As I sat down to write a post for today, I noticed that it would be my 70th blog post. This came as a surprise. I had no idea that I was up to my 70th post! This blogging milestone triggered a reflection on my self-doubt journey, my journey as a blogger and, in particular,…

Recently, I decided that I would not be going ahead with the self-confidence development program that I have been trying to write for a number of months. I had invested a lot of time, effort and thought into this program and had felt that I knew exactly what I wanted from it. However, in a…

Earlier this week, I declared a seven day boldness challenge, where the idea was that I would actively choose bold at least once per day for seven days. It was interesting that, in the days after the challenge, I wasn't sure that I had successfully taken on the challenge. My attempts at incorporating boldness didn't…

Choose bold. Those words have been echoing through my being for a few days now; ever since my conscious choice to be bold, when I contacted the author of one of my favourite emotional literacy books. I have felt totally at peace since the catch-up with the author, yet I have also felt something else.…