How do I Learn to Trust Myself More?

In this episode of the Powered by Joy Podcast, we tackle the common struggle of not trusting ourselves, creating self-doubt and how to build trust in our decision-making. We explore why we often doubt ourselves and learn five practical tools to strengthen self-trust, allowing us to make decisions with more ease and confidence.

1. Get to Know Yourself: The importance of understanding your core values, likes, and dislikes is a part of the process. This involves tuning into your "knower"—your intuition—and asking yourself, "Is this what I really want?" By becoming more in touch with your true self, you lay the foundation for greater self-trust.
2. Be Kind and Compassionate to Yourself: Instead of beating yourself up over mistakes, consider adopting a compassionate mindset, treating yourself with the same kindness you'd offer a friend. Allowing yourself to feel emotions without judgment, which helps in releasing negative energy and promotes self-understanding.
3. Spend Time Alone: Value spending quality time with yourself, without distractions. This could be meditating, taking walks, or simply sitting in silence. Similar to dating someone new, you get to know yourself better and deepen your self-trust through regular one-on-one time. This is also where you learn to hear your “knower” more clearly.
4. Set Achievable Goals and Try New Things: Learning new skills in small, manageable steps builds confidence and competence. Try setting realistic and achievable goals, like mastering a new hobby incrementally, reinforces trust in your abilities across different areas of your life. Setting yourself up for some wins!
5. Stick with Your Decisions: Making decisions and not wavering builds resilience. Setting a daily intention to make choices confidently and be willing to handle any outcomes. Over time, this practice strengthens your "decision-making muscle," reduces fear of making mistakes, and nurtures trust in your capacity to cope with consequences or outcomes.

Approach self-trust as a journey, not a destination. Each step forward, no matter how small, is progress. Try sharing your experiences of building self-trust with others, reminding everyone that learning from decisions—even imperfect ones—is a powerful way to grow.

 

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Call to All those soon to be or New Empty nesters!

Are you terrified of what it will be like when there are no kids at the house full time anymore? Or they are newly driving and never home anymore? Or off to college and you are feeling lost and sad? You don’t even know what to choose for dinner because you always cooked what the kids wanted. Not sure how to move forward without the busy mom life? Has your body started to “act up” and make it hard to have energy, sleep and focus or do anything!?!? Let’s talk! There’s so much more life to live, when we are willing to dive in and explore and learn to listen to our “knower”, we can start to heal and that increases our capacity to experience joy, love, pleasure, vitality, and more adventures!  A FREE 30 minute discovery call with me will help you get clarity on steps towards making this shift in your life! Get your FREE call here- Schedule My Free call now!

 

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*Disclaimer-On this podcast I am sharing from my own personal experiences and what tools have helped me, it is not intended to and should not replace professional advice. My episodes should never replace professional advice of any kind. If you struggle with negative thoughts or depression please seek professional guidance.