Latest Publicspeakinganxiety Podcast Episodes
#75 Free to Be You and Me
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - October 27, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Jean Kathryn Carlson who grew up in a religious family and felt invisible for much of her childhood. The goal was to be perfect and keep the peace in order to secure her place in heaven. She never felt enabled to be herself, to open up, or to color outside the lines. She fel...
#78 Solving Problems and Building Self-Confidence
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - October 23, 2022 17:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Shawn Langwell who grew up in California in a loving family with two brothers. His father was a fireman, and Shawn looked up to him as his hero. However, when Shawn was 12, his father left the family to start a new family. This crushed Shawn, of course. He missed his father's ...
#74 Quiet the Noise and Amplify Your Voice
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - October 20, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Mary Simon, who at age 11 was in Austria with her Mother and older sister. Her Austrian mother had spent many years in America but returned to Austria after divorcing their father. The country had drastically changed, and she was unable to re-assimilate or fit in anywhere. D...
#73 Show Up and Share What You Know
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - October 13, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Judy Baker, whose parents were both very introverted, and Judy was the youngest child. She didn't really understand that people could be bubbly and friendly, and she was afraid of strangers and meeting new people. She was shy and spoke with such a tiny voice that many people a...
#72 Full & Authentic Expression
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - October 06, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Vasavi Kumar who grew up in a first generation Indian immigrant family. At home, she says she felt too Americanized. But at school, she felt too Indian, because she attended a predominantly white school. She never felt like she fit in anywhere, so she just learned to do and sa...
#71 Everything Starts with Self-Esteem
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - September 29, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Clarissa Burt who tells us that her childhood was stressful and not very much fun. There was a lot of yelling, arguing, alcohol, and violence. Her father switched back and forth between Jekyll and Hyde, going from fun and kind to full of rage. Clarissa was the oldest child, ...
#70 Triumph Over Trauma
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - September 22, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Anna Ditchburn who grew up in Russia. Her father left when she was 4, abandoning their family to be with another woman. Anna was so young, she didn't quite understand what was going on. She never processed her own feelings about it, but instead focused on her heartbroken mothe...
#69 From Self-Doubt to Self-Love
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - September 15, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Laurie Seymour whose father was her best friend. Growing up with three brothers, she confided in her father and he was her sounding board and source of encouragement. When he died she was still quite young, and her mother was forced to pick up the pieces, struggling with overw...
#76 Love God, Love People, and Be Yourself
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - September 14, 2022 17:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Ruth Stitt. Growing up in Connecticut, Ruth notes that she was one of the fortunate ones. Her parents encouraged her and her siblings to explore the world and learn as much as possible. There was lots of travel, education, and trying new things. She was the youngest of three s...
#68 Reawakened to Her Purpose
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - September 08, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Erin Bogdan who grew up believing she truly did have the perfect family, with an easy childhood and parents who loved her. Now she says she's realized it was a dynamic of "emotional codependent dysfunctionality". There were issues with addiction on her mother's side of the f...
#67 A Journey of Mindfulness and Vulnerability
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - September 01, 2022 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Mitra Manesh, the youngest of three children who grew up in Iran. Mitra learned to fend for herself and figure out her own way. She was intelligent and well-behaved, never getting into trouble and becoming a source of comfort and stability in the room. These things earned her ...
#66 Identifying What's Happening Inside
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - August 25, 2022 08:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Dr. John Gray. In John's family there were lots of siblings, and there was lots of love. However, his mother clearly had a sweet spot for John and favored him a little. In turn, his siblings expressed their jealousy by picking on and torturing him. He learned to stay alert, bu...
#65 The Core of Personal Growth
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - August 18, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Joey Chandler, a good friend for years. This story takes place in the middle of a transformative phase in his more current journey, rather than walking back through his childhood. Joey went through a very rough period over the past couple years where he was struggling with COV...
#64 Grief, Identity, and Mom's without a Mom
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - August 11, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Melissa Reilly whose life began in rural upstate New York with her parents and two sisters. Then one of her sisters became severely ill, and she and the other sister were often dropped off with anyone who could take them, so that their parents could take their ill sister for t...
#63 Inner Peace & Accepting Our Feelings
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - August 04, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Ann Hince whose story certainly has a unique beginning. She was adopted as a newborn into a family who had just had to give up a foster daughter, so in some ways she started her life by filling in another one's shoes. There was a lot of moving and traveling when Ann was a ch...
