Initial Impressions

The Differences Between Self-Worth and Self-Confidence: A Guide to Building Both

In this episode of Initial Impressions, host Kayli Pommering delves into the distinctions between self-worth and self-confidence, drawing inspiration from Jamie Kern Lima's book 'Worthy.' Kayli explains how self-worth, rooted in internal beliefs, and self-confidence, based on external actions, must balance to achieve and sustain goals. She shares actionable steps to identify and reshape limiting beliefs, encouraging listeners to work on both self-worth and self-confidence to prevent self-sabotage and foster personal growth.
 
00:47 Inspiration from 'Worthy' by Jamie Curran Lima
02:53 Understanding Self Worth vs. Self Confidence
05:36 Building Self Worth and Self Confidence
08:07 Identifying and Changing Limiting Beliefs
09:52 Practical Exercise for Self Worth
 
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5 Powerful Questions to Boost Your Confidence and Self-Respect

Join host Kayli Pommering on this uplifting episode of Initial Impressions as she presents five insightful questions designed to help you build confidence and self-respect. Kayli shares her personal experiences and journal prompts, encouraging you to appreciate your unique qualities, recognize your strengths, and focus on mental health practices that enhance your quality of life. Tune in for an empowering discussion that emphasizes the importance of self-love, facing negative emotions, and following your intuition. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and leave a review if you found this episode helpful!
 
 
The 5 Questions:
 
1) What is my favorite thing about myself both physically and mentally?
 
2) What is something I get complimented for?
 
3) What is a habit that I am really proud of myself for maintaining?
 
4) What is a time that I was most proud of myself in the last year?
 
5) What area of my life have I grown in the most throughout my lifetime and in the last six months?
 
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4 Questions to Unlock Emotional Control Through Shadow Work

In this episode of 'Initial Impressions' with host Kayli Pommering, the focus is on exploring and understanding shadow work for emotional healing. Kayli shares her personal journey of overcoming childhood trauma and emotional instability. Diagnosed with bipolar type 2 disorder, she sought non-medication methods for achieving emotional balance. The episode dives into confronting repressed emotions, the concept of shadow work, and specific questions to help listeners understand and release both positive and negative emotions. Kayli emphasizes the importance of mindfulness, self-awareness, and the power of challenging deep-seated belief systems to foster emotional control and inner peace. She also provides personal anecdotes and insights to encourage listeners to experiment with these practices in their own lives.
The 4 questions:
1. Why do you think you're afraid of facing your shadow self? 
2. What emotions do you try to avoid? What makes you afraid to feel it? What are you afraid will happen if you feel it?
3. What emotions do you deal with in a self-destructive way? How do you usually deal with this emotion? 
4. How judged do you feel on a daily basis? How much of that is real or imagined? 
 
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5 Questions To Distinguish Your Authentic Self From Others Expectations

It seems like everyone has an opinion on who you should be these days, whether it’s your family, friends, or society. Some of these people genuinely have good intentions and some of them want you to be different for their own convience or comfort. It can be hard to figure out who you really are and who you want to be with so many opposing expectations. In this episode I pose questions you can ask yourself to get clear on what’s you and what’s them. Who you want to be and who they want you to be. Once you know this you can begin truly protecting and embodying the characteristics that matter most to you and leave the rest behind. 
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8 Questions To Get To Know Yourself Better

Journaling is one of my favorite ways to reflect and get to know myself in a deeper way. Recently as I've shared more about journaling, a lot of people have asked me how to get started and what to journal about. In this episode I share 8 questions to help you hone in on your values, purpose, feelings and goals. I also share my personal answers to all of the questions. I really enjoyed journaling on all of them and the perspective it gave me about what I want to further prioritize in my life. My hope is that it will do the same for you. 
 
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Redefining Friendship & Creating Relationships Worth Having

 
People talk all the time of the struggles of finding “the one” but what about the struggles of finding genuine friends? I've noticed recently that a lot of people have a hard time building friendships based on shared values. It seems many friendships revolve around codependency, people pleasing and status chasing. We deserve to have friendships that are more than surface deep. We deserve friends that respect us and challenge us to be better people. We deserve friends that share many of the same values and understand our boundaries. If these are the kind of friendships you want in your life, this podcast episode is for you. It’s time to break up with the friendships that aren’t serving us so we can make room for the friends that will. 
 
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Rejection Or Protection? Will You Listen To The "No's Or The Knowing?"

In a world where we are constantly being told we are not capable or worthy, will you be bold enough to believe you are anyways? Can you look at rejection and see it as protection? Will you give up after all the no's or will you trust the knowing you feel inside that you are meant for this. There will be people that say you can't do it but that's only because they believe they can't do it. It's time to take our power back. In this episode I share tools and information to encourage you and strengthen your resolve. You are meant for more. 
 
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The Affects Of Stress & Gratitude On Your Physical Health

Did you know stress plays a major rule on your physical health? Many people prioritize their physical wellbeing while neglecting their mental health. Ironically, many of the illnesses and physical aliments we deal with are caused or perpetuated by being in a chronic state of stress. In this episode I explain the ways chronic stress affects your body and one of the simplest ways to begin restoring your health and wellbeing- gratitude. While I wish the happiness gratitude brings was persuasive enough, using gratitude to improve your health is backed by science. It's time that we lose the stigma around talking about our feelings. You deserve to be healthy and happy in every sense of the word. 
 
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Kayli Pommering ON: Combating Decision Fatigue & Conserving Your Energy For What Matters Most To You

Do you ever feel like you’re wasting your energy on tedious decisions? By the time you sit down to get to work do you feel energized or depleted? Everyday we are faced with thousands of choices and each of these decisions takes up our energy. Many of us haven’t even realized just how burdened we are by this decision fatigue.  In today’s episode I share tools to help you conserve your energy for the tasks that need it most.
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Kayli Pommering ON: Creating Confidence from WITHIN

Many of us were raised to find confidence in the approval of others and in our accomplishments. While this confidence may feel good in the moment, it's a very unstable foundation. We can't meet our goals perfectly everytime and other people will change their mind about you. Confidence based on external factors is like a house built of cards. In order to create a confidence that is unshakable, we have to build it from within. In this podcast episode I share tools to help you create a confidence that is grounded in your identity and intentions so you can show up boldly and proud of who you are no matter what others think. 
 
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