In this counseling answer: • Improving your social skills is a gradual transformation that takes time, practice, and a little bit of courage. • Change the way you think of yourself. Stop labeling yourself. • Talk to people as often as you can; being social and being confident go hand in hand. • Remember, the people …

In this counseling answer: • Practice visualizing a fantastic version of yourself, achieving your goals, and being happy and certain. • Find opportunities to congratulate, compliment and reward yourself, even for the smallest successes. • There will always be someone who is displeased with you. • The negative comments someone makes is about them, and …

Young adulthood is often fraught with internal battles; often between what we want to do and what we think we can do. A self-confident person is ready and eager to rise to new challenges. They seize opportunities and are also able to take…

In this counseling answer: “You can help him develop his confidence by understanding who he is, what he feels and respecting that person who he is, and who he hopes to be.  Help him to understand his strengths and weaknesses and to know that to fail in a task (as we all do) is a …

Self-confidence is borne from the Believer’s intimate knowledge and understanding that Allah is ever ready to assist those who strive and struggle in His way. Self-confidence comes from depending upon Allah and knowing that He is there to help you, protect you and shower His mercies upon you: {So he who gives [in charity] and …

Try not to think about yourself in a negative light. Instead of thinking about your less desirable traits, focus more on your good points. List them if you need to and look at them written down on paper. If you begin to criticize yourself, stop immediately…

Young Muslims today face a barrage of media telling them that they are different. So while struggling with body image, bullying, pressure to succeed and other uniquely youth centered problems, they are also struggling to fit into a society that tells them they do not belong.

If you want to grow self-confidence, you need to know yourself. Being ignorant of your good qualities can make you insecure in using them, and you can end up wasting the talents that Allah gifted you. Being unaware of your evil potentials, and your limits to doing good, can make you over-confident and arrogant.

Lack of confidence in the area of spirituality can be debilitating. It can stunt one’s spiritual growth and can even seriously endanger one’s Islam. Lack of trust in one’s ability to be a good worshiper of Allah – it can become a self-fulfilling prophesy.

Self-confidence varies a lot from person to person; it even varies within a single person. You can be self-confident in some areas of life and not in others. For example, someone might be very confident about their cooking skills but not so much about how they look.