Let’s stop using our individual rules of authenticity to measure the value of someone else. Instead, let’s look to highlight and nurture the content of each other’s character.

Being able to take an objective lens to the facts sure does beat down the comparison monster. This is why I’m such a big believer in utilizing neutrality to lead us away from comparison, and towards confidence.

It wasn’t until I was much older I would learn how wrong my approach to gift giving was, and how that approach in itself was breeding feelings of inadequacy within me.

Confidently go forth into conflict knowing that there is much to learn. And if handled from a neutral perspective, there’s much to gain in growing your power.

Confidence in your relationship status doesn’t always come easy. It’s normal, and in fact, almost a rite of passage to feel insecure about being single. But there are ways to not only enjoy the single time, but for it to help you find confidence and grow into even more of the person you were meant to be.

Isn’t it funny how ingesting someone else’s reaction to your healthy life choices can make you feel inadequate? How finding confidence in your relationship status (or anything else) can often mean having to sidestep awkward conversations like these?

We have an over-explanation problem in our society. We see it play out every day, just maybe in not as heightened a setting as social media.

The problem isn’t that conflict exists in relationships. The REAL issue is how to approach the conflict. How do you go about approaching conflict with confidence?

When most people throw out two simple words — “you’ve changed” — their intention is typically to insult, shame, or hurt you. They’re never saying “you’ve changed” with the reasons why change is good in mind.

I’m a recovering perfectionist. And if you struggle with the same feeling, it’s important to understand how perfectionism holds you back.

We can’t reach positive emotional spaces by trying to reverse from feeling negative to immediately experiencing the opposite emotions. This is why my whole approach to help people with cultivating confidence and overcoming insecurity starts with neutrality.

Creating confidence means getting to a place in life where you know that regardless of what uncertainty you face in your life, you have the tools, people, and guidance to get through it.