Inner Self-Confidence
Hosted by Katie Delimon, Author, Coach & Yoga Teacher, this podcast is for women who overthink, self-doubt, people-please, or freeze when it’s time to speak up. Each episode explores how to build real inner self-confidence through nervous system regulation, boundaries, and self-trust — especially under stress. Expect practical tools, honest conversations, and simple strategies to build capacity, clarity, and consistency, so you can show up calm, clear, and confident. ✨ Confidence isn’t about being louder — it’s about feeling safe in your body.
64. She Built a Million-Journal Business. Then Her Definition of Ambition Changed with Meha Agrawal
This week I'm joined by Meha Agrawal, founder of Silk + Sonder, a journaling, personal development and community platform that has sold over a million journals.
From building her business on nights and weekends to raising venture capital and navigating the realities of entrepreneurship, Meha knows a thing or two about ambition.
But what happens when life changes, particularly when you become pregnant, and the things you once chased begin to take on a different meaning?
In this conversation, we explore:
✨ The courage to believe in yourself before anyone else doe...
63. Bullshit to Balance: Why Being Calm All the Time Is Complete BS
I'm calling BULLSHIT on balance. 💩
The idea that if you meditate enough, do enough yoga, go to enough therapy, heal enough trauma and regulate your nervous system enough, you'll eventually reach this magical place where nothing bothers you?
Absolute bullshit.
I've completed seven 10-day silent meditation retreats, taught yoga for over a decade and spent years studying the nervous system.
And guess what? I STILL have shitty days.
Because life is in session, and nobody goes unscathed.
In this solo episode, I'm challenging the wellness industry's obsession wit...
62. Is Self-Sabotage Actually Self-Protection with Psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldman
What if the very thing you call self-sabotage is actually your mind trying to protect you?
In this episode of the Inner Self-Confidence Podcast, I'm joined by Dr. Rachel Goldman, a nationally recognised clinical psychologist, author, speaker, and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
Dr. Rachel is an expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), stress management, burnout, and behaviour change. She's shared the stage with Oprah, appeared on The Mel Robbins Podcast, and been featured in TIME, CNN, The New York Times, Women's Health, and many more.
61. What Do Cornell 7, Sydney Sweeney & Lindsay Clancy Have in Common? With Psychologist Ilia Poznak
They've become symbols.
Symbols we use to debate gender, morality, mental health, victimhood, accountability and who we believe is good or evil.
In Episode 61 of the Inner Self-Confidence Podcast, I'm joined by registered psychologist and certified executive coach Ilia Poznak for a conversation about something I think we're rapidly losing: our ability to sit in the grey
I recently connected with Ilia on Instagram after being drawn to his willingness to talk about subjects many people shy away from — questioning popular narratives, exploring uncomfortable perspectives and bring...
60.Break The Cycle Before It Breaks You, with Author & Coach, Priscilla Gutiérrez
I sit down with Priscilla — author, activist, coach and self-described cycle breaker — for a raw and honest conversation about childhood trauma, domestic violence, the systems surrounding survivors, and what it actually takes to break a cycle before it breaks you.
Priscilla survived childhood sexual abuse by her grandfather and later found herself in a domestic violence relationship. She went on to study law, but ultimately chose not to practise after questioning the very systems that are supposed to protect vulnerable people.
We also have an important conversation about modern psychology and therapy. Priscilla shares her own...
59. Time Mastery: You Don’t Need More Time, You Need More Alignment
Do you constantly feel like there are never enough hours in the day?
What if you don’t actually have a time problem… but an alignment problem?
In this episode, I’m sharing my Time Mastery framework and challenging the idea that becoming more productive is the answer.
We all get the same 1,440 minutes each day—but where are yours actually going? And more importantly, are they going toward the life you say you want?
We’ll explore your values, vision and time, why everything...
58. Widowed. 17 Weeks Pregnant. With Triplets, with Ashleigh Conwell, Founder of Yellow Falcon
At 29 years old and 17 weeks pregnant with triplets, Ashleigh Conwell’s life changed in an instant when her husband suddenly died.
In this incredibly honest conversation, Ashleigh shares what grief really looks like—the shock, the nervous system response, the pressure to be “strong,” and the mountain of practical decisions and paperwork that still have to happen when your world has fallen apart.
We talk about what people get wrong about grief, what actually helps, why workplaces need to do better, and how you learn to build a life alongside a loss you never chose.
Ashle...
