Finding the opportunity amid difficult circumstances isn’t something pithy self-help statement. It’s not “toxic” positivity. It’s not naive optimism. Reframing difficult circumstances and finding the opportunity available is a resilience strategy that helps people to alleviate sadness, worry, fear. That’s what we’re talking about in today’s podcast.

Ask the confident woman you know, “What has been the cost?” She’ll tell you stories. For every confident woman I’ve met, there are stories of needing to face the undermining behaviors of others. In today’s podcast episode, I’m asking all of us to consider how we undermine our own confidence...and how we contribute, inadvertently, to undermining the confidence of others. Confidence isn’t false bravado. It has deep roots.

Our personal courage is directly impacted by the systems we live in, which is why we must practice the courage to change the world. Trying to pretend that those news headlines don’t exist, is just a form of trying to out-run fear.

Do you really want things to change? Really? Sometimes, we confuse “wanting things to change” with “wanting to be supported in the difficulties I am facing.” The two are similar in some ways, but different. Today's podcast episode shares how.