<p>Try to gradually overcome your tendency to feel insecure by <b>introducing yourself to those situations slowly</b> - as a sort of desensitization process.</p><div><p><i>If you have trouble in social environments, for example, ask trusted friends or family members to go with you and act as a buffer. </i></p><div></div></div>

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<div><div><div><div>Try to think of yourself in another light. <i>Maybe you have trouble handling stress in the workplace, but are you a good mother, wife, or friend? </i></div><p><b>Visualize the things that you like or admire and stop looking at yourself so critically.</b> You are likely to be the only person who judges you so harshly.</p></div></div></div><div><div><div><h2></h2><div></div></div></div></div>

Changing Your Perspective

<p><b>Make yourself step outside of your comfort zone by removing your usual precautions. </b></p><p><i>If you typically interact through e-mail or shop online, try picking up the phone instead. Once you are comfortable doing this, take care of business in person. </i></p>

Living Without Your Safety Blanket

<b>Find something you are good at doing, and do it</b>. Finding a hobby in which you excel will help you because it relieves stress and builds confidence. You will then have an escape on those bad days when it feels like nothing is going your way.<br>

Doing What You Know Best

<div><b>Ask yourself why you have feelings of insecurity in the first place. </b><span>Determining where those feelings originate helps you discover two vital things: </span></div><div><ol><li>That your insecurities <b>have a valid foundation</b> and that you are not silly for feeling insecure; </li><li>That these issues have <b>a logical cause</b> and can, therefore, be logically cured.<br></li></ol></div>

Understanding What You Feel

<div><div><div><div>Buy a high-quality journal and <b>write a list of the goals you want to accomplish</b> in it. Include a list of the <b>things that you find positive about yourself</b>. Write down any <b>compliments you receive</b> and all professional or personal successes.<br>Every few weeks, go back and read what you have written in your journal thus far. You will now be able to clearly see the progress you are making.</div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div>

Keep A Progress Journal

<div><div><div><div><b>For every goal you reach, have a planned reward</b>. Focusing on the anticipated award helps to take the focus off of the problem ahead.</div></div></div></div>

Reward Yourself For A Job Well Done

Are you one of the many women dealing with insecurity in today's fast-paced, complex environment? No matter how intelligent and capable you are, work, school and home life can all become challenging if you feel inadequate to cope with their demands. Sometimes others may view you as a competent person, but you actually feel bewildered by everyday situations.

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