Build confidence on camera with Emma Walkinshaw #28

Build camera confidence with Emma Walkinshaw

Hosted by Deb Szabo, marketing strategist and video coach, founder of Content Catalyst

Special Guest and Content Catalyst Accelerator Member - Emma Walkinshaw, Founder of Embody Me, Yoga Instructor, Transformational Coach, and Author In this episode of the Content Catalyst Podcast, Deb Szabo is joined by Emma Walkinshaw to discuss the importance of confidence, body image, and showing up authentically online.

Emma shares insights from her work as a yoga instructor and transformational coach, emphasising the significance of morning rituals, mindset, and overcoming limiting beliefs.

- Introduction to Emma Walkinshaw Emma discusses her background, including her work as a yoga instructor and transformational coach, and her signature program, Embody Me.

- The Importance of Morning Rituals Emma explains her "21 Minutes of Morning Magic" program, which combines yoga, meditation, and journaling to help individuals start their day with clarity and intention.

- Body Image and Confidence The conversation explores societal beauty standards and how Emma helps women embrace their bodies through retreats and coaching.

- Mindset and Overcoming Limiting Beliefs Emma and Deb discuss the challenges women face with confidence, particularly when showing up online, and share strategies for overcoming self-doubt.

- The Role of Community and Support Emma highlights the value of community in building confidence and the importance of connecting with others who share similar goals.

- Practical Tips for Showing Up Online Emma provides practical advice on using lighting, preparation, and mindset shifts to enhance confidence when creating content.

### Timestamp Chapters:

[00:00] Introduction and Guest Background Introduction to Emma Walkinshaw and her work.

[05:00] Morning Magic and Daily Rituals Discussion on the "21 Minutes of Morning Magic" program.

[12:00] Embracing Body Confidence Addressing beauty standards and body image issues.

[20:00] Mindset and Confidence Building Strategies for overcoming limiting beliefs and building confidence.

[30:00] Community and Support Systems The importance of community in personal growth and confidence.

[40:00] Practical Tips for Content Creation Tips on lighting, preparation, and mindset for showing up online.

[50:00] Conclusion and Contact Information How to connect with Emma and join her Morning Magic group.

Connect with Emma Walkinshaw:

Emma's insights and practical advice offer valuable guidance for anyone looking to enhance their confidence and presence, both online and offline. -

