21/04/2026
Confidence... Found it. 🔍
It’s interesting. A Premier League Football Manager recently noted in a press conference that if he could buy confidence at a supermarket, he would. 🛒
We often treat confidence like it’s a physical object. Something we ‘lost’ that we need to ‘find.’
But confidence isn't a thing you own; it's a state you inhabit.
The skill hasn't left the building. When you lose confidence, you haven't lost your ability. You have temporarily lost access to it. You still have the same hours of mastery, but the connection is down. 📉
Why? Confidence doesn't vanish into thin air. It is a biological response to a bad or distressing experience that threatens your sense of safety.
Your brain isn't failing you. It’s the nervous system doing its job and over-protecting you. 🛡️
It has flagged that specific activity as a threat. To keep you safe, it restricts your access to high-level performance, forcing you into ‘safe mode’.
To get confidence back, we don’t find it. We use neuroscience-based techniques (like Havening®️) to update the brain’s data, changing the nervous system response.
When the ‘safety system’ stands down, the confidence and therefore performance return.
Automatically. 🧠⚡
