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#155 - Coaching Google Execs & Interviewing Every Ex w/ Miriam Katz
Miriam Katz coaches executives at Google or Deloitte on public speaking. She also hosts Ex Appeal, a podcast where she interviews every person she's ever been romantic with.
In this conversation, we get into:
Why the real fear behind speaking has nothing to do with being polished
How improv exercises expose defense mechanisms we've carried since childhood
What interviewing her exes taught her about herself
Why she believes the stories we tell about ourselves are the biggest obstacle to growth
This is not a typical communication episode. Miriam brings the same radical honesty she demands from clients, and the conversation goes places neither of us expected.
If you've ever held back from saying what you really mean, this is the one.
🟪 Important Moments:
(00:00) Trailer
(01:02) Why Speaking Feels So Scary
(10:08) Can Comedy Actually Make You Braver?
(15:59) The Perfectionism Trap (and the Accent Myth)
(21:13) Interviewing Your Exes On a Podcast
(27:28) What Years of Dating Really Taught Her
(36:44) Where Vulnerability Meets Strategy
(40:57) Who Needs a Speaking Coach (Hint: Maybe You)
🟪 About the Guest
Miriam Katz is a public speaking coach and the host of the “Ex Appeal” podcast, for which she is interviewing every person she’s ever been romantic with on any level. As a coach, she works a lot with humor as a way to loosen up her clients and allow their natural charisma to emerge. Katz also works as a journalist and ghostwriter, and performs as an actor and improviser. Yes she is busy.
🟪 Connect with Miriam Katz
- Free 20 minute mini class / exploratory coaching session: https://calendly.com/miriamkatz/new-meeting-2
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ex-appeal-podcast/id1815156860
- Podcast website: https://www.exappealpodcast.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexappealpodcast/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-katz-b53ba828b/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@exappeal
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@exappeal
🟪 Connect with Gabe Marusca
- Website: https://www.gabemarusca.com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gabemarusca
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabemarusca/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabemarusca/
- X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabemarusca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabemarusca
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabemarusca
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By Gabe MaruscaMiriam Katz coaches executives at Google or Deloitte on public speaking. She also hosts Ex Appeal, a podcast where she interviews every person she's ever been romantic with.
In this conversation, we get into:
Why the real fear behind speaking has nothing to do with being polished
How improv exercises expose defense mechanisms we've carried since childhood
What interviewing her exes taught her about herself
Why she believes the stories we tell about ourselves are the biggest obstacle to growth
This is not a typical communication episode. Miriam brings the same radical honesty she demands from clients, and the conversation goes places neither of us expected.
If you've ever held back from saying what you really mean, this is the one.
🟪 Important Moments:
(00:00) Trailer
(01:02) Why Speaking Feels So Scary
(10:08) Can Comedy Actually Make You Braver?
(15:59) The Perfectionism Trap (and the Accent Myth)
(21:13) Interviewing Your Exes On a Podcast
(27:28) What Years of Dating Really Taught Her
(36:44) Where Vulnerability Meets Strategy
(40:57) Who Needs a Speaking Coach (Hint: Maybe You)
🟪 About the Guest
Miriam Katz is a public speaking coach and the host of the “Ex Appeal” podcast, for which she is interviewing every person she’s ever been romantic with on any level. As a coach, she works a lot with humor as a way to loosen up her clients and allow their natural charisma to emerge. Katz also works as a journalist and ghostwriter, and performs as an actor and improviser. Yes she is busy.
🟪 Connect with Miriam Katz
- Free 20 minute mini class / exploratory coaching session: https://calendly.com/miriamkatz/new-meeting-2
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ex-appeal-podcast/id1815156860
- Podcast website: https://www.exappealpodcast.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theexappealpodcast/?hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-katz-b53ba828b/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@exappeal
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@exappeal
🟪 Connect with Gabe Marusca
- Website: https://www.gabemarusca.com
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gabemarusca
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabemarusca/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabemarusca/
- X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gabemarusca
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabemarusca
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gabemarusca