Tim Newman

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5,843 appearances 23 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 13 Aug

Tim Newman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 23 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 9.

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Give it the wrong instructions and it reads the moment as danger.

But give it the right ones and it reads the moment as opportunity.

And here's where Brooks' research gets really useful for you.

She didn't just test the calm-down advice.

She tested an alternative.

Before performing, one group said a simple phrase out loud, I am excited.

Independent judges rated the group as more persuasive, more competent, and more confident than the group that tried to calm down.

Here's a two-second reframe.

It's a tool, and it costs you only two seconds.

Say, I'm excited out loud.

because they change the interpretation without touching the physiology.

Anxiety and excitement feel almost identical in your body.

Racing heart, quick breath, tense muscles.

The only difference is the label your brain slaps on it.

Reframe it as excitement and you shift from a threat mindset to an opportunity mindset.

Your body stays amped, your brain just points the energy somewhere useful, and saying it out loud matters more than thinking it.

Speaking it engages the part of your brain that handles control and quiets the part that's scanning for danger.

You don't have to fully believe it.

You just have to steer the label.

I know how that sounds.

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