169. What We Learned About Your Confidence Challenges in 2025 - And How We’ll Tackle Them in 2026

📌 ⁠Join us: Don’t miss the Confident At Work 2026 Masterclass at the end of January ⁠- your chance to explore these insights and step into the year with greater clarity and self-awareness.

Looking to understand the confidence challenges that high-performing professionals face at work? In this episode, we review the biggest struggles reported by clients and listeners in 2025 - from overthinking and perfectionism to people-pleasing, speaking up in meetings, handling feedback, and navigating conflict.

We explore the patterns and insights behind these challenges, showing what really keeps people stuck and why these struggles are so common, even for successful and emotionally intelligent professionals.

💡 Key insights include:

• How the inner critic and over-monitoring affect confidence

• Why speaking up or setting boundaries can feel so difficult

• Patterns of confidence under pressure, in high-stakes moments, and when feedback is involved

• How social perception and self-doubt influence day-to-day performance

• The shift from “fake it till you make it” to understanding authentic confidence

🎯 Perfect for: mid-to-senior professionals, emotionally intelligent leaders, and anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of confidence at work!

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