7 powerful ways to boost your self-confidence

How to get more self-confidence? 7 Effective Ways

Believing in yourself is a key that opens many doors in life. It can open the door to more peace of mind, fewer worries or making healthier choices. These tips will help you increase your self-confidence so that you are full of strength in life.

1. Practice self-compassion

Self-compassion is the ability to look at yourself in a loving and understanding way, rather than judging or criticizing yourself. It means allowing yourself to feel what you are feeling without judging yourself.

When you practice self-compassion, you show understanding and empathy toward yourself. You actually treat yourself as you would treat a best friend or girlfriend. You pay attention to your experiences and do not ignore or exaggerate your pain. You accept all feelings and emotions as they are: no better, no worse.

You can do the following exercise to look lovingly at yourself:

1. The first step is to observe the way you look at yourself and talk to yourself. Observe at what times you criticize yourself. Is it when you compare yourself to others? When you are trying on new clothes? When you fail an exam? When you eat a whole pack of cookies? When you didn't get the job? Next, observe what your critical voice is telling you. What words does the voice use? What is the tone of voice? The goal is to identify your critical voice as best you can.
   
   
2. Actively work to make this inner critic sound as friendly as possible. Do not say to your inner critic, "I hate you, go away!" but "I know you want to protect me, but this harsh voice is not helping me. Please try to be less critical, because you are hurting me".
   
   
3. Try to reframe your inner critic's comments in a positive way. If you have trouble finding the right words, imagine what you would tell your best friend. For example, you might say, "I know you just ate the whole pack of cookies because you're sad and you thought it would cheer you up, but it won't make you feel better, honey. I want you to feel good, so why don't we take a walk?".
   

2. Learn to feel enough

You are enough just the way you are. Take a moment to take in these words. To hear them. To feel them. To accept the idea.

How does it feel to be enough? Maybe it's a relief. And it feels like a heavy burden falls off your shoulders. Or maybe it feels comfortable. A warm, nice feeling of acceptance. Take the time to perceive this feeling. Because that's what self-confidence is all about: a lighter, peaceful feeling.

When you recognize this feeling of self-confidence, you can use it to overcome whatever challenges and obstacles come your way.

Meditation is a practical way to learn to feel enough to increase confidence in yourself. It helps you better understand and accept your emotions. By meditating regularly, you learn to look at your emotions in a non-judgmental way. You accept all parts of yourself and recognize that you are enough, exactly as you are. You can use this confidence as a resource in overcoming obstacles.

The Meditation Moments app contains several meditations that increase confidence in yourself. The meditations from the Self Confidence collection , teach you to stand in your own power.

3. Use affirmations

The way we talk to ourselves has a huge impact on how we think about ourselves. Why? Our way of thinking creates our emotions. Some emotions are great, but some are hard to deal with. Simply put, some thoughts create growth, while others create limitation.

Unfortunately, many people talk to themselves in a negative or limiting way. When you change your inner dialogue from critical, judgmental and disapproving to loving, caring and compassionate, you increase your self-confidence.

Affirmations can help you do this. How Affirmations are positive statements or assertions that you can use to influence your thoughts and emotions. They can help replace negative thoughts with positive ones and can help you develop more self-confidence.

It is important to remember that affirmations work best when you speak them sincerely and with conviction. So try to choose affirmations that are meaningful to you and that you can believe.

In the Meditation Moments app, you can find several affirmation exercises in the Affirmations category . Among other things, the app has affirmations for healing negative emotions, compassion and forgiveness.

4. Pay attention to self-care

Self-care is the time you take to take care of your own well-being and health, both physically and mentally. Perhaps you want to spend time with your family more often or you need more time for yourself to unwind before you go to sleep. Maybe you want to develop your spirituality or take a weekly exercise class to feel your best. Or maybe you only feel your best after a good night's sleep or the first cup of coffee of the day.

By spending enough time on self-care, you develop emotional resilience. You are better able to cope with stress and setbacks, which creates an increased sense of self-confidence. It also helps you live more consciously and listen to what your needs are. Taking good care of yourself and taking your own feelings and needs seriously and standing up for them makes you feel more powerful through the day.

5. Work on your personal goals

Setting and achieving personal goals can increase your self-confidence. Achieving a personal goal shows that you are capable of achieving the things you envisioned. This provides a sense of accomplishment and fulfillment.

It is important to set realistic goals that are challenging but achievable. This is because setting the bar too high can lead to disappointment. Goals that are easy to achieve often lack fulfillment. Therefore, ensure a good balance between challenge and achievability.

6. Celebrate victories

Do you ever take time to look back at all the things you have accomplished in your life? Perhaps you have done things you could not have imagined at first.

Your victories don't have to be great. They may be not grabbing your phone as soon as you wake up or complimenting yourself more often. Take steps, do kind things for yourself, celebrate victories and be proud of yourself for all the ways you took care of yourself that day. Do this every day and it will change your life in a positive way.

7. Work on personal growth

Believing in yourself does not mean you are perfect. No one is perfect. It means being aware of your strengths and weaknesses.

Self-confidence means focusing on learning and growing when you make a mistake. In this way, you work on your personal growth. It means accepting yourself as you are; not perfect and always evolving as a person.

You can use past experiences to decide how you want to grow in the future. Some examples of questions you can ask yourself are:

• What have I gotten better at in the past year?
• What do I want to improve on?
• What mistake did I learn from?
• What bright spot did this mistake bring?
• What have I done that I am proud of?