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Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

478. Psychologist Amy Cuddy Shares Tips on How To Gain More Confidence

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos, Heal Squad

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Education

4.72K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Originally aired: Sep 16, 2019  Amy Cuddy is a social psychologist, bestselling author, award-winning Harvard lecturer, and expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice. Amy Cuddy sits down with Maria to teach us how to be present, bring your best self to every situation, the difference between confidence and arrogance, and how imposter syndrome is holding a lot of us back and moving past it.  In 2012 Amy Cuddy gave a TED talk called “Your body language shapes who you are,” in which she detailed the effects of “power posing,” based on research by herself and other scientists working in the field. The talk went viral, going on to become one of TED’s most watched talks ever, with more than 54 million views.  RESOURCES:  Purchase “Presence” here: https://smile.amazon.com/Presence-Bri...  Visit Amy: www.amycuddy.com  Watch Amy’s TED Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_y...   Maria is continually updating this page to find the best of the best so you don’t have to do the work! And as a reminder, even if you don't see something you like here but having something in mind you do want to buy at Macy's, please support us and use the link. Every purchase through this link helps us keep the show going :)  Maria's personally curated Macy's page: www.macys.com/bettertogether  Check out www.mariamenounos.com for the “cliff notes” of all our episodes where we compile the life-changing lessons into one blog called "life-hacks." Plus, we share Maria's favorite new products & her must-haves!

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0:00.0

Hello, Heel Squad. For this throwback Thursday, we're throwing it back to the incredible Dr. Amy Cutie,

0:05.8

who is a social psychologist, a selling author, award-winning lecturer,

0:09.7

an expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice.

0:14.5

She's helping us get confident. Oh, in our presence, trust ourselves,

0:19.1

face our feelings. We're even talking in pasta syndrome. This is one of my all-time

0:24.0

favorite episodes. Dr. Cutie is so incredible. I hope you all love it,

0:28.9

and we will see you tomorrow and the next week. Have a good one, Heel Squad. Enjoy.

0:36.1

I'm on a journey to get better in all areas of life,

0:38.8

from wellness and mental health to career and relationships and so much more.

0:42.5

I know getting better isn't easy, but it's a whole lot easier when you can do it together.

0:47.3

Welcome to Better Together with me, Maria Menunos.

0:51.6

Welcome back to Better Together. We have a quote of the day for you.

0:58.0

Focus less on the impression you're making on others, and more on the impression you're making

1:03.2

on yourself. Damn, I like that. Of course, that is from our guest today. Dr. Amy Cutie, who wrote

1:10.2

the book, presents bringing your boldest self to your biggest challenges, and I'm obsessed with

1:18.3

her book. You know, you know, you're obsessed when you're every other page, you're flipping the

1:24.3

corner, and then you're drawing notes, and you're like, me, me. Oh, my God. That's exactly how I

1:32.3

felt. Yeah, and I feel like the last time I had kind of moments like this was, gosh, we had that

1:39.9

woman on the show, and she wrote about confidence. And there were moments in that book where I was like,

1:46.0

wow, I thought I was super confident, but maybe there are some holes in here. And when you read

1:52.5

Amy's book, I kind of had similar moments again, and I was wondering because she talks about the

1:57.6

fragile high self esteem. And I was like, well, that kind of sounds like me sometimes. And I'm

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