Office Hours: Legends start with Legendary Coaches

Research Brief: The Research Behind Confidence Coaches

Three Pointers: How to Be Your Kid’s Confidence Coach

Stop Telling Kids to Believe in Themselves

How to quiet kids’ inner critic

A Legendary Memo: Stop Telling Kids to Believe in Themselves

Stop telling kids to believe in themselves—show them why they can.

Office Hours: Turning Off Our Inner Critic

Thoughts on how meditative practices can help turn off our inner voices.

Research Brief: The Research Behind Self-Distancing

The research behind why self-distancing works to combat negative self-talk

Three Pointers: How to Quiet kids’ Inner Critic

Three common tactics that won’t work when trying to get your kid out of a negative thought spiral—and three things to try instead.

Navigating Uncharted Waters

Confidence as prevention

Office Hours: The Power of Prevention

Dean Sue shares how her belief in the power of prevention led her to help open Duke's Student Wellness Center.

Research Brief: The Confidence Cliff

Dr. B talks about the abrupt decline in confidence at age 10 and its ties to social media—and explores the findings from our national survey on confidence.

Three Pointers: Train up Before They Log on

This week, Fish talks about the three things your kids need before they log on to social media—and how confidence training can help.