How To Build Your Confidence And Feel Good About Yourself

Here’s how to build your confidence and feel good about yourself

- Alicia Pyke

As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But if that’s the case, why do we give ourselves such a hard time when we look in the mirror? Dr Vesna Grubacevic, author of Stop Sabotaging Your Confidence (qttransformation.com, $29.95), says we’re examining more than our appearance in the mirror. “Negative body image isn’t about what we look like, but how we feel about ourselves,” says Vesna. “The more positive you feel, the more you will like who you see in the mirror.”

Here’s how you can quash those insecurities in three simple steps.

1 LISTEN TO YOURSELF

Just like the saying, “You are what you eat”, it’s also true that you are what you think. “Every thought you have, each emotion you feel, you are either programming yourself for success or failure,” says Vesna. “So when we look in the mirror, if we focus on the negatives we will find them.”