05/11/2026
When was the last time you felt 100% confident before trying something new?
Let me guess… Ummmm… never? 😉
And what made you feel confident after you learned it?
Let me guess again… Practice. Trying. Doing it anyway?
I see this nowhere more clearly than in downhill skiing.
I learned to ski in my 20s. I was afraid of heights, and I didn’t grow up in the mountains where skiing was second nature. It’s been over three decades since I first skied in the Canadian Rockies, and there are still runs where I can viscerally remember the fear—standing at the top, looking down, questioning whether I could actually do it. Pulse racing, my ski suit suddenly feeling very warm.
Places like Panorama Mountain Resort, Sunshine Village, and Lake Louise Ski Resort. Even now, when I ski those same runs with ease, my body remembers what it felt like in the beginning.
I also remember my early lessons—when the instructor would ask me to position my body in ways that felt completely counterintuitive to the fear I was feeling.
Lean forward.
Face downhill.
Trust your edges.
Everything in me wanted to lean back. To resist. To stay safe. To ski across the hill instead of down.
But it wasn’t until I found the courage to try—to actually do what felt uncomfortable—that something shifted. And then I was addicted to the rush of experiencing the run. I found myself back on the chairlift again, taking me back to the top, back into the discomfort one more time, so I could feel the adrenaline of the sport, the accomplishment of achievement, the joy of speed.
Again and again.
Until my brain started to catch up with what my body was learning. There was now a new narrative in my brain. More “I can do this” and less “I’m scared.” More “I can learn this” and less “I give up.”
This is what building confidence actually looks like.
Not before the moment. Not in theory. Not when everything feels neat and certain.
But in the doing.
In the wobble. 🫣
In the decision to go again—when you’re not fully sure.
And isn’t this exactly what we’re being asked to do right now? A new AI tool to learn. A new platform that might do things better. A new level of visibility to step into. A new way of leading as you rise through the ranks.
Almost every day, we’re standing at the top of a new “hill,” being asked to move forward before we feel ready.
And the only way confidence comes…
is by taking action.
This is the work I’ve been leaning into more deeply—
helping women understand the patterns that hold them back, and build the kind of confidence that actually holds under pressure.
This month, I’m opening the doors to Align Your Confidence again.
Because confidence isn’t something you wait for.
It’s something you build—one brave step at a time. Take a look at the info in the comments. We start May 19th.
What would it feel like to be proud that you did the thing, tried the new way and practiced your way into confidence?
