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Kirsty Carden

Kirsty Carden

UK-based speaker and business coach, founder of Speak & Sell Academy, helping women attract high-ticket clients through speaking; former Sky employee.

Sep 9, 2026

Working On It

Working On It

From Being Extremely shy to Speaking to Thousands: Kirsty Carden on Overcoming Fear and Building Confidence

Sep 9 · 1h 5m

Brad Staines
Brad StainesHOST
7:35
So with that, Kirsty, what is it you want?
Kirsty Carden
Kirsty CardenGUEST
7:38
What is it I want? Do you know what? That's quite a deep thing, really.
Kirsty Carden
Kirsty CardenGUEST
7:44
I can't say that on a superficial level because for me, I think the thing that motivated me was generational change.
Kirsty Carden
Kirsty CardenGUEST
7:50
I came from council housing.
Kirsty Carden
Kirsty CardenGUEST
7:52
I grew up in a council estate.
Kirsty Carden
Kirsty CardenGUEST
7:54
Parents mentally kind of weren't there to support me.
Kirsty Carden
Kirsty CardenGUEST
7:57
So at 16 years old, I found a college and I went off and I got my A-levels and I went on to get my degree and built things and all of that.

35 MINS LATER

Brad Staines
Brad StainesHOST
43:17
Yeah, so

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