Get Confident

It's life's secret sauce—what makes you comfortable in your own skin and acts as a powerful attractant to others. And it's possible to give it a boost.

Build Your Confidence

Wallflowers take heart. It only takes a few simple steps to achieve confidence and it is never too late to be a social success.
by Hara Estroff Marano

Dumped, But Not Down

Learn to brave even the biggest brush-offs.
by Carlin Flora

Stepping into the Spotlight

Learning to take small risks helps you navigate the social milieu.
by Erika Casriel

When You Don't Like Yourself

Self-hatred. What can you do to change it?
by Alex Lickerman, M.D.

Read Her Lips

What kind of confidence is Dior’s Addict lipstick ad pushing?
by Lynn Phillips

Long-Term Overconfidence

When people go from being overconfident to being extremely overconfident.
by Nate Kornell, Ph.D.

Trust yourself. What makes it hard and how you can get better at it.

Don't always trust yourself? Some ways you can change!
by F. Diane Barth, L.C.S.W.

Running Low on Self-Esteem?

It's really a signal to beef up your social standing. Think of self-esteem as a rejection-detector.
by Hara Estroff Marano

Not All It's Cracked Up To Be

Self-esteem doesn't make us better people.
by Michael J. Formica, MS, MA, EdM

When Work is the Problem

How to boost job confidence
by Ellen McGrath

Set Real Goals

Empowering yourself means taking concrete action.
by Guy Winch, Ph.D.

Self-Esteem

Possessing little self-regard can lead people to become depressed, to fall short of their potential, or to tolerate abusive situations and relationships. Too much self-love, on the other hand, results in an off-putting sense of entitlement and an inability to learn from failures.

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Self-Help

Most of us have things about ourselves we wish we could improve. Lasting change is difficult—many of our habits are deeply ingrained, and certain aspects of ourselves, such as core personality attributes, may be immutable. But many more things can be changed.

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