Building Confidence
A podcast about growth, realistic tools, practical strategies, and support. Whether you’re starting out, facing challenges, or looking to level up, Building Confidence brings you real conversations, practical insights, and inspiring stories to help you navigate your journey with confidence. Your host, Louise, is a heavy vehicle and plant mechanic by trade who started her apprenticeship at just 15 years old. Over the years, she has faced and overcome harassment, impostor syndrome, mental health struggles, and workplace challenges—while also achieving industry awards and experience in both large corporations and family businesses. Now a life coach and mentor for tradeswomen, Louise is here to share the lessons she’s learned so that her struggles weren’t for nothing—and so you can build the confidence to take charge of your own path.
Episodes
You have things that you care about, that mean a lot to you but sometimes when you are nearing burnout you need to stop and have a think.
Ask yourself “what do I care about and why?”
Its important to ask ourselves this question because sometimes you find yourself working towards someone else’s dream and that can be quite exhausting.
You may be doing all of the things but it doesn’t seem to feel any good or getting you any closer to...
Continuing on from last weeks discussion on the difference between pride and arrogance we are now talking healthy arrogance and also sexism.
We all know that people have an opinion on pretty much anything women do. The main theme of that is women staying small and quiet, but we are most defiantly not doing that here.
When you have a healthy amount of arrogance you stand up for yourself and your knowledge and skills and this is what...
You do hard and awesome stuff all the time, but do you let yourself be proud of if? do you have people around you that you feel safe to be proud around?
In this episode I discuss being proud vs being arrogant giving examples from my life and my clients’ lives.
Time and People are supporting this podcast episode as well a coaching scholarship for a tradeswoman/person.
The coaching scholarship is available for tradeswomen/people livi...
When was the last time you checked in with yourself and asked, "Do I have a life outside of work?"
This episode is a check in, take a minute see where you are at and what you want your life to be like moving forward.
If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you would like 1:1 support or you are a business wanting to make the work...
Career grief usually comes up in two main situations –
One- when you are sold an amazing job by a recruiter or ad campaign and once you get there you realize it is nothing like you thought it would be.
Two- when you have multiple jobs to pick from and you can only pick one you end up grieving what the others could have been.
In this episode I go deeper into what this looks like.
If you would like help or support with this process...
Having lots of good options is overwhelming, you don’t want to let anyone down, especially yourself but you have to make a decision.
How? By using your goal as a filter. In this episode, I guide through how to do it!
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When things happen in your life in the moment they can feel really big and overwhelming. It can feel like something that will never go away, that you can’t fix. You need to take a step back and a way to do that is to compare the situation to the big picture. This takes the pressure off, gets your mind back on board, then you can work on solutions and decisions with a clear head!
Bullies love a power trip; to know they have power over you. In most circumstances they don’t. In most circumstances you give them that power by believing every word they say and repeating to yourself over and over again.
Its not fair to you, not one bit.
In this weeks episode I share some tips on how to break their power over you so you can then take practical steps to change the situation!
If you would like help or s...
Networking is so important as we move through our careers and our lives.
People often say "it's not what you know, it's who you know" and you can influence who you know by going to events and being in rooms with other amazing humans.
I know from experience going to your first few networking events can be nerve racking, so in this episode I go through some things you can do before, during and after the event to work through your ner...
Working hard is a value a lot of people have and I believe that it is a good value but you need to be careful that people are not taking advantage of you so they can be lazy while you work hard.
In this episode I got through some questions that you can ask yourself to see where you stand and where your hard work is getting you!
If you would like help or support with this process or you are a business wanting to make the workplace b...
Being resilient gets thrown around a lot and I have thoughts about this, when should we be resilient and when is time to take action?
I go through my thoughts on this in this episode.
If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you would like 1:1 support or you are a business wanting to make the workplace better for tradeswomen and minorities, y...
Self concept and self belief are very simillar but what differs is that self concept is the facts. End of story. the facts about what we know, where we are in life and where we want to go. when we get clear on the facts then self belief is easy.
In this episode I go into how to create and define your self concept!
If you are a tradeswoman or tradesperson who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to con...
The person you spend the most time with is yourself, and the words we use are powerful, but when we get stuck in a negative or useful thought habit it can be hard to get ourselves out.
For me "thinking positively" didn't work but using a thought ladder did. in this episode i go through what a thought ladder is and when i have used it in my life!
If you would like help or support with this pro...
Creating safety within ourselves is one of the most powerful things we can do.
When panic, anxiety, stress or catastrophising hit us our brain goes into fight, flight or freeze to protect us.
If we can show our brain that it is physically safe then, we can turn our logical brain back on to keep moving through the challenge we are facing.
If you would like help or support with this process or you are a business wanting to make the w...
In todays episode I answer a frequently asked question - What do tradeswomen get coaching on.
In my experience I can put them into two main categories - Societies programing internally and societies programing externally. Have a listen to the episode to find out more.
If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you would like 1:1 support or you...
Sometimes we find ourselves doing things over and over and over again.
This is not always a bad thing, sometimes it is an important part of our learning process.
In this episode, I go through why doing the reps is important, how to tell if it is helping with your learning and how to make it fun!
If you are a tradeswoman or tradesperson who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to contact me through my w...
When we are not being treated well at work its important that we have our own back and cover ourselves, getting things in writing allows us to have in writing different arrangements, agreements and directions. This is important if we are in a situation when someone is trying to twist our words or to make us be seen in a bad light with no evidence. In this episode, I go through different scenarios when this would be useful and how t...
In this episode I talk about our inner voice, who is our inner voice? Over time, we may take on the other peoples thoughts and opinions about us and if we are not careful they can become our own inner voice!
If you would like help or support with this process or you are a business wanting to make the workplace better for tradeswomen and minorities, you can inquire through my website, louiseazzopardi.com
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Life can get mundane, repetitive. In these times it is important that we notice the little things. One of the little things we can notice are our small everyday wins. In this weeks episode I go through some ideas on things we can do ‘micro reflections’ on to keep us going and feel accomplished!
If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you wou...
Always feel like its your fault for being bullied? Let me tell you, it's not you, its them!
If you are a tradeswoman or tradesperson who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to contact me through my website, Louiseazzopardi.com, and we can schedule a coaching consultation!
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