Royalty Voice Coach: "Confidence Is NOT What Makes People Listen to You”
Confidence, according to one of the world’s leading voice coaches, Caroline Goyder, comes from shutting your mouth. It's a strange claim from someone who has spent her career teaching leaders how to command a room, but she has the science, the client stories, and the physiology to back it up.
Howie Chan sits down with Caroline, author of Gravitas and Find Your Voice, to unpack why competence alone rarely earns anyone's attention, and why the stillest, most breath-regulated person in a meeting is usually the one people trust most. They get into the physiology of speech, the nervous system science behind stage fright, and the difference between a voice that comes from the head, the heart, and the gut. Caroline also walks through a live grounding exercise built around breath control.
You'll learn how to project your voice without shouting, why rehearsed spontaneity beats scripted perfection, how the Gravitas Equation predicts who commands a room, and how to build a transforming insight that makes any talk unforgettable.
Chapters:
00:00:00 The Paradox of the Out Breath
00:02:45 Becoming a Magnet in the Room
00:07:04 Rehearsed Spontaneity
00:11:54 The Pratfall Effect
00:13:56 How to Get People to Pay Attention to You
00:17:23 Head Voice, Heart Voice, Gut Voice
00:22:06 A Live Grounding Exercise
00:30:01 The Gravitas Equation
00:35:51 Reframing Anxiety
00:41:09 Building a Transforming Insight
00:44:49 Meetings, Pitches, and Disengaged Rooms 00:54:24 Stillness Is Power
From Caroline Goyder:
Mentioned in this episode:
Dr. Carmen Simon’s episode: B2B or B2C: The Only 10% That Matters in Marketing & Sales (June 23)
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