Megan chats to Leah about her relationship with confidence and how it has shifted throughout different stages of her life. The conversation looks at how your confidence can be shaped by the realities of growing up with an upper limb difference, the way people perceive and how you don’t need to be positive about your upper limb difference all the time.

They also explore how confidence is rarely fixed, it can change from day-to-day, but can be boosted by getting older, positive experiences, relationships, therapy, representation, and community support.

What you can expect from this episode:

• How confidence evolves from childhood into adulthood
• The emotional impact of comments, staring, and misconceptions
• Why representation and community matter
• The pressure to always appear “inspiring” or resilient
• The role of therapy, social media, and adaptive activities in building confidence
• Accepting that confidence naturally ebbs and flows

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With thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund for supporting the development of the Offhand Podcast

Leah’s views and experiences are her own and do not reflect those of Reach Charity