How to Instantly Spot a Liar—5 Hidden Body Language Cues That Reveal Someone’s Lying to You | Vanessa Van Edwards (Fan Fav)

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This is a Fan Fav episode. You think you can spot a lie? Think again. In this episode, I’m joined by the incredible Vanessa Van Edwards—body language and human behavior expert, and founder of Science of People. Vanessa lays out the five fundamental cues to help you spot deception, debunks what you think you know about liars, and walks us through real-life tactics to not only detect lies, but to make sure we come across as our most honest and confident selves. From the science behind morning honesty and the power of congruence, to the difference between nervousness and deception, get ready for tangible, game-changing habits you can use right away. Grab your notebook, this is one you’ll keep coming back to. SHOWNOTES The shocking statistics: Why we misdetect lies 46% of the time 00:02:05 – The "Morning Morality Effect": Why morning is the best time for honesty 00:04:20 – The Pollyanna Principle: How assuming the best actually makes you a sharper liespotter 00:05:24 – Congruence: The number one cue liars can't fake 00:12:07 – Baselining and nervous baselining: How to set a “truth benchmark” for everyone you meet 00:19:15 – Red flags: 30+ behavioral clues that signal deception 00:28:08 – Why a single cue isn’t enough—look for clusters of three in body language 00:29:59 – Circling back and confirmation questions: Tactics to get to the truth with grace 00:41:05 – Laying out “truth rules” in relationships and how to create honest communication 00:47:31 – Shame touches and lip purses: Nonverbal cues that reveal discomfort, embarrassment, or withheld truth FOLLOW VANESSA VAN EDWARDS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vvanedwardsTwitter: https://twitter.com/vvanedwardsWebsite: https://www.scienceofpeople.comBook: Cues by Vanessa Van Edwards (Amazon)Lie Detection Course: https://www.scienceofpeople.com Ready to become your own lie detector? Listen in and start spotting the truth—everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on Women of Impact, if you think you can spot when someone is lying to you, then think again.
0:07.1	The average person detects lies with about 54% accuracy.
0:10.9	The founder of the Science of People and Body Language expert Vanessa Van Edwards is back and revealing the five fundamental cues to lack out for when identifying deception.
0:23.6	The basis of lie detection is that liars have so many things they're trying to keep straight,
0:27.6	that they forget or they leak out their truth.
0:31.6	And so that means they're saying one thing, but their body or their voice tone shows another.
0:36.6	As well as totally debunking and throwing out everything we think we know.
0:42.3	Oh yeah.
0:43.3	And so guys, if you're fed up with trusting someone's word only to find out they were lying to you.
0:48.3	What?
0:49.3	And then like me, proceed to beating yourself up on how the hell you didn't see it coming. Shut the fuck up.
0:55.9	Then this episode is for you.
0:58.0	And that is actually the very first step of light protection.
1:00.3	The lead investigator in human behavior, the lie Dakota herself, my girl, Vanessa Van Edwards.
1:21.2	Well, Vanessa Van Edwards is in the house. My girl, I'm so excited for you to be here.
1:26.7	Very specifically, me and you were talking on the phone and we started talking about lying and body detection and facial
1:28.0	expressions and you were like oh Lisa I can talk about this for hours yes it was like Vanessa
1:31.9	you've got to come on the show girl and so as we start to pass through different types of lies
1:36.2	those different types of lives different modes of lying different types of people that will lie to you
1:42.1	and so I really want to break it down and go over every possible one that we can.
1:47.2	I love it.
1:48.2	And then I know that you have very specific five ways of actually being a lie detector.
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