**Instagram:** [Emma Walkinshaw](https://www.instagram.com/emma_walkinshaw) -

**Facebook Group:** 21 Minutes of Morning Magic

**Additional Resources:**

- Emma's Book: *365 Days of Morning Magic*

- Emma's Podcast: *Celebrate a Sister*

https://www.emmawalkinshaw.com.au/home

Learn more about Content Catalyst Membership

https://www.debszabo.com/membership

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Episode Transcript

welcome to Content Catalyst
in this episode I have got Emma Walkinshaw
who is a Content Catalyst member and joining me today
we are gonna be talking about showing up online
and our confidence and how it affects us
sharing a message on what we do now
Emma is founder of Embody Me program 21 Minutes of Morning Magic
she is a yoga instructor and transformational coach
she has also just released a book
and is the author of 365 Days of Morning Magic
and she's also a podcast host of celebrate a sister
how did I go with all of that Emma
well done Deb hello
welcome to Contact Catalyst
hey um
we have been chatting off off air just before about uh
your elevator pitch of what you do
and we started to talk about how you empower women
I'd love to hear more about what you do
thanks dear it's absolute honour and pleasure to be here
and we've been working together for a few months now
which has been tremendous
so thank you and hopefully
I get a chance to share with everyone today
how you've changed things in my business and showing up online
but yes how
what do I do what do I do in the world
so I as you mentioned
I am a yoga teacher and I had a yoga studio for almost four years
so during that time of being a yoga studio owner
I worked with women running workshops and retreats
so the retreats are all about wellness but really adventure
so I ran retreats here in Australia
Byron Bay and also India
so transformation just naturally happens when you're on retreat
the minute someone says yes
particularly to a place like India
transformation begins right there
ha ha so that's why I help women is of course through retreats
the other way is I do one on one coaching
and it really is in the area of body image
body confidence
as I mentioned I'm a yoga teacher
but I'm a size 14 to 16 yoga teacher
so you could say that's not the normal
the normal yoga teacher
or what media or social media often portrays about yoga
is that it is someone who's quite slender and super flexi
when you can be in any shape body and super flexy
you can be in a small body and not flexible yeah
so that's the work I've done a lot with women to
around embracing their body
and of course my signature program that you mentioned in Body
Me is lots of practical tools
and mindset shifts that really help us start to question
and look at all of the beliefs that we have grown up with
around beauty standards what are these beauty standards
where have they come from
and where we when
when did we decide that that's what a beautiful woman was or not
or beautiful person is or is not
so that's another way I do it and our morning magic
which is connected to the book
which you're on this morning with me Deb in a beautiful free group
so
the morning magic is really about arriving on your mat in the morning
for the first 21 minutes of your day
which is a little bit of yoga
a little bit of meditation
a little bit of journaling or like I call it fluetry
and this is purely to tap into your intuition and your voice of wisdom
first thing in the morning
because as we know
we step into the day and your day often will have its way with you
or we start our day checking our emails
our to do list responding to social media messages maybe
and we haven't had a chance to actually tune in to ourself and ask
what do I need today what do I intend to do today
how do I wanna feel all of those questions
so the 21 minutes of Morning Magic I came up with
because it does not have to be a long time
we don't need to sit cross legged for an hour or two hours
love that so much about that program
because I feel that that's where a lot of people give up
before they start of going
I don't have an hour to do a yoga session yeah
yeah I
I don't have time and and you and I both understand that being mothers
well you know
having businesses everything else feels like a priority before you do
but we know just spending that
just that 21 minutes of time
just setting your compass for the day
just getting really clear on what is a focus
without having our nervous system blown out
straight away by an endless to do list
or an email that has has this in a spin
and then the book of course
goes along with the morning magic group as there is a theme each day
a journal prompt and some
some movement so that is what I do dear
love that so much so just to rewind a moment
so you mentioned that you help women and that specifically your target
uh people that you help
and I mean obviously
any yoga um
clinic that you generally help
everybody who wants to come to yoga
and you know what um
yoga studios around where I am
it's a mix of male and females
how did you end up going actually
I wanna help women in particular
and I know because if we've worked together
you do help women specifically over a certain age as well
tell me how that of
I feel like it just found me
and yes I do
I do connect with women
I do feel that I resonate and I understand women
and I love men don't get me wrong
but I don't believe what I have to offer is
is is really attractive to men
it's more women I
I feel
I feel like I I mean
anyone can do morning magic and yoga and journaling and meditation
however like if you look at your embody me program
that is about empowering women right
it is it is
and I just like to work with women
I I feel really comfortable with women