#62 Rebuilding Through Humility, Hard Work, & Acceptance
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - July 28, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Paul Hood who describes his childhood household as "quiet, non-controversial, and easy". Maintaining privacy and avoiding conflict were the M.O. His father was a CPA and introduced him to a colleague who was both a CPA and a lawyer, and at age ten Paul decided that this was th...
#61 Self-Love, Self-Discovery, & Setting the Example
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - July 21, 2022 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Lesley Evans who as the youngest of three children and the only girl, received plenty of attention as a child. Her voice didn't begin to fade until her teenage years. Her parents divorced and she focused on comforting her mother, and from there she naturally fell into a careta...
#60 Embracing the Power of My Story
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - July 14, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Doug Brown who was raised by two very hardworking parents. He was encouraged to persevere and accomplish as much as he could, but that put a lot of emphasis on performance and left less time for self-reflection. There wasn't much room for slowing down to connect. He says tha...
#59 Coming Back Home to Me
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - July 07, 2022 08:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Peleg Top who was bullied as a child growing up in Israel. He knew who he was, and he had things to say, but he felt that no one wanted to hear them. As a gay young child he was teased and felt that he never fit in. Eventually he began to believe those lies and would later ...
#58 The Journey to Clarity and Self-Worth
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - June 30, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Ray Bourcier who was five when he experienced the beginnings of what would become a major conflict within his family. Aunts and uncles in disagreement with his own parents led to a complete falling out by the time he'd reached age eight. Ray was excluded from activities with h...
#57 Serenity in Serving Others
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - June 23, 2022 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Carl Ficks who grew up in a household where writing took precedence over speaking. His father held various positions where writing was a key role, and Carl learned to develop the habit of writing well and listening well. His parents communicated calmly and clearly without th...
#56 Refined Through Forgiveness
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - June 16, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Kate Vrastak who grew up in a missionary household with a mother who taught her to serve others and love God. After her thirteenth birthday, her life changed forever when her entire family died in a tragic accident. She was left to care for her ailing grandmother, who also die...
#55 Everyone Has a Story
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - June 09, 2022 13:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Cedric Crumbley who grew up in Georgia. When he was an infant, his father passed away. So unfortunately, he didn't get to know his Dad. However, his father's siblings saw so much of his father in Cedric that they truly treasured him. He was certainly given a lot of attention a...
#54 Performing with Balance and Intention
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - June 02, 2022 13:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Michael Rost, whose young life included the emphasis on "comparative suffering." He tells us that to his father complaining was unwelcomed and was overshadowed by the reminder that others had it far worse. So his young mind learned not to open up to others. Well, when you don...
#53 Stillness, Intuition, and Faith
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - May 26, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Donna Tashjian who suffered loss and abuse at an early age. She was forced to grow up fast and put aside what happened, focusing on adulthood without a true sense of her own identity. She hadn't been able to deal with her trauma, so her confidence was deeply hurt and she was ...
#52 Embrace Happiness as Your True Self
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - May 19, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Dr. Pelè who grew up during civil wartime in Nigeria. He and his family were refugees, fearing for their safety with every step, never sure of their next meal. In order to comfort her children, his mother would sing and tell stories. Dr. Pelè says this diversion created a ch...
#51 Practice, Passion, Poise
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - May 12, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Dr. Denny Coates, who was a very driven child, always striving to be a high achiever and to be the best among his peers. Much later in life he became a compelling speaker, and this was only after he faced a reality that he did not know how to engage his listeners. His years o...
#50 Ambition, Truth, Connection
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - May 05, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Lori Saitz, who says she was a timid child in public situations, hesitant to speak up in school. On the other hand, when she was at home, she was bold and outspoken. In class, she didn't have the courage to speak up or volunteer for fear of making a mistake. The expectations...
#49 Comparison is the Thief of Joy
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - April 28, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Chris Weals who grew up with two older brothers who did very well academically. Chris, however, wasn't as interested in studying; instead, he excelled at making friends and even took on a sort of leadership role in some groups. Things began to catch up to him when he felt left...
#48 Creating, Conquering, and Knowing Worthiness
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life - April 21, 2022 14:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsToday, I interview Billy Atwell, a friend and colleague for many years. He has his own podcast, Unshakable Self-Confidence, and during its first season, he interviewed me. Billy is special to me because he's had a front-row seat in seeing me develop past my own fear and into the confidence that...
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