Real Confidence

Real Confidence

Hosted by: Alyssa Dver

Real confidence isn't situational or temporary. It's a learned skill that anyone can master at any time. Join host Alyssa Dver, CEO of The American Confidence Institute, 7-time author, 2-time TEDx and empowering...

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EP 62: Real Confidence- How I Confidently Overcome Overwhelm

Overwhelmed. Who doesn’t feel these days, right? This feeling of not knowing where to start, where to focus - or sometimes not even being able to focus at all - is a real confidence killer.  Why? Because when we have...
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EP 61: Real Confidence- The Psychedelic Confidence Connection with Special Guest Sherry Rais

Nope. You are not tripping or hallucinating. We ARE talking about acid, ‘shrooms, and other forms of psychoactive drugs. I think psychedelics are a very underrepresented topic but rapidly gaining ‘speed’. First,...
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EP 60: Real Confidence- How to Tell Someone They Hurt You

I've been an Elton John fan for almost 50 years and my favorite song in his massive catalog is “Sorry, seems to be the Hardest Word.” But as much as I love Elton and that song, I'm going to say that I'm not sure he’s...
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EP 59: Real Confidence- Overcoming Confidence-crushing Brain Chatter with Special Guest Jacquie Elliott

You know that voice in your head that tells you all the reasons you can’t reach your goals or go after what you want? Maybe you call it your inner critic or inner saboteur – it doesn’t really matter, because we all...
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EP 58: Real Confidence- Aging with Confidence

The research over and over again at the Institute shows that our confidence peaks when we're 60 years old. We’ve leaned on that statistic for almost a decade now, saying we’re all a (confidence) work in progress until...
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Ep 57: Real Confidence- How to Find Your Confident Voice with Special Guest Susan Murphy

You know, I say it a lot – confidence isn’t what you think, it’s literally HOW you think. So, when I sat down with broadcast voice coach Susan Murphy to talk about communicating confidently, I found myself nodding...
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EP 56: Real Confidence- Self-Awareness is Overrated

Whether you’re just starting or already far down a personal, professional or spiritual development path, you’ll find out fast that you must have better self-awareness. And when you do, you won’t be told it’s “a” key...
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EP 55: Real Confidence- Quit Letting Your Closet Crush Your Confidence with Special Guest Ginger Burr

If you’ve been in my world for a while, you know I identify many things we don’t even recognize that can crush our confidence - like difficult decisions, new situations, toxic people, even our own self-sabotage! But I...
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EP 54: Real Confidence- Confidence After a Screw Up

FACTS None of us is perfect. All of us will put our foot in our mouths at some point. We can be mentally prepared for any situation and things can still go sideways Sometimes all of those things will happen in...
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EP 53: Real Confidence- The Confidence to Own Your Career with Special Guest Andy Storch

You might remember my guest on this episode from an earlier conversation we had about owning your health and I’m delighted to say that Andy Storch is back and this time we’re talking about careers. Specifically, how...
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EP 52: Real Confidence- How to be Confident in your “Yes”

A couple of episodes ago, we talked about how to say no with confidence. That’s an easy one to relate to, because we all worry about hurting someone’s feelings, coming across as a wet blanket or just plain negative or...
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EP 51: Real Confidence- Confident Writing with Special Guest Erin Lebacqz

I meet and coach a lot of people where even the idea of presenting or speaking in public stops them in their tracks. Totally understandable and relatable, right? Because when we present or speak, we’re doing it live –...
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