In Confidence with Lisa Sun: A Gravitas Podcast

Episode 44: Creating Space & Thriving with Anna Kaiser

What anchors you when life feels full? How do you find strength, energy, and presence when your confidence wavers? What if fitness were about energy, longevity, and joy, not punishment.
 
Anna Kaiser, global fitness expert, entrepreneur, celebrity trainer, mom of three, and founder of Space with Anna Kaiser, has built a movement empire around the belief that movement should be smart, safe, and most importantly, fun. In this conversation, Anna shares how joy, breath, and discipline can help you create space in your life, strengthen your body, and anchor your confidence.
 
What we cover in this episode:
Redefining fitness as joy, longevity, and connection.
Simple mindset and movement shifts that help you build strength, balance, and resilience.
This week’s micro-moment, Confidence Anchor: how rituals, breathwork, and small acts of movement become daily reminders of your power.
 
Move with intention, breathe with purpose, and create the space to feel grounded, confident, and fulfilled.
 
00:00 Intro
01:33 Meet Anna Kaiser
14:52 Three Fitness Myths That Might Be Holding You Back
26:17 Redefining How We See Ourselves
29:30 Micro-Moment #4: Confidence Anchor
31:04 Try Anna’s Confidence Anchor With Us: Diaphragmatic Breathing 
36:50 The Secret Power of Shared Energy
38:02 The Ritual Anna Uses to Calm Herself Instantly
40:23 Songs That Sparks Confidence Every Time
41:15 Alicia Keys’ Confidence Anchor
42:23 Tips to Remember How Strong You Really Are
46:53 Workout with Anna on Space With Anna Kaiser
48:35 Outro
51:05 Disclaimer
 
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Episode 43: Micro-Moment #4 Confidence Anchor

Welcome to Season 3, the Last Quarter Challenge. Think of it as a training plan for your confidence with weekly micro-moments that ladder up so you enter 2026 stronger than ever.
 
This week's micro-moment is Confidence Anchor. It is about grounding yourself in a moment, memory, or mantra that reminds you who you are when doubt tries to take over. By revisiting a time when you felt proud, capable, or strong, you signal to your brain that you have been here before and you can rise again.
 
Try it today. Choose a confidence anchor that reminds you of a moment you felt your most confident. Visualize where you were, what you were doing, and how it felt. Hold on to that feeling. Let it anchor you the next time you need it.
 
00:00 Intro
01:54 The Science of Confidence Anchor
06:05 How to Practice This Challenge 
08:21 Join The Challenge
09:22 Outro
10:00 Enter Our Giveaway
10:56 Disclaimer
 
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Episode 42: You Don't Need to Shape-Shift with Erin Gallagher

What happens when women stop competing and start hyping each other? How do you trust your intuition, set boundaries, and build a circle that actually has your back?
 
Erin Gallagher, CEO and founder of Hype Women and author of Hype Women, shares how healing, self-trust, and collective action unlock real power and sustained success.
 
What we cover in this episode:
How to break scarcity conditioning, trust your intuition, and choose sisterhood over comparison.
A practical playbook for hype: using human, social, political, and financial capital to lift others and ask for help yourself.
This week’s micro-moment, Compliment Ripple: specific ways to give private and public compliments that create momentum, strengthen trust, and boost confidence on both sides.
 
Honor your intuition, strengthen your circle, and turn support into results in work and life.
 
⁠Order Erin's Book Hype Women⁠ 
 
00:00 Intro
01:12 Meet Erin Gallagher
11:24 How Hype Women Started
18:31 Erin’s Book: Hype Women
21:31 Serve Yourself First + Dealing with Jealousy
29:25 Not Everyone Deserves Your Hype
35:38 Enter Out Giveaway
36:33 Micro-Moment #3: Compliment Ripple
40:56 The Compliment Ripple That Changed Erin’s Life
45:22 Believe the Compliments You Receive
47:47 Erin’s Compliment Ripple to Nisha Ganatra (Freaky Friday Director)
53:02 How Hyping Others Changed Erin’s Life
55:29 Outro
57:29 Disclaimer
 
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Episode 41: Micro-Moment #3 Compliment Ripple

Welcome to Season 3, the Last Quarter Challenge. Think of it as a training plan for your confidence with weekly micro-moments that ladder up so you enter 2026 stronger than ever.
 
