Confidence in Crisis: How to Manage Anxiety and Maintain Your Confidence

By Lisa Cortez

In Confidence in Crisis, an audio course from Scribd Coach, “The Anxiety Doctor” Lisa Cortez discusses how to develop self-confidence that cannot be easily torn down, especially in times of crisis. Beginning by establishing self-love as a foundational aspect of the confidence needed to major a weather storm, the veteran psychotherapist Cortez explains the relationship between anxiety and confidence, and practical strategies for regulating anxiety; how to eliminate intrusive thoughts; tangible ways to improve your self-love and, by extension, your confidence; and more. She also shares exercises along the way so you can begin putting what you’ve learned into practice immediately.

Evidence-based and informed by decades of experience as a therapist, Confidence in Crisis is a valuable well of information for anyone troubled by anxiety or in need of a self-love boost.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Scribd Coach
• Release date: Mar 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094448237

Lisa Cortez

“The Anxiety Doctor” Lisa Cortez is a therapist with over 22 years of experience helping clients live their best life. She specializes in working with people to turn anxiety into confidence, empowerment, and happiness, and helping people prioritize their minds. To learn more about Lisa Cortez and her work, check out her Comfortably Confident podcast, visit her website at drlisacortez.com, or follow her on Instagram @theanxietydr.

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Confidence in Crisis

CONFIDENCE IN CRISIS

How to Manage Anxiety and Maintain Your Confidence

LISA CORTEZ

SCRIBD COACH

Contents

About Scribd Coach

Introduction

Anxiety And Confidence

How to Get Rid of Intrusive Thoughts

Stop Being Hard on Yourself: Ways to Improve Self-Love

Afterword

About the Author

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ISBN: 9781094448237

First e-book edition: April 2023

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Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Dr. Lisa Cortez. Welcome to Confidence in Crisis: How to Manage Anxiety and Maintain Your Confidence, a course from Scribd Coach. Thank you for joining me.

How many times have you told your loved ones that you love them? Your answer is probably a thousand times. But how many times have you told yourself that you loved yourself? The answer is probably zero or maybe once or twice. You could even say that you don’t say it aloud, but you feel that love yourself regardless.

You could also say that you feel that you love yourself because you do a lot of things just for you. While that may be true, you also do things for your loved ones as well, right? Do you not still tell them you love them? Why do you think it’s important to tell your loved ones that you love them and not yourself?

That’s what we’re here to talk about in this course. We should always remind ourselves that we love ourselves, even in the middle of a crisis. If you tell yourself that you love yourself, you start believing it and you begin developing a self-confidence that cannot be easily torn down.

I grew up in a family where we didn’t say, I love you, to one another, nor were taught how to love ourselves. When I started telling my parents that I loved them it was quite awkward. So, I make it a point to say it to my kids. The more you do it, the more it becomes part of you. Look at yourself in the mirror, and tell yourself I love you.

It was important to me that my kids have this component growing up as it’s crucial to their budding confidence. I want to be sure they are prepared, even in a crisis, to get through it