Inner Self-Confidence

Hosted by Katie Delimon, Author, Coach & Yoga Teacher, this podcast is for women who overthink, self-doubt, people-please, or freeze when it’s time to speak up.

Each episode explores how to build real inner self-confidence through nervous system regulation, boundaries, and self-trust — especially under stress. Expect practical tools, honest conversations, and simple strategies to build capacity, clarity, and consistency, so you can show up calm, clear, and confident.

✨ Confidence isn’t about being louder — it’s about feeling safe in your body.

Latest Episodes:

BONUS EPISODE: Personal Essay - The Same Moment, Four Times (Time Is a Strange Animal) Jun 14, 2026

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Time does not always move in straight lines. Sometimes memories return in loops. Sometimes the body remembers what the mind is not yet ready to hold.

In this personal essay, Katie Delimon explores trauma, nonlinear memory, nervous-system protection, family secrets, and the strange way certain truths keep returning over a lifetime until we are finally ready to face them.

From a childhood moment in New Jersey… to a late-night conversation with her brother at eighteen… to a silent Vipassana retreat in Australia… to an AncestryDNA result that changed everything at thirty-eight — this is a story about time, identity, intuition, and the quiet intelligence of the body.

Healing isn’t forgetting.

Healing is finally becoming safe enough to remember.

—

Katie has been featured in HuffPost, Mamamia, Daily Mail Australia, Women’s Agenda and more.

📸 Instagram: ⁠@katiedelimon

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🎙️ Listen to my last BONUS EPISODE Personal Essay — How I Learned to Leave:
How I Learned to Leave (Spotify)

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42. She Turned EXTREME Trauma into Therapy That Works, with Jessica Ella, Founder of Aaruka Therapy Jun 06, 2026

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In this deeply powerful conversation, I sit down with women’s healing expert, and creator of Aaruka Therapy, Jessica Ella — a woman whose story will leave you speechless.

After surviving horrific childhood abuse, being diagnosed with anxiety, depression, dissociative disorders, Stockholm Syndrome, and Lyme disease, Jessica could have stayed trapped in survival mode forever.

Instead… she healed.

Not overnight.
Not perfectly.
But powerfully.

In this episode, we explore:
✨ How trauma impacts the nervous system
✨ What healing actually looks like (spoiler: it’s not linear)
✨ Rebuilding trust in yourself after betrayal
✨ Why so many women stay stuck in unfulfilling relationships
✨ The emotional roots of chronic illness & Lyme disease
✨ Motherhood, resilience, and breaking generational cycles
✨ The first steps someone can take if they’re carrying silent pain

This isn’t an episode focused on the graphic details of trauma.
It’s about what happens AFTER survival.
It’s about possibility.
It’s about healing.

✨ Connect with Jessica Ella
🌐 Website: https://www.jessicaella.com.au
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamjessicaella

🌐 Connect with Me Online
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiedelimon
📘 Get my book Trust the Flames: https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

🔗 Inner Self Confidence
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence

✨ Let’s jump on a free strategy call:
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

🧠 Nervous System Reboot — Self-Paced Digital Program
https://www.katiedelimon.com/nervous-system-reboot

41. 10 Days of Silence (Vipassana) Changed Nothing — And Everything Jun 02, 2026

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10 Days of Silence Changed Nothing — And Everything

No phone. No talking. No eye contact. No distractions. Just you, your breath, and every part of yourself you've been avoiding.

I just got back from my seventh Vipassana meditation retreat. My first in six years. And I want to tell you everything.

Vipassana means insight meditation — it's the exact technique the Buddha practiced under the Bodhi tree 2,500 years ago. It's not religious. There's nothing to believe in or recite. All you do is observe your breath and the sensations in your body.

Simple. Brutally hard. And more life-changing than anything I've ever done.

In this episode I share:

🧘 The four reasons I keep going back — including why I do it specifically BECAUSE it's hard
🧠 Why nervous system capacity doesn't grow through comfort — it grows through safely experiencing discomfort
🔇 What 10 days of zero stimulation actually does to an overstimulated brain
😮 Why this retreat — after six years away and more going on in my life than ever — produced the deepest states of bliss I've ever experienced
🦵 The extraordinary thing that happened with physical pain — and why the times I resisted hurt the most
⏱️ Why 10 days won't change your life — but 36,000 seconds a day of choosing to come back instead of escape will change you from the inside out
🌿 What Vipassana confirms about the mind, the body, and where ALL suffering actually begins

The most radical act of self-confidence is sitting with yourself. Quietly. Without running.

This episode is for anyone who feels overstimulated, overwhelmed, or disconnected from themselves — and is ready to understand what their mind is truly capable of.