This week's micro-moment is Compliment Ripple. It is about turning outward and recognizing the good in others. When you give a genuine compliment, you not only lift someone else up, but also light up the same reward centers in your own brain. A simple compliment can spark connection, boost confidence, and remind both of you that kindness has power.
 
Try it today. Tell someone what you admire or appreciate about them. Be specific. Notice how their energy shifts and how you feel, too.
 
Enter Our Giveaway! 
 
Comment on Lisa's LinkedIn post from this week on how you practiced this challenge, and you'll be entered to win a special Gravitas prize. Enter all ten weeks and you'll be entered into our end-of-the-season mega giveaway. 
 
*Giveaway opens today 11/04/2025 and ends the following Monday at 11:59 PM ET. No purchase necessary. One eligible entry per person. One winner will be chosen at random and contacted by Lisa Sun. If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, an alternate winner may be selected. Void where prohibited. Not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by LinkedIn. See post for how to enter.
 
00:00 Intro
00:49 Micro-moment #3: Compliment Ripple
01:58 The Science of Compliment Ripple 
03:51 Lisa's Ripple Moment
06:03 How to Practice This Challenge 
08:19 Join The Challenge
09:03 Outro
09:37 Enter Our Giveaway
10:30 Disclaimer
 
Connect With Us So You Never Miss a Moment of Inspiration:   
 
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Episode 40: You're Not Bluffing Big Enough

What does it take to trust your instincts when the odds are stacked against you? 
 
How do you balance strategy, intuition, and risk without letting self-doubt creep in?
 
How do we celebrate our wins in an authentic way?
 
Jennifer Shahade is a three-time US Women’s Chess Champion, professional poker player, and author. She brings world-class lessons from chess and poker to everyday life, showing how to merge confidence and calculation so you can make better choices under pressure.
 
What we cover in this episode:
Why if you’re never caught bluffing, you may not be going big enough in poker, in work, or in life.
How chess teaches presence, empathy, and better decision making by widening your options.
This week’s micromoment, Micro-Brag: practical ways to name wins, build a “confidence primer,” and share accomplishments with authenticity.
 
Make smarter decisions, have stronger self-trust, and handle uncertainty with real strategies in work and life.
 
Preorder her new book: Thinking Sideways
 
 
00:00 Intro
01:14 Meet Jennifer Shahade
05:34 Be Comfortable with Risk
07:08 Lesson #1 from Poker: Bluff Bigger
10:11 Lesson #2 from Poker: Balance and the Quality of Your Decisions
13:55 Lesson #1 from Chess: Seeing Possibilities and Staying Present
18:38 Lesson #2 from Chess: Time and Decision-Making
22:19 Thinking Sideways and Applying Game Strategy to Life
30:51 Confidence is Dynamic, Not Fixed
36:27 Micro-Moment of the Week: Microbrag
41:56 When Jennifer Doesn’t Win a Game
44:41 How to Choose What to Microbrag About
53:32 Jennifer’s Advice on Microbragging
54:58 Outro
56:28 Disclaimer 
 
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Episode 39: Micro-Moment #2 Microbrag

Welcome to Season 3, the Last Quarter Challenge. Think of it as a training plan for your confidence with weekly micro-moments that ladder up so you enter 2026 stronger than ever.
 
This week's micro-moment is Microbrag. It is about celebrating your wins and taking credit for them. By saying them out loud, your brain processes the win both as speaker and listener, reinforcing the belief that your progress is real and worth celebrating.
 
Try it today. Share one thing you are proud of, big or small, with someone else. Let it be genuine and notice how it feels not just to say it, but to believe it.
 
00:00 Intro
00:28 Micro-moment #2: Microbrag
04:22 The Science of Microbragging
07:50 Think About The Context
09:21 How to Practice This Challenge 
10:15 Join The Challenge
11:31 Outro
12:03 Disclaimer
 
Connect With Us So You Never Miss a Moment of Inspiration:   
 
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Episode 38: This Is What Happens When You Unleash Yourself with Carla Piñeyro Sublett

What happens when you stop leading with armor and start leading with your whole heart? How do you navigate success, rejection, and change while staying true to yourself? How have you gotten stronger and where do you want to grow?
 
