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Ever been put on the spot and felt that panic? Even experienced professionals can dread unexpected questions and issues which they havent been able to prepare for. In this episode, we unpack why being put on the spot feels so awful - and how it’s less about the moment itself and more about your confidence cycle. You’ll learn: Why your brain reacts with fight, flight, or freeze when surprised at work How low-confidence cycles make you overthink, over-prepare, or shut down The key mindset shift confident professionals use: trusting their overall competence, even when they don’t have all the answers Practical ways to shift your confidence cycle and stay calm, instead of panic If you struggle with public speaking anxiety, being caught off guard at work, or fear of looking incompetent, this episode will give you tools to handle any unexpected moment with more confidence. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

👉 Want to build the confidence to truly leave work at work? Join the Confident at Work 2026 Masterclass - a free live training on January 28 where you’ll learn how to stop overthinking, trust yourself at work, and break the low-confidence cycle for good. ------------ Do you ever leave work but your mind won’t shut off? Meetings replay on a loop. Emails you should’ve written pop back up. Conversations you wish you’d handled differently keep replaying over and over? If you want to leave work at work - but your brain doesn't stop, this episode is for you. In this episode, we explore why ruminating after work (and after meetings during your work day) happens, how it connects to confidence and self-trust, and how to create a clean mental break between your job and your life. Why your brain keeps replaying work after hours and after meetings How ruminating drains your energy, focus, and confidence The hidden thought patterns that keep you mentally “on the clock” How to close your workday without forcing yourself to “stop thinking” Stopping work rumination isn’t about controlling your thoughts - it’s about building confidence, clarity, and trust in yourself. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

Join us for the Confident At Work 2026 free Masterclass: https://www.yesyoucoaching.com/confident-at-work-2026 Have you ever thought, “At some point they’re going to realise I shouldn’t be here” or felt like a fraud at work? Many capable professionals experience what gets called impostor syndrome - a persistent sense that you don’t belong, even when your skills and achievements prove otherwise. In this episode, we explore why the thought “I don’t deserve to be here” shows up, how it impacts your behaviour and confidence, and what you can do about it. You’ll learn: ​Why feeling undeserving or like a fraud often increases with promotions, new roles, or leadership opportunities​How “I don’t deserve this” shows up in your head, your body and your behaviour at work​Why knowing you’re competent doesn’t automatically stop the feeling​The hidden protective function of this thought​Practical tools and reflection prompts to reduce self-judgment and increase choiceIf you struggle with impostor syndrome, self-doubt, or feeling like you don’t belong at work, this episode helps you understand the thought, reclaim your agency, and show up more fully. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

📌 ⁠⁠Join us: Don’t miss the Confident At Work 2026 Masterclass at the end of January ⁠⁠ Receiving negative feedback or constructive criticism can feel deeply personal - even when you’re doing well and most feedback is positive. If you’ve ever struggled with feed criticism at work, felt knocked by feedback, or wondered “why do I take feedback so personally?”, this episode is for you. In this episode, we explore why negative feedback hurts so much, how low confidence cycles and self-criticism make feedback harder to handle, and why struggling with criticism is often part of a bigger emotional picture. I also share my own experience of finding feedback painful and how that changed over time. We talk about: ​Why we take feedback personally and emotionally​How to handle negative feedback at work with more confidence​The difference between unfair feedback and constructive feedback​Power dynamics and why some feedback feels unsafe​Common reactions to criticism (defensiveness, shutdown, panic)​How to stop spiralling after negative feedback​How to build confidence so feedback feels manageable​A practical mindset shift to help you receive feedback without collapsingIf you want to handle criticism better, stop overthinking feedback, and feel more confident when receiving negative feedback, this episode will help you start changing your relationship with feedback - with time, a bit of compassion, and practice. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

