talks about

how to actually stay in the discomfort instead of sprinting back to safety. Now, how the hell do you

do that? Well, that's exactly what we dive in today. Now, halfway through this conversation,

Layla drops so many truth bombs that will hear every

woman who's ever tried to change and ended up right back where she started. It's something that

she calls the swamp of uncertainty, which is the messy middle where you feel lost, uncomfortable,

emotional and ready to freaking quit. Maybe you're already there. Well, my homie, don't worry,

you don't have to stay in that damn swamp.

Now, if you've ever struggled with sticking to anything or collapsing under pressure or abandon yourself any second time gets hard because of that negative voice in your head,

just wait until you hear the very freaking first move that she gives you to survive that swamp.

It's the shift that keeps you from running back to the old you

instead of growing, evolving

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