Confidence Building Exercises: #1. Positive thinking Learning to think positively on a consistent basis takes practice but has been proven time after time to produce incredible results. The power of the mind is something that simply should not be underestimated. Scientists have discovered and confirmed for decades, the substantial effects that the mind has on the physical body and emotional health. The key is repetition. We have a tendency to form habitual patterns of negative thought when things are not going the way we want them to. If this persists for long, it can have profound negative effects on our over-all mental well being.

Every day, recognize negative feelings, beliefs, and language as they arise during your daily activity. Consciously confront these negative thoughts and push them out of your mind. Immediately refocus on positive thought. Think about the people that you really like or love, consider what it is that you like about them. Think about all the things that you like about your home. Think of the things that you love to do and the places that you love to go. Hone in on these positive things and seek out new things that you notice each day that you really like. Dwell on these positive things. Another thing that is fun and helpful for this is to think about the positive possibilities of the future. If all the things that you are currently working toward, worked out perfectly, where might you be in 5 years? How about in 10 years?

Now discipline yourself to make these activities into habit. This is the crucial part. The repetition is what makes these positive thoughts stick over time and start to change your outlook, approach and attitude. As those things begin to change, so will your life.

Confidence Building Exercises: #2. Deep Breathing Many people believe that deep breathing is just a way to quickly calm nerves or relieve stress. It certainly does those things but deep breathing is also critical in many other ways including your self confidence. Think about it. Our confidence is deeply affected by our stresses and fears. Deep breathing works to combat both of those things quite effectively. Practicing deep breathing when those fears arise will help to reduce their impact on your self confidence.

The thing to note is that deep breathing should not be reserved exclusively for those instances but instead be practiced and formed into constant habits. You need to train yourself to breath more deeply at all times. Deep relaxed breathing is naturally associated with calm, confident and secure mentalities while short quicker breaths are naturally associated with panic and fear.

Practicing deep breathing will improve your health as well. It helps to expel carbon dioxide from the blood more efficiently and cleans the blood stream. It develops stronger lungs which are core organs that very strongly affect the over-all heath of our physical and nervous systems.

Sit in a quiet place and relax each part of your body starting with the feet and working your way up. Clear your mind by visualizing each deep breath completely filling your lungs and expanding your diaphragm to maximum capacity. Exhale through your mouth but spend twice as much time exhaling as inhaling. Do this for 10 minutes each day and begin training yourself to breath full and deep throughout the day. It will take practice but it will also make a significant impact on the way you feel.

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