📌 ⁠Join us: Don’t miss the Confident At Work 2026 Masterclass at the end of January ⁠- your chance to explore these insights and step into the year with greater clarity and self-awareness. Looking to understand the confidence challenges that high-performing professionals face at work? In this episode, we review the biggest struggles reported by clients and listeners in 2025 - from overthinking and perfectionism to people-pleasing, speaking up in meetings, handling feedback, and navigating conflict. We explore the patterns and insights behind these challenges, showing what really keeps people stuck and why these struggles are so common, even for successful and emotionally intelligent professionals. 💡 Key insights include: How the inner critic and over-monitoring affect confidence Why speaking up or setting boundaries can feel so difficult Patterns of confidence under pressure, in high-stakes moments, and when feedback is involved How social perception and self-doubt influence day-to-day performance The shift from “fake it till you make it” to understanding authentic confidence 🎯 Perfect for: mid-to-senior professionals, emotionally intelligent leaders, and anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of confidence at work! Want to be more Confident At Work? 📌 ⁠Join us: Don’t miss the Confident At Work 2026 class at the end of January ⁠- your chance to explore these insights and step into the year with greater clarity and self-awareness.Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Explore and join the ⁠⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

Sign up here: ⁠Confident At Work 2026 Masterclass, January 2026⁠ Ready to step into the new year with more confidence at work? In this episode, we explore 5 things to leave behind in 2025 that might be holding you back: ​Judgment - Stop judging yourself too harshly around your confidence. ​Embarrassment - Let go of feeling bad about feeling bad! ​Thinking it’s a personality flaw - Confidence isn’t fixed; it can be built.​Thinking it’s just you - You’re not alone in feeling uncertain.​Thinking there’s nothing you can do - Small steps can create big change. 🎓 If you want to feel more confident at work, you need to ⁠join our upcoming training, Confident At Work 2026 Masterclass.⁠ Want to be more Confident At Work? ​⁠Join our upcoming class to start 2026 with real confidence at work.⁠⁠​Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ​Explore and join the ⁠⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

Sign up now to join the Confident At Work 2026 Masterclass Do you struggle with self-doubt, overthinking, or fear at work? Confidence isn’t something you either have or don’t - it’s something you can develop by mastering a set of key skills. In this episode, I break down the 7 essential skills that take you from low to high confidence at work. You’ll learn all about skills you need to master including learning how to: ​Trust your decisions and expertise​Step out of overthinking and stay present​Manage stress and emotions effectively​Handle mistakes and setbacks​Recognise your strengths and give yourself fair feedbackWhether you want to perform at your best, boost your confidence, or show up with clarity and calm, this episode gives you the roadmap to start building confidence today. Want to be more Confident At Work? ​Sign up now to join the ⁠Confident At Work 2026 Masterclass ⁠​Start here: take our free Confidence Assessment​Get private support: book a call to explore private coaching​Explore and join the Confident At Work Membership Cover art by Jacob McFaddenTheme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic

In this episode, we're talking about one of the core skills you need to build real confidence at work: tolerating mistakes. Right now, the strategy you’re probably using to feel more confident is getting everything perfect - getting everything right. In this episode, I’ll show you why ultimately, that doesn’t work and what you need to do differently if you want to feel genuinely confident at work. If your confidence drops the moment something goes wrong, this episode is for you. Many professionals struggle with imposter syndrome, overthinking, perfectionism and worrying about how they’re perceived - and you can’t solve any of that without learning to handle mistakes. We’ll explore: ​Why confidence collapses when you depend on everything going right​How perfectionism and over-preparing keep you stuck​Why mistakes feel so threatening​The essential skill that will help keep you calm, grounded and more resilientYou’ll learn how to build confidence that holds up under pressure, and how to feel more steady, capable and yourself at work - even when things get messy. Want to be more Confident At Work? ​Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠​Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ​Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

Ever had panic, fear, or worry hijack your brain at work? In this episode, I’m sharing three real before-and-after client stories where big emotions once took over - and how each person learned to calm things down and stay grounded. You’ll hear: How a public-speaking freak-out became manageable nerves How someone stopped shrinking and stayed online when challenged in a meeting How a big meeting went from sick-with-worry → calm, prepared, and done, with no emotional hangover! These kinds of emotional shifts can create huge changes in how you show up at work. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

