Cat Matson

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1,623 appearances 6 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 6 Aug

Cat Matson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 6 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 3.

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Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson: communication coaching for humble leaders · 200 - Lessons in speaking, podcasting & imposter syndrome! · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

And I have absolutely been guilty of this one. voice-verified

Part of that is because I'm a bit of a shapeshifter. voice-verified

I take on what I see other people doing and what works. voice-verified

But even down to the words and to the language, and in fact that's one of the reasons why I'm so anti-AI when it comes to messaging, you'll just end up sounding like everybody else. voice-verified

The other mistake that I see people make is scripting themselves. voice-verified

Scripts are unnatural. voice-verified

Scripts tie you up, scripts constrict you. voice-verified

And when you script yourself, particularly when you're just starting, I get that you're doing it because you feel like it's a reassurance and it's a way of making sure that you hit all your key points. voice-verified

But what it actually does is it makes you more nervous because you're then obsessed with remembering and delivering the script. voice-verified

And it makes you sound robotic. voice-verified

So they're the c they're the key mistakes that I see people make when they first start working on their speaking. voice-verified

Thank you, Claire, for the question. voice-verified

I'm going to pop in a little toast, uh Sally Portius, who is the event's queen. voice-verified

She simply says, and I can imagine her cheery cheesing me with um a glass of champagne. voice-verified

Woohoo! voice-verified

Congratulations on two hundred episodes. voice-verified

Moving on to another question. voice-verified

The gorgeous, fabulous, delightful Brenda Fordin from North Stores and Picnic Real Food Bar at Tambourine, or Tambourine Mountain, easily my favorite cafe in Southeast Queensland, can I just say? voice-verified

Brenda asks a couple of questions. voice-verified

What's your favorite insight after 200 episodes? voice-verified

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