7 Confidence Boosting Exercises You Can Add to Your Morning Routine
Start the day full of self confidence ♡
Can you really feel confident every single day?
Absolutely!
Let’s be realistic, you’re not gonna feel confident all day every day. But it is possible to experience moments of confidence every single day.
Confidence comes from two places:
Actively working on your mindset to transform any negative beliefs + change the way you speak to yourself
Taking action - doing the thing you feel you can’t do so you can look back and say “Wow, I can’t believe I did that!”
Taking action definitely becomes easier when you’re consistently working on your mindset which is why I wanted to share 7 exercises with you that you can do in under 10 minutes each morning.
These activities will help you to start the day feeling confident in yourself and ready to take action.
Before we dive in, know that you don’t have to do all these exercises in one go, every morning.
We all have a lot going on in our lives so it’s not always feasible to spend 3 hours on a morning routine.
Allowing yourself as little as 10 or 15 minutes in the morning to work on your mindset and connect with yourself can be enough to give you a boost in confidence.
You can watch the video I created below or scroll down for the cliff notes:
Exercise 1: Journal as your future self
This is a powerful exercise to help you to step into that next level, most confident version of yourself.
Journaling as your future self means to simply write as if you’re already where you want to be, as if you’re already feeling full of self confidence, fearless and believing that you’re capable of achieving anything you put your mind to.
Think about the kind of confidence levels you desire. It may help to think of a celebrity or friend who’s confidence you admire.
How does that person act?
How do they hold themselves?
How do they speak?
What do they wear?
What action do they take?
Tap into their mindset, imagine you are behaving that same way and then spend some time writing in your journal as if you are them.
Allow yourself to free write and just let the words flow. You may be surprised at what comes out and how quickly the words start coming when you get into it.
When you’re finished, take some time to read back over what you’ve written and feel those feelings of confidence in your body.
Exercise 2: Repeat affirmations for confidence
Affirmations helped me change my life. They’re the main tool I used to help me go from being too afraid to leave the house, to quitting my 9 to 5 and backpacking solo around the world.
Affirmations are the simplest and easiest way to transform your mindset and help you to feel confident in yourself every day.
There are many different ways to repeat affirmations.
You can record yourself repeating the affirmations using the free ThinkUp app, and then listen back on a loop.
You could repeat the affirmations out loud to yourself as you stand in front of the mirror or as you’re doing everyday tasks like showering or washing up.
You can repeat them in your mind for 5 minutes before you get out of bed or you may prefer to write them out in your journal.
I have notifications in my calendar that pop up with different affirmations throughout the day.
Exercise 3: Visualisation
This is one of my favourites because you don’t even have to get out of bed to do it. I like to practice visualisation once I’ve snoozed my alarm for 9 minutes.
My preferred visualisation is to walk myself through my perfect day as my most confident self.
What would it be and literally walk yourself through every single little part of your perfect day, feeling full of confidence in yourself?
You can access a free Dream Day visualisation when you sign up for my free Design Your Dream Life course here.
Exercise 4: Write out an empowerment list
This is an exercise that a lot of my clients struggle with initially, because it can be tricky, especially if you lack confidence, you perhaps doubt yourself, or you've got imposter syndrome.
It can be an exercise that's quite confronting and can be hard to do. I myself found it hard when I started out writing these but now it’s become a lot easier.
An empowerment list is simply a list of positive things that you write about yourself. For example:
30 things I love about myself
25 things I’ve achieved in the past 5 years
20 times I felt proud of myself
So anything that is positive, that is inspiring, that is empowering.
This list then becomes proof that you are capable.
Exercise 5: Listen to a podcast
The fifth activity that you can add to your morning routine to increase confidence is listening to a podcast.
This is great for you if you love to multitask or, like me, you have ADHD and need to constantly be doing something as you’re doing something else.
I have a podcast called The Confidence Show that’s packed full of episodes created to specifically help you create more confidence.
Instead of a podcast, you could even search for confidence boosting content on YouTube and have that play in the background as you’re brushing your teeth or doing your makeup.
Any type of content that makes you feel good, inspires you and helps you to start the day feeling motivated.
Exercise 6: Dance around to a high vibe playlist
I am a massive fan of dancing and singing - although I'm not very good at either!
When you move your body and you’re singing along to songs that make you feel good, you’re able to release any stagnant energy that’s stuck in the body. This makes room for feelings of positivity and when you feel more positive, you naturally feel more confident in yourself.
Create a playlist on Spotify or Amazon music or wherever you like to listen to music and just push play every morning. Get 30 days free when you sign up to Amazon Music here*.
Exercise 7: EFT Tapping
Our final activity that you can add to your morning routine is EFT tapping.
Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT Tapping helps to release stagnant energy and create balance in your energy system.
The idea is that you tap on certain parts of your body as you repeat specific phrases to help you process emotions or feelings you’re experiencing. This can provide instant relief from feelings of anxiety and from a confidence perspective, it can help to lift your mood and fill your body with positive feelings.
Three of my favourite EFT trained coaches are Marie Houlden, Daire Paddy (who I’m hosting a retreat with in January) and Esther McCann.
To recap, 7 activities you can add to your morning routine are:
Journal as your future self
Repeat affirmations for confidence
Visualise yourself living your perfect day feeling full of confidence
Write an empowerment list
Listen to a podcast or inspiring YouTube video
Dance around to your high vibe playlist
Use EFT tapping to bring positive energy into your body
Which one will you be trying out first?
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