Resonate with Krystal Diaz
Welcome to Resonate with Krystal Diaz, where we explore the powerful ways you can use your voice to inspire, transform, and make a difference.
Hosted by Krystal Diaz, a renowned personal development coach specialising in voice, with over 16 years of experience working with top voices in business, music, TV, and film,
Through insightful discussions, practical strategies and expert advice, Krystal empowers listeners to understand their voices as a powerful tool for personal growth and connection with others.
If you are ready to find and amplify your unique voice so that you can share your gifts with the world, then this podcast will give you the insights, tools and techniques to do so.
Resonate with Krystal Diaz
Stop Over Explaining: Why We Do It and What to Do About It
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The Empowered Voice: Quiet Your Inner Critic, Speak Your Truth, and Share Your Gifts
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You think you're being thorough. You think you're being clear. But research shows that the more you over-explain, the less people trust what you're saying — and the more your authority quietly leaks out of every over-qualified sentence.
In this episode, I break down the real psychology behind why so many high achievers fall into the over-explaining trap, why it backfires, and one specific skill you can start building today to communicate with more clarity and confidence.
Here's what we cover:
- Why being more experienced doesn't make you less likely to over-explain
- The psychology term that explains the compulsion to cover every blind spot
- What listeners actually think when you over-explain (it's not what you hope)
- Why the solution isn't under-explaining — it's distillation
- A game from the world of improv theater that builds this skill in a surprisingly fun way
Chapters:
0:00 Intro – The Over-Explaining Trap
0:57 Welcome to the Resonate Podcast
1:22 My Story: Over-Explaining as a Vocal Coach
3:11 Why We Over-Explain: Epistemic Anxiety
4:48 How Over-Explaining Backfires
7:37 What to Do: The Skill of Distillation
10:30 The Half Life Game (from Improv Theater)
11:21 Half Life in Action: The Devil Wears Prada
13:07 Try It Yourself
14:07 Closing & Book Recommendation
14:33 Outro
About the Resonate Podcast
Hosted by Krystal Diaz — vocal coach, performance coach, and author of The Empowered Voice. This podcast is for the high achievers and deep thinkers who know they have something important to say and want to say it with more confidence, presence, and authenticity.
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