Hi, hello. Welcome to Mary's Cup of Tea, the self-love podcast for women, though all self-lovers

are welcome here. I'm Mary. I write and speak about self-love, and I'm best known for my book,

The Gift of Self-Love, and I also host retreats for women. And this is the podcast that will

inspire you to love yourself. Real quick, before we dive in, I want to make

sure you know about my book, The Gift of Self-Love. It's a workbook to help you build confidence,

recognize your worth, and learn to love who you are. It's available anywhere books are sold.

Thousands of people have it, love it, and have told me that it has greatly benefited their

self-love journey, and I hope it'll do the same for you. And now let's get into the podcast.

Confidence practices for women who want to trust themselves again. This episode is part of our

best of series, where I dug through over 250 recordings,

please send help, to assemble a little self-love crash course for you. Previous episodes from this

best of series covered body confidence and self-worth, how to heal your relationship with food,

advice for building female friendships, green flags of healthy romantic relationships, and powerful mindset shifts for

your mental health. Basically, it's all the juicy, vulnerable self-love stuff that we talk about

on this show anyway, but in neatly packaged highlight form. I hope you get a chance to listen to all

the episodes from this series, but today let's focus on confidence, the kind that's rooted in

emotional intelligence and authenticity.

You'll hear clips on how to conquer insecurities and self-doubt. Stop comparing yourself to

others, or maybe even stop comparing yourself to yourself. More on that later. Find yourself

if or when you're feeling lost, making peace with uncertainty, practicing mindfulness,

and mindset shifts to start trusting yourself again. Listen until the end, please, I am begging

you because there is a lyrical surprise that might make you cry and give you goosebumps in places

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