A milestone episode, the 200th, deserves a celebration! 🥳

To do just that, in this episode I’m answering a series of listener questions about speaking, podcasting and speaking highlights, as well as sharing what I’ve learned, and what’s coming next, for the Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson podcast.

Listen in to hear:

• The most popular episode of all time

• The common mistakes people make when they start working on their speaking skills

• The ‘thing’ that keeps coming up, over and over again, in my coaching work

• The number one insight I’ve gained, as in, the ONE THING that is most impactful when communicating

• What surprises me the most about this podcast and this work

• My speaking highlight (and no, it’s not the biggest stage I’ve spoken on)

• How I record these episodes without a script and keep my voice calm and inviting

• Why I think speaking in THE MOST valuable skill you can have

• What I’ll be sharing in episodes 201, onwards

Also mentioned in this episode:

The most popular episode of all time - How To Get The Right Words To Come Out

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6zvje5YEEpFaEejTa9TFay?si=0c4f43ba393841d2

The interview with Denise Duffield-Thomas

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Yfa9VK2Hf0r7Dj50W07v1?si=9J3n_ebUQD2hCH58z2kBzg

The interview with Dr Martine Rothblatt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp5w47HjLKM 

My newsletter, Impactful, on substack (best way to hear about the cool stuff coming up)

https://catmatson.substack.com/

Instagram - where you can chat with me about anything ☺️

https://www.instagram.com/catmatson/ 

Nothing is obvious to the uninformed ... yet so often when we communicate we assume that our audience knows what we're talking about.

I've been reading award entries this week and so many of them don't make it obvious what they do. It's a lost opportunity for them to make an impression and to make an impact with the judging panel.

It's not just award entries where this happens though:

• describing your business
• describing your role in government
• introducing yourself at networking functions

In this episode I explain how to make it simply obvious to your audience.

Listen in to hear:

• why nothing is obvious to the uninformed
• how to think about what you do so you can describe it in a way that lands
• how thinking in 'sesame street terms' might help you simplify your message
• how being cute, jargonistic or extra clever doesn't help
• my simple framework for explaining what you do, simply

To learn more about my Earn The Right Framework, listen to

Episode 7 - Why Me? Overcoming I'm Not Good Enough

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How often have you NOT spoken up because you don’t trust yourself to say the ‘right’ thing?

I was recently asked these 2 questions:

1. How do you build the confidence in knowing what to say? How do you trust yourself to provide the right content?
2. How do you develop the confidence to trust your intuition?

And I thought answering them would make for a delicious discussion.

Listen in to hear:

• How I determined what is the ‘right’ thing to say (as a recovering over-thinker and self-doubter)

• How to listen to your audience in a way that tells you what they want to know

• How to strengthen your intuition in an age of AI and ‘should’ messaging

• The ways to practice trusting your intuition to strength it

• Why feedback and interaction is the best way to determine if you’re ‘saying the right thing’ (which requires practice and risk)

>> I would LOVE your help to celebrate 200 episodes of Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson. If you’re listening on a platform that allows comments, leave a ‘toast’ for the podcast that I can read out on the show, or ask me a question I can answer on episode 200!

If you can't leave comments on your podcast app, head over to this pinned post on Instagram and leave your toast, or ask your question, there.

>> Want more ideas on strengthening your intuition?

Listen to this interview with Chenae Carey 

Episode 123 - Intuitive Business with Chenae Carey

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Where does your confidence come from?

Is it authority?

Is it something else?

That was a question I was asked recently and I’m answering it in this week’s podcast.

A listener asked:

>> When you stand up as a public speaker, how do you build your confidence? Through authority, or something else? And, if authority, is it internal or external authority?

What a question!

Listen in to hear my exploration, including:

• When external authority is important in building your confidence

• How to build your internal authority

• How to recognise the authority that others ascribe to you

• Why using my ‘brag bag stories’ is a powerful way to build your confidence around your authority

• Why the conversations you have repeatedly are often a source of fabulous authority (even if it seems too obvious to you).

>> I would LOVE your help to celebrate 200 episodes of Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson. If you’re listening on a platform that allows comments, leave a ‘toast’ for the podcast that I can read out on the show, or ask me a question I can answer on episode 200!

If your podcast app doesn't let you leave comments, then ask your question or make a toast on this instagram post.

>> Want to know more about brag bag stories and establishing your authority?

Listen to episode 143 - How To Establish Credibility without sounding braggy - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C2ap7T1cPRJUjkeOkcZoJ?si=mTF_fmvARqGXUD3rKHYU_g

And want to dive deeper into each podcast, work out loud with me and be the first to know of my events? Subscribe to my substack newsletter, Impactful, here https://catmatson.substack.com/ 

SPECIAL EVENT

This week, from 20 April, 2026, I am hosting the 7 day Speaking with Impact Practice Series.

Each day's practice video / podcast will be shared here.

To get all the extras, including the opportunity to get your questions answered, and the TWO live coaching calls, ⁠join here

SPECIAL EVENT

This week, from 20 April, 2026, I am hosting the 7 day Speaking with Impact Practice Series.

Each day's practice video / podcast will be shared here.

To get all the extras, including the opportunity to get your questions answered, and the TWO live coaching calls, ⁠join here

SPECIAL EVENT

This week, from 20 April, 2026, I am hosting the 7 day Speaking with Impact Practice Series.

Each day's practice video / podcast will be shared here.

To get all the extras, including the opportunity to get your questions answered, and the TWO live coaching calls, ⁠join here

SPECIAL EVENT

This week, from 20 April, 2026, I am hosting the 7 day Speaking with Impact Practice Series.

Each day's practice video / podcast will be shared here.

To get all the extras, including the opportunity to get your questions answered, and the TWO live coaching calls, ⁠join here

SPECIAL EVENT

This week, from 20 April, 2026, I am hosting the 7 day Speaking with Impact Practice Series.

Each day's practice video / podcast will be shared here.

To get all the extras, including the opportunity to get your questions answered, and the TWO live coaching calls, ⁠join here