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Magnetic Communication
Hosted by Sandy Gerber · EN
The Magnetic Communication Podcast helps you to quickly improve your communication skills in your professional and personal relationships. When it comes to communication, we all tend to think we’re pretty good at it. But most of us have not been trained. We can speak with someone every day and still communicate badly. Anyone married?!
Every week, listeners get simple communication tips including body language cues, listening tools, conflict resolution, self-talk and workplace communication training to use right away to connect better.
I’m Sandy Gerber, your host. I’m a Certified Communication Trainer, Keynote Speaker, Best-Selling Author, and TEDx Speaker. As a single mom, I’ve owned three successful businesses, grew my agency from my bedroom to a Top 100 Fastest Growing Company with magnetic communication, and after two failed marriages (and 20 years of communication training), married my prince charming and we’ve been happy for 11 years. I also count winning a limbo contest at 14 as one of my greatest achievements.
Real, helpful, and engaging, this show helps people to feel more confident and successful in their communication.
Follow me on Instagram @sandy_gerber_official or my site Sandygerber.com
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The Job Interview Words That Get You Chosen
5d ago00:08:01Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailHow to sound confident in an interview comes down to something most people never learn: which words actually land, and why the same pitch can fall flat with one person and win over the next. In this finale episode of the three-part series Be Chosen, Not Ghosted in a Tough Job Market, Communication & EQ Trainer, Sandy Gerber reveals the framework to help you be the best candidate. The framework is easy to use. Sandy used it to grow a bedroom startup into a top 100 fastest-growing company, and even on her first date with her husband of 12 years. This episode hands you the exact words for your next interview, performance review, or promotion conversation.
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The Story That Makes You Memorable in Job Interview
2w ago00:07:41Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailHow to stand out in a job interview isn't about a better answer, it's about what a hiring manager remembers after you've left the room. In this episode of Magnetic Communication, Communication Coach & EQ Trainer, Sandy Gerber explains why so many candidates sound identical right now, and walks through two real client stories that prove the fix isn't a smarter résumé. One client landed five interview requests in a single week. The other walked away with a full scholarship to UCLA. This is Part 2 of the three-part series Be Chosen, Not Ghosted in a Tough Job Market, and it applies whether you're interviewing for a job, defending an application, or walking into your next performance review.
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Be Chosen, Not Ghosted: Why You're Not Getting Hired
3w ago00:09:23Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWhy you're not getting hired probably has nothing to do with your résumé. In this episode of Magnetic Communication, Communication & EQ Trainer, Sandy Gerber breaks down the real reason qualified candidates keep getting ghosted after interviews and it's not the tough job market everyone blames. Sandy shares the personal story that shaped how she coaches people through this exact block, plus a real client story that turned complete silence into five interview requests in a single week. This is Part 1 of a three-part series, Be Chosen, Not Ghosted in a Tough Job Market and it applies whether you're job hunting, prepping for a performance review, or making the case for your next promotion.
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How to Respond Instead of React (A Tool From 10 Days of Silence)
4w ago00:07:59Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailYour body reacts before your mind even knows what happened. This episode breaks down a 3-step tool for catching that moment, before the reaction takes over.Communication & EQ Trainer, Sandy Gerber just came home from 10 days of total silence at a Vipassana meditation course: no phone, talking, reading or writing, 8 sittings a day, 10.5 hours of meditation, over 100 hours total. On day five, it clicked, the exact mechanism behind the EQ Switch she's taught in her workshops for years.You'll hear how she used it, plus the friends she made in complete silence (Grandma Lellie and General Snapper among them), and the same three-step tool you can use today. No meditation required.
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You're Overwhelmed and You Know It. 2 Tools to Actually Reset.
