BITESIZE | How To Read Body Language and Become More Confident: Simple Cues That Work | Vanessa Van Edwards #560

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Dr Rangan Chatterjee

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🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Cues are the small signals that we give and pick up that have a big impact. The head tilt, the smile, the open-palmed gesture – they all carry meaning that people intuitively understand. And if you’ve ever felt misunderstood, overlooked, or underestimated, you can change that by using the right cues. Everything from the way you walk into a room to how you stand, your choice of words to your intonation, can affect how people perceive you. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 254 of the podcast with an expert in body language and nonverbal communication, the wonderful Vanessa Van Edwards. Her book Cues: Master the Secret Language of Charismatic Communication is packed with practical tools and exercises to help you understand more about others – and communicate your own ideas with warmth and competence. Vanessa likes to introduce herself as a ‘recovering awkward person’. She certainly doesn’t come across as awkward anymore; in fact, she exudes confidence and charisma. In this clip, she shares how to discover your unique “flavour” of confidence and how small changes in your body language could create big shifts in how you’re perceived. Thanks to our sponsor ⁠⁠⁠https://www.drinkag1.com/livemore⁠⁠ Show notes and the full podcast are available at https://drchatterjee.com/254 Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts ⁠⁠https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore⁠⁠ For other podcast platforms go to ⁠⁠https://fblm.supercast.com.⁠⁠ DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website

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1:00.6	Welcome to Feel Better Live More bite size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend.
1:10.6	Today's clip is from episode 254 of the podcast, with the wonderful Vanessa Van Edwards, an expert
1:19.1	in body language and non-verbal communication.
1:24.1	Vanessa likes to introduce herself as a recovering awkward person.
1:29.3	She certainly does not come across as awkward anymore.
1:32.3	In fact, she's someone who exudes confidence and charisma.
1:37.3	In this clip, she shares how to discover your unique flavor of confidence and how small changes in your body language could create big shifts
1:47.6	in how you're perceived. One thing that I think many people struggle with these days is confidence.
1:55.8	And I wonder if you could share some of the psychological tricks that we can all use to, I guess, feel more
2:02.5	confident, but also come across as more confident to other people.
2:07.9	Yeah, and it's actually a cycle, right? Like, the more confident we feel, the better we come
2:11.6	across. And even like if we start on the outside, it also works in. I know this quite personally,
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