Hello, hi and welcome. I am your host, Emma Gonna Wardner, and in my nearly 20 year career as a beauty and health writer I have interviewed a lot of people.

Supermodels, entrepreneurs, authors, celebrities and doctors and many of these conversations had a real impact on me

and I'd come away feeling inspired, excited, informed and really empowered.

And at the back of my mind I'd always think, I wish I could just publish the tape so people

could really feel that conversation. Well on this podcast, you get to feel that conversation.

Well, on this podcast, you get to feel the conversation.

I talk with experts, guests, and a few friends who I hope will inspire, inform,

and empower you, and maybe also challenge you,

whether you're looking for self-help, self-improvement, beauty advice, health insights, business

know-how or just some good old-fashioned life advice and a bit of a laugh.

It's all here, Welcome to the show.

My guest in this episode of the podcast is presenter and voiceover artist Katie Pallinger.

Katie and I actually met a few years ago when I used to do guest presenting on QBC.

I used to go on and talk about various beauty brands and well we've been in touch ever since.

Katie is honestly one of the easiest people to be around.

She's great to work with and I asked her on the

podcast because I wanted to unpick how she's able to read and then get the best out of people

in the pressure cooker environment of live TV. It's a unique skill and I knew that she would have some fascinating insight and indeed she does.

And it isn't just a skill that you need for live TV.

It's obviously very helpful but it's a transferable skill for any professional or social setting I thought which is why I thought

she would be interesting to talk to on the show. So in this episode we talk about how she got into

presenting in the first place, how she's adapted to be able to work with anyone, whether that's the quietest, seemingly

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