Constructing Self-Confidence: Using A House Building Metaphor.

Sue Reid
4 min readFeb 1, 2023

Like many people, I suffered a marriage breakup. This was over 30 years ago, and I am happily remarried for the past 25 years. It was not the breakup that destroyed what little confidence I had though, the breakup was welcomed I can promise you that. It was the years of mental abuse that led up to the final split that made me feel worthless.

Rather than stay the shattered soul I felt I was, I chose to pick myself up and start to rebuild my self-confidence from the bottom upwards. When I think back now to the main steps I…

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Sue Reid

I had to rebuild my self-confidence after a toxic marriage. Now, I coach and write about building confidence. Contact me at sue@suereidcoaching.com