The Queen of Confidence’s radical responsibility takes her from self-sabotage to TEDx stage.
International confidence coach and keynote speaker Erika Cramer has added TEDx speaker to her impressive resume with her talk on “Self-Sabotage to Self-Belief.”
Self-sabotage is the obstacle standing between us and having the belief in ourselves to fulfill our dreams. When you are on the verge of leveling up, it is often that intrusive voice inside us yelling that we don’t deserve to be where we are that stops us from showing up in our own lives.
The path of radical responsibility is the way to overcome self-sabotage and claim our self-belief. That is, taking extreme ownership of our own lives despite the circumstances. Not only is this the way The Queen of Confidence Erika Cramer turned her life around and became an inspiration and mentor to thousands of women around the world, but it was also the theme of her talk when she took the stage for TEDx Cecil Street’s Rebels and Renegades in South Melbourne on Saturday, March 16, 2024.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts to a single mother with mental health issues, Erika Cramer’s younger years were laced with trauma and tragedy. She was placed in foster care at two years old after her father left, and at five years old experienced sexual abuse in the system, and not for the last time. At seven, she was involved in a car accident with her mother and kidnapped by her father who took her to Puerto Rico. She escaped her life in Boston and headed across the country to join the military with her high-school sweetheart and was widowed when she was 24.
Through these experiences, Erika led a destructive life through the lens of self-sabotage. Nothing that had happened to her was her fault. However, it was her responsibility.
After taking radical responsibility for her life, she turned things around and now lives a life she never would have dared to believe she could live. Through her work in her Sistahood program, her award-winning podcast “The Confidence Chronicles” and her powerful keynotes, Erika has inspired thousands of women all around the world to step into their power and reclaim their confidence.
Her inspiring TEDx Talk entitled “Self-Sabotage to Self-Belief: Radical Responsibility Is The Way” took the sold-out “Rebels and Renegades” crowd through the four steps to take when taking ownership of your life. As hard as it may be to take responsibility for your life despite what has happened in your past, at the end of your journey you step into the version of yourself you want to be.
Erika firmly believes that her being part of TEDxCecilStreet’s incredible line-up that included eleven unique voices who are experts in their fields, is proof that her four steps from self-sabotage to self-belief are effective and successful.
“Not only did I use these steps to transform my life, but I even used them when preparing for TEDx,” says Erika, who now lives in Melbourne with her husband and two boys. “There was a voice inside that was asking me “Who am I to think I can do a TEDx talk?” That was self-sabotage, and I took radical responsibility to turn that into self-belief so that I was able to get up on that stage on deliver my talk so that others could be inspired and change their lives.”
Erika is thrilled that she was able to share her message as a part of this year’s TEDxCecilStreet program. She knows that when her talk is released on YouTube later this year it will resonate with people around the world who are seeking to transform their lives.
“To give a TED talk has been a dream for me since I started doing my work,” she says. “It is an incredible platform to inspire people all around the world, and I am so thankful to everyone who has been part of this journey with me.”
To find out more about Erika Cramer, please visit:
Website: https://thequeenofconfidence.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Theconfidencequeen
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thequeenofconfidence/
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ABOUT ERIKA CRAMER
Known as the Cardi B of the personal development world, Erika Cramer aka The Queen of Confidence is a full-flavoured, spicy inspirational speaker and mentor to thousands of women across the globe. Today, she connects with an engaged global community and shares with tens of thousands of women on a daily basis to help empower, encourage and inspire them to step into their confidence.
But it hasn’t always been this way. Having survived many traumatic experiences in her youth, Erika spent a number of years searching for love, peace and validation in all the wrong places. She has survived childhood sexual abuse, being brought up in and out of the foster care system, life-altering car accidents and a whole lot of grief and loss.
In the last decade, she has been able to turn her life around from one of hopelessness and pain to one of passion, growth and success, after going on her own powerful journey of personal healing.
An international confidence coach, Erika also hosts a five-star rated podcast, The Confidence Chronicles, which is in the top 10 of the Australian Apple charts for Mental Health, with over 2,000,000 downloads and listeners in 86+ countries.
She has created a seven-figure global business by mentoring and supporting those who have experienced similar life experiences as her own. Erika’s story is one of triumph over adversity and she is full of light, laughter and of course, confidence. Erika is a beaming and beautiful example of how you can heal your personal story to transform trauma into triumph.
