What is authentic confidence? According to the dictionary, confidence is a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciation of one's own abilities or qualities. This definition seems a little vague; I think it's a bit more complex than that. Confidence is the result of a developed self-awareness or self-identity, positive self-image and healthy personal belief in oneself. What does it look like when all of these things are present and in order? Most of us have met s