Vanessa Van Edwards

We decide how confident someone is within the first 200 milliseconds of hearing them speak. The best way to show availability is one word, and it sounds like this.

We decide how confident someone is within the first 200 milliseconds of hearing them speak. The best way to show availability is one word, and it sounds like this.

The way you see the world changes the world.

The way you see the world changes the world.

If you want to be treated with more respect, you have to make sure it's... The number one health and wellness podcast.

If you want to be treated with more respect, you have to make sure it's... The number one health and wellness podcast.

Oh, thank you for having me.

Oh, thank you for having me.

Yes.

Yes.

I'm a recovering awkward person, and I have found that through this work, and that is my mission today with you, that you can overcome awkwardness, doubt, and most importantly, the feeling of being underestimated. I think that that's really what I'm trying to get at with my work is...

I'm a recovering awkward person, and I have found that through this work, and that is my mission today with you, that you can overcome awkwardness, doubt, and most importantly, the feeling of being underestimated. I think that that's really what I'm trying to get at with my work is...

If you feel that you have a lot of potential or you have this desire to connect, but you don't know how, and people are underestimating your charisma, your ideas, your smarts, who you are, my goal is to make it so you no longer feel underestimated.

If you feel that you have a lot of potential or you have this desire to connect, but you don't know how, and people are underestimating your charisma, your ideas, your smarts, who you are, my goal is to make it so you no longer feel underestimated.

That's so strong. Those are my people.

That's so strong. Those are my people.

And the problem is like, I also had these ideas, but I not only didn't have confidence, I felt out of control. I think this is an aspect of communication we don't talk about enough. I think the side door into confidence, because we all say, I wish I felt more confident. But the side door is thinking, okay, I have an idea.

And the problem is like, I also had these ideas, but I not only didn't have confidence, I felt out of control. I think this is an aspect of communication we don't talk about enough. I think the side door into confidence, because we all say, I wish I felt more confident. But the side door is thinking, okay, I have an idea.

What's the blueprint that I need from conversations, from charisma to be able to get where I want? How can I take control of my connections, my relationship, my communication? So I know if I want to show up as friendly or as likable or as competent, I know exactly what to do with my body, my voice, my words to show up in that way.

What's the blueprint that I need from conversations, from charisma to be able to get where I want? How can I take control of my connections, my relationship, my communication? So I know if I want to show up as friendly or as likable or as competent, I know exactly what to do with my body, my voice, my words to show up in that way.