Restoring Confidence When Negatively Impacted

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    Sean FargoPublished November 30, 2019 · Updated April 8, 2024 · 1 min read

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    Restoring Confidence When Negatively Impacted

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    A mindful approach to restoring confidence when negatively impacted

    “Restoring Confidence When Negatively Impacted” is an invitation to slow down and meet your experience with curiosity, honesty, and kindness — three qualities that quietly transform everything they touch.

    How mindfulness can help

    Mindfulness offers a steady inner ground from which to engage any topic. Instead of being swept along by reaction, we learn to notice what is here — sensations, thoughts, feelings — and respond from a place of presence rather than pressure.

    Gentle steps to try

    1. Begin with the breath. Take three slow breaths before opening the worksheet. Let your body remember it is here.
    2. Read with curiosity. Move through each prompt slowly. Notice which questions soften you, and which ones tighten you.
    3. Write what is true now. There are no right answers — only honest ones. The truth at this moment is what the worksheet is asking for.
    4. Close with one breath. When you finish, pause. Place a hand on your heart and acknowledge yourself for showing up.

    Insight does not arrive on a schedule. Trust the practice of returning, the courage of honesty, and the slow unfolding of your own becoming.

    Here’s a Sample of the “Restoring Confidence When Negatively Impacted” Guided Meditation Script:

    In this exercise,I’m going to share how mindfulness can help restore feelings of confidenceThat may have been negatively impacted over timeMany survivors of very difficult circumstancesWill get to this stage in this mindfulness pathwith an even stronger sense of themselvesand a deeper appreciationfor their own resourcefulness.But trauma and deep internal challenges can leave its mark on confidence,attitudes, relationships, and behaviorlong after the core wound has healed.Mindfulness practices can help youto feel more confidence in yourselfRestoring youTo your own original authenticity.Over time,You may have developed the tendencyTo over-monitor everything in your experience,Looking out for signs of danger, harm, or anything unpleasant.

    Of course, it’s healthy to look out for danger,But it can be unhealthy if we’re not balancing it outBy remembering the 99% of the timeWhen we’re actually okIn each present moment.So if you learn to acknowledge your monitoringwithout letting it take over,you will stop undermining your confidence in your current state of ‘ok-ness’.By opening up toAnd bringing mindfulness to all of the positive states of being throughout your day,Your sense of self-confidenceWill grow bit by bit,Drop by drop,Until your water bucket of self confidenceIs full and embodied.

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