Claiming Your Confidence

We’ve all had those days, right? Where we feel tired and crappy… where our health just hasn’t been right. Maybe you’ve even consulted Doctor Google and either panicked, laughed or both when it spat out a cancer diagnosis. 

But what if that diagnosis was actually right. And your whole life was flipped upside down in an instant.

Mamamia’s Briony Benjamin was 30 years-old. Riding high in her caree...

When you think of the words honest and inspiring… well Talitha Cummins fits the bill. 

As a television journalist, she became a well known figure in loungerooms across Australia… reading the news on Sunrise and for the Seven network. 

But behind the scenes… Talitha was fighting a secret battle with alcohol addiction… stemming from a lack of confidence and self worth that began when she was a ...

MARK WALES is a former special ops commander…whose dream career became a nightmare in a cornfield in Afghanistan where he saw his mentor gunned down and learned the true meaning of resilience. 

But Australia knows him best from his time as a contestant on the show Survivor.

Mark’s appearance on a reality show was all part of his mission to rebuild himself after the SAS. 

Today he shares how to find the con...

“Am I a perfect human? No, I’m absolutely not. But did I do those things, am I an absolute bully of a human? Absolutely, 100% I am not.”

You might recognise Emma Husar’s story from the news headlines of a few years ago.

The Former federal MP for Lindsay was portrayed as a bright young hope for Labor… until all that came crashing down when she resigned three years ago in a storm of controversy over a...

Jan Fran is an award-winning Australian journalist, who you might know from The Project or The Feed or her online opinion segment The Frant, which she now makes for the Guardian.

I’m fortunate enough to co host the Briefing Podcast with her and I just love our chats off air. I knew she’d make the perfect guest to talk about confidence.

Yes, she’s wildly successful, she’s become a vintage fashion icon and s...

Michael Clarke has been called abrasive and polarising… flashy and arrogant.

But when I sat down with him to talk about confidence, I found someone refreshingly real and delightfully introspective who’s learned a lot of lessons in the fire of life. 

As one of the best batsmen of all time who went on to become Australia’s 43rd cricket captain, it might surprise you to learn the swagger was all a bit of a sh...

TRAILER FOR SEASON THREE

Do you wish you could claim your confidence? Boldly put yourself forward, stop letting fear hold you back and fulfil your true potential?

I’m Katrina Blowers and as a journalist I’ve interviewed many high achievers and gone through my own confidence struggles… and I’ve asked these same questions of celebrities, athletes, business leaders and other inspirational people

In Season t...

So most of us have heard the story of Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin, but I doubt as many of you have heard of his beautiful wife Mary Li.

 
Mary grew up as Mary McKendry, one of eight kids, in Rocky in Central Qld. Her story of wanting to be a prima ballerina as a little girl, then dancing on stage in London and all over the world, even training with the legendary Rudolf Nureyev; is actually the stuff of fairytales. And so ...

I so enjoyed this chat with Billy BIllingham, who you might know from the TV show SAS Australia. 

We spoke while he was in hotel quarantine in Sydney ahead of his Australian tour, where he told me all about his tough upbringing in a UK council estate, running with gangs and joining the British armed Forces at 16… 

BIlly served for nearly 2 decades in the SAS. He was awarded the Queen’s commendation for bravery, ...

I think hypnosis still has kind of a magical air to it, but Claire Aristides has made it part of her life’s work to get it into the mainstream. And she’s really passionate about using it as a tool to help people with their confidence and overcoming imposter syndrome.  

“So when we don’t feel worthy we don’t love ourselves, then we might smoke, overeat, drink too much.”

Claire has used hypnosis to overcome fertility ...

I have to confess… I kinda ‘insta-stalked’ today’s guest, Melbourne writer Daniel Chidiac after a quote from one of his books popped on my feed. And then I slid into his DM’s. Creepy, right?!

His books ‘Who Says You Can’t, You Do’ and more recently ‘The Modern Breakup’ have that kind of universal resonance, with life advice that just draws people in. They are now bestsellers in more than eight different countries. 

Succe...

I’m really excited to bring you this episode because I am a CLASSIC overthinker… let’s say a ‘recovering’ otherthinker… which we all know is the enemy of confidence.

Dr Ali Walker, who’s a human connection scientist, has written a fascinating book called Get Conscious. She’s done a TED talk about the same thing, she lectures at the UNSW and she has some answers for getting out of your own head. 

Ali started her care...

Think of TV personality Liz Cantor and you think of sunshine and beaches. An all Australian girl who, after leaving the professional surfing circuit,  turned actress, reality TV star, radio personality, lifestyle show host and weather presenter. 

But there’s a side to Liz she’s never before spoken about publicly. Until today. 

“And I just closed my eyes. And it was the first time in my life I thought, I just ne...

Do you sometimes have a drink to get more confidence or get the dutch courage to socialise?

Today it is my great delight to bring you one of Australia’s best comedians Fiona O’Loughlin.

I admire her so, so much - not just because she’s insanely funny… but so beautifully honest about the toxic trap of her battle with alcohol addiction. 

In her book, Truths from an Unreliable Witness, Fiona shares just how bad it really...

Ok… so today’s guest has officially blown this podcast’s swearing budget… out of the water!

Lisa Cox is many things. She’s a speaker, an author, a model who’s been on the New York Fashion Week runway, and a consultant in advertising, media and marketing. She also identifies as someone living with a disability. And she’s disrupting the way anyone with a visible difference is represented in the mainstream. 

“People look at...

Tory Archbold is a superstar publicist (think Drew Barrymore, Steve Madden, Zara and Nespresso) and through her Powerful Steps platform, she helps others step into their true power and potential. 

And boy… does this lady have a story. 

We are re-releasing this episode to celebrate a collaboration between Powerful Steps and Claiming Your Confidence. Tory and I love working together and to mark my appearance on HER po...

Here’s a personal question: How confident are you with your money?

Personally this has been one of the BIGGEST challenges I’ve worked on. Which is why I’m so thrilled for this week’s guest Canna Campbell... known by millions across the globe as the female financial guru 'Sugar Mamma'.  

Canna’s a financial planner who, with her books, her popular youtube channel and her podcast, shows how anyone can build wealth and gene...

Have you ever heard that expression… ‘leap and the net will catch you?’

Australian art-preneur… I’m not sure that’s really a word but let’s go with it… Claire Devine, is living proof that when you go ALL IN on something, life will often conspire to help you on your way. 

This beautiful episode is for anyone who’s wondered: 'what if?'

What if… you followed your passion. Turned that ‘side hustle’ into your main game. C...

A best-selling author, an award-winning businesswoman, a mum, a mentor and a coach… Pauline Nguyen is proof you can rewrite your own story, no matter what.

She escaped Vietnam on a boat, survived a Thai refugee camp and transformed the experience of an abusive childhood… into a gift. 

With her brother Luke Nguyen, Pauline owns the iconic Red Lantern restaurant in Sydney. 

In this episode, you’ll learn about 'ca...