I feel like I speak their language and they speak mine
so it's and
and
there's lots of people out there that probably work with both sexes
but for me I feel that just women is my market
and you see around that 35 to 55 or
or maybe you know
there's a little bit of given take there
but I would say that is my main area of weight
area of gravity so in
in that why
why that demographic do you think needs help in our body beliefs
what what
what are we challenged by that
you go I really feel that
and we spoke just before our air is diet culture and beauty standards
yeah yeah
well I feel the women in our age group
perhaps born in the 70s
we had very well meaning mothers and grandmothers
who raised us with all of these crazy diets
whether it be the woman's weekly summer body diet to the Atkins
to the shake diet the soup diet
to the cabbage diet we had an album
we're all raised well
a lot of us were raised with
with things like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig
I know I personally
mum took me to Jenny Craig at 14
and then I was at Weight Watchers at sixteen
yeah yeah
and and
you know mum and I talk about it now
and mum was just a really loving
well meaning mum and I told her that I wanna go to I
I need to do something about it
so she just facilitated that
but it was always spoken about in our family
yeah everybody's body was discussed
yeah and the
and the just the stakes were high
I guess you could say so for women in
who were born in the 70s even 60s
70s we've all had a pretty strong influence from our mother
mothers and our grandmothers and all the conversations around us
and then I also feel like it's a young generation
I have got a niece who is 25
and she was actually on my podcast to celebrate a sister podcast
and we spoke about her experience and her body image experience
and even at 25
when I had this notion that perhaps with social media now
we are getting to see lots of different bodies
that that was shifting but here's the thing with that Deb
your algorithm has to find its way to you
you your algorithm
unless you are exposing yourself to all different body shapes
you still are exposed to a diet culture
now that's been wrapped in this beautiful
green smoothie called the Wellness Industry
but it is still diet culture
yeah and it's really interesting cause I I was on
you know Facebook recently and I don't know again
the algorithm found me and it was all of this like uh
advertising from you know
back in the 50s of like what
and it was a male voice over of women doing their exercise and
and how you need to look for your husbands and and this is what a
you know how a well groomed lady would act and I'm laughing at this
but this was the messaging
and the advertising that was being sent out to women
so of course that was my mother
she was receiving that kind of uh
messaging
and of course they're gonna pass it down to us in our generation
and what's now interesting is how young it starts in
because of the access to social media of what teenagers
tweens and things can you know uh
you know
get obsessed about like I saw a young girl like she was a tween
I don't know how old
but let's say she was 13 cause she looks similar to my son's age
she was coming out of the nail salon with her
you know mum the other day and I was just like wow
that really just really says everything
she's you know doing this and I'm like
like for me as a 13 year old back then I was like roller skating and
you know it's like putting gel in your hair
but it just that's how we've evolved
I guess now
in saying that what I'm interested to know in
because when we've worked together
we've identified our beliefs and limiting beliefs as women
which can hold us back mindset
talk to me about mindset and confidence
because I feel in what I do as a video coach
and to help people show up online
we a lot of women and we're talking our generation as well
aren't necessary aren't comfortable on camera
and so
it takes a lot more effort for our generation to turn up on camera
then say
a 20 year old because we didn't grow up with a phone in our hand
like that younger generation has
and I'm I speak to women all the time about where
what holds them back
and it always comes back to that judgement of who's judging me
I'm worried about what they're gonna think
so what advice would you say to those women about
how can you work with mindset and beliefs
hmm it is
it's gonna be different for everyone
and I guess I can only speak from my own experience
hmm it is just practice showing up and practice
but the mindset of that isn't
it isn't that easy it isn't that easy
but when you have I feel if I can speak for my own experience
when you feel that you have a message and value for someone
it's not about you
it's about them and I love the saying if not now when if not me who
yeah so I in the early days my mindset was that it was like
I can sit on the sidelines here and wanna add to this conversation
I don't even have to be the expert
I can just add to this conversation or I cannot
but will I regret that
and and the answer was yes so then from there going well
what's the mindset how can I now show up
and I feel dead being part of your content catalyst
it's getting the knowledge and the tools so when you do show up
you avoid that I'm gonna make a fool of myself
because you're prepared yeah
so in the preparation that shifts the mind that it's not like
oh gosh I'm just gonna turn the camera on and give it a go
and what if I embarrass myself
through the work that I've done with you
and the work that you we've done
we're also in a business group together yes
that bit of education and knowledge empowers you to say well
if I am gonna show up I'm not gonna make a fool myself
cause I've prepared to the best of my ability