57. WTF is Burning Man and Why Do I Love It So Much
What happens when you spend thousands of dollars to live in the middle of a desert, covered in dust, with no proper shower… and somehow call it one of the most magical experiences of your life? 😂
Welcome to Burning Man!
I met my husband Kenny there in 2015, experienced some of the wildest synchronicities of my life, and discovered a community unlike anything I've ever experienced.
But Burning Man is SO much more than a "festival."
In this episode, I'm sharing what Burning Man actually is, why I keep going back, the 10 Princ...
56. He Heals People With His Hands — And Science Studied Him with Charlie Goldsmith
At 18 years old, Charlie Goldsmith discovered he had an unusual ability to help facilitate healing.
Now, after 27 years of working with people, his work has also become the subject of scientific investigation — including research connected with universities and medical institutions.
In this fascinating conversation, Charlie and I explore:
✨ What he actually does — without relying on the words “energy healing”
✨ Why he welcomed scientific scrutiny
✨ How powerful the "Placebo" is
✨ The impact of stress and emotions on the body
✨ What 27 years of working with people has taught him about the human bod...
55. Your First Thought Isn’t Reality — STOP BELIEVING IT!
Someone doesn’t reply… they’re mad at me.
Your partner seems quiet… what did I do?
Your boss says, “Can we chat?”… I’m getting fired.
Sound familiar?
In this I’m talking about how quickly our nervous system can turn uncertainty into an entire story — and why your first emotional response isn’t always reality.
Sometimes, it’s survival.
I share a recent experience of being blocked by a friend and how I learned to separate what actually hap...
54. Three Kids. 36 Years Old. Incurable Cancer with Speaker & Cancer Thriver Cass Miller
At 36, with three young children (under the age of 3), Cassie Miller was diagnosed with incurable neuroendocrine cancer.
Today, she says she feels healthier, happier and more alive than she did before her diagnosis.
Now a speaker and advocate, Cassie is on a mission to help people get off the hamster wheel of chronic stress and burnout and move from autopilot to truly ALIVE—before it takes a life-changing diagnosis to wake them up.
In this powerful conversation, Cassie shares how she embraces what she calls ...
*BONUS*Wrong Man, Right Country - Personal Essay
What if your intuition was right… just not in the way you thought?
I recently submitted a personal essay, The Wrong Man, The Right Country, to an anthology exploring intuition, inevitability and the strange clarity of knowing — and I wanted to share the audio version with you here.
At 20 years old, after spending just 10 days in Australia, I knew with absolute certainty: I’m going to live here one day.
What I didn't know was the heartbreak, loss, wrong turns and one very wrong man it wou...
53. Speed Up by Slowing Down: Why Rushing Is Actually Slowing You Down
What if the reason you’re not moving forward isn’t that you need to work harder — but because you need to slow down?
We live in a world that glorifies urgency, productivity and doing it all. But constantly rushing can leave us reactive, overwhelmed and disconnected from what we actually want.
In this short episode, I share why slowing down has helped me accomplish more, not less — from the way I walk, drive and do everyday chores to the way I communicate, make decisions and build my business.
We’ll exp...
52. You've Survived... But Have You Healed? Getting Through vs. Regulating Through
We've all said it...
"I got through it."
The divorce.
The cancer diagnosis.
The financial stress.
The loss.
The childhood trauma.
But what if getting through isn't the same as healing?
In this episode, I share one of the biggest mindset shifts that's transformed my life: the difference between surviving a difficult experience and regulating through it.
I open up about how I consciously regulated through my husband's stroke, discovering at 38 that the man who raised...
51. The Real Reason You Procrastinate. You're not lazy- you're stuck in Freeze
✨ What if procrastination isn’t laziness—but your nervous system trying to protect you?
You genuinely want to start the business, go to the gym, launch the podcast, apply for the promotion or finally speak up in your relationship…
But every time you try to move forward, something inside you hits the brakes. 🛑
In this episode, we explore how procrastination can be connected to the freeze response—and why forcing yourself to “just be more disciplined” can sometimes keep you even more stuck.
I also share how I returned to the g...
50. The BIGGEST Misconception About Nervous System Regulation
What if regulating your nervous system isn’t about feeling safe and calm all the time?
In this episode I’m breaking down one of the biggest misconceptions I see in the nervous system and healing space:
Safety and capacity are not the same thing.
