Christen Shefchunas: Facing Fears to Achieve Confidence, EP 125
Can you be afraid and confident at the same time? Confidence Coach Christen Shefchunas believes that you cannot reach a confident point without first facing your fears. She joins the show to talk to Kelly and Maria about how she coaches female athletes, and other clients, to confident outcomes.
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MORE ABOUT CHRISTEN SHEFCHUNAS
Christen Shefchunas is a professional Confidence Coach who works with athletes who are Olympians, World Champions and NCAA All Americans, as well as high school athletes. As a former Division I head coach, Christen watched too many women miss out on their potential because of their lack of confidence. Realizing that there was a significant lack of resources for these athletes, Christen left her 16-year coaching career and started Coach Christen, a business focused on helping female athletes.She is the creator of Confidence Nuggets, a bracelet line created to remind women of their truth and she is the author of 30 Days to Confident: A 30 Day Confidence Challenge for Female Athletes.
Episode Topics and Mentions
30 Days to Confident by Christen Shefchunas
University of Tennessee
University of Miami
Confidence coaching
Crisis of confidence in female athletes
Hali Flickinger
Natalie Hinds
CBT, Cognitive behavioral therapy
Missy Franklin
Vulnerability
Lilly King
Kara Lynn Joyce
Katie Meili
Takeaways
Maria
- First figure out your fears before you can authentically tap into who you are and recognize your “truths.”
- Give yourself grace.
Kelly
- When you lack confidence, think about what you do well and celebrate it.
- Women have different brains than men -- it’s important recognize this so we can better understand ourselves and the opposite sex.
Quote of the Week
“What we put our focus on has to be absolutely true to us.” -- Christen Shefchunas
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