Body Language Expert: 6 Psychological Tricks to Turn Awkwardness into Confidence
The Mel Robbins Podcast

Body Language Expert: 6 Psychological Tricks to Turn Awkwardness into Confidence

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 26, 20261h 22m
  • Interview
  • Relationships & psychology

Do you want to know how to talk to anyone with ease and confidence? In this episode, you will learn science-backed psychological tricks to be more successful, charismatic, and influential today. Today, Mel is bringing back one of the most tactical and empowering conversations ever on The Mel Robbins Podcast, with a brand-new introduction and new insights for right now. Vanessa Van Edwards is a behavioral researcher, bestselling author, and the founder of Science of People, a behavior lab that studies high achievers and the science of confidence, charisma, communication, and body language...

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Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. Oh, my gosh, you are going to love this episode today because today you're going to learn how to use body language and six psychological tricks that can help you turn awkwardness, shyness, self-doubt, insecurity into confidence.

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And you will love our expert today because she is a behavioral researcher. She teaches at Harvard University's Professional and Executive Development Program. She's a New York Times bestselling author and she spent two decades sharing what you're about to learn today.

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Her research proves that your body is communicating something before you ever say a word. And when you understand how to use your body to communicate the right things, everything changes. Today you're going to learn simple body language cues that will help you communicate more confidence

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