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Feb 2025
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Your Self-Image Is Ruining Your Life: Wh...

Melinde Huez
About this episode

In this episode of Behind the Layers, we uncover the hidden reason behind social anxiety, insecurity, and constant overthinking—your self-image. If you’ve ever feared being judged, worried that people don’t like you, or struggled with low confidence, this episode will help you understand why and, more importantly, how to change it.


Host Melinde shares her personal journey of overcoming deep-seated insecurity, revealing how subconscious beliefs shape your confidence, mental health, and relationships. You’ll learn how to rewire your self-image using a simple yet powerful technique that has helped hundreds of people shift from anxious and self-doubting to confident and empowered.


✨ In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

✔️ The surprising link between self-image and social anxiety
✔️ Why your brain constantly seeks proof for your negative beliefs
✔️ A simple exercise to identify your subconscious self-image
✔️ How to reprogram your mind for confidence in just two weeks

🎯 Your Challenge:

After this episode, reflect on your biggest social fears and identify the negative self-beliefs behind them. Then, start actively collecting evidence for the opposite—your new, confident self-image!


🔗 Want to go deeper? Join my upcoming Inner Confidence Course, get on the waitlist for 1:1 coaching, or check out my Anxiety Bundle to accelerate your confidence journey!


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