and then you do it
you get some feedback or you will always critique yourself
I feel but you get to a point where you say okay
I could do better but it wasn't that terrible
and I got some nice feedback and I help someone
so the mindset for me is is the preparation which helps that and
and there is some days where no
you don't feel like showing up on camera
and exactly the message you shared with us this week yeah
which has been brilliant was build your content
fold over or fire which is your message this week
which is tremendous build that
so then the weeks where you don't wanna show up yeah
you have got some some stuff there
some good quality stuff that you did plan
and you did put some time into
and it's okay to go out cause you're quite proud of it yeah
and it's it's really interesting because like
you know I my mother she has this thing that you know
you always go out impeccably groomed and you know
your hair and makeup's got
you know darling and and I actually
you know filming days my hair and makeup's done
I'm dressed you know in what gives me great energy uh
but I also show up on camera deliberately in my hat and
and my activewear for that reason to go
I wanna give everyone else the permission to show up as they are
as well and one of the things I think
what's really interesting is women versus men
in this instance there's a lot of creators online that I see you know
a lot of YouTube uh creators for example
if they're men and especially studying videography
there was a lot of male follow
the people that I followed
they would turn up in the hoodie and the cap
press record and off they go
but as a woman I find when I have a big recording day
that I need to get mentally prepared
and I I need to do my hair and my makeup
and put something on that gives me energy and vibrance
so it's more preparation and I feel that with that
more preparation can sometimes come procrastination
yes
yes I would agree with that hmm
yeah
and I do like what you said there Deb
I do feel it is allowing our audience
or our people to see us in all different facets
so showing up anyway even if
and it and yes
it is lovely to have the hair and the makeup and the nice clothes on
cause it's great for your energy and great for your mindset
but it's also okay to show up when you have some inspiration
a great message to share in your
on your morning walk that's okay to be
I'm like Christian Court
you like what I did then afterwards
I'm like to be dodgy there too
but that's okay because I'm like
it's it's more about if
if we got up in the morning and went for a walk together
that's how you gonna see me
yeah I think that shift
I think is when you realise that we're just
having a one to one conversation on the other side of the camera
on social media then it you can remove the thing of going
I have to be you know
impeccable for me to show up
it's okay to just turn up as I would if I went to the gym
yeah I also love what a friend said to me once
I was critiquing myself and I said
oh gosh you know
have a look at me and she said to me
but you don't understand that's Emma
that's what we we know you and you look like that
because we look from our eyes out and we don't look at ourselves
when we do then see ourselves
we're almost like shocked
which is absurd but
but like my friends said to me
but that's what that but that's you
that's what you look like
cause we don't see ourself
we don't see our facial expressions
we don't see how we look on what we do
because we're looking the opposite way out
so it's almost crazy that we get so
freaked out when we see ourself on camera
because that's what everyone always already knows what we look like
yeah that's exactly the funniest thing
and it's shifting
I think that's how the mindset shift that you need to
no one's surprised to you apart from you
everyone knows what you look like already
so true right
it's crazy but this is the month
this is the game yeah so confidence
how do we how do we so we got preparation when we you know
know what we're doing when know what we're saying
we think about our ideal person that we're
communicating to on the other side of the camera
and we know how to use the tech
what's the next thing of limiting beliefs that do you think stops us
with confidence
I like to call it out itty bitty shitty committee
and recognizing when one of those pops its head up
and it and it's the same old same old
it's almost like we hit play on this same voice
or this same member of our committee that says
you look ugly who do you think you are
and it's being really curious about that and getting aware and going
oh that old Chestnut and just calling yourself out
because we can let that run
and we can never show up or not do the video that day
or not reach out to that person
we can stop it but at some point
we've got to become aware
at some point
we've got to question ourself and raise our awareness around that
or else we would just never show up
and things would just go along with have regrets and
and not do the thing
so I guess you could say it's getting to know your inner critic
and if it's the same old inner critic
you're letting it run the show
so the opposite to the inner critic is your voice of wisdom
so we know the voice of wisdom is actually who we are
so each day it's it's the option when we go to do a video
am I gonna let my inner critic or my itty bitty
shitty committee tell me not to
or am I gonna step into my voice of wisdom
who is the wise one that says
but you wanna help a lot of people
yeah and then again
like I said by showing up on me
we do change people's perspectives
or we do give a tip
or we do share a tool or we do just be that friend
it keeps you showing up then
so I guess confident comes
I think I've said that twice though Debra
