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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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You're Overwhelmed and You Know It. 2 Tools to Actually Reset.
1w ago00:09:31Tap 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
Transcribe →You're Wired to React. The EQ Tool to Help You Pause.
2w ago00:11:30Tap 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
3w ago00:10:25Tap 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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More Face & Neck Body Language Secrets - Because You Wouldn't Stop Asking
May 1100:08:06Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe last episode on neck body language broke comment records.So Sandy's back with more because you asked, and because the most popular BLOG post on her website still has gems worth pulling out.In this episode, Sandy shares a handful of face and neck body language tips you can use in your very next conversation. Today. From the smile that actually changes your tone of voice, to the connection cue that disarms even the most guarded person in the room, to the one posture shift high achievers use to project confidence before they've said a word.You'll also hear the story of a woman Sandy spotted at a networking event - hand on neck, shoulders in, eyes down - and what happened when Sandy walked over and used exactly these signals to make her feel safe.No complicated techniques. No performance tricks. Just small, specific awareness that changes how people experience you.And the part Sandy loves most, how you experience yourself.
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Body Language and Confidence: The One Habit That's Quietly Undermining How You're Perceived
May 500:09:48Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThere is a gesture your body makes when you're stressed or overwhelmed and you're probably doing it without knowing it. And it's telling everyone in the room that you're not as confident as you want to appear.In this episode, Sandy breaks down what the neck-touch gesture actually means, why your nervous system gives you away before you've said a word, and what FBI counterintelligence agent Joe Navarro says you should do the moment you catch yourself doing it.You'll also hear about Andrea, a woman in a meeting Sandy noticed mid-session and the one question Sandy asked that brought her straight back into the room. No intervention. Just the right question at the right moment. That's emotional intelligence in real time.Plus: why catching this signal in yourself is the skill that actually changes how you communicate and how to use it to show up with more confidence and a lot more presence.Your body is already in the conversation. This episode helps you understand what it's saying.
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How to Calm Your Mind: Finding the Self-Regulation Practice That Actually Works for You
Apr 2800:11:23Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailRight now people are typing "how to calm my mind" into AI at 11pm. Not Google. Claude and ChatGPT. In bed because they can't turn their brain off.This episode is for them and all of us.Sandy is a self-development junkie who reads every book, tries every practice, and (bless him) field-tests most of it on her husband Kris. In this episode she walks you through the meditation tools that made her laugh before they worked, the one she still uses every single day, and why most people give up on self-regulation before they find the practice that's actually meant for them.You'll hear the Wayne Dyer guided meditation that surprised both Sandy and her husband, the Michael Singer silent mantra that sounds ridiculous until it doesn't, and the brand new mirror practice Sandy created this week that will make you laugh and then — if you keep going — actually shift something.Plus: grab Sandy's free Instant EQ Guided Reset.Eight minutes. Part meditation, part mini hypnosis. Try it today.Your nervous system has a language. This episode helps you learn it.
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The Emotional Self-Control Habit That Starts Before Your Alarm Goes Off
Apr 2100:09:23Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailEmotional self-control doesn't start in the hard conversation. It starts before your alarm goes off. And most of us are handing that first moment away without realizing it.Gallup's 2026 global workplace report found that only 20% of employees worldwide are engaged at work. Everyone's pointing at managers, culture, and the economy. Sandy wants to talk about the layer underneath all of that. The internal conversation running in your head before you've said a single word to anyone else.In this episode, Emotional Intelligence Trainer, Sandy Gerber introduces ThoughtFlow, the mental playlist that shapes your emotions, your communication, and how you show up every day and the First and Last method: two 60-second practices that act as bookends to your day and quietly shift everything in between.You'll also hear how Mindvalley founder Vishen Lakhiani broke years of unhealthy habits not with willpower or affirmations, but with one question he asked himself every morning and why that same idea works for your emotional self-control at work.If your emotions have ever arrived before you did, this episode is a good place to start.In this episode:— Why 95% of your thoughts today are the same ones you had yesterday— The First and Last method: two moments that reset your ThoughtFlow daily— Why questions work where affirmations fail— How emotional self-control starts long before the difficult moment arrives
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