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Lost In Your 30s? Here's How To Build More Confidence

Lost In Your 30s? Here's How To Build More Confidence

You're in your 30s, you're feeling lost, you're doubting your decisions, and you're sick of feeling that way.

You feel like you should have your shit together, you feel like you should be more confident by now and you're done with living a life that you're not that excited about.

You're scared to take a risk in case you fail. You're scared of judgement from your friends, your family, strangers on Instagram. You're scared that you'll do something brave and then realise that it's not actually what you wanted.

It's time to get over your fears and to start living the life that you actually want to so you don't wind up at 80 years old, looking back on your life full of regrets.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self improvementRebecca HawkesSeptember 24, 2024Comment

The 3 Layers of Confidence You Need to Master

The 3 Layers of Confidence You Need to Master

Over my 13+ years of working on myself to actively increase my confidence, I’ve discovered that there are three things in particular that you need to work on in order to feel confident in yourself every single day.

Whilst each of these layers alone will certainly improve your confidence, you really need to be working on all three to make the biggest positive impact on your levels of confidence and on your self esteem.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self improvementRebecca HawkesFebruary 1, 2024Comment

The Truth About Confidence: You Only Need 90 Seconds

The Truth About Confidence: You Only Need 90 Seconds

This advice is going to change your life.

And I know for a fact it's going to change your life because when I told my friend and former coaching client this exact thing, she saw results from it within minutes.

So, get ready as we explore the truth about confidence and how you only need 90 seconds of it to transform your life.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesJanuary 19, 2024Comment

This Should Be Your New Confidence Goal in 2024

This Should Be Your New Confidence Goal in 2024

Ready for your transformative journey towards unparalleled confidence in 2024?

In a world filled with constant pressures and expectations, achieving unwavering self confidence might seem like an unattainable feat. And the truth is, when you’ve been led to believe that 100% confidence, 100% of the time is possible, it is unattainable.

In this blog post, we explore why this should be your new confidence goal for 2024 and how it can positively impact your life, supporting you in being confident every single day.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self improvementRebecca HawkesJanuary 12, 2024Comment

5 Powerful Ways to Create a 2024 Vision Board

5 Powerful Ways to Create a 2024 Vision Board

Vision boards are a powerful manifestation tool used by people to help them create the life of their dreams.

This simple, yet effective tool can increase motivation, fill you with inspiration and encourage you to keep working towards your biggest dreams, even when things feel tough. So I thought I would share with you 5 powerful ways to create a vision board for the year ahead.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesDecember 22, 2023Comment

How to Stop Caring What People Think of You

How to Stop Caring What People Think of You

Do you worry about what other people think of you? Do you spend a lot of time thinking that you're being judged or criticised? Do you feel like you can't really be yourself or show people the real you because you're worried how they will receive what you're putting out to them?

This simple little phrase helped me go from feeling judged by other people and taught me how to stop caring what people think of you.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesDecember 8, 2023Comment

Inside My Confidence Kit: Powerful Techniques to Become More Confident

Inside My Confidence Kit: Powerful Techniques to Become More Confident

Over the past 12+ years, I’ve been curating a confidence kit for myself. Inside my confidence kit are powerful techniques to become more confident.

It essentially contains all the tools, techniques and strategies I have learned or created for myself that helped me transform my life from being too afraid to leave the house to backpacking solo, starting multiple online businesses and creating steady, unwavering levels of self confidence.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesDecember 1, 2023Comment

How To Create Daily Confidence That Actually Lasts

How To Create Daily Confidence That Actually Lasts

Everyone deserves to be confident in their own skin, but how do you create daily confidence that actually lasts?

In our busy lives, it can be hard to stay confident in ourselves, especially when we’re constantly being bombarded with messages from the media that we should be more, do more, have more – essentially just be better.

But you have the power to control how you think, act and feel about yourself every day.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesJuly 14, 2023Comment

The Secret Signs of Self Doubt & How to Stop the Destructive Habits

The Secret Signs of Self Doubt & How to Stop the Destructive Habits

Self doubt’s a sneaky little snake, isn’t it?

You find yourself struggling to get anything done, failing to find your mojo and feeling like you’re just not doing a good enough job.

I’ll let you in on a little secret: Self doubt is the biggest thing that’s held me back (+ still does sometimes) in my biz.

I can have the clarity, the strategy, the step by step plan, the motivation + all the excitement in the world for what I’m doing but the second there’s a hint of doubt in the air, game over.

I’ll admit, it’s not easy to spot.

There’ve been times where I’ve been stuck in overwhelm, procrasti-scrolling for weeks at a time and then not understanding why I haven’t been achieving the success I want.

Business, Confidence, Imposter syndrome, Mindset work, Overwhelm, Self worth, Self beliefRebecca HawkesFebruary 23, 2023Comment

How to Create the Perfect Morning Routine for Success

How to Create the Perfect Morning Routine for Success

What’s the perfect morning routine for success?

How long should your morning routine be?

How do you create a morning ritual?

I’ll be sharing the answer to each of these questions in this blog post and I’ll also give you a morning routine checklist so you can create your very own morning ritual for success.

Confidence, Success, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesOctober 6, 2022Comment

7 Exercises You Need to Add to Your Morning Routine for Confidence

7 Exercises You Need to Add to Your Morning Routine for Confidence

Can you really feel confident every single day?

Absolutely and in this blog post I’ll be sharing 7 simple exercises that you can do in under 10 minutes each morning to help you start the day feeling confident in yourself and ready to take action.

Before we dive into the 7 confidence boosting activities, I want to make it clear you don’t have to do all these exercises in one go, every morning. We all have a lot going on in our lives so it’s not always feasible to spend 3 hours on a morning routine.

