Let's Talk About Confidence
Let's Talk About Confidence examines the one capability that determines whether you'll attempt what matters most—and whether you'll persist when it gets hard. Not a personality trait. Not positive thinking. A learnable behaviour built through repetition, pressure, and consequence.
Confidence isn't something you're born with—it's something you build through boring repetition, sustained pressure, and real-world consequences.
Hosted by John M Walsh, this podcast explores how actual confidence develops in adults who've been tested. From founders who've rebuilt after failure, to leaders managing high-stakes decisions, to professionals who've had to perform without feeling ready.
These aren't motivational stories. They're honest conversations about:
- How confidence is built (the unglamorous truth)
- How it's lost (and what that reveals)
- How it's rebuilt (often stronger than before)
- How it shows up in high-pressure situations
Each episode examines confidence as an integrated adult skill—through the lens of performance, leadership, persuasion, credibility, competence, and reinvention.
For anyone interested in the behavioural reality of confidence, not the highlight reels.
For professionals, leaders, and anyone building something significant who knows confidence is the bottleneck—but wants the unglamorous truth about how it's actually developed, not another pep talk.
Let's Talk About Confidence
Latest Episodes
Saying No, Setting Boundaries, And Building Confidence One Small Step At A Time
Stop Settling: The Psychology Of Good Enough
Confidence, After Setbacks
Bonus Episode: Why Confidence Drops Around Certain People
Fan Mail
Hi there I just wanted to say thank you for your podcast yesterday Dallas is my daughter and was so super proud of her,she would never have been able to that even a year ago so thankyou so much for allowing her to tell her story,she is such a brave young lady and gone through so much and it was so nice to hear the confidence he showed, kind Regards Lisa Mathews.
Jersey