Blog posts for self improvement and personal development | Increase confidence and self esteem — Rebecca Hawkes • Confidence Coach UK

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

HOW TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS IN 4 SIMPLE STEPS

HOW TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS IN 4 SIMPLE STEPS

At some stage or another, we all have a desire to achieve more success in our lives or business.

We may feel like we’ve become stagnant in our career or like our businesses have plateaued and we feel the burning desire to shake things up.

But how can we achieve more success in a simple way?

I’m breaking down how to achieve your goals in 4 simple steps, using my 4 Principles of Success Framework.

It’s the framework I use with myself and with my clients. No matter how we work together – be it a 1:1 call, a VIP day or over the course of 6 months, we follow this process because it’s powerful, simple and proven to help you succeed.

Confidence, Business, Productivity, SuccessRebecca HawkesSeptember 9, 2022Comment

7 WAYS TO BE VISIBLE EVERYDAY WITHOUT BEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

7 WAYS TO BE VISIBLE EVERYDAY WITHOUT BEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA

There’s a common misconception amongst entrepreneurs and business owners that the only way to be visible is to be on social media.

When we talk about showing up everyday and overcoming visibility fears, it’s often said in the context of being on social media.

But what if you could be visible every single day without actually being visible and without using social media at all?

Affirmations, Confidence, Mindset work, Self worth, Money mindsetRebecca HawkesAugust 3, 2022Comment

8 AFFIRMATIONS FOR ABUNDANCE & WEALTH

8 AFFIRMATIONS FOR ABUNDANCE & WEALTH

Affirmations are a powerful tool to help you create positive, empowering beliefs that enable you to achieve what you desire.

When you repeat positive affirmations, you change the record on repeat in your mind.

We’re so used to repeating the same phrases to ourselves but often these thoughts or beliefs are what we’ve learned from those around us: our parents, partners, friends.

Here are 8 of my favourite affirmations for abundance and wealth:

Affirmations, Confidence, Mindset work, Self worth, Money mindsetRebecca HawkesJuly 7, 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

HOW TO GET OUT OF A FUNK, FAST

HOW TO GET OUT OF A FUNK, FAST

I find it quite amusing that the day after I got the idea for a blog post about getting out of a funk, I wake up in a funk myself.

When I talk about being in a funk, I mean:

Feeling agitated or irritated
Feeling frustrated or overwhelmed
Struggling to make even the simplest decisions
Having a lack of direction or focus
Losing interest in anything and everything
Not knowing what to do with yourself

And the longer we’re in a funk, the harder it is to see a way out of it.

Here are my tips for getting yourself out of a funk, fast:

Business, Confidence, Imposter syndrome, Mindset work, Self care, Self worthRebecca HawkesJune 30, 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 Comments

HOW TO FALL IN LOVE (WITH YOURSELF)

HOW TO FALL IN LOVE (WITH YOURSELF)

The journey to self love is ongoing.

There’s no follow this strategy, take this action, BAM, I love myself, the end.

(Oh wouldn’t that be easy)

It takes time, practice and persistence to fall in love with yourself.

But what does self love actually mean?

When I talk about being in love with yourself I mean:

Confidence, Mindset work, Self worth, Self careRebecca HawkesApril 7, 2022 Comments

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

31 POWERFUL AFFIRMATIONS FOR CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM

31 POWERFUL AFFIRMATIONS FOR CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM

It took me a long time to understand how powerful affirmations can be.

I always felt like a bit of an idiot repeating ‘I am confident’ out loud to myself but as time went on, I began to see the impact those 3 words were having on my confidence.

Now, as part of my daily routine, I choose a new affirmation each morning and repeat it as many times as I can within 10 minutes.

Here are 31 of my favourite affirmations to help you increase your confidence:

Mindset work, Self worth, Affirmations, ConfidenceRebecca HawkesFebruary 24, 2022Comment

HOW JOURNALING HELPED ME INCREASE MY CONFIDENCE

HOW JOURNALING HELPED ME INCREASE MY CONFIDENCE

The first time I heard about journaling, I was skeptical.

So you want me to write in a diary, like I used to when I was a kid?

Excellent.

But as with any mindset work, the more I practiced journaling, the more I began to notice shifts in my mental health.

“I’m not a confident person” was a story I’d told myself for years.

Confidence, Journaling, Mindset work, Self worthRebecca HawkesFebruary 17, 2022 Comments

14 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

14 INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FOR ENTREPRENEURS

As an entrepreneur, it’s important to stay inspired, to feel motivated and keep the passion for your business alive, even during the hard times.

One of my favourite ways to feel an instant boost of #inspo is to search for powerful quotes on Pinterest or Instagram. Reading something that has me shouting “YES, I’VE GOT THIS” is sometimes all I need to keep going when imposter syndrome’s kicking in or something hasn’t quite gone to plan.

Business, Confidence, Self worthRebecca HawkesFebruary 10, 2022 Comment