Confidence and Self Esteem

You look up as if toward your eyebrows and fix on an overhead spot so your eyes strain slightly. You then take three breaths, holding the last one longer. When you exhale and let your eyes close, the tiredness in the lids helps them feel heavy and drowsy, and that starts the relaxation.

You picture and feel yourself walking down a flight of ten steps, like looking down a staircase, and may see your feet on each one. With each number the relaxation gets deeper, from a wave of ease at step nine to a final step where you let yourself sleep deeply. It is a way of moving from daily thinking into the inward state where the confidence suggestions land.

Marisa says all babies are born with high self-esteem, confidence and a desire to succeed, and that you still have it, waiting to be used. The idea is that you are not building confidence from nothing but uncovering something already yours.

Marisa describes your mind as an automatic go-seeking device that moves you toward whatever you focus on. So you are asked to see the person you want to become, not the habits you want to leave behind. She says that doing this daily keeps the effect going even without the recording.

You see yourself in once-challenging situations feeling comfortable, with deep, steady breathing, a relaxed throat, a clear voice at the right volume, eye contact and open body language. You also imagine talking with others easily and knowing what to say. The track covers social, professional and emotional confidence.

Yes, Marisa says if you play it before sleep you can rouse yourself just enough to switch it off and drift into sleep. She asks you to keep it for your own use, as she says others who don't share your goals could dilute your commitment.