Spot Lies in 5 Seconds!- I Teach FBI, CIA & WOMEN How to Decode Lies, Deception & Manipulation FAST! PT 1

Women of Impact

Impact Theory

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture

4.8 • 700 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In this eye-opening episode of Women of Impact, host Lisa Bilyeu sits down with Dr. Abbie Maroño, a world-renowned expert in lie detection, body language, and persuasion. As a top 1% performer in her field, Dr. Abbie teaches the FBI, Secret Service, and other elite organizations how to spot deception and catch master manipulators. This conversation is an absolute must for anyone who’s ever wondered, “How did I fall for that?” Dr. Abbie breaks down the psychology and subtle science behind deception, explaining why it’s so hard to spot a lie… even for the smartest women. Together, Lisa and Dr. Abbie examine the unconscious behaviors and stress responses that can betray a liar, and set up practical tools for anyone to become their own lie detector and take back control in their relationships and lives. SHOWNOTES The importance of lie detection for womenStress cues in body language: self-touch, hair pulling, lip touching, fidgetingRepetitive stress behaviors and their meaningFight, flight, and nonverbal cues: reading feet and body orientation Mimicry and its impact on cooperation How to mentally note “hot spots” in conversation for revisitingUsing reverse order and observation-based questioning to reveal inconsistencies Spotting distancing language and pronoun dropThe danger of master manipulators and projecting trustworthinessThe neuroscience of trust: why we judge trustworthiness in 33 milliseconds The “good” and “bad” signs of body language (and how they can be faked) FOLLOW DR. ABBIE MAROÑO: Website: https://www.abbiemarono.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctorabbieofficial/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maro%C3%B1o-phd-35ab2611a/ Check out our sponsors: SleepMe: Visit https://sleep.me/woi to get your Chilipad and save 20% with code WOI. Try it risk-free with their 30-night sleep trial and free shipping! Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to https://www.vitalproteins.com and entering promo code WOI at check out. Macy’s: Upgrade your glam at https://macys.com Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/lisa FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/⁠YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact⁠Tik Tok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisabilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What up, my homie? This is Lisa Billu and you're listening to Women of Impact. Now, I really
0:05.8	want to share something with you. Growing up, I never felt like I had the confidence. I felt like my
0:10.2	ex-boyfriend was manipulative. He would lie to me and I would just accept it. I literally would
0:15.1	just take it because I didn't feel like I had the confidence to either stand up for myself,
0:18.9	push back or have any confidence to figure out whether what he's saying is actually true or not.
0:24.1	I just left with emotion because I was so damn insecure.
0:27.4	Now, this is why it is so important for me to cover these types of topics because I remember what it was like when I was younger, having these manipulative people in my life.
0:35.8	Now, look, even as an adult, I hate to say it guys,
0:38.5	but the amount of people that have actually lied to me in business has, I mean, I just lost count
0:43.1	and I used to take it personally until I realized that instead of taking it personally,
0:47.3	I just need to learn and understand the skills so that I never end up falling for it again,
0:51.8	because yes, I can blame other people. But the truth is, am I looking at myself?
0:55.5	So if you're wondering right now, how on earth someone lied to you and you didn't see the signs?
1:00.6	Or even worse, you look back at your entire relationship and realize there was so many red flags the whole time
1:05.9	and that you either missed them or you ignored them.
1:08.5	Well, today, that freaking ends because I've got Abby Morano here
1:12.1	who literally has trained the FBI in Secret Service in lie detection, body language and persuasion.
1:18.5	And she's about to teach us the tools to spot deception before it actually wrecks your
1:23.2	relationship, your trust and even more important, just self-worth.
1:28.8	Now here's what we're breaking down today.
1:30.5	The sneaky stress cues that somebody lying will start to leak and how to spot them.
1:36.1	We also go over the exact words and questioning that you use so that you can, I'd say it,
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