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Find Your Voice, Change Your Life
Psychologist and Host, Dr. Doreen Downing, invites guests who have suffered from public speaking anxiety to tell their story of struggle and how they overcame fear. They took an inner journey, found the voice that is truly their own, and now speak with confidence.
Episodes
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#194 When Achievements Hide Your Real Voice
Today, I interview Cheryl Kasper who spent years overworking and overachieving, hoping her efforts would finally make her feel seen and heard. But all those…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#193 Your Body Has a Voice. Are You Listening?
Today, I interview Caren Carnegie, who grew up shy and struggled to find the confidence to use her voice. As the youngest of three girls, her older sisters…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#192 From Pain to Purpose, From Voice to Power
Today, I interview Aleya Harris, an award-winning keynote speaker and former Google executive, who grew up as a natural talker but became self-conscious when…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#191 When Vulnerability Becomes a Voice
Today, I interview Catherine Bell who grew up painfully shy and afraid to speak, while also having to start over again and again as her family moved every two…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#190 The Courage to Stop Settling for Less
Today, I interview Kayla Middleton who spent much of her life speaking up for other people while finding it much harder to speak up for herself. Growing up in…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#189 She Stopped Changing Herself to Be Loved
Today, I interview Riana Malia, who grew up through repeated family breakups, broken promises, and the belief that she had to earn love. The instability left…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#188 Finding a Voice for Unspoken Grief
Today, I interview Beth Erlander, a grief expert and therapist who spent years believing she had to stop being a caregiver before she could truly support other…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#187 Two Sisters Who Turned Shyness Into a Global Sisterhood
Today, I interview sisters and business partners Amy and Nancy Harrington, who both grew up shy and spent years navigating environments that made it hard to be…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#186 She Spent Years Hiding What Made Her Different
Today, I interview Lizzie Siegel, who came into this world deeply connected to her gifts but spent years learning to suppress them, until a series of…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#185 He Forgot the Words, Then Found Himself
Today, I interview Fabio da Silva Fernandes, who has always known his voice mattered but faced moments throughout his life that tested that conviction, from a…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#184 From Painfully Shy to Unshakeable Leader
Today, I interview Andrea Horvath who struggled to speak up for most of her life due to a fear that using her voice would lead to rejection. She followed…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#183 She Left Everything to Find Her Voice
Today, I interview Rachel Radway who spent years in corporate leadership, showing up, performing, and doing what was expected, while quietly carrying the sense…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#182 A Diagnosis, a Divorce, and a Decision to Speak Up
Today, I interview Karen Rudolf who believed she wasn’t enough and learned early on to stay quiet, especially after being told as a child to stop asking…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#181 Silence Kept Her Safe… Until It Didn’t
Today, I interview Dori Eversmann who grew up in a family where speaking up could lead to disconnection, learning as a young girl to stay silent, watch…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#180 When “You Can’t” Becomes “Watch Me”
Today, I interview Mikki St. Germain who grew up being told to “keep your mouth shut” and made to feel like her voice didn’t matter. At 14, her mother left…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#179 Success that Hides the Truth
Today, I interview Robin Goad who grew up believing that if her own mother did not love her enough to protect her, then she must be unlovable. From a young…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#178 The Hidden Cost of Being the Strong One
Today, I interview Shelly Grimm, who reflects on growing up alongside chronic illness and learning, from a very young age, how to take care of herself and…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#177 The Cost of Living in Systems Not Designed for Women
Today, I interview Katrina van Oudheusden, who reflects on how early family dynamics, expectations, and learning to be capable from a young age shaped the way…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#176 When Staying Quiet Was Survival and Listening Became Healing
Today, I interview Desislava Dimitrova, who grew up learning to stay quiet in order to keep the peace. She shares what it was like growing up in a strict home…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#175 Layers of Awakening: What It Means to Truly Have a Voice
