April 22, 2025
69: Psychology of Communication: What’s Really Blocking Your Speaking Success
You can have the right message, the right heart, and the right energy. But if your language triggers resistance instead of resonance, you’ll stay overlooked and underpaid. You’re done before you even start.
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You can have the right message, the right heart, and the right energy. But if your language triggers resistance instead of resonance, you’ll stay overlooked and underpaid. You’re done before you even start.
In this solo episode, Jacqueline dives into the psychology of communication – the hidden power of language, what it really takes to become a paid, booked, and referable speaker, and why it’s not about working harder or yelling louder.
This isn’t another episode on perfecting your keynote. It’s about understanding how unconscious first decisions sabotage your momentum, confuse your audience, and quietly keep you stuck. You’ll learn how to shift from surface-level speaking to magnetic, market-ready messaging that opens doors instead of closing them.
Whether you’re tweaking a title, stuck mid-pitch, or wondering why a wildly successful opt-in still brought in all the wrong people, this episode hands you the thinking tools to fix it for good.
WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:
- Why mastering the deeper psychology of language should be your next move (01:15)
- Clinging to your original positioning could be killing your momentum (02:22)
- The paradox of consistency vs. growth, and the courage to evolve (04:28)
- A costly tagline mistake and the unconscious messages that may be hidden in your own speaker positioning (06:51)
- How the wrong unconscious first decision, even with the right offer, can quietly derail your sales (10:27)
- What it takes to pivot with purpose when the environment shifts and your audience pulls back (14:33)
- How aligning your message with your true audience matters more than blowing up your metrics (17:35)
- Iterating your message isn’t selling out, it’s a smart strategy (23:12)
- How unconscious language patterns in your speech, sales, or messaging could be silently repelling your ideal clients (25:56)
This episode is your nudge to slow down and examine what’s really going on beneath your words. Because sometimes, it’s not the topic, the talk, or the timing. It’s how you’re unconsciously positioning yourself before anyone even says yes or no.
Listen with an open mind. This could be the pivot you didn’t know you needed.
QUOTES
“The way I describe linguistics? It’s the intersection, the collision of the words we say, the way people process them, and the intentionality behind them.” – Jacqueline Brooker
“Nothing is more powerful than giving people the power of their voice and the way they use their words to change their reality and their future opportunities.” – Jacqueline Brooker
“Test, measure, iterate, think again. Test, measure, iterate, think again. That cycle is the most powerful one you can do.” – Jacqueline Brooker
RESOURCES
If you are on a mission to amplify your message to make a more meaningful impact, and you’d love to join a vibrant community of people all harnessing the power of speaking, we’d love you to join us in our private Facebook group. Here you will gain access to exclusive live trainings, free resources and the opportunity to ask Jacqueline anything. It’s all designed to take the speaking game to the next level. We can’t wait to welcome you – Join here : https://www.facebook.com/groups/paidspeakerbreakthrough
WHERE TO FIND JACQUELINE BROOKER
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