Connect with Me Online:

📷 Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiedelimon
📖 Get my book Trust the Flames: https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

🔗 Inner Self Confidence
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence
Let's jump on a free strategy call (Link)
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

BONUS EPISODE: How I Learned to Leave — A Personal Essay May 19, 2026

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This bonus episode is a personal reading of my recent essay How I Learned to Leave, written for An Anthology of Departures, Goodbyes, and Becoming.

Leaving is rarely about simply walking away. Sometimes it’s leaving relationships, places, old identities, family patterns, or versions of ourselves that no longer fit. In this deeply personal piece, I share my journey of leaving America for Australia, leaving familiarity, and learning the difference between running from your life and running toward it.

Because sometimes leaving isn't abandonment.

Sometimes leaving is becoming.

📰 Recent Articles:

HuffPost Article
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ancestry-dna-test-mom-secret-silence_n_6a026446e4b0b1a48de8b1a1

Mamamia Article
https://www.mamamia.com.au/ancestry-dna-secret-father/

🌐 Connect with Me Online:

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiedelimon

📘 Get my book Trust the Flames:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

🔗 Inner Self Confidence:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence

📞 Let’s jump on a free strategy call:
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

💫 Nervous System Reboot – Self-Paced Digital Program:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/nervous-system-reboot

40. The Rest Revolution: Why Sleep Isn’t Enough & The 7 Types of Rest May 12, 2026

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In today’s episode, I’m diving into something I believe we are deeply deprived of as a society… REST.

Not just sleep.

Real rest.

Because you can sleep 8 hours and still wake up exhausted.

In this episode I break down:
✨ The 7 types of rest your nervous system actually needs
✨ Why so many high-performing people still feel depleted
✨ The difference between rest and escape
✨ Emotional suppression, nervous system dysregulation & burnout
✨ Why “doing nothing” can feel uncomfortable
✨ How what we don’t speak… we store

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, emotionally reactive, exhausted, disconnected, unmotivated or like your body just can’t keep up anymore… this episode is for you.

💛 Want my FREE Rest Wheel?
Email me at Katie@katiedelimon.com or send me a message on Instagram.

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiedelimon
📘 Get my book Trust the Flames: https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

🔗 Inner Self-Confidence Program:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence

📞 Let’s jump on a free strategy call:
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

✨ Nervous System Reboot – Self-Paced Digital Program:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/nervous-system-reboot

39. The Unlived Life of Parents (How It Impacts Your Children) with Empowerment Coach, Jody Ruston May 06, 2026

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“The greatest burden a child must bear… is the unlived life of the parents.” — Carl Jung

What if the pressure you feel as a parent isn’t actually about your child… but about you?

In this powerful conversation, I sit down with empowerment coach and “More Than a Mum” mentor Jody Ruston to explore the concept of the unlived life—and how the parts of ourselves we suppress don’t disappear… they get passed down.

We talk about:
✨ How parents unknowingly project their unfulfilled dreams onto their children
✨ The emotional and nervous system impact of living through your child
✨ Why your child doesn’t need a perfect parent—they need a fully expressed one
✨ How to reconnect to yourself while raising a family
✨ The courage it takes to live your life in front of your children, not just for them

This episode is a powerful reminder:
Your child is not your second chance… they are their first.

Connect with Jody Ruston:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jody_r66/

🌐 Connect with Me Online:
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiedelimon
📘 Get my book Trust the Flames: https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

🔗 Inner Self Confidence:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence

✨ Let’s jump on a free strategy call:
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

💻 Nervous System Reboot (Self-Paced Program):
https://www.katiedelimon.com/nervous-system-reboot

38. Generational Trauma: 4 Ways It Gets Passed Down Apr 26, 2026

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What if the anxiety you feel… the patterns you repeat… the silence you carry… didn’t start with you?

In this episode, I’m unpacking generational trauma—how experiences that were never spoken about can still live in your body, shape your nervous system, and influence your relationships today.

Because here’s the truth:
What we don’t speak… we store.

We dive into:
• The 4 ways trauma gets passed down through generations
• Why your nervous system may feel unsafe… even when your life looks “fine”
• The science behind epigenetics and inherited stress responses
• How family silence creates shame, people-pleasing, and emotional suppression
• And most importantly—how to break the cycle

This episode is for you if you’ve ever thought:
“Why do I feel this way when nothing ‘bad’ is happening?”

Because your body might be holding stories that were never yours to begin with.

