Luke DePron, a fitness coach who works with everyday men and women to help them build self confidence through physical exercise, explains that competence is the foundation of confidence. He recommends finding a physical challenge outside of one's current capacity in order to grow and become more confident. Exercise can be transformative mentally because it takes hard work and dedication to see results. Luke originally went into fitness coaching because he wanted to make an impact on people by combining his passion for health and nutrition with his knowledge from college. He believes that dedicating three to four 45 minute workouts per week is enough for radical transformation, but also suggests making small nutritional adjustments as well.

Sal and Luke discuss how having the confidence to try something new, even if it means being a beginner and not knowing what you're doing is an important step in developing self-esteem. He uses his own experience with taking acting classes as an example of how he was able to build up his confidence by pushing himself out of his comfort zone and tackling intimidating tasks such as singing acapella in front of a group or bombing auditions. The discussion dives into using fitness as one way to develop this kind of confidence, encouraging all of us to explore other activities like ballroom dancing which require competence before they can be successful.

The confidence chat leads to the importance of trying new things, even if you don't have natural talent. They also talk about how tracking data can be helpful for understanding your progress and setting goals. Finally, they emphasize that fitness should be a lifestyle choice rather than a short-term goal with an intense push. This ensures long lasting longevity and confidence in one's self.

References

• Luke DePron's Website: https://livegreatlifestyle.com
• Contact Sal Hatton and see the latest of what he's up to at https://www.samuelhatton.com
• (1) Sign up for Sal's newsletter and (2) get courage gear (including Courageous Self-Confidence swag) at the Courage Hub: https://www.couragehub.com

Adele Spraggon is interviewed by Sal Hatton. Adele explains how to remove unworkable patterns in order to achieve optimal solutions. She suggests a method of subtraction rather than addition, and advocates doubting every belief held in the conscious mind as it knows nothing in reality. The brain is divided into two hemispheres - the left hemisphere being focused on logic, while the right hemisphere speaks through pictures and metaphors. To build confidence, one must create communication between both hemispheres so that joy can be experienced all the time. Adele shares her own story of pushing past fear with courage by removing her pattern of feeling too small for something she was called to do during a five day silent repatterning journey.

Adele Spraggon shares how she was directed to change the conversation in the world from dichotomy to paradox. She went for a walk in an apple orchard and realized that this transition had already occurred due to humans transitioning from hunter gatherers to farmers, which changed our brains’ wiring and caused us to think in terms of right or wrong. She encourages people to tune into their right hemisphere's language of metaphor, emotion and pictures instead of relying on thought alone.

References: https://shift4steps.com - Free copy of book https://www.adelespraggon.com - Adele's website

The podcast episode is about the importance of focusing on love and being light-hearted in order to build self-confidence and take courageous action towards things that matter. Sal Hatton shares a personal theme of "being light-hearted" that emerged during the pandemic, which he believes is important for growth. He also discusses the connection between love and courage, stating that love is required to be truly courageous. Sal emphasizes the need for self-love in order to take steps toward trusting oneself and others, and encourages listeners to focus on building confidence through acts of love and vulnerability. Overall, the message is one of embracing love and courage as essential components for living a fulfilled life.

References

If I Heart - A poem by Sal Hatton (Read, Share, Comment) 

Sal Hatton's Website

Swag shop & Courage resources at the Courage Hub

In this episode of Courageous Self Confidence, Samuel Hatton (now going by Sal) talks about how he embraced his identity as Salmon Leaps Waterfall. He explains how believing that we are made in God's image is empowering and can help us to realize our self worth. He also encourages listeners to do hard things like memorizing a long poem or cutting into a drywall, which will lead to increased confidence. Finally, he shares the realization that work and play are actually the same thing - both can be fun if you choose to believe it!

References & links: https://www.couragehub.com https://www.samuelhaton.com

Jonathan Troen is a Life Mastery Coach and self love mentor who has dedicated his life to helping people find joy within themselves. He spent 20 years in the entertainment business, creating the life of his dreams, but he was not always happy inside and had stopped honoring his personal values. Through this journey, he realized that nothing was wrong with him and that self acceptance is a skill that can be practiced by looking at oneself in the mirror and picking out something one likes about themselves. He also suggests being grateful for what one does have instead of focusing on what they don't have.

Courageous Self-Confidence Episode Highlights

10:16 Jonathan's turning point to self-acceptance and how it helps us to connect to others 15:45 Simple measures of gratitude 17:22 The relationsihp between our physiology and confidence 24:28 Power of paying attention to your lanuage 28:02 When aligntenment is achieved - The observer and seen merge 32:22 Daily forgiveness practice

More profound ideas from this episode He then goes on to discuss his daily forgiveness practice, which is an important part of his own self-love journey. Lastly, he encourages listeners who may feel paralyzed by fear to accept the discomfort they are feeling and ask themselves what their next right action should be within 5 seconds before the saboteurs talk you out of it. If they don't take action in those five seconds, Jonathan suggests practicing forgiveness for not doing so.

Reference: Jonathan's website: https://selfloverevolution.com

Welcome to Courageous Self Confidence, a podcast dedicated to helping you live a fulfilled life. This week, Samuel Hatton shares an exciting update about the direction of the show. He explains how confidence is built by taking courageous action. He also encourages everyone to write down their goals on a piece of paper and commit to doing the hard stuff.

