108. Develop your Inner Knowing for Outer Confidence (ft. Sam Hardy, Marriage & Family Therapist)

What is our inner knowing? This week, Therapist Samantha Hardy
describes why developing our inner knowing will not only build our
outer confidence but lead to building trust within ourselves and
nudge us toward new challenges. Inner knowing is more than just a
"gut feeling," it feels right, true, steady, certain and stands in
opposition to outer approval. Samantha dives into the difference
between inner knowing and anxiety and how to delineate between the
two, as well as how to tap into those feelings to identify both
triggers and ways to propel ourselves. how family dynamics take you
out of contact with your inner voice the 8C’s: compassion,
curiosity, clarity, creativity, calm, confidence, courage, and
connectedness.  What are you doing when you feel most
confident, creative, and connected? What is that experience like?
Where does it sit in your body? When we can more clearly hear our
gut and trust in its voice, we can create lives more deeply in
alignment with our bodies and hearts! Tune in to hear how you can
develop a more confident, clear-minded, vulnerable you and build a
more confident life.   Sam Hardy is an Associate Licensed
Marriage and Family Therapist with the Chicago Center for
Relationship Counseling. Originally born and raised in sunny Los
Angeles, she graduated from the University of Southern California
in 2020 with a major in Psychology and a double minor in Forensics
and Criminality & Individuals, Societies, and Aging. While
studying as a graduate student in Northwestern’s Marriage and
Family Therapy program, she loved working as a Graduate Assistant
to her professional role model, Dr. Alexandra Solomon. After her
June 2022 graduation, she has so enjoyed being in the therapeutic
space with individuals, couples, and adult families facing a
variety of challenges including anxiety, life transitions,
difficult family relationships, communication concerns, aging
difficulties, and trauma. When she isn’t meeting with her therapy
clients, she has also worked for the past six years as a portrait
photographer. Sam’s Therapy Profile at CCRC:
https://chicagocenterforrelationshipcounseling.com/sam-hardy 
Sam Hardy Portraits: https://www.samhardyportraits.com/ &
@samhardyportraits  More About Dr. Alexandra Solomon:
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