And healing?
It starts with the ABC's - Awareness, Boundaries, Compassion

✨ FREE GUIDE: 10 Hidden Traumas That Are Shaping Your Life
https://www.katiedelimon.com/10-hidden-traumas

🎧 Listen to Episode 5: Trauma Is Not Drama
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7wSHv1eQP6USIcLMZlAPwT?si=g-g6ImccQyuJmBVzWYndlg

📘 Get my book – Trust the Flames
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37. What is Inner Self-Confidence (And Why It Has Nothing To Do With Confidence) Apr 17, 2026

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What if confidence isn’t what you think it is?

In this episode, I break down the truth about inner self-confidence—and why so many women are chasing something that will never actually give them what they’re looking for.

You can be successful, admired, and “confident” on the outside…and still struggle to speak up, set boundaries, or trust yourself when it matters most.

This episode dives into the gap between how you show up in the world—and how you show up for yourself.

Inner self-confidence isn’t about being fearless, loud, or perfect…
It’s about self-trust, faith, and showing up for yourself in the quiet moments nobody sees.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:
– What inner self-confidence is NOT (and what most people get wrong)
– Why fear doesn’t mean you’re not confident
– How self-trust is built through daily, unglamorous moments
– The 3 pillars of true inner self-confidence: Capacity, Clarity & Consistency
– How to stop abandoning yourself and start backing yourself

This is for the woman who looks like she has it all together…
but knows there’s a deeper level of confidence waiting for her.

❤️ Follow me for more:
https://instagram.com/katiedelimon

📘 Grab my book Trust the Flames:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

✨ Learn more about Inner Self Confidence:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence

📞 Book a free strategy call with me:
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

36. What is your Shadow Self? Own your Shadow, Own Your Life with Coach, Anita Tomecki Apr 09, 2026

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In this powerful episode, I sit down with Human Behaviour Expert & Coach Anita Tomecki to unpack one of the most misunderstood — and transformational — concepts in personal growth: the shadow self.

We go beyond the surface and break down what shadow work actually is (without the fluff), how it shows up in everyday life, and why the parts of you you’ve been trying to hide… might be the very parts running your life.

If you’ve ever found yourself people-pleasing, overreacting, shutting down, judging others, or feeling stuck in patterns you know aren’t serving you — this episode will hit.

Because the truth is…
✨ You don’t need fixing — you need integration.

🔥 In this episode, we cover:

What the shadow self really is (in simple, relatable terms)
How your shadow shows up: triggers, control, perfectionism & emotional reactions
Why avoiding your shadow keeps you stuck (and stressed)
The link between shadow work & your nervous system
Practical ways to start doing shadow work without spiralling
How owning your shadow leads to real confidence, self-trust & freedom

🌿 Follow Anita here:

📸 https://www.instagram.com/anitatomecki/

🌐 Connect with me

📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiedelimon
📘 Get my book Trust the Flames: https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

✨ Inner Self Confidence Program:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence

📞 Let’s jump on a free strategy call:
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

35. The Breath Practice that Builds Confidence with Breath Expert Anthony Abbagnano Mar 29, 2026

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What if the most powerful tool for clarity, confidence, and calm… has been with you your entire life?

In this episode, I sit down with Anthony Abbagnano—author of Outer Chaos, Inner Calm and founder of Alchemy of Breath—who has trained thousands of facilitators worldwide and spent over 40 years in the wellness space.

We dive into something deeper than the “breathwork” you might be thinking of.

This isn’t about forcing, pushing, or intense techniques.

This is about conscious connected breathing—a simple, grounded, and powerful practice that helps you move out of your head… and back into your body.

Because the truth is:
You can’t think your way into confidence.
You have to feel safe enough in your body to become it.

In this conversation, we explore:
– How your breath is directly linked to inner self-confidence
– Why most people are disconnected from their breath (and what it’s costing them)
– The difference between suppressing emotions vs actually processing them
– How to find calm when your external world feels chaotic
– A simple, practical breathing technique you can use immediately
– The biggest misconception about breathwork (and why it doesn’t need to be “hard” or extreme to be effective)

Anthony shares how conscious connected breathing allows you to move from:
self-doubt → self-trust
overwhelm → clarity
chaos → calm

And most importantly—how to start, even if you’ve never done anything like this before.

Follow Anthony & Explore His Work:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alchemyofbreath/
🌐 Website: https://alchemyofbreath.com/anthony-abbagnano/
📖 Get the book Outer Chaos, Inner Calm: https://www.amazon.com.au/Outer-Chaos-Inner-Calm-practical/dp/1916966756

🌐 Connect with Me Online:
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/katiedelimon
📘 Get my book Trust the Flames: https://www.katiedelimon.com/trust-the-flames

🔗 Inner Self Confidence:
https://www.katiedelimon.com/inner-self-confidence

📞 Let’s jump on a free strategy call:
https://calendly.com/katie-katiedelimon/30min

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