This episode goes down some rabit holes, but here are some time stamps:

• 07:40 Self-esteem vs self-confidence
• 09:20 Self-worth, authority, story of the Prodical's son
• 14:30 Samuel makes a commitment to the Courageous Self-Confidence podcast audience
• 15:00 Vision of a harbor
• 18:30 Samuel shares about joining F3 a men's fitness group
• 23:00 T-shirt motivation "Into the Garbabe Chute Flyboy!" - available in the gear shop!

Samuel opens up about what an "anti-season" podcast season looks like. Essentially it's saying "no" to seasons and instead moving forward into consistency. He shares his vision of a harbor with muddy water and a portal of water pouring in. This vision inspired him to get the podcast back to weekly production. He also encourages us to share the podcast with others and to hold him accountable if any episodes are missed. We hope this episode of Courageous Self Confidence inspires you to reach for your goals and to stay committed to doing the hard stuff. Thanks for listening!

References & links:

• Courage Hub gear shop (link at https://www.couragehub.com)
  • Podcast Album Art: Courageous Self-Confidence T-Shirt
  • Custom T-Shirt Design Into the Garbage Chute Flyboy!
  • Coffee Mug: Courageous Self-Confidence city scape coffee mug
• OBS Studio - software https://obsproject.com/
• F3 - Men's fitness group https://f3nation.com/

Welcome to the Courageous Self Confidence podcast, where we help you increase self-esteem and take courageous action. On this episode, we had the pleasure of speaking with Eliza Rose Wize, a model and entrepreneur, who shares her story of courage with us. Eliza has a long and successful career in the fashion industry, and she shares her insights on confidence and the power of self-belief.

• 04:15 The start her interest in the industry and how it evolved
• 10:45 Fashion modeling initial excitement and how it turned into something more
• 28:44 How Eliza learned to use every part of her body and face to create her story and own it
• 30:56 We tend to constantly scrutinize ourselves in things that other love about us
• 51:25 Eliza gives back sharing her experiences and knowledge with others

Eliza discusses the importance of not giving up, even in the face of adversity. She believes that everyone has something unique to offer, and that it's worth taking the time to explore and develop your talents. Eliza also shares her experience of turning off the negative voices in her head and focusing on her goals.

Eliza also discusses her model workshop, Be Your Own Muse, a two-day experience focused on teaching people confidence through being in front of the camera, as well as providing insight into the fashion industry. Eliza's portion of the workshop focuses on posing, and she goes in-depth into her mentality around that and how it can be applied in various areas.

Finally, Eliza shares her advice to the audience - to not hesitate in trying something new, even if it feels daunting. She believes that taking a chance on yourself can lead to incredible things, and that it's worth giving it a go.

We hope you enjoyed this episode of Courageous Self Confidence and found Eliza's insights helpful. Be sure to tune in next time for more inspiring stories and pointers on increasing self-confidence by taking courageous action.

Robin Hills, an expert in emotional intelligence, comes on the show to share with us about his journey in the expert space. He allowed his curiousity to lead him down a path that granted him expertise in emotional intelligence. His qualifications might not be in psychology, but he has developed skills that has allowed him to grow and develop around him.

Robin is the director of Ei4Change, a company specializing in educational training, coaching and personal development focused around emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience. He has taught over 300,000 people in 195+ countries how to build resilience, increased self-awareness and understanding of others.

• https://ei4change.com – Robin’s website

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Here is a small audio clip for you to come back to again and again. I thought I'd just put it here in this podcast feed. I think you will find it inspires courage and confidence. 💪 Note: This poem is espeically inspiring to men (sounds like an oxymoron ... poem inspiring to men?! Really! Please pass it along to a man you care about. 🤜💗🤛 Warm regards, Samuel

Our lives are made up by a series of moments. And at the end of our life, it’s these moments that we think about. It’s these things that we care about. And that is because we think in narrative, we create meaning out of thin air. It’s what moves us and it’s how we make goals concrete. Narrative is how we capture a life in a book. It’s how I tend to interview guests on this show in the Stories of Courage series. And it’s because we humans are naturally wired for story that it’s important to both recognize the moments of our story and create those moments.

I absolutely LOVE bars of soap. Lathering up my entire body with a bar of soap and rinsing squeeky clean.

The other day, I caught a bar of soap in the shower. And when I did, I knew it was going to be a great day! Why? Because why not. What does it mean to catch a bar of soap anyway? To most of us it’s just a shoulder shrug. And to some of us, it means something. For me it’s an omen that today is going to be a great day. That omen is a choice.

• The importance of celebrating the little moments
• Actionable exercises that you can do to create more joy in your life
  • Journaling
  • Perfect Moment
  • Drawing
• How keeping a family journal brings joy to your home
• Becoming a practitioner of joy

• Brené Brown: The Call to Courage (Belonging vs Fitting in)

You’re in for a real treat today with our guest, David Wood. We are talking all about addiction. If you haven’t listened to my previous episode yet, I highly encourage listening because it will give context on this episode, which is sort of a bonus to the last one.

David mentions that he is a student of addiction, and I feel the same way. You will hear from someone who has dealt firsthand with obsessive behavior, and then learn some tips and tricks on how to keep it at bay.

Let’s dig in further as we lift up the hood on David and take a deep dive into what makes him tick. If you’re like me, somebody who resonates with his attitude and enjoys hearing from someone down-to-earth and confident in themselves when it comes to business goals, check him out.

• David Wood shares his story about working with his addictions
• We relate the topic back into David’s new book
• How to reduce your addictions to a game
• What advice would you give to someone who is struggling with an addiction

• https://focus.ceo – David’s website
• https://focus.ceo/mouse/ – Information about David’s book + PDF gift

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