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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 17: Real Confidence- People We’re Allergic To

People We’re Allergic To: Who brings out the worst in you?  Is it a family member, a frenemy, your boss, a colleague or a certain personality type?  What happens when you’re triggered by them, and your worst self...
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Ep 16: Real Confidence- How Degrees & Certifications Often Reduce Confidence - with Special Guest Jeanette Winters

I can’t even count the number of times I’ve talked to someone who thinks – and hopes – that the best way to gain more confidence is to pursue a degree, a certification - or several of each! But every one of these well...
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Ep 15: Real Confidence- When Your Confidence Boost Backfires

Has this ever happened to you? You sign up for a workshop, seminar or conference that promises to help you feel more confident, productive or otherwise improve an aspect of your life or yourself.  The speaker is...
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Ep 14: Real Confidence- The Confidence to Be Funny - with Special Guest Brooklyn Dicent

Get ready to giggle! This week’s guest is someone who came into my life when she became an ACI certified confidence coach and every time I talk to her, I feel so blessed.  Not only is she a stellar human being and one...
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Ep 13: Real Confidence- Why Net Neutral Should be the New Normal

Tell me if this sounds familiar. You send an email or text to a friend, loved one or colleague and don’t hear back. A few more days pass and nothing. They’re ghosting you – or so you think. Or maybe you do hear back,...
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Ep 12: Real Confidence- Presentation Confidence with Special Guest Karen Donaldson

How many people do you know – including yourself – who are terrified of giving presentations? We obsess over what people will think of us. We fear we might sound stupid or look unprepared in front our bosses, our...
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EP 11: Real Confidence- Making Pet Peeves Productive

I hate it when...  Whether it’s a friend who always cancels plans last minute, a partner who makes a hobby out of interrupting you or a boss who is consistently late for your 1:1s, these micro-disses don’t just annoy...
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EP 10: Real Confidence - How to Confidently Support Gender Identity & Change with Special Guest John Grosshandler

Confidently supporting gender identity & change  What’s the right way to support someone who is questioning or already in the process of changing their gender identity?  How do you best support their family? Their...
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EP 9: Real Confidence - So You’re Ready for a Career Change with Special Guest Cat Breet

So you’re ready for a career change… Maybe you’ve had it with that useless boss of yours.  Maybe you’re done languishing in a position that’s not giving back to you.  Or maybe you’re just plain bored.  Whatever the...
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Ep 8: Real Confidence - Why Everyone Could Use a Little Rejection Here and There (Dealing with Disappointment)

Why Everyone Could Use A Little Rejection Here And There….   No kidding - life happens.  For all the planning and preparing we do, circumstances beyond our control are bound to impact us for better and worse.  If...
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Ep 7: Real Confidence - How to Deal with Grown-Up Bullies

I get asked to speak on a variety of topics.  Most of them are on very similar topics: confidence in the workplace, confidence to give presentations, confidence to participate in meetings, psychological safety,...
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Ep 6: Real Confidence - Overconfidence, Cocky, Bitchy and All Forms of Arrogance

Is It Too Much of A Good Thing, Or Too Little of the Real Thing?  You probably know someone who considers themselves “very confident.” They wear their, *ahem*, “overconfidence” on their sleeves. Often to the...
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