If every time anxiety, discomfort or conflict shows up you leave, avoid, distract yourself or shut down, your nervous system may never get the opportunity to learn that discomfort doesn’t always mean danger.
Real nervous system regulation isn’t about eliminating discomfo...
52. You've Survived... But Have You Healed? Getting Through vs. Regulating Through
We've all said it...
"I got through it."
The divorce.
The cancer diagnosis.
The financial stress.
The loss.
The childhood trauma.
But what if getting through isn't the same as healing?
In this episode, I share one of the biggest mindset shifts that's transformed my life: the difference between surviving a difficult experience and regulating through it.
I open up about how I consciously regulated through my husband's stroke, discovering at 38 that the man who raised me wasn't my biological father, and why slowing down, asking...
51. You're Not Lazy. You're Stuck in Freeze. The Real Reason You Procrastinate
Do you keep putting things off and telling yourself you're lazy?
What if procrastination isn't a motivation problem... but a nervous system response?
In this episode, I explore why so many intelligent, capable people freeze when faced with difficult conversations, starting a business, going to the gym, or making big life changes. We dive into the science of the nervous system, why your body remembers what your mind has forgotten, and how childhood survival patterns can show up as procrastination in adulthood.
I also...
50. The BIGGEST Misconception About Nervous System Regulation
What if everything you've been taught about nervous system regulation is missing the point?
Many people believe regulation means feeling calm or safe all the time. But true regulation isn't about avoiding discomfort—it's about building the capacity to stay present with it when you are safe.
In this episode, I share a powerful client story and explain why constantly escaping uncomfortable emotions can keep your nervous system stuck in survival mode. You'll learn the difference between safety and capacity, why your body defaults to fight, flight, freeze or fawn, and how to gradually expand your...
49. Family Estrangement: When Walking Away Is the Healthiest Choice, with Author Cari Fund
Family estrangement is one of the most misunderstood experiences someone can go through. Society tells us that family is everything, that forgiveness is always the answer, and that blood should come before boundaries. But what happens when the relationship itself is causing harm?
In this deeply honest conversation, I sit down with author and cycle breaker Cari Fund to talk about the reality of family estrangement, grieving people who are still alive, breaking generational patterns, and learning to choose yourself without carrying a lifetime of guilt.
We also explore my own experience of family estrangement f...
48. People Tree: The 5 People Quietly Shaping Your Life
Who are the five people you spend the most time with?
It could be:
Your partner.Your child.Your best friend.Your dog.The podcast host you listen to every morning.The influencer you watch every night.The news you consume.The audiobook that's constantly in your ears.In this solo episode, I share one of my favourite exercises that I learned from neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart—the People Tree Exercise.
Here's how it works:
Write down the five people you spend the most time...
47. How She Stayed Standing When Life Kept Knocking Her Down, with Somatic Coach, Sinéad Quinn
What do you do when life just won't let up?
In this powerful conversation, I sit down with breathwork facilitator, somatic coach, and Spinal Energetics practitioner Sinéad Quinn to explore what resilience really looks like—not the kind that pushes through at all costs, but the kind that gently brings you back to yourself.
Sinéad's story is one of profound adversity. She shares her experience of becoming a mother to a son with Down syndrome, welcoming a second baby almost 12 weeks prematurely, navigating her husband's vaccine injury, losing her mother, and facing...
46. Rewiring Your Subconscious: Why You Still Feel Stuck, with Maddison Everist, Hypnotherapist
Ever wondered why you keep repeating the same patterns—even when you know exactly what you should do?
In this episode, I'm joined by hypnotherapist and RTT Practitioner Madison to explore the incredible power of the subconscious mind and why confidence isn't just built through positive thinking.
We dive into why so many high-achieving women still struggle with self-doubt, people-pleasing, overthinking and feeling "not enough," despite years of personal development.
We discuss:
✨ What hypnotherapy actually is (and what it isn't!)
✨ Why willpower alone isn't enough to create lasting change.
✨ H...
45. Why I'm Childfree by Choice
Today marks a special milestone—this podcast turns one year old. ❤️
In many ways, this podcast has become one of my babies. My book, my business, this community... they are all things I've intentionally created and deeply nurtured. So it felt fitting to finally record an episode I've wanted to make for a very long time.
Why I'm childfree by choice.
This isn't an episode about convincing anyone not to have children, nor is it about saying one path is better than another.
It's about honesty.
It's about having the cou...
44. The Cost of Speaking Up
Do you actually regret speaking up... or do you regret what happened after?
