Episode 135

Building Confidence Through The Solar Plexus Chakra

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Confidence isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s a foundation. It changes how you show up in your life, your business, and your energy. And while mindset is part of the story, your body, your energy centres, play a major role too. Especially the Solar Plexus Chakra.

I explore how your Solar Plexus Chakra holds the energy of confidence and personal power, how you can begin working with it gently, and the ways confidence ripples through everything from pricing to visibility to the boundaries you hold in your business.

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The Solar Plexus Chakra. Your Inner Powerhouse

The Solar Plexus Chakra sits just below the belly button. Traditionally, it holds our confidence, personal power, and self-esteem. But as I always say, find what’s there for you. Explore your own chakras. What do you notice? What do you feel? Because your body has its own wisdom.

When the Solar Plexus Chakra is balanced, you feel capable and self-assured. You take aligned risks. You speak your truth. You show up fully. But when it’s out of alignment, you might swing between two extremes, hesitation and overcompensation. Either you’re stuck in self-doubt, or you’re pushing too hard to prove something. Neither feels good. Neither is truly you.

Confidence isn’t about pretending. It’s about being grounded in who you are. It’s about how you move, how you speak, how you lead.

Building Confidence Through Energetic Practices

You don’t need to overhaul your life to build confidence. But you can begin with small practices that shift the way your energy flows.

  • Affirmations: Speak them aloud. Look at yourself in the mirror. Say, “I am capable,” or “I trust myself.” Then take it further, turn it into a question. “How am I capable?” or “How do I trust myself?” Your brain loves to solve puzzles, and these questions create openings where doubt once lived.
  • Breathwork: Deep belly breathing grounds your energy and floods your body with oxygen. Visualise a yellow light expanding from your Solar Plexus Chakra as you breathe. Let it feel like warmth, like life. And if you don’t see yellow, that’s okay. Trust whatever imagery or feeling comes up for you.
  • Visibility, gently: Fear of being seen is common. It shows up in so many ways, from avoiding social media to staying quiet in meetings. Start small. Share something vulnerable. Step into a role you’ve been avoiding. Each small step builds trust. Each act of visibility affirms: I can do this.

These practices don’t need to be perfect. They just need to be real. Let them meet you where you are.

Boundaries as Confidence in Action

Confidence also shows up in your boundaries—not just in what you say yes to, but in what you’re no longer willing to tolerate. That could mean:

  • Saying no to draining commitments or relationships
  • Setting clear expectations with clients or collaborators
  • Creating availability windows that honour your energy, not 24/7 access

I often remind my clients, nothing I do is an emergency. And I hold that boundary clearly. If someone contacts me outside of my availability, I respond when I return, not before. This isn’t cold or rigid. It’s respectful. It’s how I teach my clients that our time, energy, and space are valuable.

Boundaries aren’t walls, they’re walls with gates. They offer flexibility, but they’re also a structure. They show others how to treat you. And they help you stand taller in your business.

Own Your Expertise

You have gifts. You have wisdom. You have experience. And yet, so many women downplay that in the name of humility or fear of seeming “too much.” Confidence begins with owning your brilliance.

Write down three things you know you’re amazing at. Let those guide your content, your presence, and your offers. When you speak about your work from that place, people feel it. They’re drawn to it.

And don’t outsource your pricing. This is a big one. Stop asking in Facebook groups what to charge. You’ll get responses based on other people’s money stories. Some will undervalue you. Others will overinflate. None of it will be grounded in your truth.

Set your pricing from your own clarity. Focus on the value you bring, not the fear of being too expensive or not enough. The more confident you are in your worth, the more others will reflect that confidence back to you.

When Confidence Is Shaken

Even with all the tools, you’ll still face moments that test your confidence. A client might say no. Someone might leave a program. You might get asked for a refund. These moments don’t define your worth.

Let them pass through you. Take a breath. Learn from them, but don’t attach your value to them. Confidence is built not just in boldness, but in resilience. It grows every time you get back up, dust yourself off, and choose to believe in your path again.

I needed that boldness to start showing up on Facebook Live. To start my YouTube channel. To start my podcast. None of that came without fear. But I did it anyway. And that’s where the confidence grew.

Final Reflections

Your Solar Plexus Chakra is more than a concept, it’s your inner power centre. It’s where confidence lives. It’s where your leadership begins. And the more you nurture it with breath, presence, truth, and boundaries, the more your business will reflect that inner strength.

Confidence doesn’t always roar. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it’s in the pause before you say no. Or the softness in how you speak your truth. But when it comes from within, it transforms everything.

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