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Connect With Confidence - with Kerrie Phipps

Connect With Confidence - with Kerrie Phipps

By: Kerrie Phipps
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Summary

 How well do you connect with yourself, and how do you connect with others? How do you manage your thinking and emotions in situations and seasons of uncertainty and fear? Connecting with confidence begins with self awareness and self-regulation. Join us for conversations about self-awareness, talking to strangers, friends, family and connecting with confidence with anyone, anywhere. Leave intimidation and inadequacies behind, and make a bigger difference in the world. Cheering you on, Kerrie PhippsKerrie Phipps Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • A Little More Social with Nicholas Epley

    A Little More Social with Nicholas Epley
    May 5 2026

    What if the conversations you’re avoiding are the very ones that could change your day, your life, or someone else’s?

    In this warm and insightful conversation, Kerrie sits down with behavioural scientist Nicholas Epley to explore the surprising science behind talking to strangers and why we so often get it wrong.

    From a quiet train carriage in Chicago to life-changing family decisions, Nick shares how his research and his own lived experience reveals a powerful truth: we consistently underestimate how meaningful connection can be.


    Together, they explore:

    • ​Why we hesitate to reach out (and what’s really happening in our brains)
    • ​The concept of data-driven courage
    • ​How small moments of connection create unexpected happiness, health and belonging
    • ​The surprising gap between what we expect and what actually happens
    • ​How habits - not just knowledge - transform our relationships


    You’ll also hear deeply personal stories - including the journey that led Nick and his family to adopt their daughter Lindsay and how connection shaped that decision in profound ways.

    This episode is both practical and deeply moving; a reminder that even the smallest act of reaching out can ripple further than we ever imagine

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    Find Nick here -

    Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.nicholasepley.com/

    LinkedIn:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-epley/

    ResearchGate: ⁠https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicholas-Epley-2


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  • Talking to Strangers… or Meeting Angels?

    Talking to Strangers… or Meeting Angels?
    Apr 24 2026

    There are conversations that stay with you, not because they’re perfectly planned, but because they unfold with honesty, depth, and unexpected wisdom.

    In this episode of Connect with Confidence, I reconnect with Mathew Samuel - a global business leader I met in India recently, over a simple cup of tea in Dr Ram’s office at GRD College. What followed was a conversation about life, business, intuition, and the surprising power of talking to strangers.

    Mathew shares how his journey has been shaped not by rigid plans, but by openness to people, opportunity, and moments that didn’t make sense at the time but later changed everything.

    From building brands across 40 countries to learning from failure, from navigating loss to recognising life’s defining moments; this is a conversation about staying grounded while thinking globally.

    We explore:

    • Why “strangers” may actually be the people who shape your life most
    • How setbacks are really moments of unlearning
    • The discipline behind good decision-making
    • Why simplicity is harder and more powerful, than complexity
    • What it means to be ready when opportunity appears

    This is a spacious, reflective conversation that that invites you to pause, zoom out, and consider:

    Who are the “angels” that have appeared in your life?

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    Find Mathew here -

    LinkedIn:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathew-samuel-536a53388/


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  • Once Upon a Stranger - Gillian Sandstrom on how Small Talk is a big deal

    Once Upon a Stranger - Gillian Sandstrom on how Small Talk is a big deal
    Apr 2 2026

    What if the conversations we often dismiss as “small talk” are actually helping us build a richer, more connected life?


    In this delightful and deeply affirming episode of Connect with Confidence, Kerrie is joined by Professor Gillian Sandstrom, researcher, speaker and author of Once Upon a Stranger. Together they explore the science and the story behind everyday interactions – from chatting on trains and in cafés to sharing a smile with someone on a hard day.


    Gillian shares how her journey began – from watching her dad talk to everyone, to finding unexpected comfort in being recognised by the “hot dog lady” on campus, to one brave cupcake-inspired conversation that opened a whole new world. Along the way, Kerrie and Gillian reflect on introversion, belonging, networking, empathy, uncertainty and the ripple effect of simple human connection.


    They also unpack Gillian’s practical QUICK framework for starting conversations:

    Questions

    In Common

    Kindness


    This is a warm, thoughtful conversation for anyone who longs for more ease, confidence and meaning in their interactions – whether in daily life, travel, work or community.


    In this episode, you’ll hear about:

    • Why “small talk” isn’t small at all

    • How weak ties and everyday interactions help us feel we belong

    • The difference between introversion and shyness

    • Why talking to strangers can actually suit introverts

    • How authenticity changes networking

    • The cumulative effect of brief, ordinary conversations

    • How to start conversations using Gillian’s QUICK framework

    • Why a smile, a question or a kind comment can matter more than we realise



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    Find Gillian here -

    LinkedIn:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-sandstrom-5049951/

    Website: ⁠⁠https://gilliansandstrom.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drgilliansandstrom/

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    Profile: https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p555105-gillian-sandstrom


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