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Alex | Confidence & Self-Expression Coach

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Stop being mild & start showing up as your full spicy self 🔥
Own YOUR unique blend 😋 & Build Confidence
Spice up your life ⬇️🌶️

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I would have always described myself as confident.

And from the outside, that is how I looked.

Loud, ‘look at me’ energy, and with that I would say whatever I felt like saying and excuse it as ‘I’m like marmite, you either love me or you hate me’

Deep down, I had zero confidence. I had no idea who I was.
I felt lost. I feared rejection so much, I used to push people away. I never pushed myself out of my comfort zone.

Looking back it makes me sad.

I wore the mask for so long, as a layer of protection.

When I finally got to know myself, and accept who I was, all I had been through, and the parts of me I didn’t like so much, things started to change.

I didn’t have to wear a mask anymore.

I found strength and power in my vulnerability.

I didn’t fear rejection or judgement anymore, or compare myself to anyone else.

I have my own spicy blend, that creates my unique flavour 🌶️🔥 and I’m okay with not being everyone’s taste - just like a vindaloo 😂

Now a confident person is something I truly am 💖 not something I need to fake. by @_authenticallyalex

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So this happened while I was on holiday…

Not only did I pass my coaching diploma… I only went and got myself a DISTINCTION!!!!!

I feel like I’ve finally found ‘my thing’ and think the distinction proves that too.

I have met some amazing people, and I loved getting stuck in. But there were also times it was hard and I wanted to quit.

The past 18 months have taught me so much about myself (good and bad) and I am so immensely proud of myself.

Proud of myself for going for it.

Proud of myself for sticking it out.

Proud of myself for digging deep and getting over the finish line.

Proud of myself for proving I can overcome that voice in my head telling me to give up.

So today I’m celebrating me!!!

@coachingacademy #lifecoach #lifecoaching #distinction #coachingdiploma #qualifiedcoach by @_authenticallyalex

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If your lack of confidence is holding you back, follow me @_authenticallyalex by @_authenticallyalex

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39 twirls around the sun ☀️

Reflecting on the on the last year, I feel so grateful to have so much love, kindness, opportunity and just amazing people around me. I’m healthy & happy.

39 & life is DIVINE.
Last year of my 30’s…. Let’s do this!!! by @_authenticallyalex

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I just LOVE September… I feel like this is the real new year. Sod January!!

I feel like it’s a fresh start and time to reset, get things in order and start working on those goals and dreams. by @_authenticallyalex

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Definitely new year new me energy in the air!!!

Happy 1st September!! by @_authenticallyalex

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A little moment of honesty from me.

Let me know in the comments if you’ve ever been there… stuck in overthinking & perfectionism. by @_authenticallyalex

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I honestly believe, one of the easiest ways to give yourself a little confidence boost is by getting dressed intentionally.

It doesn’t have to just be about clothes, it can be make-up or doing your hair. Whatever makes you feel happy & abundant.

The amount if times it has been dull & raining outside and I’ve worn a bright top (usually pink) and it has changed the way I

💖 walk
💖 carry myself
💖 show up in my life

I’m sure there is some science and/or psychology behind it but I’m the kinda gal who just gives it a go and sees what it does for me.

Going to the wardrobe and drawers and picking clothes based on how I want to feel and show up is an under rated hack.

So next time you are getting dressed and ready, choose your clothes intentionally. I’d love to hear how it makes you feel.

#confidenceboost by @_authenticallyalex

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Felt cute, might delete later 💖 by @_authenticallyalex

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I FINALLY realised I didn’t need another strategy.

Some might say I had too many strategies.

I had the plans, the ideas, the knowledge but what I actually needed to do was to stop abandoning myself the second uncertainty showed up.

Every time a bit of doubt crept in, I’d quit, change direction, second-guess the idea, go looking for the next thing that might feel safer.

Not because my strategy was wrong but because I couldn’t sit in the discomfort.

Uncertainty isn’t a sign to stop. It’s just part of doing something that matters.

So now, when it shows up, I sit with it. I don’t abandon the plan, or myself, just because it feels unfamiliar.

That’s the real work. by @_authenticallyalex

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I FINALLY stopped waiting for permission to take my business seriously.

For so long I was waiting for someone to hand it to me.
A certificate telling me “you’re ready now.”

I was waiting for someone else to decide I was allowed to call myself a coach and say I had a business. As if it wasn’t for me to decide.

It never came. Because it was never coming.

So I stopped waiting and started showing up like it’s real.

I’ve actually started telling people I have a business.

I’ve started to invest myself and my business.

I’m putting myself in the rooms.

I finally worked out, nobody was ever going to give me the green light.

I had to give it to myself. by @_authenticallyalex

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I used to think I had to be the finished, polished version of myself before I could show up online.

I didn’t realise if I just took the pressure off and challenged myself to show up, the answers would reveal themselves.

Turns out the journey can actually be quite fun.

If only I’d have realised that years ago. by @_authenticallyalex

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