Confidence, Success, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesOctober 3, 2022Comment

Use This Simple Technique Daily to Have More Confidence

Use This Simple Technique Daily to Have More Confidence

I haven’t always been confident in myself. When I was younger I believed you either had confidence or you didn’t. I thought confidence was something some people were born with and I didn’t understand that it was possible to become more confident let alone how to improve confidence and self esteem.

I’ve had Generalised Anxiety Disorder since childhood - though I wasn’t diagnosed until my twenties - and as my anxiety increased, to the point I was too scared to leave the house, I felt my confidence levels dropping even more.

Confidence, Success, Mindset work, Self beliefRebecca HawkesSeptember 13, 2022Comment

3 CONFIDENCE BOOSTING MORNING ROUTINES YOU CAN DO IN UNDER 20 MINUTES

3 CONFIDENCE BOOSTING MORNING ROUTINES YOU CAN DO IN UNDER 20 MINUTES

When I first became a coach, I forced myself to do elaborate, 2–3 hour morning routines involving journaling, meditating, yoga, visualisation and a whole host of other mindset tools.

This was great for a while but I soon realised I was spending more time prepping for the day than actually living it. I also found it hard to be consistent with such a jam packed ritual.

I even forced myself to become part of the 5am club which didn’t last long when I finally accepted the fact I’m not - and never will be - a morning person.

Now, I like to keep things simple. The first 20 minutes of the day are for me. I don’t check my phone, I don’t scroll on socials, I try not to talk to anyone.

Affirmations, Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self worth, Journaling, Self careRebecca HawkesJuly 3, 2022Comment

9 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES

9 WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES

We could all do with a boost in confidence from time to time, couldn’t we?

In this blog post, I’m going to share with you 9 simple ways you can increase confidence and self esteem in less than 10 minutes. Because, let’s face it, we often neglect our mindset work because we feel like it’s going to take too long to see results or we have more important things we need to focus on.

But the thing is, when we work on increasing our confidence every day - even for just 5 minutes - we begin to build solid confidence foundations that we can rely on to help us be more productive, be visible online and go after our goals.

Affirmations, Confidence, Imposter syndrome, Journaling, Mindset work, Self belief, Self worthRebecca HawkesApril 14, 2022 Comment

HOW TO STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS

HOW TO STOP COMPARING YOURSELF TO OTHERS

We can’t help ourselves, can we?

We open up our social apps (through boredom) and we’re met with feed after feed of shiny, successful, beautiful women smashing all their goals, raking in all the cash and achieving the success you’ve been dreaming of for years.

Part of us wants to feel inspired by their success - if they can do it, surely it’s possible for me too? - but the truth is, seeing other women soar as we’re stuck in struggle leaves us feeling like shit.

So we find ourselves in a pity party, wondering why we’re not good enough and feeling like a failure.

Comparing ourselves to other women creates self doubt and when we’re doubting ourselves, we can’t achieve what we want.

Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self worth, Imposter syndrome, Comparing yourselfRebecca HawkesMarch 31, 2022 Comments

HOW TO USE AFFIRMATIONS TO CHANGE YOUR BELIEFS

HOW TO USE AFFIRMATIONS TO CHANGE YOUR BELIEFS

Affirmations are all about changing the way you speak to yourself and reprogramming the beliefs you play on repeat.

Beliefs like “I can’t do that”, “I’m not confident enough” and “who would want to listen to me?”.

Instead of repeating these negative phrases - that have now become our beliefs - we swap them for positive phrases or positive affirmations.

For example:

I can’t becomes I can

I’m not confident enough becomes I am confident in everything I do

Who would want to listen to me becomes my audience need to hear what I have to say

But when we’ve created our affirmations, how do we then use them?

Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self worth, Imposter syndrome, Comparing yourselfRebecca HawkesMarch 24, 2022Comment

HOW TO CREATE AFFIRMATIONS FOR CONFIDENCE

HOW TO CREATE AFFIRMATIONS FOR CONFIDENCE

Affirmations are a powerful tool to help increase confidence, self esteem and even help you grow your business.

There are plenty of affirmations you can use depending on your goal but one of the most effective ways to use affirmations is by creating your own based on a new belief you want to form or by rewriting the limiting beliefs that are holding you back.

If you’re new to affirmations and what to understand what they are and why you should use them, read this post.

How to create affirmations

First of all, have a think about a new belief you would like to create for yourself.

It could be that you want more confidence in yourself or you want to make more money in your business. Be specific about what you want to achieve and start thinking of sentences that you feel connected to.

Affirmations, Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self worthRebecca HawkesMarch 17, 2022Comment

WHAT ARE AFFIRMATIONS & WHY SHOULD YOU USE THEM?

WHAT ARE AFFIRMATIONS & WHY SHOULD YOU USE THEM?

The first time I heard about affirmations was in an episode of Sex and the City.

Charlotte and Carrie had gone to a seminar about finding love and Charlotte had stood up, shared that she was repeating her affirmations every day but Mr Right still hadn’t shown up.

The host had criticised her, saying she probably just wasn’t trying hard enough and Carrie stood up and said “Believe me, she is”.

I didn’t take much notice of affirmations then but when I became a business owner, I started to take mindset work more seriously. When I invested in a 1:1 coach to help me increase both my confidence and success in my business, one of the tools she mentioned was affirmations.

I realised then that I’d been using affirmations for years, I just didn’t know that’s what they were called.

Affirmations, Confidence, Mindset work, Self belief, Self worthRebecca HawkesMarch 10, 2022 Comments