Jun 2300:09:31Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailOverwhelmed and burned out? You're not alone. This episode is for anyone running on empty who needs to stop but can't figure out how.Sandy is 11 days out from a 10-day Vipassana silent meditation course. She has an active book campaign running, a Speak Brave cohort mid-flight, and a business that doesn't know it's about to lose its CEO. And she's going anyway.This is Episode 4 — the final episode in the Going Silent series.In this episode you'll learn:— Why 75% of workers are burned out in 2026 and the real driver that might surprise you (DHR Global 2026 Workforce Trends Report)— The honest conversation Sandy had with Kris about why she's really going — and the question about worthiness she'd never said out loud before— The Silence Inventory exercise that creates powerful insight in just 5 minutes— The Instant EQ Guided Reset — an 8 minute guided tool to shift you into a calm headspace quickly— What Sandy is witnessing in her Speak Brave June cohort — and the question it's asking her— The huge surprise that happened in the first hour of Sandy's Connected Conversations pre-order launchJoin the journey! Pre-order Sandy's new book, Connected Conversations at publishizer.com/connected-conversations before August 15th and get a whole bunch of bonuses. Sandy's free guided silence session and the Instant EQ Reset Audio tool are both inside the Best Chapter community on Skool. https://www.skool.com/bestchapter
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Jun 1600:11:30Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe EQ tool to help you pause before you react, that's what you're walking away with today. And once you understand how you're wired, you'll see why pausing has always been harder than it looks.Sandy is 15 days out from a 10-day Vipassana silent meditation course. No phone, no talking, ten hours of meditation a day. She signed up curious and a little brave. Then she read three books about what she actually committed to. This episode is her honest, slightly panicked, completely real reaction to what she found.This is Episode 3 in the Going Silent series.In this episode you'll learn:Why you're wired to react — and what the Stanford marshmallow test reveals about how you're builtWhy Sandy's lowest EQ score is and what her Experience and Achievement Emotional Magnets have to do with thatWhat observational non-reaction means and why it's the most confronting thing she's read about this courseThe connected conversation Sandy had with Kris on the beach in Tofino — and the one question that stopped everythingWhy everything that's ever scared Sandy has turned out to be the thing that changed her mostThe EQ Switch — the 3 step neuroscience backed tool to pause before you react
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Two Modes Feeding Your Inner Critic - And What a Monk and a CEO Did About It
Jun 900:10:25Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailHow to quiet your inner critic isn't about positive thinking or pushing the voice down. It starts with understanding the two modes that keep feeding it — and most of us have been running both without knowing it.Your brain cycles between craving — the reaching, the not yet, not enough, not there — and aversion — the avoiding, the deciding not to look at the thing directly. A monk spent a lifetime naming them. A CEO discovered the same truth with two questions he does every morning before he picks up his phone, and within weeks described a shift in how he leads, listens, and shows up at home.This is Episode 2 in the Going Silent series. Sandy is 3 weeks out from a 10-day Vipassana silent retreat — no phone, no talking, ten hours of meditation a day — and she's bringing you along the whole way.In this episode you'll learn:What craving and aversion are and how they show up in your job and your relationshipsWhy your inner critic gets loudest the moment things go quietWhat Thich Nhat Hanh calls Radio NST and why 30 to 50 percent of your day is running itWhat the first three days of Vipassana involve and why it starts with the nostrilsThe First and Last Thought practice: two questions that shifted everything for one CEOHow to find out in 30 seconds what your mind is actually running right now
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Why Your Inner Critic Says You're Never Enough & 3 Questions to Start Changing It
Jun 200:09:43Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWhat if the thing driving your ambition and the thing making you feel like you're never enough are the same voice?I just confirmed my spot in a 10-day Vipassana Meditation course starting July 1st. Ten days of complete silence, no phone, no family, no talking, no writing, four in the morning wake-up bell, ten hours of meditation a day. There's nothing serene about why I said yes. I said yes because thirty years of achieving hasn't quieted the voice, and I want to know what will.This is Episode 1 in the Going Silent series. Over the next four episodes I'm bringing you along as I prepare for the most challenging thing I've signed up for. Then on July 1st I go quiet, and when I come back I'll share what I found.In this episode you'll learn:What Vipassana actually is and what it teaches about how the mind worksWhy craving and aversion show up in every difficult conversation you haveThe difference between ambition and the program your inner child is still runningThree questions to sit with this week to start shifting your self-talkWhy silence might be the most powerful communication tool any of us has
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The #1 Reason Relationships Fail and How to Stop the Drift Before It's Too Late
May 2600:10:00Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailPoor communication ends more relationships than infidelity or money and most couples don't see it coming until they've already drifted.I've been married twice before this marriage. The first one lasted four months. The second one lasted seven years. Neither one ended because we stopped loving each other. They ended because we stopped communicating and I didn't understand that until I was standing in the wreckage asking myself how it kept happening.A YourTango survey of 100 mental health professionals found that 65% named communication breakdown as the number one driver of divorce. Not finances or affairs. The way couples talk to each other — or stop — is what does the most damage.In this episode I share what drift looks like before it gets loud, and the five small daily habits you can use to keep connection close when life keeps pulling you apart.Topics covered:Why poor communication is the leading cause of relationship breakdownWhat drift is and how it starts before you notice itThe 5 daily habits that keep connection closeEmotional Magnets, understanding what your partner actually needs to feel safe and seenWhy novelty and curiosity are the antidote to driftYour relationship doesn't need a grand gesture. It needs this episode.
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What Your Hands Are Saying (When You Think You're Just Talking)
May 1900:10:03Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailSandy once turned down a business proposal based entirely on a hand gesture.Good numbers. Solid pitch. She still walked away because something his hands were doing told her more than everything he said.The most popular post on her website is called 7 Hand Gesture Body Language Tips to Influence Communication. Hundreds of downloads, keeps finding new people, because we all have this quiet feeling that our hands are doing something in conversations we're not totally in control of. And we want to know what.So that's this episode. Seven gestures, what they actually signal, what they might be quietly costing you, and what to do about it. Plus Sandy will tell you exactly what that salesperson's hands were doing.Your hands are in every conversation you have. This episode is about knowing what they're saying.
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