Since habits are behind so much of what we do (or avoid doing) in our lives, we need to look at how to change a habit if we want to make positive change. If you decide you want to shift something big in your life, looking at only the thing you want to shift--without the habits that underlie your past behaviors--will only get you so far. In today’s podcast episode, we’re examining how to change a habit and breaking down each piece of the process.

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.