Rise From Within, with Terri Pugh

166. What does your posture say about your confidence?


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Have you ever noticed how your posture changes when you’re feeling confident… or when you’re not?

In this episode, I’m exploring the powerful link between posture and confidence — how the way you sit, stand, and move can reflect what’s really going on inside. Your body language tells a story about your self-belief, and understanding it can help you build calm, grounded, embodied confidence.

This isn’t about forcing yourself to stand up straight or fake confidence. It’s about learning to listen to your body and notice how posture changes when you feel safe, capable, or seen. When you’ve spent years trying to make yourself smaller, it’s easy to carry that story in your shoulders, your stance, even your breath.

We’ll talk about how posture affects confidence and self-esteem, what it means to take up space without apology, and why true confidence isn’t something you perform — it’s something you feel.

You’ll leave this episode with a deeper awareness of your mind-body connection and a new respect for how your body supports your confidence, presence, and power.

In this episode, we cover:

  • The connection between posture and confidence
  • How body language reflects self-esteem and self-trust
  • Why we subconsciously shrink ourselves and how awareness begins change
  • What embodied confidence really feels like
  • The subtle shift that happens when you allow yourself to take up space

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