Today, I interview Manya Gittel who lost her voice during a stroke and woke up to something far more unexpected than the crisis itself. She describes that…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#174 From Disfigurement to Discovery: Building Real Confidence
Today, I interview John Kippen who spent years hiding after a surgery left half of his face paralyzed. His story is one of deep courage, transformation, and…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#173 Unraveling the Layers to Remember Your Truth
Today, I interview Robin Humphreys, who once felt her voice caught in her throat and her body tense with fear. She shares how creative expression became her…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#172 Finding Safety in the Body and Freedom in the Voice
Today, I interview Heidi Fischbach who grew up in a strict, high-control environment where fear and rules shaped how she learned to speak and exist. From an…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#171 Turning Breakdown Into Breakthrough: A Journey of Awakening
Today, I interview Catherine G. Lucas who opens up about losing her voice in the midst of a painful breakdown. In her late teens she was already standing on…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#170 Finding Freedom in Letting Go of Perfection
Today, I interview Liz Sweet, who spent years feeling the pressure to be polished and perfect, even when it left her exhausted. Growing up in Los Angeles, she…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#169 Intrusive Thoughts, Anxiety, & the Journey to Everyday Bravery
Today, I interview Renee Zukin who spent years caught in fear and intrusive thoughts that silenced her voice. For much of her life, anxiety and self-doubt made…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#168 Transform Stage Fright Into Human Connection
Today, I interview Michael Grant and Lee Glickstein. Michael once struggled with stage fright, from freezing in high school to facing the daunting role of…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#167 Letting Go of the Rules to Reclaim my Voice
Today, I interview John Briggs, who once believed that working harder and earning more was the ultimate measure of success, until the cost of that belief…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#166 Rooted in the Heart: From Shyness to Bold Expression
Today, I interview Eric Atwood, who spent decades trapped in self-doubt, believing he had nothing of value to say. Labeled as the “shy, scared, stupid kid”…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#165 Authenticity Begins Where Performance Ends
Today, I interview Jonathan Reynolds, who learned that voice isn’t something you perform, it’s something you live from. Growing up in a small town shaped by…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#164 She Stood Between Her Past and Her Future—and Chose Love
Today, I interview Junie Moon, who grew up bright and bubbly, until one look from her mother made her feel unloved. Her free spirit met a controlling household…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#163 From Hiding to Healing and Wholeness
Today, I interview Elisa Negroni, who grew up silenced—not just by family secrets and trauma, but by a culture that told her to stay small, stay quiet, and…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#162 Heart First, Camera Second: Speaking Up in the Digital Age
Today, I interview Kristina Milosevic, who once struggled with shyness and fear of speaking up. As a child growing up in Serbia, she often felt more…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#161 She Built 400 Steps and Found Her Voice
Today, I interview Patty de Vries, who grew up in a challenging environment where she felt the weight of constantly meeting expectations, pushing herself to…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#160 The Heroine’s Journey to Her True Voice
Today, I interview Joan Perry, who once built a life filled with achievement, only to realize she was climbing the wrong ladder in the wrong building…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#159 Messy, Mindful, and Magnificent
Today, I interview Julia Miron, who grew up in a home where speaking her truth wasn’t safe. As the youngest in a household filled with anger, control, and…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#158 From Corporate to Calling: The Voice That Broke Free
Today, I interview Holly MacCue, who used to walk into work feeling sick with dread, afraid she would be exposed as a fraud. Even after being recognized by her…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#157 When Success Isn’t Enough: Finding the Voice You Lost
Today, I interview Dr. Julie Lopez, who spent much of her life perfecting a performative voice to fit in and avoid rejection. Adopted as an infant and raised…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#156 Healing the Past to Build Stronger Relationships Today
Today, I interview Robyn Smith, who spent much of her early life feeling unheard and afraid to speak up. As a child, she was timid and quiet, often holding…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#155 Fear Shapes Us and Presence Frees Us
