Hi guys, it's Rachel and welcome to another episode of the show. I am recording this intro in my closet,

old school style, because I'm home today with the kids and in the other room my son is practicing

piano. Him practicing piano is actually a perfect introduction to today's episode because while he is an incredible piano player, truly, he is one of those people kind of reminds me my older brother where he can just start playing an instrument and then keep picking at it until all of the sudden he's playing incredible songs by ear. He's in there right now

and he's working on this song by Bruno Mars that he loves and it makes you want to cry every time

he starts it because I can't believe his kid figured out how to play this song so beautifully. But for

the first time ever, he's trying to sing along. And because it's something

he's not super familiar with and because it's something he's doing for the first time, every

single time, he starts to sing. His natural voice gets really small and really quiet and

really low because he's nervous. He's feeling unsure and uncertain because he's

never done it before. But the thing is, if he sticks with it and he keeps trying again and again,

he'll learn to trust himself. And then from a place of trust, he'll grow into having faith in himself.

And from a place of faith, he'll grow into having faith in himself. And from a place of faith, he'll gain confidence in the skill he's trying to achieve. See, most people think that confidence is something you're

born with, and it's not. Confidence is a skill that you practice again and again and again. It's like a muscle that you

work out until it gets better. So in today's episode, I'm sharing a part of a class that I taught

recently on confidence. It's not the full enchilada, but since I had recently done an episode on signs that you might be insecure,

I thought it was important to follow it up with what you can do if you're feeling uncertain

or unsure. What are steps that you can take to begin to grow your confidence and to have more

faith in yourself?

Hi, I'm Rachel. And in this show, we talk about everything. Life and work, health and

healing, relationships with others and with ourselves. These are stories for the seekers. These are conversations for the curious.

This is the Rachel Hollis podcast. Starting right at the top, I'm going to talk a lot about intention

in this process. And for me,

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