100 Poems to Grow Your Confidence
By (Author) Liz Ison
Batsford
Batsford
13th January 2026
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Hardback
160
Width 135mm, Height 186mm
567g
A collection of 100 upbeat, empowering and encouraging poems aimed at anyone who is looking for a boost of confidence.
This collection of 100 poems is here to be your biggest cheerleader. Whether you need a push towards inspiration for the big or little things in life, there's a poem to help you through it. From calling on a higher power for support and reminders of who you are to meditations on the difference between confidence and arrogance, there are a variety of perspectives to learn from in this collection.
In this expertly crafted anthology, you can find little boosts of support from the likes of Emily Bronte, Maya Angelou, William Shakespeare, Denise Levertov and D. H. Lawrence. With poems from a whole host of bright minds from throughout the ages, you can gain comfort from knowing you are not alone in not feeling your best, draw encouragement from strong voices, and overcome feelings of fear or uncertainty through the meditative and empowering practice of reading poetry.
Following on from 100 Happy Poems, 100 Poems to Help You Sleep, 100 Poems to Help You Heal and 100 Poems to Help You Relax, this is a collection of poems that will give you a pep talk in your time of need.
Liz Ison studied English literature at Cambridge, before training as a speech and language therapist. She has a doctorate from UCL for research into childhood speech and literacy development. In 2015, after ten years in education research for the UK government, Liz trained with British Charity The Reader and has since been running shared reading groups, in person and online. Liz lives in London.