Authentic Communication with Adria Firestone

With video becoming such an important medium in podcasting, we have to consider how we are communicating not just with our audience, but our guests during interviews.  How is communicating via camera different than a face-to-face conversation? How do we open ourselves up for authentic conversations and genuine connection when using a medium that can distort authenticity and make other people feel distant? Adria Firestone is here today to discuss all this and more. This week, episode 136 of Listeners to Leads is about authentic communication with your audience and podcast guests! 

Adria Firestone is a speaker, author and certified Rapid Results Coach who works with clients around the globe. She is a leading consultant for video skills, and a branding and communication expert. Adria’s clients are spiritually conscious businesswomen, entrepreneurs and thought leaders who want to express their feminine power with confidence and authentic visibility, so they easily attract their ideal clients. Adria has decades of international, award-winning performance, media experience and coaching the vocal, visual, and verbal aspects of presentation. Adria’s credits range from Carmen in Bizet’s opera to Family Guy. She has been published in the WSJ, the Huffington Post, Woman’s Day and was featured on News 12, RAI TV and Telemundo.

In this episode of Listeners to Leads, Adria Firestone is sharing the importance of actively listening and creating a safe space for your podcast guests and actionable steps you can take right now to be more comfortable and confident in front of a camera. 

Adria and I also chat about the following: 

• Active listening and creating a safe space for your podcast guest to open up.
• Letting go of perfectionism to create a supportive and authentic podcast experience.
• The difference between charismatic individuals who use manipulation versus those who embody unconditional love and action.
• Tips for looking and sounding comfortable and confident on camera.

To receive Adria’s free guide, “The Wise Wild Woman’s Path to Rapid Change & Making Space for the Life of Your Dreams”, head over to adriafirestone.com/welcome.

Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on turning your podcast listeners into leads and to hear even more about the points outlined above. 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Authentic Communication with Adria Firestone
• 4:13 How Adria found her first career in opera and theatre and transitioned into coaching at midlife.
• 7:17 Finding safety in vulnerability and connection with others.
• 10:47 The importance of active listening and creating a safe space for guests.
• 15:56 Prioritize building genuine connections with the audience.
• 17:26 Embracing imperfection in podcasting
• 19:01 Tips for being comfortable in front of the camera.
• 23:40 Defining charisma as unconditional love and action.
• 29:40 Acknowledging the habitual patterns that can trap us in our own minds.