Carla Piñeyro Sublett, C-Suite coach, former IBM and NI CMO, and podcast host of Let’s Go There, has lived at the highest levels of corporate leadership and then chose a different path rooted in service, authenticity, and humanity. 
 
What we cover in this episode:
 
- How naming fear and leading with vulnerability can unlock trust, improve leadership, and strengthen relationships at work.
 
- Why work-life balance is a myth and how to design a career and life that feels authentic, fluid, and human.
 
- This week’s micro-moment, Most Improved Player: how noticing and rewarding progress builds resilience, fuels growth, and creates lasting confidence.
 
Find the courage to lead from your heart and celebrate how far you have already come with this episode of In Confidence hosted by Lisa Sun. Subscribe so you never miss a moment of inspiration.
 
Learn more from Carla 
 
00:05 Intro
01:11 Meet Carla
07:50 Why Leadership Must Shift: Carla’s Approach
09:36 Better Outcomes Through Love, Vulnerability, And Shared Purpose
15:54 Micro-moment Of The Week: Most Improved Player (MIP)
17:18 How Carla Has Gotten Stronger
24:26 Carla On Practicing MIP
29:31 What Enabled Carla’s Growth And How You Can Create Your Moment
35:16 Life After A Big Role: Identity, Rejection, And The Path Back
41:02 Helping Others See Their Growth
43:35 Work-Life Balance Is A Myth: Boundaries And Shifting Work Environments
50:00 What Carla And Lisa Want To Improve Next
53:52 Outro
56:02 Disclaimer
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Episode 37: Micro-moment #1 Most Improved Player

Welcome to Season 3, the Last Quarter Challenge. Think of it as a training plan for your confidence with weekly micro-moments that ladder up so you enter 2026 stronger than ever.
 
The first challenge is Most Improved Player. Instead of chasing MVP status and external applause, we’re practicing MIP: noticing how you’ve gotten stronger. This quick reflection builds resilience, rewires your brain to see progress, and compounds into lasting confidence.
 
Try it today: ask yourself, “How have I gotten stronger this week?” Write it down and let that acknowledgment be your win.
 
00:00 Intro
01:49 Micro-moment #1: Most Improved Player
03:08 The Science of Improvement
04:52 How to Practice This Challenge
08:03 When Progress Feels Invisible: Try a Growth Journal
11:17 Noticing Growth in Others
12:26 Join The Challenge
13:34 Outro
14:08 Disclaimer
 
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Welcome to Season 3 of In Confidence: The Last Quarter Challenge

This season is your training plan for confidence: bite-sized, science-backed micro-moments designed to help you finish the year strong and start 2026 even stronger.
 
Every Tuesday, Lisa introduces a two-to-five-minute challenge rooted in neuroscience and everyday courage. Every Friday, a special guest joins to share how that week’s challenge has shaped their own life and leadership.
 
By the end of the season, you’ll have a toolkit of small habits that create big change. Together, we’ll finish the year grounded, brave, and ready for what’s next. Because what we share in confidence helps us grow in confidence.
 
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Episode 36: Social Media Series, Part 2: Post with Purpose

In part two of our social media series, Lisa shifts from mindset to method, focusing on how we can engage online with intention, compassion, and clarity. Social media is not just a one-way broadcast.
 
It is a two-way street. From LinkedIn streams of accomplishment to TikTok scrolls of distraction, Lisa explores how to bring your self-sustaining superpower to the forefront so you're not defined by likes or comments.
 
In this episode, you learn:
The tests Lisa uses before posting
Why celebrating others creates a butterfly effect of connection and confidence
How to reframe comparison into abundance on social platforms
Together, we can transform social media into a space of contribution, connection, and confidence.
 
00:00 Intro
01:12 One Story vs Many Stories
01:58 Self-Sustaining Superpower
03:16 Why We Post
06:18 The Pause Test
07:42 When Posts Create Connection
11:36 Reframing Comparison
12:22 Trust Test and Step Away Test
14:19 Outro
16:10 Disclaimer
 
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