MY BIO

Hi, my name is Brenda and I live in Niagara Canada.  I’m a mother of 2 beautiful married daughters and 2 amazing grandsons.  One will be 8 years old soon and the other is 3 years old.  These 2 boys bring so much joy into my life and I love spending time with them while watching them grow.

Life is anything but boring for this 67 year old grandma. Besides taking care of our home, reading, writing and working on my ‘special project’, I also help my daughter keep on top of her accounting while she manages her housekeeping company.  This can be very challenging for her when she gets involved in a major cleanup for hoarders.  Yes they are just like the ones you seen on TV!  I am also actively involved in our church; attending a ladies life group, helping with a lunch program in the schools and volunteering for events.

My ‘special project‘ is my confidence building program.  Because I struggled for most of my life with low esteem and depression, I understand how difficult life can be when you see things from a negative perspective.  It affects all areas of your life and impacts the people around you in a very bad way.  Doing research helped me discover why I was stuck in a bad place and I learned how to change my thinking.  Then I was able to see life with a positive perspective and help other people who were struggling.  I created a website (www.imconfident.com) that contains all sorts of information on self-esteem.  I also started facilitating workshops and then added Confidence Coaching.

My passion is to help people of all ages build confidence and increase their self-esteem.   Through lived experiences, I have discovered that happiness and success are only possible if we have confidence in our abilities and strong self-esteem.   Since we are not born with esteem, we can still learn how to develop it at any age.  I know it is possible, because I had little esteem until a few years ago and would never have attempted writing or public speaking – now I am doing both!

I give credit for my wonderful life to God for lifting me up in my darkest hours and giving me hope, for Joyce Meyer who inspired me to change my life and for my awesome church that has brought me many new, supportive friends.

These past 3 years have brought unexpected and necessary changes into my life.  Stress has always been a problem and I find it hard to slow down with all the things going on around me.   However, that all changed after having 2 strokes and now I have no choice but to slow down.  No more cleaning or filling my days with endless activity.  I’ve pretty much recovered except for some small physical difficulties and memory problems but nobody really notices except me and my family of course.  My days now are still busy with babysitting and church but now I have added 3-4 trips to the Y every week for pool therapy and exercise.   Healthy living is my goal now.  Eating healthier food and exercising have become a huge importance to me and being a positive example to the people around me.