How to Increase Your Confidence and Impact

If you're like most people, you'll have experienced moments when your confidence wavers, leaving you unsure of yourself and holding back from reaching your full potential. But what if there was a way to increase your confidence and make a greater impact in your personal and professional life?This week, Dr Claire Kaye joins Rachel to explore the power of confidence and how it influences our lives. They dive into the common challenges we face when it comes to confidence, whether it's feeling underconfident, lacking self-belief, or dealing with the negative self-talk that holds us back.But this episode isn't just about identifying the problem – it's about finding practical solutions. Claire and Rachel discuss strategies to boost your confidence in a genuine and authentic way, helping you navigate through life's uncertainties and excel in various areas. They emphasise the importance of knowing yourself, understanding your values, and embracing vulnerability as a pathway to personal growth and success.If you're tired of letting self-doubt hold you back, this episode offers valuable insights and actionable tips to help you increase your confidence, impact, and overall fulfilment.Listen to this episode toLearn practical strategies to boost your confidence and make a greater impact in your personal and professional life.Explore common challenges related to confidence, like feeling underconfident, lacking self-belief, and dealing with negative self-talk.Discover how to be more confident in an authentic and genuine way, without resorting to acting or disingenuous behaviour.Episode highlights[00:03:16] Confidence and positive outcomes[00:07:28] What a severe lack of confidence can do[00:10:12] What is confidence?[00:15:55] What makes people lose their confidence[00:21:39] Building your confidence[00:24:44] Fear of failure[00:30:33] How environment affects confidence[00:34:01] Comparison[00:40:14] Tackling your inner critic[00:49:43] Claire's 10 top tips for building confidence[00:52:03] Where to find ClaireAbout the guestDr Claire Kaye, an executive career coach who specialises in career development and perimenopause and menopause in the workplace. She works with women who are experiencing symptoms of the menopause and helps them find ways to thrive while maintaining their careers and personal lives.LinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteResourcesDownload your copy of the Stress Curve graphTHRIVE Weekly PlannerMore episodes of You Are Not a Frog:How to Deal With Your Inner Critic – Episode 197The Surprising Power of Self Coaching (and How to Do it Well) – Episode 117, with Dr Claire KayeHow to Ditch the Saviour Complex and Feel More Alive – Episode 88, with Rob Bell

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The podcast for GPs, hospital doctors and other professionals in high-stakes, high-stress jobs who want to thrive rather than just survive. You studied for years, you’re really good at what you do but you’ve noticed that you’re starting to feel overwhelmed, overworked and under-resourced. You may be comparing yourself to a frog in boiling water - the heat has built up so slowly that you haven’t noticed the extra-long days becoming the norm. You may feel on the edge and trapped in the very job that you’ve spent years working towards. Here’s the problem, frogs only have two choices; stay and be boiled alive, or jump out of the pan. The good news is that you are not a frog. You have many more choices than you think you do. You don’t have to quit, and nor should stress and burnout be inevitable. It is possible to be master of your own destiny, to craft your work life and career so that you can thrive even in the most difficult of situations. There are simple changes you can make which will make a huge difference to your stress levels and help you enjoy life again. Your host is Dr Rachel Morris, GP turned Executive Coach and Specialist in Resilience at Work who knows what it’s like to feel like an exhausted frog. In the podcast, she’ll be talking to friends, colleagues and experts all who have an interesting take on resilience for clever people in high-stakes, high-stress jobs so that together you can take back control to beat stress and burnout, survive and thrive.