
Confidence isn’t a skill.
Confidence isn’t a personality trait.
Confidence isn’t how loud, polished, or articulate you are.
Confidence is a nervous system state.
It’s either embodied, or performed.
High-achieving women are masters of performed confidence:
But embodied confidence? That’s very different.
Embodied confidence is when your beliefs, your body, and your behavior are in alignment.
It’s:
It’s the confidence you feel, not the confidence you fake.
Because most of us were raised, trained, or promoted for the performance of confidence:
“Fake it ’til you make it.”
“Don’t show weakness.”
“Hold it together.”
“Know the answer.”
“Prove your worth.”
And the higher you climb, the more the persona becomes required.
I lived this. I succeeded because I could perform confidence flawlessly.
But inside? Did I trust myself? Not entirely. I trusted the role I built — not the woman underneath.
Embodied confidence doesn’t emerge from achievement. It emerges from alignment – alignment with you actually are, and what matters most to you. The truth is most high achievers have been out of alignment for years.
The moment you stop performing and start listening to your body, everything changes.
Confidence becomes:
And that’s when you go from performing leadership to embodying it.
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