Self Confidence: Psychology & Approaches

Welcome
Intro
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Introduction
Overview: Ways to Build Self-Confidence

Introduction to Self-Confidence
What Self-Confidence Means
Self-Confidence: Low versus High
Self-Confidence: Global versus Specific
Activity: Which areas in your life are you already confident in?
Activity: Where do you lack self-confidence?

Introduction to Developing Confidence
What Confidence Is Not
Activity: Where do you want to build confidence?
How Confidence Develops
How Confidence Can Be Learned

Thoughts and Beliefs - Mindsets and Self-Doubt
How Beliefs Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
How Mindsets Shape Our Confidence
Fixed versus Growth Mindset
Activity: Identifying Fixed Mindsets
How Self-Doubts Shape our Confidence
Challenging our Self-Doubt
Activity: When in the past were you successful?

Thoughts and Beliefs - Changing Thinking Patterns
Introduction to Changing Thinking Patterns
How our Beliefs Shape our Reality: The ABC Model
Activity: Recording ABC Sequences
How Cognitive Distortions Shape our Self-Confidence
Handout - Cognitive Distortions Overview
Activity: Dealing with Cognitive Distortions 1
Activity: Dealing with Cognitive Distortions 2

Feelings - Introducing Anxiety
Introduction - Feelings and Self-Confidence
Causes and Purpose of Anxiety
Negativity Bias

Feelings - Managing Anxiety
Deep Diaphragmatic Breathing
Activity: Diaphragmatic Breathing
Self-Talk
Activity: Counter Negative Self-Talk
Reinterpreting Anxiety
Activity: Reinterpreting Anxiety
Other Stress Management Techniques

Feelings - Accepting Anxiety
Understanding Acceptance
The Role of Avoidance
Learning to Accept Anxiety
Activity: Body Scan Meditation

Feelings - Using Positive Emotions
Introduction to Using Positive Emotions
Feeling Good: A Confidence Boost
The Undoing Effect of Positive Emotions
Activity: Positive Emotions as a Confidence Boost
Handout - List of Uplifting Videos

Behaviour - Start Small
Introduction to Starting Small
Self-Perception Theory
Self-Perception Theory: The Paradox
Activity: Confidence Challenge Hierarchy
The Psychology of the ‘Comfort Zone'
Small Daily Habits for Long-Term Change
Activity: Confidence Challenge
Visualization
Activity: Visualization

Behaviour - Fake It 'Til You Make It
Just Do It
Activity: Just Do It
The Anxiety Curve
Willingness
Activity - Willingness I
Activity - Willingness II
Dealing With Failure
Power Poses

Behaviour - Long-Term Strategies
Confidence Boost: Physical Activity
Setting Goals for Confidence
Activity: Planning Behaviour and Setting Goals
Raising Competence
Activity: Raising Competence

Social Context
The Social Context of Self-Confidence
Modelling Behaviour
Activity: Finding Role-Models
Building a Support Network
Activity: Board of Success
Activity: Who can help me with this?
Social Comparison
Activity: Stop Negative Social Comparison

Conclusion
Combining the Lessons Learned
Activity: Make your Self-Confidence Plan
References

Quiz
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