I think confidence comes from just keep going
just keep showing up yeah
yeah uh
I I always say you have to be courageous to get confident
and it does take that little bit of courage in the morning to go
I've got this my
my message of how I can help someone
is more important than me being self centred about how I look
yeah so it's kind of like when you serve
then you become less self absorbed when you focus that way
yes yes
you said that so eloquently
better than I did but that's yeah
and go you know
and time is the other thing when we create content as well that I find
so it's always about that confidence of going okay
I've got to get in the right
you know mindset about what I'm gonna you know
get past my inner critic and then you go
I gotta get confident get the tools okay
but then it's so easy for us to go
I've run out of time cut to work
yeah and and that's why for me
I'll do a lot of lives for that reason and often when I do lives
it's often with me a cap on and in my activewear
or in the kitchen cooking something
or out in a run because I'm like
there's no excuse now like I have to live and breathe it of going
you just gotta show up like it's more important to just show up
and what's really interesting is we were talking the other day and
you know we always have to eat our own like medicine
it's like we were talking and we having a session the other day
and you were about to do your book lunch
I'm like what are you wearing
and it's and it's like oh
what do you do capture cause again
I'm all about documenting what we do because people love to see
you know how we help people like showed
you know don't sell it's like we show and um
you're talking about I said
if you do a live
help get people to help you decide what to wear for the day
and you're like I can't
my hair and makeup's not done
and it's like that's okay
people still know you this like what you said
but that's how we see you anyway
like you still look beautiful
you're still amazing and I loved that you actually pushed past that
and actually did show up so yeah
but that was just hilarious
the response I got from that
cause people are curious and people do exactly that
they just that's who I am
I'm all conscious about our hair makeup
how can I do that and your advice
go live which is what I did
and I didn't watch it back cause I don't need to watch it back
no I just
I just responded to all the messages
and everyone was excited about the dress
and you write documenting your life and
and bringing people into it
and the beautiful thing was
all of my community chose the dress that I wore to the book launch
I love that just fabulous
so you're right so that was
that was great coaching the other day too
and that's often what you need to
because you can stay in your own inner critic and never
just never do live
and the moment passes or you have somebody like yourself that says
you can do it come on
let's do it and I did
so thank you
and um
you had what I think is the most important thing
is connection with your community and engagement
yeah just by showing up
you had all this beautiful conversation happening
that wouldn't happen otherwise yeah
that's it and lots of people want to celebrate the book launch with me
there's people you know
who didn't live here that was going
oh gosh yeah
well wishes and wanted to that are in the magic morning
the morning magic group
and wanted to send well wishes and had their little vote on the dress
that was fun it was joyful
it was just joyful yeah
and that's a really good example of how when we share what we do
it's not about like you went there going hey
my books I mean
there's nothing wrong with that either of going hey
my books here but it's like
how can you let people know that you're an author
and you're about to do a book launch
which just shares what you do
and that was a really nice way of being able to create content
documenting what you do
and also facing your own fees of what you teach body me right
and like you went head on into that
you face that head on of going actually no
I'm gonna I'm gonna do the thing that I tell the people to do right
yes yes
and I I feel in my morning magic group
I go live three mornings a week and I have no hair
no makeup but I feel like I'm in this protected
little community and that's that feels safe and there
and yeah there's over 400 people in that group
they see me with no hair and no makeup
and then for me then to be on the outer
like it's interesting how it's in layers
but I feel like that beautiful little group in that community
has given me
the courage your beautiful word
courage to be confident to keep showing up because I look at the
the the beautiful community I've built there and going well
I wanna reach more people cause this is wonderful for us all
so that's given me confidence too
so it's back to that
that doing and you pushed me out of my comfort zone the other day
but wonderful that's so wonderful
yeah there's the truth
I'm just gonna push you off yeah
let's do it do it do it do it
but that's what you need
sometimes there's a firm talking to and you gave me that
I was like right okay this is what I'm doing
and I think that's what you do as well is you know
maybe a bit more gentle than me
but um you know
that's what you're doing in Embody me program right
is you're helping people to accept how they are
so they can live their best life right
that's really what it's about isn't it
yeah cause otherwise you live your life on the sidelines
and where's the fun in that
celebrating everybody else and no fun in that
and can I just say that
the business women that I've met in our community
as well like they're really smart
intelligent women who have got so much to give and help other people
