How to gain confidence is an age-old question and is often something people suffer with mostly when they're young(er). But when are you too old not to feel shy or lack confidence any more? It only changed for me when I started learning the new-age tools I draw from today, which happened to begin when I turned 50. It wasn't a conscious now I'm fifty midlife crisis, and now I'm going to be x-y-z. It evolved from a continuing search for my own solutions and taking an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic … [Read more...] about Where Confidence Starts
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The Effects Of Stress
We hear a lot about stress, it's a word that gets bandied around a lot, you'd have been living in another orbit not to have heard of it, and when it comes to it who hasn't experienced it too? But everyone has their own opinion about what it is, both in general terms and for them personally. Short Term Stress When we talk about short-term-stress we'd say it's a good thing, it's your va-va-voom that get's you moving and shaking in the morning, as you step up a gear and get into the day. It … [Read more...] about The Effects Of Stress
Low Self Esteem
As far as META-Health is concerned when it comes to weight gain there are two causes and effects. (There may be more - I'll keep you posted). The two aspects have very different behaviours, and today I'm going to explain one of them which is fat related (the other is water and we'll cover that another time). The META-Health Model The META-Health model is based on The Two Phases Of Disease process where there is a clear pattern in how the body gains fat. To better demonstrate … [Read more...] about Low Self Esteem
Low Self-Esteem Pt #2
Self Confidence Following on from last time when we looked at what influences our self confidence, growing up, now lets consider what you can do to build your so you notice the difference. But lets ask this question. Does living your life with confidence affect your 'actual' life experiences? Speaking as someone who's been on both sides of the fence I would say so. Setting yourself a challenge Pressing the balloon edges (of your life) affords the opportunity to check out your … [Read more...] about Low Self-Esteem Pt #2
Low Self Confidence
What is confidence, here's a list found on Wikipedia: Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective Self-confidence is having confidence in oneself Arrogance or hubris in this comparison is having unmerited confidence—believing something or someone is capable or correct when they are not Overconfidence or presumptuousness is excessive belief in someone (or … [Read more...] about Low Self Confidence
