20 Health and Confidence Tips We Swear By
20 Health and Confidence Tips We Swear By
When it comes to health and confidence, finding what makes you feel your best is 60% of the journey. There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all approach, and let’s be honest, experimenting and discovering the rituals and routines that make you feel great is all part of the fun.
But with endless streams of information, tips and hacks about health, wellness and beauty, it’s hard not to feel like you’re drowning while trying to keep up with the latest trends and fads. But our Confidence Club isn’t about punishing yourself in pursuit of wellness; we believe you should enjoy every second of your health and confidence experience.
So, to help you fine-tune what works for you, we’re sharing the 20 health and confidence tips that Davinia (and WillPowders HQ) swear by. Use as inspiration, but remember it’s all about what makes you feel good…
Mood & Nervous System
1. When you're feeling low, seek out green space (touch grass!). Even city pavements with a few trees give a real mood lift, and some UK GPs now prescribe time in nature over antidepressants as a first step.
2. Fight the urge to withdraw when you're down. Isolation feels natural but worsens low mood, and social contact triggers oxytocin.
3. Try "earthing". Walking barefoot on grass or even concrete for about 30 minutes may calm inflammation and support circadian rhythm.
4. Use the "physiological sigh". Take two sharp inhales through the nose or mouth, then one slow exhale as a five-second reset to blunt a stress spike before reacting.
5. Reframe cortisol as necessary, not a villain. The goal is timing (channelling it into your morning), not eliminating it.
6. When you’re feeling anxious, swap a glass of wine for kombucha in the evening. The fermented probiotics support gut bacteria that produce serotonin.
7. Consider L-theanine to lower anxiety without drowsiness. Try pairing it with coffee to take the edge off caffeine jitters.
8. Need a zero-cost "instant biohack" for a mood dip? A cold shower, cutting inflammatory foods for a stretch, and simply moving more.
Food & Inflammation
9. Always flip the packet and scan the ingredients list. If you don't recognise something, put it back.
10. Actively avoid a specific "worst offenders" list: seed oils (sunflower, rapeseed), artificial sweeteners (sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium), and thickeners/emulsifiers like carrageenan, maltodextrin, and xanthan or guar gum.
11. Don't assume all processed food is equal. Supermarket versions of the same product (tomato soup, mayo, peanut butter) can be lower-inflammation than branded versions.
12. Cut inflammatory ingredients out gradually rather than all at once. Cravings for them will fade naturally once you understand what they were doing to you.
Hormones & Energy
13. Track your cycle and mood in an app. That's literally how Davinia first identified her own perimenopause symptoms.
14. Start the day with a pinch of natural sea salt or an electrolyte mix to support your adrenal/cortisol response, since cortisol governs your sodium balance.
15. Front-load your hardest, highest-focus tasks into the morning, working with your natural cortisol curve instead of against it.
Skin & Confidence
16. Take pasture-raised collagen powder (around 6g per day) dissolved in water, tea, or coffee for skin support.
17. Consider astaxanthin supplements, which can help protect skin from wrinkles and sun damage.
18. Treat small beauty/self-care rituals as legitimate confidence tools, not vanity. Feeling good about your appearance may make you less likely to reach for destructive habits.
Mindset
19. Genuine confidence comes from understanding how your own body works, not from external fixes.
20. Treat health as daily maintenance rather than a one-off "journey" with an endpoint. It's the small repeated actions, not a single transformation, that hold.