Being a woman can feel like living in a tiny box. Many of us are conditioned to shrink ourselves, dim down, and take up less space. But pushing back against these restrictive beliefs and instead standing tall with confidence and posture can be incredibly powerful and liberating.
What if you felt safe enough and ready to take up more space in your life? What if you were empowered to recognize patterns, behaviors, and decisions that hold you back?
Recognizing our worth, our patterns, our cues and recognizing our decisions. Discovering ways to be aware, to manage our nervous system, to develop a sense of safety and learn to trust ourselves to expand and grow. Understanding how to shed the negatives and let go of limiting beliefs.
These are the tools that will eventually help us reach our full potential, understanding boundaries, improving relationships and ultimately, restoring our confidence.
Let's move forward together, learning to better recognize, regulate and release and make sure we
don't forget the heartbeat of it all - self-love.
We all talk about the importance of mental health but the foundation of improving mental health comes from recognizing, regulating, and releasing all the intricate pieces. For women especially, we often forget how simple, yet effective, body language can be to jumpstart our own mental wellbeing.
Ladies, you have probably heard this advice before – pull your shoulders back, stand tall, and take up space – but how often do we truly stop to examine why? With mental health and self-care more in focus than ever before, the answer may hold the key to improved confidence and a healthier headspace
We want to start by talking about the basics, confidence through physical posture. We all understand that standing tall and pulling our shoulders back gives us more confidence, but it can be a little daunting to do this when we don’t feel a hundred percent secure.
recognition, regulation, and release
At the core of improved mental health lie three cornerstones – recognition, regulation, and release.
In particular, greater recognition of your self-worth and patterns of thought are essential to develop. Women, in particular, often struggle with understanding their uniqueness and potential, so by honing in on these areas and working to build a healthy balance, the benefits can be tremendous.
This also includes learning to track and regulate your body’s nervous system response. Whether it’s intense physical or mental stress, the ability to identify and control your emotions is the first step to understanding the true root of your thoughts, feelings, and decisions. It’s about learning to create a secure, supportive space for yourself that promotes self-growth and development.
Finally, by actively working at releasing negative emotions from within, we can begin to rid ourselves of the limiting beliefs that hold us back. Imagine being restored to a place of greater confidence and energy, free of judgment and surrounded by a supportive environment.
This is the power of properly managing your mental health and headspace. Taking the time to recognize, regulate, and release the emotions that are holding you back not only improves your confidence and physical posture, but most importantly, helps to set you free.
One of the best and simplest tips to start the journey of improving your mental wellness is to practice your posture. Put your shoulders back, pull up your chin, be aware of the space you’re taking and work on creating new habits! You deserve to take up space and we’re here for you, every step of the way. Grab my free confidence guide to start your journey today!
Written by Kerry Walsh
Kerry is the founder of Kerry Walsh Wellness Services. Her purpose is to encourage, inspire and coach busy women to stop simply surviving and start thriving by gaining self-confidence and building a foundation of new healthy habits to live a lifestyle they deserve!
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