How to become more self-confident

After speaking to Dr Trent, I spend some time thinking about what’s holding me back. It’s a mix of things, and having this sense of why I struggle with self-confidence is helpful. But, once we’ve identified why we may have reduced levels of confidence, what can we do to get more of it?

I have a fascinating conversation with Jo Emerson, a coach specialising in confidence, where we talk about ideas we can all use for increasing our self-confidence. ‘Without self-confidence, we’re doing things in fear, or we’re doing things half-heartedly, or we’re not bringing who we really are to a situation,’ Emerson tells me. It’s clear that working on our self-confidence has a range of benefits. ‘It underpins how