confidence & self esteem

 Confidence.  Are we born with it or is it something we have to nurture in ourselves?  Is it a feeling of self worth, a feeling of your own ability to succeed in something, even if you experience setbacks along the way?  Why are some people so confident and others lacking in it?

The good news is that you can learn to be confident.  By changing old outdated subconscious patterns which are no longer serving you and reconnecting to innate resources you can access feelings of confidence.

Low self esteem can arise when there is an excessive focus on the self, driven by core beliefs of inferiority.  

If you believe that good thing's don't deserve to happen to you, that you are inferior to others, are ugly or not worthy of being loved or that you are incompetent you may be suffering from low self esteem.

Maybe this manifests in an avoidance of challenges, a lack of self assertion, low motivation to succeed or constantly talking to yourself in a critical way.   
Have you ever wondered why you feel this way and have you ever wondered what you can do about it?