What up my homies, I'm Lisa Bilio 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's on your heart, you've just been dying to do, be a too afraid, you don't think you're good enough, 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 a raise, Whether it's changing careers, whether it's telling your parents you no longer want to study x, y and z, look whatever that thing is, or even go out on where that freaking hot dress

you've been dying to wear.

Look what- 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 on where 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 Hamosi 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,

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 gonna 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? that's exactly what we dive into today.

Now halfway through its conversation,

Laila drops so many truth bombs that will hit. for instead of sprinting back to safety. Now how the hell do you do that? With that's exactly what we dive into today.

Now halfway through this conversation, Leila drops so many truth forms that will hit every woman who's ever tried to change and end up right back where she started. It's something that she calls the swamp of uncertainty, which is the messy middle where you fall lost uncomfortable, emotional and ready to fricking quit. Maybe you're already there. or my homie don't worry, don't have to stay in that damn swamp.

Now if you've ever struggled with sticking to anything, or collapsing into pressure, or

banning me... and ready to freaking quit, maybe you're already there, or my homie don't worry, don't have to stay in that damn swamp. Now if you've ever struggled with sticking to anything, or collapsing into pressure, or abandon yourself any second time gets hard because 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 and becoming that person that you really want to be. Now, again, it's not going to happen by accident, but this is your toolkit right here on

the... from running back to the old you instead of growing evolving and becoming that person that you really want to be. Now again, it's not going to happen by accident but this is your talk kit right here on this episode. But because today we're diving into the five confidence habits that Lely uses to stop abandoning herself so she can finally have a roadmap is sort of hoping that the confidence magically appears. Now these five steps guys are the things you can start immediately in order to build your confidence in any area of your life. She also talks about how to get through the damn swamp, the messy middle where most women quit, so that you can actually build confidence that lasts. Now I'm just going to caveat that the confidence isn't an endgame. It ebbs and flows, which is why you need to skill set and why you need to listen to this episode. Because we also talk about the tiny daily moves that actually help build your confidence

so you can feel capable instead of overwhelmed.

At these daily habits,

other things you're gonna turn to every single time, you feel like you're about to quit. Yep, that's right, January 29th, as it goes into February or the 30th, February 1st hits, and then you're wondering, hang on a minute, I have zero motivation. I was so gun-ho in January and now it's kind of dissipated.

Well, that's why you need these tiny little daily moves

so that you can consistently keep doing

and working on your confidence even when time gets hot. Now if you've ever felt that you're faking the confidence or you're forcing it or you're folding the second thing to get tough and you're just like oh god damn it I told people I was going to do it and now I've failed and then you make it about yourself and how bad you are and then negative voice comes in and you'll know where that goes because we've all spent

so many years there. Well, this episode is literally your roadmap to build your confidence in a way that actually is going to stick for the entire year. Now I actually want to share a very quick private story that happened literally just a few days ago after I shot this episode with the Laila. I went to a store and I'm sitting there and I'm actually waiting for my husband because

he's paying and as I'm sitting there there's a jacket on the table so I turn to the

lady next me and I'm like there and I'm actually waiting for my husband because he's paying and as I'm sitting there,

there's a jacket on the table.

So I turned to the lady next to me

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