This post will give you the ‘pick me up‘ you need in a few short sentences. Do you feel a bit down? Are you looking for a way to just put that spark back into your life today? Is your mood letting you down – not allowing you to feel the way you want to feel?  Well then, jump aboard! 

Everything today is about quick and easy access. Chopped vegetables, microwaveable dinners, two-in-one-shampoos, online-banking; and the list dribbles on. Here’s my version of quick and easy fixes when it comes to that brisk pick-me-up. 

Today’s pick me up

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little pick me ups capture the beauty from the inside, then radiate it outward - like the detail of this water lily

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Reflect inward: build confidence will talk briefly about how looking inward can affect your confidence positively.  Taking in the big picture with eyes wide open eyes can sometimes scare us by making the job too overwhelming. Today, if you do one confidence building activity,  close your eyes and look inwards for strength.

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How to build confidence in your kids today will briefly discuss a couple of things you can do today to help them grow confident and self-assured. Not many parents have a lot of time on their hands, but the thing about being a parent is that you’re obliged to make time for the kids you’ve been given charge of. You desperately wanted them. You love them and made a fuss of them when they were babies – and when they were little. Now they’re getting up and getting themselves dressed. You’re rushing out to work and hardly even looked at what they were wearing today. Why the rush?

Why are you rushing out without seeing them? You’re going to work to put food on the table and a home above their heads – that’s right. You’re rushing around to make their lives more comfortable. Please stop and think for a moment about how you can make their lives more fulfilling.

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How to Look Confident: Dress Sense will show you ways in which you can use your clothes (your exterior) to make yourself look confident. I know you’re still working on being confident. You obviously understand that confidence comes from within and does not depend on external forces. However, dressing the part can often help boost your confidence because it gives others an idea of how you’re beginning to feel on the inside. Give yourself a head start with confidence by putting your best foot forward! How to Look Confident: Dress Sense will give you some ideas of how to do just that! 

How to look confident: dress sense

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when you step out your door, look good

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Get past your past will show you there’s more to living than citing your upbringing for your lack of confidence. Getting past your past may not be something you do automatically or indeed, easily. Many people hold onto their past like a dirty, comfort blanket. They refuse to let it go because they’re scared to strip the baggage away to see what’s left of who they really are. Of course, letting go can be extremely difficult, but dirty things, if kept close can infect you will all sorts of germs. Some of those are bacteria which, when full-blown, can cause death or lasting damage. In order to get past your past you’ve got to be willing to drop some of the dirty, heavy bits weighing you down. You’ve allowed too much to collect on your shoulders. Get ready to lighten up your load because here are 3 very basic ways to get you on the road towards getting past your past and build your confidence for the future.

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5 Ways to boost body confidence will show you quick, easy ways to feel good about your own body. You don’t have to have a celebrity’s body to be happy with it. In fact, if you ask that celebrity you admire about his/her perfect body you saw on the cover of that recent magazine, he/she will tell you they too wish they looked like that. Always keep in mind that celebrities’ bodies are mercilessly airbrushed to make the cover of magazines look perfect. What you see is not what you get.

Before journeying to the point in your life where you’re ready to boost body confidence, it’s important to determine to leave all the self-doubt on the other side of the lake. On ‘How To Build Confidence’ we always maintain that building confidence is not a destination. It’s a journey. Therefore, start this body confidence journey by taking your first steps. Here’s how you do it.

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Boost confidence when feeling low because this is the very thing  to put that sprint back into your step. Life puts all kinds of pressures on us, and even if you’re generally a very self-confident person you can still be negatively affected when things fail to go the way you thought they would. This article is to help those who’re experiencing a low period in their lives. If you’d like to know how to build your confidence from scratch these articles will help you. Build confidence and How to build confidence.  However, today we’ll look at temporary things you can do to get that spring back into your step.

I know of several people who feel blue or slightly depressed in the dark, cloudy winter months. This can put tremendous pressures on their relationship and work life. Full performance is really not an option when you’re feeling down and confidence levels need a boost. You only survive from day to day with just enough will to carry on. Thankfully there’s help at hand. Confidence building aides are also widely available.

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