In this episode of Confident at Work, Anna opens up a powerful conversation about who confidence is really for - and why it’s time we stop treating it like something only a privileged few get to have. Drawing on years of coaching, personal experience, and the patterns she sees across workplaces, Anna explores why so many competent professionals still feel like confidence is out of reach. She digs into the invisible barriers faced by people who’ve been historically marginalised or made to feel “other,” and why confidence isn’t a personality trait you either luck into or miss out on - it’s something you can build, nurture, and grow from the inside out. This episode invites you to see confidence as a generational movement: one that challenges the norms that reward the already-advantaged, and instead opens the door for everyone to feel grounded, capable, and confident at work. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

If you’ve been trying to feel confident by overdoing everything this episode is your wake-up call! So many competent professionals fall into the same pattern of overdoing ; overworking, over-preparing, over-delivering, over-checking, and overthinking. And while it works - for a while! In this episode, Anna Manning explores why so many of us rely on overdoing and why that strategy eventually stops working. You’ll learn how to shift from control mode to trust, from effort to more ease - and how real confidence begins not with doing more, but by learning how to trust yourself. ​Why overdoing feels like the safe route to confidence - and how it keeps you stuck​The moment overdoing stops working (and how to recognise it)​Why confidence built on control always has a limit​What it actually means to “trust yourself” at work Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

In this episode of Confident at Work, Anna Manning explores a powerful mindset tool for building genuine confidence - deciding ahead of time. Confidence at work isn’t built in the easy moments; it’s built in how you handle the hard ones - after a mistake, failure, or embarrassing moment. Anna explains why waiting until you’re in those situations to decide how to respond often leads to harsh self-criticism, and how choosing your response beforehand can completely change how you lead yourself and strengthen your confidence for the longterm. You’ll learn how to: Strengthen your self-leadership and emotional resilience at work Replace self-doubt and self-criticism with support and accountability Create your own “internal boss” Understand why kindness doesn’t make you complacent, it makes you capable Confidence isn’t about perfection - it’s about how you treat yourself when things don’t go perfectly. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠

We’ve all got one - that mortifying work moment we still think about at 3 a.m. The awkward presentation. The email that went to the wrong person. The interview that turned into a monologue. In this episode, we’re taking those moments that made you cringe… and turning them into comedy. Because being able to re-tell your old stories is a powerful way to loosen their grip, reduce their impact, and have a good old chuckle in the process! You’ll learn: 💡 Why humour is such a powerful mindset-shifting tool 💡 How to reframe your most embarrassing work stories so they lose their sting By the end, you’ll see that even your most cringe-worthy moments can become funny stories, and that being able to laugh about them truly changes things for the better. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

In this final episode of How to Feel More Confident Public Speaking, we’re going deeper than surface-level tips.Because confidence isn’t just about managing nerves, it’s about changing the patterns that create them. We’ll explore the three key areas of change work that make a lasting difference: 💭 Changing low-confidence cycle habits - the subtle thought and behaviour loops that keep you stuck. 🧠 Updating subconscious learnings - the emotional blueprints your brain’s been running since “that one bad presentation.” 💪 Reconditioning your physical responses - how to calm the body’s automatic fear signals and replace them with safety and strength. When you work on all three, you’re not just coping with public speaking, you’re changing how your mind and body experience it so you can feel more calm and more confident, for life. 🎧 Listen now and start feeling more confident public speaking! Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic 

We all want that one silver bullet - the quick fix that will make us feel more confident at work. But as Anna shares in this episode, building confidence isn’t something you can reduce to a single tip or trick. And yet… there is one thing she stands by - though you might not want to hear it! In this short but powerful episode, Anna reveals the one shift that truly changes how you experience confidence - not just for a moment, but for good. Mentioned in this episode: The High Confidence Cycle, Anna’s framework for creating lasting confidence. Want to be more Confident At Work? Start here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠take our free: Confidence Assessment ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get private support to feel confident at work - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠book a call to explore private coaching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Explore and join the ⁠Confident At Work Membership ⁠ Cover art by Jacob McFadden Theme song by Melissa Carter @ Making Audio Magic