Bolder: A Real-World Guide for People Who Are Tired of Faking Confidence
If you’ve been on a long search to find the right tools for improving self-worth, your journey just got a lot more exciting. ‘Bolder’ offers a fresh perspective that is designed to make you feel truly unstoppable without changing who you are.
If you’ve ever felt like confidence belongs to someone else… someone shinier, sleeker, more certain, then Bolder was made for you.
You don’t need to be louder. You don’t need to be “together” all the time.
But you do need to stop trying to be someone you’re not.
Which is so much easier said than done. ‘Just be yourself’ they say. What does that even mean and how do I do it? Who am I, now, in this era of my life? Bolder is going to help you answer those trickier-than-sourdough questions, gain clarity, and start sticking up for yourself in ways you didn’t know were possible.
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This is not a book full of “just be positive” advice or quick-fix strategies. Improving self-worth can’t be done in an hour.
It’s a doable, real-world, meaningful, 10-session guide to building self-worth from the inside out. A way of shifting the stories that keep you small and stepping gently but clearly into a bolder version of yourself.
Written by me (Nicole Hind) a narrative therapist, counsellor, and coach with 20+ years of experience supporting people through identity shifts, challenging relationships, grief, burnout, and the exhaustion of constantly second-guessing yourself. I’ve worked online with clients all over the world, helping them feel less stuck, more grounded, happier, connected, and more like themselves than they’ve ever been.
I’ve helped people like you find the love of their life, get their dream job, speak up to power, find contentment in the ‘now’, and feel so much braver chasing the exciting and unusual.
I wrote this book because I wanted to create something affordable for EVERYONE to experience the transformative nature of psychotherapy.
The uniqueness lies in the ‘narrative therapy’ part. Narrative therapists believe you are the expert of your own life. Our role is to help you access that expertise, by crafting unique questions that elevate your hidden skills and abilities. We explore your values, re-author problems stories, and craft narratives with you that better serve you in order to move your life forward.
We also critique the societal scripts that stifle us from living our best lives. Born in Australia and now practiced all over the world by a huge diversity of folks, it’s different from most therapies you may be more familiar with. You’ll find this unique take on improving self-worth is as rewarding as it is rare.
Bolder is adapted from my well-loved online course From Bashful to Bold, which has helped many people escape the power of their worst thoughts, reflect more honestly, enjoy exploring brave new territories, and Show Up even when they’re messy AF and still figuring it all out.
If you’ve been searching for books or courses on improving self worth that are actually honest, compassionate, and grounded in real-world experience from a regular person (not a super-human), Bolder could be your perfect next step.
No vague advice (some would say I’m giving too much away), no pop-psychology. Just a genuine, thorough, meaningful process designed to give yourself loving but challenging ‘home-therapy’ sessions that will make a real difference. A boost to your self-esteem and confidence that anyone (and I mean ANYONE) can make happen.
Inside the book, you’ll move through 10 insightful, narrative-therapy informed, reflective, body-aware and occasionally fun chapters that will help you:
- Stop over-efforting and listen to what your tiredness is actually trying to tell you
- Reconnect with your core values and beliefs, not what everyone else expects of you
- Externalise the unhelpful inner stories and get out from under their power
- Define success on your own terms, not the dominant culture’s
- Do your version of brave, even if you’ve got shaky hands and a tight chest
- Shift your relationship with ideas about failure, visibility, and that spiral of “I think they’re thinking…”
- Catch yourself in small moments of actual growth, name them and celebrate them
Whether you’re recovering from years of people-pleasing or wondering how to value yourself after a big loss or just want to kick arse at work and in life, Bolder walks beside you like a great conversation: honest, curious, sometimes challenging, and built on real care.
What course participants said:
“I had no idea what the ‘problem’ was until I sat down with a pen and paper… I now realise I’ve been exhausted by the cycle of being everyone’s support. It’s time to reclaim my energy.” – Philippa K
“The overwhelming joy I felt doing my brave… I hope everyone gets to feel that! Much luv warriors xx” – C.J
“Apparently each tree has a root system that covers over 4 acres underground… My own root system once again is starting to fully nourish me.” – Peta
“I love Nicole, her enthusiasm is infectious.” – L.W
“I did this exercise multiple times, externalising a repeated behaviour that I have. It feels good!” – Sarah B
Anyone is capable of improving self worth and confidence isn’t just for the privileged. If you’re tired of faking it, and ready to feel more solid in your own skin, Bolder is the guide for you.
Get the book here and start feeling better about yourself today
If you’re ready to explore the kind of the self-worth that doesn’t fall apart under pressure, build confidence that doesn’t mean becoming someone else, and value yourself in a deeper way than you ever imagined was possible, you can find Bolder here: