It’s hard to think of a more iconic Australian brand that inspires confidence, than the Royal Flying Doctor’s Service They operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, delivering the finest care to more than 330,000 Australians each year: that's one person every two minutes! From babies born mid air, to dental services, to now rolling out the covid vaccine to the most rural locations in the country: you might have seen some of their heroic stories brought to life on the small screen on the new RFD...
Sep 08, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 44
We’ve all had those days, right? Where we feel tired and crappy… where our health just hasn’t been right. Maybe you’ve even consulted Doctor Google and either panicked, laughed or both when it spat out a cancer diagnosis. But what if that diagnosis was actually right. And your whole life was flipped upside down in an instant. Mamamia’s Briony Benjamin was 30 years-old. Riding high in her career interviewing celebrities, producing hilarious viral videos and thinking she had her whole life ahead o...
Sep 01, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 43
When you think of the words honest and inspiring… well Talitha Cummins fits the bill. As a television journalist, she became a well known figure in loungerooms across Australia… reading the news on Sunrise and for the Seven network. But behind the scenes… Talitha was fighting a secret battle with alcohol addiction… stemming from a lack of confidence and self worth that began when she was a child. “There was a lot of time when i felt unsure of what I was doing and I didn’t disclose that I didn’t ...
Aug 15, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 42
MARK WALES is a former special ops commander…whose dream career became a nightmare in a cornfield in Afghanistan where he saw his mentor gunned down and learned the true meaning of resilience. But Australia knows him best from his time as a contestant on the show Survivor. Mark’s appearance on a reality show was all part of his mission to rebuild himself after the SAS. Today he shares how to find the confidence to turn your life around, the power of reinvention… and how to go about gaining new m...
Aug 11, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 41
“Am I a perfect human? No, I’m absolutely not. But did I do those things, am I an absolute bully of a human? Absolutely, 100% I am not.” You might recognise Emma Husar’s story from the news headlines of a few years ago. The Former federal MP for Lindsay was portrayed as a bright young hope for Labor… until all that came crashing down when she resigned three years ago in a storm of controversy over allegations of lewd conduct, bullying and sexual harassment in her office. In this vulnerable and h...
Jul 25, 2021•50 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Jan Fran is an award-winning Australian journalist, who you might know from The Project or The Feed or her online opinion segment The Frant, which she now makes for the Guardian. I’m fortunate enough to co host the Briefing Podcast with her and I just love our chats off air. I knew she’d make the perfect guest to talk about confidence. Yes, she’s wildly successful, she’s become a vintage fashion icon and she has a huge platform where she speaks her truth now. But it hasn’t always been an easy ri...
Jul 18, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Michael Clarke has been called abrasive and polarising… flashy and arrogant. But when I sat down with him to talk about confidence, I found someone refreshingly real and delightfully introspective who’s learned a lot of lessons in the fire of life. As one of the best batsmen of all time who went on to become Australia’s 43rd cricket captain, it might surprise you to learn the swagger was all a bit of a show. “All through my career, even from a young boy when I started, I always got nervous.” In ...
Jul 11, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 38
TRAILER FOR SEASON THREE Do you wish you could claim your confidence? Boldly put yourself forward, stop letting fear hold you back and fulfil your true potential? I’m Katrina Blowers and as a journalist I’ve interviewed many high achievers and gone through my own confidence struggles… and I’ve asked these same questions of celebrities, athletes, business leaders and other inspirational people In Season three of Claiming Your Confidence, we go even deeper with a new group of guests who, in honest...
Jul 03, 2021•3 min
So most of us have heard the story of Mao's Last Dancer, Li Cunxin, but I doubt as many of you have heard of his beautiful wife Mary Li. Mary grew up as Mary McKendry, one of eight kids, in Rocky in Central Qld. Her story of wanting to be a prima ballerina as a little girl, then dancing on stage in London and all over the world, even training with the legendary Rudolf Nureyev; is actually the stuff of fairytales. And so is the love story of how she met her future husband, both of them principal ...
Apr 18, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 37
I so enjoyed this chat with Billy BIllingham, who you might know from the TV show SAS Australia. We spoke while he was in hotel quarantine in Sydney ahead of his Australian tour, where he told me all about his tough upbringing in a UK council estate, running with gangs and joining the British armed Forces at 16… BIlly served for nearly 2 decades in the SAS. He was awarded the Queen’s commendation for bravery, jumped out of a lot of planes into war zones and then became a celebrity bodyguard to s...
Apr 04, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 36
I think hypnosis still has kind of a magical air to it, but Claire Aristides has made it part of her life’s work to get it into the mainstream. And she’s really passionate about using it as a tool to help people with their confidence and overcoming imposter syndrome. “So when we don’t feel worthy we don’t love ourselves, then we might smoke, overeat, drink too much.” Claire has used hypnosis to overcome fertility issues, for business goals and even to help with her daughter’s heart surgeries. An...
Mar 07, 2021•50 min•Season 2Ep. 35
I have to confess… I kinda ‘insta-stalked’ today’s guest, Melbourne writer Daniel Chidiac after a quote from one of his books popped on my feed. And then I slid into his DM’s. Creepy, right?! His books ‘Who Says You Can’t, You Do’ and more recently ‘The Modern Breakup’ have that kind of universal resonance, with life advice that just draws people in. They are now bestsellers in more than eight different countries. Success wasn’t always a given for Daniel, though, he had to learn the hard way ear...
Feb 28, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 34
I’m really excited to bring you this episode because I am a CLASSIC overthinker… let’s say a ‘recovering’ otherthinker… which we all know is the enemy of confidence. Dr Ali Walker, who’s a human connection scientist, has written a fascinating book called Get Conscious. She’s done a TED talk about the same thing, she lectures at the UNSW and she has some answers for getting out of your own head. Ali started her career as a criminal lawyer, realised it most definitely wasn’t for her, and now coach...
Feb 21, 2021•54 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Think of TV personality Liz Cantor and you think of sunshine and beaches. An all Australian girl who, after leaving the professional surfing circuit, turned actress, reality TV star, radio personality, lifestyle show host and weather presenter. But there’s a side to Liz she’s never before spoken about publicly. Until today. “And I just closed my eyes. And it was the first time in my life I thought, I just need to check out. I need to check out. I can’t be here.” The birth of Liz’s second son Fin...
Feb 14, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Do you sometimes have a drink to get more confidence or get the dutch courage to socialise? Today it is my great delight to bring you one of Australia’s best comedians Fiona O’Loughlin. I admire her so, so much - not just because she’s insanely funny… but so beautifully honest about the toxic trap of her battle with alcohol addiction. In her book, Truths from an Unreliable Witness, Fiona shares just how bad it really got. Passing out on stage. Drinking herself into a coma. Chugging down hand san...
Feb 07, 2021•46 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Ok… so today’s guest has officially blown this podcast’s swearing budget… out of the water! Lisa Cox is many things. She’s a speaker, an author, a model who’s been on the New York Fashion Week runway, and a consultant in advertising, media and marketing. She also identifies as someone living with a disability. And she’s disrupting the way anyone with a visible difference is represented in the mainstream. “People look at me with pity and sorrow and say ‘oh you poor thing’ or they’ll congratulate ...
Jan 31, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Tory Archbold is a superstar publicist (think Drew Barrymore, Steve Madden, Zara and Nespresso) and through her Powerful Steps platform, she helps others step into their true power and potential. And boy… does this lady have a story. We are re-releasing this episode to celebrate a collaboration between Powerful Steps and Claiming Your Confidence . Tory and I love working together and to mark my appearance on HER podcast, Powerful Stories, we thought we'd put Tory's episode out into the world aga...
Jan 31, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Here’s a personal question: How confident are you with your money? Personally this has been one of the BIGGEST challenges I’ve worked on. Which is why I’m so thrilled for this week’s guest Canna Campbell... known by millions across the globe as the female financial guru 'Sugar Mamma'. Canna’s a financial planner who, with her books, her popular youtube channel and her podcast, shows how anyone can build wealth and generate passive income; because she once had to claw her way out of debt too. No ...
Jan 24, 2021•45 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Have you ever heard that expression… ‘leap and the net will catch you?’ Australian art-preneur… I’m not sure that’s really a word but let’s go with it… Claire Devine, is living proof that when you go ALL IN on something, life will often conspire to help you on your way. This beautiful episode is for anyone who’s wondered: 'what if?' What if… you followed your passion. Turned that ‘side hustle’ into your main game. Claire, was FORCED to do just that… after her family was hit by a seizure, cancer,...
Jan 17, 2021•48 min•Season 2Ep. 27
A best-selling author, an award-winning businesswoman, a mum, a mentor and a coach… Pauline Nguyen is proof you can rewrite your own story, no matter what. She escaped Vietnam on a boat, survived a Thai refugee camp and transformed the experience of an abusive childhood… into a gift. With her brother Luke Nguyen, Pauline owns the iconic Red Lantern restaurant in Sydney. In this episode, you’ll learn about 'calm courage', why confidence is a ‘callous’, why Pauline and her partner choose polyamory...
