Building Confidence in Kids Archives - UPower Presentations - Sara Westbrook https://upowerpresentations.com/tag/building-confidence-in-kids/ Motivational Speaker About Confidence, Respect and Resilience Fri, 15 May 2026 13:31:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 Nervous but Choosing Courage https://upowerpresentations.com/helping-kids-face-fear/ Wed, 06 May 2026 13:11:12 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=10498 Helping kids face fear can show up in simple, everyday moments. Their heart starts to race. Their thoughts get louder. And then the butterflies show up. They can feel them before school, before speaking up, before trying something new. And we feel them too – before appointments, conversations – anything that stretches us. I remember […]

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]]> How Powerful is Self-Talk in Shaping a Child’s Resilience? https://upowerpresentations.com/how-powerful-is-self-talk-in-shaping-a-childs-resilience/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:26:33 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=5614 Recently, I had a conversation with my 11-year-old son about his self-talk during challenging moments—whether on the ice or in everyday life. I asked him, “What do you tell yourself when things don’t go as planned? How do you bounce back?” His response was simple yet powerful: “I tell myself, ‘I got this.’ And I […]

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