{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fperspectives-with-sharon-pearson-cd08217f.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ff104cf71-RhzYDfpy","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Claiming My Confidence With Katrina Blowers | #Perspectives with Sharon Pearson Season 2 Episode 12","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a0db931b-7fbe-4b15-9484-011dc7220977/0b4dfb24-3718-44ce-9ace-245cd2152881/1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Three years ago, Channel Seven Brisbane newsreader Katrina Blowers was on set, ready to read the live Sunday night news bulletin. As the autocue rolled on the first story, Katrina had her first-ever panic attack. Without a co-host, she had to stay on—terrified, struggling to speak—in front of half a million people for the next hour: “I had a shortness of breath, my chest felt incredibly tight, I couldn’t talk properly.” Katrina tells Sharon Pearson about how the experience and subsequent panic attacks nearly saw her leave the beloved job she’d worked towards since she was seven before she used science and therapy to rebuild her life including new business, Claiming Your Confidence. “The thing about confidence is that up until that point I had thought it was my superpower. I just took it for granted, so to have this fundamental knock to my confidence and have to learn it all over again … now I’m getting to teach other women what I’ve learned which is great.”"}