Jan 10, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This one’s a solo episode with me, Katrina Blowers, counting down the top ten game-changing books that have helped me with my confidence over the past year. The topic for this episode came about after a number of requests from you guys… asking me for book recommendations to help with confidence, putting yourself out there, overcoming imposter syndrome, or just a bit of inspiration to either come up with new goals or rekindle your enthusiasm for achieving the ones you might have written down on a...
Jan 03, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Rachael Sarra’s art is having a moment. You’ll see it on the side of buses, buildings, on the official team uniform of the firebirds, in the packaging of Lush cosmetics, on postage stamps and even at the entrance of more than a dozen KMART stores. Her art tells the story of being a proud, modern, indigenous woman. But it’s her story of ‘becoming’ she shares with us today. Of figuring out her place as she straddled two worlds. In this episode we talk about navigating the pitfalls of social media ...
Dec 20, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 24
After a stellar career as a cricketer both in Australia and India and after appearing as a contestant in TWO seasons of the TV show Survivor, Lee Carseldine has talked publicly about a lot of things. But never before about confidence. And I’m pretty sure not… about sticking a piece of bread down his pants. Lee has ridden the confidence rollercoaster professionally. And personally. Highly publicised break-ups and losing his mum. In this episode, we talk about it all. Including, what it’s like to ...
Dec 13, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Erika Cramer has literally written the book… she actually has… on transforming trauma into triumph. Known as ‘The Queen of Confidence’, Erika’s a confidence coach and her new best-selling book ‘Confidence Feels Like Sh*t’ details how she survived sexual abuse, foster homes, a terrible car accident and the death of her husband. You’d think all that… would leave her broken. But Erika is SO uplifting, funny and wise. And she wants the world to know… confidence really DOES feel like sh*t. If you’ve ...
Dec 08, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 22
You might think you know Jessica Rowe because of the years she’s been on Australian television or maybe from her many books... but I bet you probably didn’t know she snorts when she laughs. Or that because she was brave enough to stand up to TV bosses… news in Australia has fundamentally changed. She’s raw and real about what it took to get through being quote unquote ‘boned’ on national TV. And on being a crap housewife. I first met Jess in the late 90’s when I was on work experience. And what ...
Dec 06, 2020•54 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Hi everyone! On this final episode of Season One I’m sharing with you the story that took me the longest time to publicly tell. There was a lot of shame, fear and worry about what other people would think of me. And that kept me kind of hiding it, almost like a dirty secret, for several years. It’s the story of the panic attack I had on television while I was reading the news live on air a few years ago. I know many of you may now know about this - I’ve written and spoken about it a little befor...
Nov 01, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Dr Vanessa Lapointe wants your kids to know that ‘you’ve got this’. As one of the world’s most renowned parenting experts, she says there is no magic, way of getting it right for our children. It’s okay if it feels like it’s hard. And we are here to figure it out. Together. In this uplifting conversation, you’ll learn how to become a more confident parent and raise more confident children; how to ‘discipline without damage’; and how dominant parenting ‘pop culture’ often has us doing exactly the...
Oct 25, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Vanessa Richardson is a modern-day psychic medium. She is definitely not the stereotype and through her business - The Conscious Collective - uses her gift to help others see their purpose in life and ignite their self-worth. In this fascinating chat Vanessa takes us back to, what was for her, the harrowing experience of being a child who could connect with the spirit world and the many difficult years it took for her to claim her confidence and fully embrace her abilities. You’ll learn how to t...
Oct 18, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 18
I couldn’t be more excited to bring you this bonus episode with Amy Gerard who has become one of my favourite people to follow on Instagram. Amy has attracted a huge community of followers for painting a hilarious and refreshingly honest picture of life as the mother of three young children. She gives us a warts-and-all view into how motherhood changes EVERYTHING from your boobs, to your love life and the gloriously messy chaos of everything in between. But I think Amy’s real strength is in maki...
Oct 13, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Known as the ‘gang buster’, trailblazing top cop Deb Wallace became renowned as the woman who ‘made bikies cry’. Deb’s faced off with murderers, drug manufacturers, dismantled some of Australia’s most feared gangs and put violent criminals behind bars; all while wearing her trademark heels and colourful suits. In this episode Deb will share the confidence it took to face off with crime bosses and earn their respect; career advice for anyone looking to smash their own glass ceilings; and how she ...
Oct 11, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 16
