My Mum Went To Dignitas, and I discovered I was Funny - With Bonnie Oddie

Most people think confidence is about how you come across.What if it’s actually about what you’re willing to tell the truth about?Bonnie Oddie is a writer, choreographer, and founder of Your Story Works, a programme that helps individuals and teams unlock confidence through true storytelling. The daughter of Bill Oddie, she grew up around performance and has built a career blending creativity with communication.Her work centres on using personal stories as a tool for connection, confidence and creative thinking, both on stage and within organisations.Bonnie is also the creator of an award-winning one-woman show about accompanying her mother to a Dignitas clinic, a story that revealed her distinctive ability to find humour, humanity and insight in complex, emotional experiences.In this episode, Bonnie explains why true stories are such a powerful tool for developing confidence:She says:“Confidence grows alongside the exploration of something you know is true.”‘Authenticity’ has become the word of the era. Those who struggle to access it assume it’s a skill to master. Bonnie explains something simpler. You become authentic by exploring something that’s true and expressing it.She says:“Once you’ve felt what it’s like to speak with integrity and sincerity, you can’t unfeel it.”In our conversation, we explore:• Why telling a true story gives you access to a kind of confidence that can’t be faked• How your own story becomes a powerful tool for communication, influence and leadership• What it really takes to give yourself permission to tell your version of a storyBonnie also talks about what it’s like to grow up with a famous father, and the effect it has on her confidence and identity. If this episode has inspired you to develop your confidence and communication techniques, join us for our Confidence Through Storytelling workshop on Wednesday 15 April in Soho.I’ll be joined by:• West End director Abbey Wright (National Theatre, Donmar, protégé of Alan Rickman and Danny Boyle)• Award-winning playwright Nina Segal (Royal Court Associate, writer on The Crown and Hanna)Together we’ll help you build the confidence to: • represent yourself or your business with confidence• tell powerful stories• own the room, using your voice, body and space And I’ll help you translate these techniques into your world — so you can win pitches, bring your team on side, and be seen as a confident leader.Tickets are available here.Corporates: £550Individuals: £300Liking, following, re-stacking, sharing, rating, reviewing etc makes a huge difference to this podcast. We’re on apple, spotify and youtube. You can also share this episode easily using the button below.To hear more from Bonnie, you can find her on instagram here and find her on Linked In here.This episode was produced by my amazing husband. It’s a job he never knew he wanted! If you’d like to support the making of future episodes, you can buy him a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/rosiedallingBy the way, I help C-suite leaders and founders build confident, robust teams. If you want help with that, drop me a line here.Enjoy the episode - and tell me in the comments what you think.Rosie Get full access to In Confidence at inconfidencepod.substack.com/subscribe