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EPISODE · Dec 16, 2025 · 48 MIN

Stop Faking Confidence: How to Build the Real Thing with Erika Cramer

from The Confidence Chronicles

🔔 Subscribe for more great content: https://youtube.com/@renee_warren/featured ▶️ Recommended for you: https://youtu.be/WM-L8p8mw-c ----------------------------------------------------- Erika Cramer, The Queen of Confidence, is a globally recognized confidence coach, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author. After overcoming trauma, foster care, and early widowhood, she now empowers women worldwide through her award-winning podcast The Confidence Chronicles and her no-nonsense coaching approach. Currently pursuing a degree in psychotherapy, Erika helps women break through limitations and step into their full potential. ----------------------------------------------------- Listen to this episode on the go! 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/into-the-wild/id1508734916 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10gjdqlPM5kTgrzsaS3Tn3 ----------------------------------------------------- Get social with us! 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renee_warren/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Renee_Warren 🌐 Website: https://www.reneewarren.com/ ----------------------------------------------------- Get your tickets to The Pink Skirt Project! Join us on July 9th and 10th in Kelowna, BC for a day that will transform your business and life. https://www.thepinkskirtproject.com/ ----------------------------------------------------- Looking for my books on Amazon? Grab a copy of my Book! GET COVERED! How to craft, pitch, and tell your startup’s story to get more customers: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Covered-craft-startups-customers/dp/1981911731/ref=sr_1_1 ----------------------------------------------------- Chapters 00:02:15 Introducing Erika Cramer, The Queen of Confidence 00:03:52 Running from life, passports, and almost getting kicked out of Australia 00:05:29 Why people say you look more confident and what is actually changing 00:06:06 Confidence is built, not born 00:06:26 Confidence equals self trust and why that changes everything 00:07:06 How women break trust with themselves without realizing it 00:08:12 Wearing the scrunchy butt shorts and trusting you will be okay 00:09:02 Being generous with what people think about you 00:10:12 Tall Poppy syndrome and how women cut themselves down 00:11:54 The pink lipstick moment and redefining “too much” 00:13:52 Where women downplay themselves in business and visibility 00:15:23 Corporate stages, sequins, and refusing to shape shift 00:17:52 Getting out of your head and back into service 00:19:46 The accidental coffee shop moment that sparked magnetism 00:21:42 Making magnetism practical instead of spiritual fluff 00:23:50 Taking responsibility for the energy you bring into a room 00:26:02 Why trolls are not inevitable and what you look for you find 00:27:01 Why “fake it till you make it” is damaging advice 00:28:02 Trusting your gut and spotting misalignment early 00:30:02 Why authenticity is easier than performing 00:31:06 Energy leaks from how you talk to yourself 00:33:52 Why judgment of others creates fear of being judged 00:35:22 Where confidence breaks down for female founders 00:36:01 Why healing does not mean reliving your trauma 00:38:48 You have to go through it to get to the other side 00:39:26 Why you must suck before you become great 00:40:10 Confidence feels uncomfortable because growth is uncomfortable 00:41:44 The judging loop and how it shows up in visibility 00:43:28 Coaches need coaches and doing your inner work consistently 00:44:47 What it means to be a wild woman 00:46:28 Where to find Erika Cramer and final thoughts

🔔 Subscribe for more great content: https://youtube.com/@renee_warren/featured ▶️ Recommended for you: https://youtu.be/WM-L8p8mw-c ----------------------------------------------------- Erika Cramer, The Queen of Confidence, is a globally recognized confidence coach, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author. After overcoming trauma, foster care, and early widowhood, she now empowers women worldwide through her award-winning podcast The Confidence Chronicles and her no-nonsense coaching approach. Currently pursuing a degree in psychotherapy, Erika helps women break through limitations and step into their full potential. ----------------------------------------------------- Listen to this episode on the go! 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/into-the-wild/id1508734916 🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10gjdqlPM5kTgrzsaS3Tn3 ----------------------------------------------------- Get social with us! 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renee_warren/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Renee_Warren 🌐 Website: https://www.reneewarren.com/ ----------------------------------------------------- Get your tickets to The Pink Skirt Project! Join us on July 9th and 10th in Kelowna, BC for a day that will transform your business and life. https://www.thepinkskirtproject.com/ ----------------------------------------------------- Looking for my books on Amazon? Grab a copy of my Book! GET COVERED! How to craft, pitch, and tell your startup’s story to get more customers: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Covered-craft-startups-customers/dp/1981911731/ref=sr_1_1 ----------------------------------------------------- Chapters 00:02:15 Introducing Erika Cramer, The Queen of Confidence 00:03:52 Running from life, passports, and almost getting kicked out of Australia 00:05:29 Why people say you look more confident and what is actually changing 00:06:06 Confidence is built, not born 00:06:26 Confidence equals self trust and why that changes everything 00:07:06 How women break trust with themselves without realizing it 00:08:12 Wearing the scrunchy butt shorts and trusting you will be okay 00:09:02 Being generous with what people think about you 00:10:12 Tall Poppy syndrome and how women cut themselves down 00:11:54 The pink lipstick moment and redefining “too much” 00:13:52 Where women downplay themselves in business and visibility 00:15:23 Corporate stages, sequins, and refusing to shape shift 00:17:52 Getting out of your head and back into service 00:19:46 The accidental coffee shop moment that sparked magnetism 00:21:42 Making magnetism practical instead of spiritual fluff 00:23:50 Taking responsibility for the energy you bring into a room 00:26:02 Why trolls are not inevitable and what you look for you find 00:27:01 Why “fake it till you make it” is damaging advice 00:28:02 Trusting your gut and spotting misalignment early 00:30:02 Why authenticity is easier than performing 00:31:06 Energy leaks from how you talk to yourself 00:33:52 Why judgment of others creates fear of being judged 00:35:22 Where confidence breaks down for female founders 00:36:01 Why healing does not mean reliving your trauma 00:38:48 You have to go through it to get to the other side 00:39:26 Why you must suck before you become great 00:40:10 Confidence feels uncomfortable because growth is uncomfortable 00:41:44 The judging loop and how it shows up in visibility 00:43:28 Coaches need coaches and doing your inner work consistently 00:44:47 What it means to be a wild woman 00:46:28 Where to find Erika Cramer and final thoughts

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