Louise Jefferies

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999 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 29 Jul

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English Talk — Speaking up in English at work for introverts with Louise Jefferies · Ep 58 The Hidden Cost of Overthinking at Work with Linda Terry · 27 Jun 2026 podcast

If our subconscious translates it as this, rather than somebody might get cross and speak to us in a certain tone, all of these things affect us deeply, how people interact with us, particularly if they're our peers or our superiors.

Yeah, because let's face it, anxiety isn't bad.

Anxiety, fear is keeping us alive.

So when I have a client, I often check to see what the anxiety level is and not have the goal of getting it to zero.

For me, if it's a high anxiety, maybe just knocking it off by a point or two points.

Because if they're maxed out at a 10, there's very little of them in the room.

They're just surviving.

They're existing.

If you can get that anxiety level down, even if it's to a 9 or an 8, there's more of them present to be able to start speaking.

And then on the other side, I have clients who don't have huge anxiety, but they have it maybe at a five or six level.

And I think this is a really interesting level because so many people put up with situations that are irritating at that five or six level.

So they're still functioning very well.

They're still able to perform.

They're still able to manage their environment, their role, their relationship at work, their relationship at home.

But it's taking a toll.

And I think that background stress means they're not able to give the extra.

I think that's a really interesting level.

And at that level, just being able to take the edge off so they can perform at a two or three, they have so much more energy.

They have more life, more energy, more enthusiasm, more enjoyment, less exhaustion, and more of them in their life and in their job.

And I think it's a dangerous level because when we have the mental attitude, when we believe that we can't do anything about it, and I think that applies to a lot of situations.

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