Building Confidence

Always feel like its your fault for being bullied? Let me tell you, it's not you, its them! If you are a tradeswoman or tradesperson who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to contact me through my website, Louiseazzopardi.com, and we can schedule a coaching consultation! Shewear proudly supports this episode. She Wear safety work boots that women have designed to fi...

Ever find yourself double, triple and quadruple checking things and still feeling the self doubt that you've done it wrong? In this episode I go trough tools that can help you confidently double check once! If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you would like 1:1 support or you are a business wanting to m...

Do you find yourself going to the worst case scenario and feeling stuck there? I do, I used to be stuck there for days or weeks sometimes, but now the thoughts come up and I can move through them pretty quickly. In this episode, I go through how I move through catastrophizing thoughts. 4 days to nominate for the 2025.5 Tradeswomen Owning Their Power Coaching Scholarships! This 6 month career-build...

When making decisions, big and small, there are a lot of things to consider and we can sometimes find ourselves overwhelmed and confused. When we separate our feelings and our facts and give them the air time they both need we are able to make a decision from a clear mind. In this episode I break down the process of decision making. Applications are now open for the 2025.5 Tradeswomen Owning Their...

Sometimes advice is useful, it shoots us ahead in our lives, careers or gives us clarity, sometimes it makes us feel overwhelmed, like taking it would go against our values. In this episode, I go through how to sort through advice and see if it could be useful now, later or not at all. If you would like help or support with these please contact us through louiseazzopardi.com  This episode is proud...

When I first heard the phrase "Depression can sometimes be repressed anger", it was like the stars aligned. I couldn't unsee the things I was angry about, but often I was told that "that's just how it is" or that there are bigger problems or that it wasn't actually a problem so I would then try not to be angry and would then find myself on the slippery slope down to feeling like there was no hope....

Sometimes when you ask someone a question that they don't know the answer to then it can trigger them to be defensive. Rather than say, sorry I don't know ask so and so they may call you stupid or say that you should know and work it out for yourself in an aggressive way. In this episode I go through what to do if you find yourself in this situation.  If you are a tradeswoman who would like to fee...

This episode is about unsubscribing from things we "have to do" or "should do". Society has these low-lying annoyance things that we have been told we must do, but do we really have to do them? some maybe, but most definitely not all of them. If you are a tradeswoman who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to contact me through my website, Louiseazzopardi.com, and we...

Unfortunently in the trades industry some apprentices find themselves being used as cheap labour, you are not the first person to be in this position and you wont be the last. In this episode I go through some tips and tricks to get yourself out of these sitiautions.  If you would like help or support with this process or you are a business wanting to make the workplace better for tradeswomen and...

Often, when we interact with someone, their emotional state is left over from their last interaction or from earlier in the day and is not about you (which is often the path our brain goes down). In this episode, I go through some tips and tricks on how to separate yourself from other people's emotions because, honestly, they most likely are not about you. If you would like help or support with th...

In this episode, I flip the script on the lovely "making mountains out of molehills" saying because sometimes we do the opposite. If you would like help or support with these please contact us through louiseazzopardi.com  This episode is proudly supported by the Diesel Dirt and Turf expo,, which will be held on the 16th, 17th and 18th of May at the Sydney Dragway – Ferrers Rd, Eastern Creek NSW 27...

When you walk into a workplace that has its values written on the wall and one of them is "flexibility" you would imagine that you would be able to ask for some adjustments in your work hours and be respected and treated equally while taking those adjustments, but that is not always the case. In my experience, about half the companies that preach flexibility actually give it and the other half use...

I have overworked myself, so this is a short description because I am exhausted xx

Over time, we learn things, some on purpose, some when we are in survival mode, some through society's programming and some from our families and teachers. Some of this stuff is useful, some of it is useful at the time we learn it, and some is taught to us to take advantage of us. When we work out something isnt useful but it is engrained into our personality (like overworking) it can be hard to b...

The shock of being told "you should know this" after being told over and over again that no question is a silly question can hit you pretty hard and can send you spiralling down the "I'm not good enough path" In this episode, I share 4 steps to go from being a question asker to a problem solver.  If you are a tradeswoman who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to con...

Going from having no idea to being an expert in something can feel like a long, almost impossible process, but it is actually just four steps. I go through the four steps in this episode you can feel confident that you know what to do when you come across something you have no idea about!  If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen own...

We have a name change! We are moving from Anxious Tradeswoman to Building Confidence! After 83 episodes under the anxious tradeswoman name, we have decided to grow into our next chapter with a new mantra—we are building confidence. In this episode, I discuss the power of having believable thoughts that make us feel more positive and support us along our journey!   If you would like help or support...

Red flags are a bit of a buzzword, but what do they actually mean, what do they look like, and what can you do about them? Ignoring red flags doesn't make them go away; it usually makes things worse.  If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you would like 1:1 support or you are a business wanting to make th...

Society has an idea about what growth should look like, but honestly, more often than not it isn't linear. You may side step, you may take a different path because you are growing your mental health and well being, or the standard path of grown isn't what was sold to you. In this episode, I go through what different types of growth can look like.  If you are a tradeswoman who would like to feel le...

Often, people value the amount of time they put in or how many years they have been doing something, but doing something over and over again doesn't mean you know the most about it. Sometimes, you need to go deeper, be engaged, ask questions, and strive for more knowledge. In this episode, I discuss the difference between having years of experience and having an engaged experience. If you are a tr...

You may find yourself in a situation where you are being taught by another apprentice, or you are the apprentice doing the teaching. If you find yourself in that situation give this episode a listen for some things to be aware of along the way! If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you would like 1:1 supp...

In this week's episode, I discuss the difference between habits and goals and ways to successfully adopt new habits! If you would like help or support with this process or you are a business wanting to make the workplace better for tradeswomen and minorities, you can inquire through my website, louiseazzopardi.com Zadie proudly sponsors this episode. Zadie is a workwear brand made by tradeswomen f...

If you are a tradesperson who finds yourself lost for words when comments are made at you this is the episode for you. I go through the solution comeback method which can help you to quickly form something to say that also has an impact.  If you would like help or support with this process, you can join my free Facebook community, tradeswomen owning their power, or if you would like 1:1 support or...

When we are looking for jobs as tradeswomen, it can be daunting, and it can be met with a lot of rejection. In this episode, I go through ways to manage this rejection so it does not stop you from achieving your goal. If you are a tradeswoman who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to contact me through my website, Louiseazzopardi.com, and we can schedule a coaching...

So often, we want to trust other people. We want them to do or say certain things to make us feel safe, but other people are not reliable, unfortunately. We want to bring that trust back into ourselves. In this episode, I explain how to trust ourselves  If you are a tradeswoman who would like to feel less anxious and more confident, don't hesitate to contact me through my website, Louiseazzopardi....