Rediscover your confidence

Like running water, good friends and enough milk in the fridge, self-confidence is one of those things you take for granted until it’s gone. At which point, it can quickly and negatively impact your lifestyle and health. “We are talking about self-esteem when talking about self-confidence. This is knowing that we are enough, irrespective of whatever anyone else says of thinks of us,” says Diane Young, a psychotherapist and addiction and trauma specialist at South Pacific Private. As you slowly emerge from the past two years, with many of us having experienced isolation, increased domestic pressures and even job loss, you may notice your appetite for moving outside your comfort zone has diminished. Or that you’re overthinking everything. Or you just can’t shake the ‘blah’ feeling. These are all signs of confidence