For years, I believed speaking up made my life worse. I lost friendships, created conflict, and even spent months not speaking to my mother after a confrontation weeks before she was diagnosed with cancer.
In this episode, I share the powerful realization that changed everything:
Speaking up wasn't the problem.
It was revealing the problem.
We explore why honesty can cost us approval, certainty, and the illusion that a relationship is healthier than it actually is...
43. Restorative Justice: Healing Matters More Than Punishment- with Survivor Advocate, Marlee Liss
What if healing mattered more than punishment?
In this powerful episode, I sit down with Marlee Liss — author, speaker, survivor advocate, and founder of Survivors 4 Justice Reform — to discuss trauma, healing, and her groundbreaking experience with restorative justice following sexual assault.
Restorative justice is an alternative approach that brings together those harmed and those responsible in a structured, trauma-informed process focused on accountability, healing, and repair rather than punishment alone.
Marlee shares her personal story, why the traditional justice system failed to meet her needs as a survivor, and how restorative justic...
BONUS EPISODE: Personal Essay - The Same Moment, Four Times (Time Is a Strange Animal)
Time does not always move in straight lines. Sometimes memories return in loops. Sometimes the body remembers what the mind is not yet ready to hold.
In this personal essay, Katie Delimon explores trauma, nonlinear memory, nervous-system protection, family secrets, and the strange way certain truths keep returning over a lifetime until we are finally ready to face them.
From a childhood moment in New Jersey… to a late-night conversation with her brother at eighteen… to a silent Vipassana retreat in Australia… to an AncestryDNA result that changed everything at thirty-eight — this is a story about ti...
42. She Turned EXTREME Trauma into Therapy That Works, with Jessica Ella, Founder of Aaruka Therapy
In this deeply powerful conversation, I sit down with women’s healing expert, and creator of Aaruka Therapy, Jessica Ella — a woman whose story will leave you speechless.
After surviving horrific childhood abuse, being diagnosed with anxiety, depression, dissociative disorders, Stockholm Syndrome, and Lyme disease, Jessica could have stayed trapped in survival mode forever.
Instead… she healed.
Not overnight.
Not perfectly.
But powerfully.
In this episode, we explore:
✨ How trauma impacts the nervous system
✨ What healing actually looks like (spoiler: it’s not linear)
✨ Rebuilding tru...
41. 10 Days of Silence (Vipassana) Changed Nothing — And Everything
10 Days of Silence Changed Nothing — And Everything
No phone. No talking. No eye contact. No distractions. Just you, your breath, and every part of yourself you've been avoiding.
I just got back from my seventh Vipassana meditation retreat. My first in six years. And I want to tell you everything.
Vipassana means insight meditation — it's the exact technique the Buddha practiced under the Bodhi tree 2,500 years ago. It's not religious. There's nothing to believe in or recite. All you do is observe your breath and the sensations in your body.
Simple. Brut...
BONUS EPISODE: How I Learned to Leave — A Personal Essay
This bonus episode is a personal reading of my recent essay How I Learned to Leave, written for An Anthology of Departures, Goodbyes, and Becoming.
Leaving is rarely about simply walking away. Sometimes it’s leaving relationships, places, old identities, family patterns, or versions of ourselves that no longer fit. In this deeply personal piece, I share my journey of leaving America for Australia, leaving familiarity, and learning the difference between running from your life and running toward it.
Because sometimes leaving isn't abandonment.
Sometimes leaving is becoming.
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40. The Rest Revolution: Why Sleep Isn’t Enough & The 7 Types of Rest
In today’s episode, I’m diving into something I believe we are deeply deprived of as a society… REST.
Not just sleep.
Real rest.
Because you can sleep 8 hours and still wake up exhausted.
In this episode I break down:
✨ The 7 types of rest your nervous system actually needs
✨ Why so many high-performing people still feel depleted
✨ The difference between rest and escape
✨ Emotional suppression, nervous system dysregulation & burnout
✨ Why “doing nothing” can feel uncomfortable
✨ How what we don’t speak… we store
If you’ve been feeling o...
39. The Unlived Life of Parents (How It Impacts Your Children) with Empowerment Coach, Jody Ruston
“The greatest burden a child must bear… is the unlived life of the parents.” — Carl Jung
What if the pressure you feel as a parent isn’t actually about your child… but about you?
In this powerful conversation, I sit down with empowerment coach and “More Than a Mum” mentor Jody Ruston to explore the concept of the unlived life—and how the parts of ourselves we suppress don’t disappear… they get passed down.
