Quiet Superpowers

Hey everyone- this is the final episode of the three-part series on how to improve at speaking without preparation, on communication frameworks.

In the last two episodes, we looked at:

* The psychology and reasons behind why we struggle with speaki... more

This is the second episode of the three-part series on how to improve at speaking without preparation.

Last episode we looked at the reasons we often find it difficult to speak without preparation. And this episode explores the tools, tactics, and ... more

This episode is the first in a new three-part topic- on speaking on the spot. The type of speaking you do when you haven’t had chance to prepare.

This is the first episode of this topic, where we explore the question of why we often find it so diffi... more

This episode stems from a discussion I had with someone about that balance between having opinions and being heard. I was interested by how often those with more extreme views/opinions tend to be heard by more people. Possibly not respected by more p... more

Hello - this is a very different format for an episode.

I was away last week - as you'll hear from the episode - and I wanted to share some of my thoughts since then :)

Hope you enjoy this slightly different episode.

In researching this episode, I... more

In this episode - we look at small talk, and how to progress from small talk into deep talk, or big talk, or however you want to call this.

I've struggled with being on both the receiving end of small talk, and feeling like I have to get good at it... more

Confidence is very often misunderstood.

There's a type of confidence that involves creating a facade to try and prove something to people, But there's also a more subtle form of confidence - quiet confidence - that means you are calm and collected ... more

In this episode, we look at the question of closeness - why we can feel it, but not always be able to express it openly.

Being close to people is one of those things that has never quite made sense to me. I had never really known if I was doing the... more