and when I see them sitting on the sidelines of going
if only people knew what you did
like yeah
you need like if you show up and actually help those people
how much more will you
have that ripple effect of changing other people's lives
and helping other people so
I think that's where that
empowering people to have that acceptance of going
this is how I am this is how I am
this is how you see me face to face in person
and this is how you see me online
and it's really interesting what you said then is that you feel um
it's a different mindset for you in your Facebook group
as opposed to just being out there on Instagram land
yeah yeah
that's really interesting actually
but you know what sometimes it's just baby steps and you can show up
you can show up there
then you can get the courage to then show up anyway
um
elsewhere
yeah and I think that's the thing to Debbie's refining your message
the more you talk about it
your inner thoughts and the inner work that you've done yourself
and the inner process and tools and study you've done
the more you talk about the more articulate you
can become and the more you can share it
but that doesn't happen unless you keep talking about it
it doesn't happen unless you keep showing up
so we wanna hone our skill and be articulate
and be able to flow our message
it doesn't happen if you don't show up hmm
that's the whole hone of the skill
yeah so what's one thing if you were to you know
give your wise
wisdom to somebody on the other end of the camera here now
or on the um
speaker here now of going okay
I wanna I wanna show up online
I'm I I'm not quite I'm I'm too fat I'm too old I'm too wrinkly
I'm too this I'm too whatever
what would be your one piece of advice that you can share
of how women can embody themselves
to share their message
good lighting does the world different hello
I'm
I'm just looking at the camera now because it's an overcast day here
and the sun just peeked through and my curtain is open a bit
so I've got this light coming
good lighting does wonders wonder so even that fear of showing up
if you have given yourself every little trick in the book until
so you feel you are presenting at your most beautiful
can I use that word or at your most best
is that even the word is that a word
most best
if you you're showing up with the most confidence front and Deb
that's what you've taught us around it's it's yes
it's your message
but it's the tools that you use as well which is you know
your lighting and knowing how to do that
so all those little bits of education
help you feel as comfortable as you can to deliver your message
but I feel like it's a lot in the education too
I feel that's a big thing to if you gonna show up
and you we've talked quite a bit about do you use a filter
don't you use a filter
and if we talk about go there I was about to go there
I'm glad you brought that up
thank you
and and you know
I know that we both have had a stance that if putting a filter on
helps you show up do that
but I'm in this place now where I'm trying not to use filters
because I want to embrace anybody who I am
and that for me if I use filters
I'm gonna be chasing filters until I'm 78 yeah
I'm always gonna be chasing a filter
but if I can start to get more comfortable with not having a filter
because a game back to that
people see me go that semi
they already know what I look like however
good lighting some great equipment and like you shared with us
debit doesn't have to be expensive
just knowing how to use it raises that confidence to show up
online if you've got some great little tips and tricks
which you share with us
so I feel like that's been a game changer for me too is having those
that having that knowledge
so when I do show up I am proud of what I've produced
um so I would say that's lovely
yeah no
I love that you bought up about filters because it
it can be a bit of a um yeah
touchy point for some people
and again I just think if that helps you show up
you do you and I I also
there's a difference with filters though
can I just say like it there is like on TikTok
there's a bowl glamour filter and
you know for playing around
I test out things right
and I'm looking at it I'm just like this
so not me and when I see other creators
like I look you know
so different and um
and I'm like but when I see other creators with that filter on
I'm like wow
what do they really really look like
it changes my face so so much
now I use a filter on Instagram and it's a sun
it's called Subtle Filter
and I've shared that with our group
and the reason why I use that one is because uh
it just enhances your lighting as opposed to changing your face
of your body uh
like you know
your features in your face
and why I think that that helps me show up is because I know that um
ALF actually I was listening to a podcast with Elizabeth Hurley
Beautiful Elizabeth Hurley
they were talking about how beautiful she is and everything she goes
yeah but cameras have changed so much
like our phone cameras are so high definition right
so she goes in film like in like the lighting is so beautiful
of course you gonna look so much better
but when you are holding up your phone camera
this is so high def
she said that it's gonna show up every single little floor
perceived floor and it's gonna enhance it even more because of
of these phones and I went
that's a really interesting uh
perspective
because what we're seeing is emphasized as well with our phones
and that's why that little subtle filter that I share with you is
you know it's it's it's going back to cinematography
I don't if I may not have the perfect lighting
I can use that to help soften the things right
as opposed to have it amplified
you know what I mean okay
um
but it was a really interesting thing that she was saying of um yeah
