Episode 54 - How to Build Confidence with Dyslexia

I honestly believe that, no matter what strategies or 'hacks' you put in place to navigate the challenges of dyslexia, without confidence you'll never fully embrace your dyslexia and truly understand your strengths .

See, when your focus is on navigating or avoiding the challenges, you fail to see the strengths which is iconically the first step to building confidence with dyslexia and believing in yourself.

I too, as a fellow dyslexic adult, do not manage to avoid or navigate all my dyslexic challenges all the time with the best of strategies in place. In this episode I will tell you a story about a recent dyslexia fail which years ago would have sent me into a spiral of self loathing and self judgement. But today, with a build of self-confidence, I can notice the challenge and the cause, take a beat, and make a decision to move forward more confident and resilient than I was before.

And it's not just me. In this episode I use a real world examples from some of my 1:1 coaching sessions I have with other dyslexic adults! 

I really believe in this and why I started Dyslexia in Adults is to help others find their confidence in dyslexia, and to build a community of people so that we know we're not going through this alone!

Key topics:

• What confidence looks like,
• Why buidling confidence is key to unlocking everything else, and
• How to build confidence.

Dyslexia in Adults is Sponsored by Microsoft's Accessibility Software

The Be You campaign highlights how a range of Microsoft digital tools can make everyday life more accessible for people with Dyslexia, whether attending a university lecture, writing a best man speech or simply reading a large amount of text online. This campaign aims to reach people traditionally missing out on access to assistive technology, those that are potentially not accessing advice through education or workplace initiatives.

To find out more you can visit their website here!

There are going to be a lot more details about this campaign over the coming weeks on the Podcast so make sure you say tuned to get all the good bits!

Also, don't forget to download the free guide to dyslexia!

*** Free Guide "Decode Dyslexia at Work" ***

Includes advice and tips such as:

• Simple and easy-to-understand explanation of dyslexic strengths,
• Our best and most recommended dyslexic strategies, and
• Building confidence and learning how to be proud of dyslexia.

I want to thank you for joining me and listening to this podcast! It really helps the podcast and the mission if you rate, review, and share this podcast so that others may find it and get the support they need.

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