Today, I interview Linda Graf, who lost her confidence in speaking after a sudden family financial crisis during her teenage years shattered her sense of…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#154 Listening to the Quiet Voice Within: A Path to Healing
Today, I interview Sarah Dawkins, who struggled with losing her voice after being constantly told to be quiet as a child. Her curiosity was often met with…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#153 A Motorcycle, a Manuscript, and a story of Freedom
Today, I interview Carla King, an author and publishing expert who overcame the struggle of being an introvert terrified of speaking publicly—even after her…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#152 To Change Your Life, Listen to the Whispers of Truth
Today, I interview Dr. Kalpana Sundar, who overcame a life of restriction and stifled self-expression to discover her authentic voice. Growing up in a…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#151 Awakening Sacred Feminine Energy to Empower Women
Today I interview Natalia Price, who shares her journey of overcoming silence and fear to embrace her voice and power. Growing up in South America, Natalia…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#150 Navigating the Path to Authenticity: Voice, Identity, and Freedom
Today, I interview DevSuroop Kaur, who grew up as the youngest of three sisters in a family where she often felt muted and silenced. As a young adult, she…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#149 Curiosity, Courage, and Conscious Leadership
Today, I interview Meg Dennison, who grew up in a rural area where life was quiet, and opportunities to connect were limited. In her household, her father’s…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#148 Catch the Thought and Shift the Mind for a New Reality
Today I interview Leisa Reid, who grew up with a strong sense of independence fostered by her parents’ unique approach to raising her. With her parents…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#147 Discovering Power in What Makes You Different
Today, I interview Kathryn Regganie, who grew up feeling different because of her learning disabilities, especially dyslexia. Kathryn shares how she faced…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#146 Building the Inner Muscle of Self-Expression
Today, I interview Katherine Kennedy, who grew up feeling the need to appear like everything was perfect, avoiding hard conversations and hiding behind a mask…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#145 From Setbacks to Strength: Leading with Vision and Confidence
Today, I interview Dana Weaver, whose story starts with a pivotal moment during her childhood when her great-grandmother, a woman she adored, moved into a…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#144 The Transformative Power of Being Heard
Today, I interview Randall Alifano who grew up in a loud, talkative Italian family where everyone spoke, but no one really listened. Like many of us, Randall…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#143 Reclaiming Your Voice: From Struggle to Strength
Today, I interview Maria Semple who grew up in Venezuela as the youngest of five children in a time of political upheaval. Life was filled with challenges from…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#142 The Alchemy of Conflict: Turning Struggles into Empowerment
Today I interview Jolina Karen who grew up in a household where her voice often felt stifled by the silence and conflict between her parents. Raised in South…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#141 From Silenced to Empowered: Reclaiming One's Authentic Voice
Today I interview Linda Dieffenbach, whose personal healing journey from childhood trauma led her to become a devoted personal transformation coach and…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#140 The Power of Words: Healing Through Memoir Writing
Today I interview Linda Joy Myers, who had a difficult childhood marked by abandonment and an unstable home life. Her mother left when Linda was just four…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#139 The Sound of Your True Voice
Today I interview Alison Love David who grew up in South East London in a poor but musical family. Her mother made sacrifices to send Alison to private school…
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#138 From Mediocrity to Magnificence: A Story of Resilience
Today, I interview Louise Gallagher, who faced significant trauma in her early years, including abuse and a lack of support from her family. Growing up, her…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#137 Embracing Your Sensitivity as a Superpower
Today I interview Pascale Cook-Fernandes, who struggled with feeling stifled and not having a voice in her generation, where children were expected to "be seen…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#136 Turning Autism into a Superpower for Advocacy
Today, I interview Kadin McElwain, who had significant challenges posed by autism. Diagnosed at the age of two, Kadin's early life was marked by frequent moves…
Find Your Voice, Change Your Life#135 Discover Your Potential and Transform Your Mind
Today, I interview Angilie Kapoor, who struggled with being bullied as a child. She was an extremely shy and introverted girl who preferred to be alone, afraid…