What is our inner knowing? This week, Therapist Samantha Hardy describes why developing our inner knowing will not only build our outer confidence but lead to building trust within ourselves and nudge us toward new challenges. Inner knowing is more than just a "gut feeling," it feels right, true, steady, certain and stands in opposition to outer approval. Samantha dives into the difference between inner knowing and anxiety and how to delineate between the two, as well as how to tap into those feelings to identify both triggers and ways to propel ourselves. how family dynamics take you out of contact with your inner voice the 8C’s: compassion, curiosity, clarity, creativity, calm, confidence, courage, and connectedness.  What are you doing when you feel most confident, creative, and connected? What is that experience like? Where does it sit in your body?When we can more clearly hear our gut and trust in its voice, we can create lives more deeply in alignment with our bodies and hearts! Tune in to hear how you can develop a more confident, clear-minded, vulnerable you and build a more confident life.  Sam Hardy is an Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with the Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling. Originally born and raised in sunny Los Angeles, she graduated from the University of Southern California in 2020 with a major in Psychology and a double minor in Forensics and Criminality & Individuals, Societies, and Aging. While studying as a graduate student in Northwestern’s Marriage and Family Therapy program, she loved working as a Graduate Assistant to her professional role model, Dr. Alexandra Solomon. After her June 2022 graduation, she has so enjoyed being in the therapeutic space with individuals, couples, and adult families facing a variety of challenges including anxiety, life transitions, difficult family relationships, communication concerns, aging difficulties, and trauma. When she isn’t meeting with her therapy clients, she has also worked for the past six years as a portrait photographer.Sam’s Therapy Profile at CCRC: https://chicagocenterforrelationshipcounseling.com/sam-hardy Sam Hardy Portraits: https://www.samhardyportraits.com/ & @samhardyportraits More About Dr. Alexandra Solomon: https://dralexandrasolomon.com/— Love this episode? —Follow @missunderstood.podcast + @kellie.sbrocchi on Instagram for episode updates + more.Special thank you to USEHATCH.FM for producing this episode.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/missunderstoodkellie/message