We talk about:
✨ How parents unknowingly project their unfulfilled dreams onto their children
✨ The emotional and nervous system...
38. Generational Trauma: 4 Ways It Gets Passed Down
What if the anxiety you feel… the patterns you repeat… the silence you carry… didn’t start with you?
In this episode, I’m unpacking generational trauma—how experiences that were never spoken about can still live in your body, shape your nervous system, and influence your relationships today.
Because here’s the truth:
What we don’t speak… we store.
We dive into:
• The 4 ways trauma gets passed down through generations
• Why your nervous system may feel unsafe… even when your life looks “fine”
• The science behind epigenetics and inherited stress responses
37. What is Inner Self-Confidence (And Why It Has Nothing To Do With Confidence)
What if confidence isn’t what you think it is?
In this episode, I break down the truth about inner self-confidence—and why so many women are chasing something that will never actually give them what they’re looking for.
You can be successful, admired, and “confident” on the outside…and still struggle to speak up, set boundaries, or trust yourself when it matters most.
This episode dives into the gap between how you show up in the world—and how you show up for yourself.
Inner self-confidence isn’t about being fea...
36. What is your Shadow Self? Own your Shadow, Own Your Life with Coach, Anita Tomecki
In this powerful episode, I sit down with Human Behaviour Expert & Coach Anita Tomecki to unpack one of the most misunderstood — and transformational — concepts in personal growth: the shadow self.
We go beyond the surface and break down what shadow work actually is (without the fluff), how it shows up in everyday life, and why the parts of you you’ve been trying to hide… might be the very parts running your life.
If you’ve ever found yourself people-pleasing, overreacting, shutting down, judging others, or feeling stuck in patterns you know aren’t servi...
35. The Breath Practice that Builds Confidence with Breath Expert Anthony Abbagnano
What if the most powerful tool for clarity, confidence, and calm… has been with you your entire life?
In this episode, I sit down with Anthony Abbagnano—author of Outer Chaos, Inner Calm and founder of Alchemy of Breath—who has trained thousands of facilitators worldwide and spent over 40 years in the wellness space.
We dive into something deeper than the “breathwork” you might be thinking of.
This isn’t about forcing, pushing, or intense techniques.
This is about conscious connected breathing—a simple, grounded, and powerful practice that helps you move out...
34. Stop Blaming Your Parents, Partner & Perimenopause
This might be a controversial episode, but everything I do is deeply rooted in compassion. This episode is no different.
We need to talk about something nobody in the wellness space is saying out loud.
We have more licensed psychologists than ever before in history. More therapy apps, more mental health awareness, more diagnoses, more labels, more validation than any generation before us.
And yet we have more depressed, anxious, stressed and medicated humans than ever.
So is validation alone actually healing us?
In this episode, I'm talking about:<...
33. She Talks to Dead People & Lime Energy Hack with Psychic Medium, Jessica Lynne
She talks to dead people… but what does that actually mean?
In this fascinating episode, I sit down with Jessica Lynne, one of Australia’s most in-demand psychic mediums, known for her extraordinary ability to — in her own words — “talk to dead people.”
Jess shares how she went from working in the fast-paced corporate world as an Executive Assistant to answering her spiritual calling and becoming a globally recognised medium, connecting people with loved ones who have passed.
In this conversation we explore:
• When Jess first realised she had this gift
• The signs loved on...
32. Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back with Author Alicia Cook
"Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back" isn't about being flaky—it's a nervous system snapshot.
In this powerful conversation, Katie sits down with poet Alicia Cook, bestselling author of Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately and the viral poem Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back, to unpack why so many women go silent when life gets overwhelming.
This isn't about avoidance or laziness. It's about freeze and fawn—survival responses women learn early to stay safe, likable, and low-maintenance.
In this episode, we explore:
Why wome...31. What We Don't Speak, We Store
What We Don't Speak, We Store
In this powerful episode, Katie Delimon reveals the profound truth that silence doesn't protect us—it destroys us from the inside out.
Born out of infidelity and kept a secret for 38 years, Katie shares her deeply personal journey of discovering her biological father's identity and the generational trauma of emotional suppression that nearly cost her everything.
From her mother's battle with ovarian cancer to her own struggles with IBS, anxiety, chronic fatigue, and toxic relationships, Katie unpacks the science behind what happens when we swallow our truth. St...
