Communicating with ‘Calmfidence’

Sounds True: Insights at the Edge

Tami Simon

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Patricia Stark is a personal coach and certified body language trainer. With Sounds True, she’s released the book Calmfidence: How to Trust Yourself, Tame Your Inner Critic, and Shine in Any Spotlight. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon talks with Patricia about what it takes to cultivate “calmfidence”—a combination of robust confidence and inner calm that grounds you no matter the circumstances. Patricia details her own journey from a painfully shy childhood to becoming a sought-after speaker. Tami and Patricia discuss tools and tricks for building calmfidence, including on-the-spot exercises such as the Snow Globe or the Sack of Potatoes practices. Finally, they talk about the hidden advantages of nervousness, the necessity of active listening, and why each of us has a personal truth waiting to be shared with the world. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Insights at the Edge, produced by Sounds True. My name's Tammy Simon. I'm the founder of Sounds True,
0:08.0	and I'd love to take a moment to introduce you to the new Sounds True Foundation. The Sounds True Foundation is dedicated to creating a wiser and kinder world by making transformational education widely available.
0:24.3	We want everyone to have access to transformational tools such as mindfulness,
0:31.5	emotional awareness, and self-compassion, regardless of financial, social, or physical challenges.
0:39.6	The Sounds True Foundation is a nonprofit dedicated to providing these transformational tools
0:46.0	to communities in need, including at-risk youth, prisoners, veterans, and those in developing countries.
0:53.8	If you'd like to learn more or feel inspired to
0:57.3	become a supporter, please visit SoundsTruefoundation.org. You're listening to Insights at the Edge.
1:10.3	Today my guest is Patricia Stark.
1:13.6	Patricia is a certified personal and executive coach and a certified body language trainer.
1:21.6	She heads Patricia Stark communications and specializes in helping clients build their confidence, which is a word
1:31.4	that she's coined, combining calm and confidence, helping clients build their confidence in
1:38.9	interviews on camera and in daily life. She has extensive experience as a health and medical news anchor,
1:47.6	a radio interview host, and appears regularly as a TV guest expert on topics of communication
1:56.2	and confidence. Her new book is called Confidence, How to Trust Yourself, Tame Your Inner Critic, and Shine in
2:04.9	Any Spotlight, and it's being published in September of 2021, which sounds true.
2:11.9	To me, communicating from our truth, from our soul, what we care the most about, and being able to connect our
2:20.5	communication with other people. It's so important. It's the only way we get to be whole
2:26.8	people who are bringing our true selves forward. Patricia Stark helps us develop the confidence to do so. Here's my conversation with Patricia
2:40.0	Stark. As a way to introduce yourself, Patricia, to the sounds true audience. I'd love to start with having you share with folks your own
2:52.9	winding journey, your own personal path that brought you to be a communications coach and teacher.
3:02.4	Sure. Well, thank you so much, Tammy, first for having me here. I am so thrilled and have so much gratitude to be here with you today.
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