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Ok, I’ll admit it!
I’ve always wanted to be an agony aunt.
My friend Sally had a stack of Sugar magazines in her bathroom. My mum did not approve! I, meanwhile, was obsessed with the problem page. Dear Sugar…
People wrote in about problems, many of which felt terribly, embarrassingly shameful… and many of which I was also dealing with myself. Like:
“My friends all go out without me and pretend it was last minute.”(Ouch.)
“Does he even know I like him?”(Yah. He did. Ouch again.)
“People act as though I’m weird. Am I?”(I was. I am.)
Cheryl Strayed was the agony aunt. I loved the letters: the relief of discovering I wasn’t uniquely deranged. But it was her replies that really shocked me. She treated these people and our freaky problems as if they were… normal!
Fast forward to now. My coaching room is full of senior leaders sharing problems. The issue they share is often the final thing keeping them stuck but it’s also frequently the thing they’re most ashamed of. After coaching hundreds of similar conversations with leaders across a broad range of industries, I can tell them with confidence: these problems too are just… normal.
What my clients share, without exception, is regret at not addressing it earlier. The moment you realise you’re not alone, and that there’s a solution - everything starts to move.
In Confidence: The Problem Page is your space to share the problems that have been keeping you stuck. The ones you assume everyone else has already worked out, and the ones you secretly believe belong only to you. They don’t.
If you have a confidence dilemma related to communication, relationships or leadership, get in touch.
You can email me: askrosie.inconfidence@gmail.com or send me a voice note 07377 231 025. Terms and conditions are here. Problems can be anonymised.
I’ll pick a letter to respond to in next week’s podcast episode.
See you there!
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