How to Become More Confident in Social Settings

Call Her Daddy

Alex Cooper

Comedy

4.4 • 164.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Do you ever think about the first impression you make when you walk into a room? Are you always the one offering up unsolicited advice? Do you find it difficult to connect in a conversation? Dr. Jennifer Freed is here to provide tools so that we can listen better and relate deeper. This episode will help you leave any social setting feeling more confident and at ease. Dr. Freed is here to teach us how to apply these same tools to romantic relationships. She explains the eight stages of love and details how to navigate communication and conflict as you progress through each of the stages, and explains why it’s natural to experience doubt and insecurity as you move past the honeymoon phase. If you want to communicate more effectively in romantic relationships, friendships and even in the bedroom, this episode is for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What is up daddy gang? It is your founding father Alex Cooper with call her daddy
0:12.0	Hello everyone daddy Daddy Gang. Our guest this week is Dr. Jennifer Freed.
0:17.5	Jennifer's book, A Map to Your Soul, is a guide to getting to know yourself so that you're better able to navigate life challenges such as a breakup, a job loss or a lack of drive.
0:30.0	So Dr. Jennifer Freed, welcome to call her daddy.
0:34.0	I'm so thrilled to be here because just with call her daddy is right up my alley.
0:39.0	I love it.
0:40.0	So your book teaches us ways we can improve different domains of our lives and I want to begin with impressions and communication.
0:50.0	Let's talk about first impressions. Do you think that they're important
0:54.4	and how can we get a better understanding
0:57.1	of how others perceive us?
1:00.5	Well, I know they're important
1:02.3	because research has told us that we size each other up in the first five seconds.
1:07.5	Like the minute you saw me and I saw you, we've already got assumptions going on.
1:11.0	That's just what the brain does. There's nothing wrong with that. So it's so important to know what is that energy we give off on a first impression because it's involuntary. When you know what the impression is you give off you have more control
1:25.6	over how you're giving that impression and also you're much more interested in how people are
1:30.8	receiving it. Everyone wants to feel self-confident when they enter a room, right? What usually prevents us from being confident
1:56.0	and what can we do to move past insecurities
1:59.2	when meeting new people?
2:01.8	That is the easiest fix in the world. You're going to be blown away. Ready? Here it is. Don't think about yourself. Confidence is being interested and engage with others. Now I'm a very shy person at a party. I mean when I was younger I would just have to get wasted just to go to a party now because I've learned this trick I can go anywhere which is everyone's a little
2:26.6	nervous and insecure we all are so get interested in the other so if I walked into a
2:32.0	party I'd walk right up to you and say hey what's your name Alex okay Alex what brought you to this party everybody wants to be cared for and understood.
2:43.0	So if you've got good questions,
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