like show up and but do what you've got to do
acceptance is also a big thing of going yes
you you still need to go this is still me
this is still me I still got wrinkles
you know I still got the chin or the things
but I'm gonna enhance it the best way I can
without it changing who I am as well
so yeah and that's the lighting and I yeah
and I think that's that's back to great production almost
which is the lighting has changed everything it does
just raises the level of your video
or raises the level of your presentation or whatever you podcast
whatever you're doing
so use it I
I'm I'm all for it
you feel good right
and that's the thing is that you can get to the best version of you
interesting yesterday's session that we had
I was doing a demonstration
video of how to use different camera movements
and I went outside and filmed the same shot um
but it was middle of the day
the wind was blowing and the sun was in the
absolutely like never film in the middle of the day outside right
it's just don't do it
and when I look at the videos and I was uploading it today
I was like damn
that looks pretty rough damn
it's like and that's about lighting as well
it's like when you have good lighting
that's why they call it the golden hour with filming
is because it makes you look golden
like it makes you look beautiful
which you are anyway but yeah
lighting definitely has has a lot to answer for
for sure I enjoyed that session yesterday Deb with those angles um
and even this morning when I
did little bit of filming for a real those little tips that you share
brilliant because often when you're
when you're a content creator and you're and you're capturing things
you often well
I will speak for myself I feel like I'm capturing the same thing
and how can I make this look different
but those little tweaks that you shared yesterday were like
it just up levels things and I feel like that's one
been one of my favourite things working for you
apart from your incredibly wise woman
but just the tips that you've given have just help up level
all of those things that we already do
and that makes you confident to show up
yeah cause you know that you've got a few little tricks in your bag
it's interesting you don't feel like it's like
oh god blah blah same same
it's like no
I've got some great tools here that can enhance my message
so thank you Debbie you've been tremendous for education
thank you thank you for that feedback
to wrap up the two things I hear from women
in particular about showing up on camera is
I hate the way I sound and I hate the way I look in camera
and as a transformational coach about you know
embodying me what would you say to those women
self compassion a little bit of self compassion is needed
a lot of self compassion is needed
and it is tricky if you do don't like the sound of your voice and I
I have work with someone who who didn't like the sound of their voice
and the liner questioning was
I said do you think you sound like someone
she said yeah I sound like my sister my mum I said
do you not like the way they sound
and she said well no I just don't like the way I sound I said well
you sound like them so it's it's realizing that again
how we think we're perceived
we're not and often it's a little story or sometimes it's a belief
there was another woman that I worked with around her singing voice
and she remembered when she was just a
a child in the choir
the teacher stood near her and said who's singing out of tune
and then she never she would MIME and she said
only now that I look back and I think about that she said
the teacher never said my name
I just made that about me all she said was
was someone singing out of tune
and she automatically thought well
that's me and it wasn't she started know if it was or it wasn't
but she made it about her
so get curious around why you don't like your voice
is there somebody that sounds like you
and did you make a story up
was there a comment made
then you made a story up cause it comes from somewhere
so get curious about that and then showing up on camera
I really do feel it's your words Deb
I'm gonna take your words it's the courage to confidence
I think that's the best advice
it's keep doing it keep showing up but get educated yeah
get those good tips
that you believe are going to make you look your absolute best yeah
so I guess it's around the education and tools to help you
then show up or use a filter
like we've said filter is a good thing
but the mindset isn't that right yes
but the mindset is definitely worth working on otherwise
we will just stay stuck in that's kind of different for everyone
whatever that mindset is
and there's 1 thousand tools that we could probably share
but it that's
that's part of the work is he's getting curious around that and
and either working with someone like yourself or you're a coach
just to help you get curious around that mindset
and and how bad do you want it
are you willing to move through it
yeah yep
think about end result of who you can help and who you serve wow
thank you so much for these wonderful insights
I've really enjoyed our chat today
um Emma how can people find you
best place is Instagram and it's Emma underscore walkinshaw uh
on Instagram
and everyone's welcome to join the Morning Magic group on Facebook
if they would like so that's 21 minutes of morning magic
and it's 2 1 21 minutes of morning magic in Facebook
so come and join it's amazing
I love it love it so much
we'll put all those details in the show notes
congratulations on your book
I can't wait to get my copy
and um
I really appreciate your time today Emma
thank you so so much
Mwah thanks Deb
thanks Deb
bye bye

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