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title: What is the Sunflower Effect?
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# What is the Sunflower Effect?

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**The Sunflower Effect**® is a highly effective confidence-building system **designed for quiet, shy or introverted people** or for those who have experienced difficult experiences that have **undermined their confidence**.

The Sunflower Effect Courses® offer a safe, supportive and friendly space with other people who are experiencing the same issues as you.

It's a space where over time, you can free yourself from the **psychological barriers that are holding you back from expressing yourself authentically.**

This might be:

- being more outgoing and expressive
- having more fun in life
- being more sociable
- speaking up in front of groups
- delivering presentations
- having an outlet for your creativity
- overcoming blocks to your confidence
- overcoming difficult life experiences that have seriously undermined your confidence

### **An adapted form of drama**

The Sunflower Effect® works through an **adapted form of drama** which is** very different from the kind of drama that you might have experienced at a drama class**.

It is based in dramatherapy, a very safe way of working with drama. It is also working at a deep psychological level.

The Sunflower Effect® is specifically designed for quiet, shy and introverted people, most of whom **the idea of doing drama is quite terrifying**.

In fact, most people coming to the Sunflower Effect® courses are **very nervous about the drama element**.

But this is the most **effective way of achieving the right level of stretch** that's going to enable you to break out of your shell.

Indeed, it doesn't matter **how inhibited you believe yourself to be, it will still work**. You just have to be willing to "give it a go".

You actually have **nothing to lose**. We offer a [**100% money-back guarantee**](https://www.makingmoves.net/FAQ/what-if-it-doesnt-work-i-dont-want-to-waste-my-money/) to all new people who join our courses. This means so long as you stick with it, **you will see significant progress.**

And if you go on to participate in a series of courses, you will, in time, **say goodbye for good to your "wallflower" identity for good.**

[How Drama Builds Confidence](https://www.youtube.com/embed/PG3MYscU678?feature=oembed)

### Why it's called the Sunflower Effect

Claire called it the Sunflower Effect® because this is what happens to people when they participate in the courses. **They come alive. They light up. They expand. They shine.**

**And they start doing things in their lives that previously were impossible for them.**

For us, the Sunflower is a symbol of what happens to people when they complete the courses.

They become that big, open Sunflower **which naturally shines**.

A Sunflower is quite simply **someone who is shining their light. Because this is the most natural thing for them to do.**

It is someone who is **just being their true selves, free of the baggage that has kept them hiding away.**

![](https://www.makingmoves.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/how-to-express-your-feelings-square.jpeg)
The ability to shine your light - free of the baggage that has kept you in hiding,

**More information:**

  [How to be more confident the fast, fun and easier way](https://www.makingmoves.net/how-to-be-more-confident-the-fast-fun-and-easier-way/) [The psychology behind the Sunflower Effect](https://www.makingmoves.net/FAQ/i-have-some-understanding-of-psychology-how-does-the-sunflower-effect-build-confidence/)

Concerned about the drama? See if this information helps to relieve your concerns.

  ["I can't do drama" and how you can](https://www.makingmoves.net/FAQ/i-cant-do-drama-and-how-you-can/)

Or learn more about how the Sunflower Effect® came about

  [How the Sunflower Effect came about](https://www.makingmoves.net/about-claire-schrader/)