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EP 139: Real Confidence- Stop Telling Us to Be Resilient
There, I said it. We toss “resilience” around like it’s some kind of emotional superpower: life punches you in the face, you dust yourself off, keep going and congratulations, you’re resilient.Â
I don’t buy it....
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Ep 138: Real Confidence- The Confidence to Hold Your Ground
There are few things more frustrating than feeling unheard.
Not disagreed with—I can handle disagreement. I'm talking about when someone has already decided you're wrong before you've even finished your sentence. They...
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EP 137: Real Confidence- That’s Not Confidence. That’s Something Else.
Hey. I need to clear something up, because we keep doing this and I'm going to lovingly call us all out: we're using the word confidence to mean about 47 different things and most of them are wrong.
We see someone...
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EP 136: Real Confidence- Confidence Starts When the Judgment Stops
Ever meet someone who somehow made you rethink something you've believed for years?
That was Lisa Tahir for me.
We sat down to talk about confidence - as you do for a podcast about confidence - and somewhere along the...
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EP 135: Real Confidence- Confidence Isn't Control
The older I get, the more I realize how much energy I spend trying to control things that were never mine to control in the first place.
Sometimes it's big things. The economy. My parents' health. Whether someone has...
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EP 134: Real Confidence- Fear of Abandonment vs. Real Confidence
I get a ton of pitches from coaches, therapists, and experts but my guest for this episode stopped me cold: he works with anxious attachment, and he framed it in a way that made me think, this is about confidence too....
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EP 133: Real Confidence- Chaos? Meet Confidence.
So picture this: three broken heating systems, all at once, all different energy sources—propane, solar, oil—and one with a ticking oil tank disaster that could have exploded. Six thousand dollars later, and yeah, I...
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Ep 132: Real Confidence- From Quiet to Confident & Unstoppable
Hey, fellow confidence Crusaders! I’m so excited to share this episode because I got to reconnect with my longtime friend and ACI-certified confidence coach, Annet van Duinen. We talked about her incredible...
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EP 131: Real Confidence: Giving Feedback is a Confidence Move
If I had something on my face, like smeared makeup, or a bit of schmutz on my glasses, would you tell me? Or would you awkwardly smile, hope someone else says something, and let me walk around all day wondering why...
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EP 130- Real Confidence- Why Confidence Can Feel Inconsistent
Let me just say this upfront—if you’ve ever side-eyed anything that sounds even a little “mindset-y,” you’re in good company. I went into this conversation with executive coach and neurolinguistic programming (NLP)...
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EP 129: Real Confidence- The Confidence to Be Who You Are
Let me ask you something you probably don’t want to answer out loud: how much of your day is spent managing how you’re perceived?
Not just the obvious stuff. I’m talking about the subtle edits. The email you rewrote...
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EP 128: Real Confidence- Confidence on the Fly
If you've ever left a conversation thinking, well, that went sideways faster than I expected, this episode is for you.
My guest Jen Mueller has spent years in sports broadcasting. On live TV, in locker rooms full of...
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