
Business Expert Session: Leading with Confidence
December 1, 2025

This workshop will focus on ways to increase your self-confidence by understanding where your thoughts and beliefs come from and practical strategies to improve your confidence.
No matter how we present ourselves to the outside world, internally, we often struggle with our inner critic that is telling us we are not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough… overall not enough. The number one way to improve self confidence is to control the stories we tell ourselves.
Would you talk to your best friend the way you talk to yourself? Would they still be your best friend if you did?
In this workshop we will discuss:
- Where our beliefs come from
- The role of the inner critic
- How to combat fear
- Tools to build your self-confidence
This will be an interactive session, where you will journal on your beliefs and how your inner critic and fear may be holding you back. By becoming aware of the story we tell ourselves, you can change the dialog and increase your confidence. This workshop will provide the tools you need to improve your confidence.
About the Presenter:
Julie MacDonald coaches successful professional women to live an empowered life based on their purpose and values through the core energy process which focuses on identifying what they really want, breaking through the barriers holding them back, and creating the mindset necessary to live the life they choose.
Throughout her 20+ years of international experience, transitioning through various roles and multiple locations across 4 continents, Julie grew her proficiency on leading and managing cross cultural staff and teams. She developed strong competencies in strategic planning, process design and advancing projects quickly from analysis to implementation. Julie’s strengths include solid communication, problem-solving skills, and adapting to and affecting change. She has been recognized for cross-group collaboration, building trusted partnerships, and fostering collaborative solutions.
Throughout her career, Julie mentored colleagues on life balance, business, and career. At a women’s senior leadership workshop, she realized that many of her fears of imposter syndrome and “not enough” were not hers alone. Since then, Julie strove to empower the women around her through coaching and holding space to help women open up about their vulnerability and discuss how we can best support each other, instead of tearing each other down.
This session was recorded 10/14/2021