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Finding Inner Strength

 Becoming confident in yourself can sometimes be challenging. Sometimes, you just want to do whatever is easiest, because you are unsure/afraid if you can handle anything difficult. Becoming self-confident allows you to move past those concerns and accomplish tasks you didn't think you could do before. Thankfully, there are plenty of tips, tricks, and resources to teach us how to become, and stay, self-confident.

Being confident is a lot easier said than done. While it's great to think positively about self-confidence, when the moment comes to be confident, you need to know how to act confident, not just think it. Luckily, there are a few tips we can learn how to show confidence, even in stressful situations. This short YouTube video, from the channel TED-Ed, is wonderfully animated, and explains 3 different ways to increase your self-confidence/esteem.





So we've seen ways to show confidence in stressful situations. Now, we're going over how to build confidence for everyday situations. This confidence can lead to great opportunities for the rest of your life. The website Mindtools.com has a detailed post talking about different ways to maintain confidence, and how to inspire confidence in others around you.


Positive Emotions


Positive emotions are the most important factor in having self-confidence. Feelings like joy, pride, selflessness, and more lead to positive moods, which in turn, make you more sure of yourself, and more willing to make choices that you would have been unsure of beforehand. On KidsHealth.org, we managed to find a worksheet that covers a bunch of different emotions, all of which benefit those looking to gain self-confidence, or improve the confidence they already have.


How confident do you think you are? What tips/methods help you become more confident in yourself? Let us know in the comments below!  For youth and young adults, ages 13-26, join us on the SPAN Youth Chat on Wednesdays from 3:30-4:00 PM.

Resources...

Link to SPAN's website: www.spanadvocacy.org
Link to SPAN's Youth in the Know Resource Page: Youth in the Know
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