10 Ways to be a More Confident Woman

 These are just some things that I find help...

10 Ways to be A More Confident Woman:

1) Laugh Often: Laugh often when things do not go the way you planned, when you feel like crying, when you are crying, when you are angry, when you are sad, when you are lonely, when you are happy, when you are embarresed and feel foolish, when you feel like being silly, when something is funny, and whenever you feel like it. Laughing really does help with any kind of pain you may be feeling and it helps you "brush off" negative feelings.

2) Have Good Posture: When you have a good posture, you feel more in line with yourself, especially when walking around a store or out on the street. Holding your shoulders back and having your head held high makes you want to put a smile on your face. It just feels better then being slumped over all the time, and it makes you look confident in yourself!

3) Dance!: When you are home alone take the time to play one of your favorite songs out lound and dance! Feel the rhythem, let go and do whatever move comes to your mind! Don't worry about how 'stupid' or 'idiodic' you might look, your alone! This is a great way to get your heartbeat up and have fun!

4) Sing!: Even if your voice isn't anything close to perfect, it's freeing to just belt out any song you know as loud as you want to. An uplifting song is always best, expecially if your mood needs it.

5) The Mirror Look: We all know that, being women, sometimes we feel like our body is not what it should be. Maybe you don't think it is skinny enough, curvey enough, tall enough, short enough, or fit enough, but it is your body and you should learn to accept it as it is. I think there is beauty in everything, someone just has to be willing enough to find it. YOU. Looking in the mirror at yourself, really see your body. It is not just a body, it IS YOU. Accepting yourself as a beautiful woman is most important to your self esteem, the body image you have of yourself, and the way others see you. If you love your body, and you love yourself, that radiates off of you and people can see it.

6) Dress Up:  Weather you feel sexy in jeans and a T-shirt or a strapless black thing, dressing up is always fun and can make you feel more confident. It is important for a women to feel that giddy "I am sexy" feeling sometimes, and it can be an uplifting thing to get some good glances at the store that normally doesn't happen.

7) Smile a Real Smile: Of course, by this statement I mean smile showing teeth! Lippy smiles get boring after a while anyways, switching it up to something you normally don't do feels different and not like your doing the same tired thing over and over. Plus if you feel really happy, why not look really happy?

8) Keep a Journal: When you keep a journal, you can write whatever you want in it. Whatever your feeling, without the fear of someone taking it the wrong way or having your heart broken. Writing about your day, your week, or you life helps lift some weights off your shoulders you may be feeling. When you write about a problem you have, sometimes it's easier to peice it all together when you can see it right in front of your face, instead of bottled up in your head. It might even help curb those little spats of anger you may be having!

9) List All Your Good Traits: Listing all the good traits that you have,according to no one other than yourself, can be a good thing to do because you can see the things you have and should be thankful for having. If you sit there and think about it long enough, you will be able to remember what you've written on those days when you feel like there is nothing good about yourself.

10) List All Your Not-So-Good Traits: Listing all of the traits that aren't so good may seem like a downer, but listing all your bad traits AND ways to change them is not a downer! No one knows you better than yourself. You know what bad traits you have and which ones you would be better off without. Making this change can help you accept yourself as a beautiful person, inside and out, and help you actually become a better person. But remember, no one is perfect.