In this celebratory outtakes episode of the "This Moved Me" podcast, host Sally Koering Zimney reflects on three years and 150 episodes of her journey as a public‑speaking podcaster. She explains how recording and sharing her own mistakes—mispronunciations, forgotten lines, accidental emails—has become a deliberate practice of "showing up anyway," a muscle she encourages other speakers to flex. Sally emphasizes that speaking is inherently messy, vulnerable, and imperfect, and that the value lies in the act of putting work out rather than the audience’s reaction. She invites listeners to share how they practice showing up, and teases upcoming interview guests (Rick Altman on slide design, Brett Trapp, Harris III, and Lauren Pibworth) while asking for feedback on what content they’d like over the summer. The episode ends with a light‑hearted outtake, a request for emails, and a playful sign‑off.
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Hey everybody, and welcome to This Moved Me, a podcast about creating talks that move the world. With me, your host, Sally Koering Zimney. Together with some fabulous guests, we will have a casual conversation about the art of public speaking, because a good talk can move the world and it'll be fun. Yeah, I would think making alien cows meaningful. That's not a small task. I love your giggle.
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Oh my gosh, so waiting for everybody to figure out the alphabet. Hey Movers, it's Sally and welcome to my 150th episode.
What?
I know, it's crazy. Almost 3 years ago, I headed out into this adventure, sure that I had something to offer. I was sure that I had something to offer, but really no idea how to do it or if it would work or how much, or how much work it would be. It was like, turns out it was a lot. It was a lot of work. And, and it turns out I love it way more than I ever thought I would. I get so much back from this experience. I love it. But this move to me has also really challenged me to show up and take a risk. And that is a muscle that all of us speakers need to flex as much as we can, to just show up and be willing to fall on our faces. And I've also— it's also challenged me to kind of face the reality that sometimes people really dig what I do, and sometimes they don't. And that, for me, as someone who, like, I really have always sort of cherished the notion that people liked me. And there's a backstory there if you want to— there's a backstory there, um, because it sounds a little flighty and like homecoming queeny, but— and that's not how I mean it at all. It's just that has been something that people have said is a gift of mine. And so then what happens when they don't? Oh my gosh, what's not working? But so I've had to kind of face that and let that go. And all of that is really, really good and really important because at the, at the end of the day, what matters and what I have to be accountable for myself to is that I feel okay about what I'm doing and I'm willing to go through whatever I need to go through to get there. So speaking of that, at the end of every one of my mini Move to Me episodes for the last like year and a half or so, I have included a little something for those who stick with me to the bitter end. Maybe you've heard it, but you probably haven't because very few people have commented on it, but I include a tiny little outtake of me kind of messing messing up somehow that I've captured because I record everything. I just walk in and start pressing record. And so I record all kinds of ridiculous stuff that, that most people would never share. And there may be, maybe 3 people out there who have heard them. Um, but it is— obviously I keep doing it regardless of that because it's really not about that. What I've realized is that I keep doing it because it is good for me. I am practicing the art of showing up anyway. And as speakers, that is something we have to get really good at. Speaking is, is live. It's really messy. It's vulnerable, super imperfect, and can be scary and thrilling and, and about a million other things, like, all in that one moment. And if we If it's important to us and it's important to our audience and important to our cause, important to the mission that we're on, then we have to get out there and we have to step out across that threshold and do it anyway, knowing that we might look like a fool, we might fall on our face. And I honestly, I don't care if you've heard these little moments. It has been good for me to send it out there, to be laughed at, to be completely ignored, to be deleted, to be appreciated, to not have any response at all, because it can't be about the response. Who knows how you— maybe you had a different experience with it. It doesn't— and I say this with so much respect— it doesn't matter because it is a part of the process. We create and let go. We put it out there and we let go. Because it is a process. And 150 episodes in, there has been a lot of outtakes. So many that I made a whole episode out of them just so that I can keep practicing showing up anyway. To just put it all, all the times I've fallen flat on my face or said something stupid or I've caught myself just saying things that don't make sense or whatever. I mean, there's, there's a lot. And I tend to do a lot of singing after I screw up, so there's like a strange singing and humming. And I don't know, I don't know, I don't know how to explain myself to you. But my question for you before we dive into this is, this, this is my way of practicing the art of showing up anyway, and I'm wondering what it is that you do. How do you practice the art of showing up anyway. Maybe it is you, you say yes to that speaking engagement even though it's kind of freaking you out. Or, yeah, I did a TV interview a few weeks ago and I was like, oh, this is such a foreign world to me, but I've got to say yes. I've gotta put myself out there and challenge myself and see what I learn and let it be a learning thing. Because the more we practice failing, the easier it is to get up. So in that spirit, here's a whole bunch of me failing.
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Test, test, test, test, one, two. I think it's working. It's a miracle! Let me know. Send me an email, sally@youthfrontier— Oh my God, that's the wrong email address. Oh my God. Hey everybody, and— What's happening in my house all the time, of course. Um, I don't remember what I was gonna say. Oh my God, I seriously have no idea. That's not true anymore. Wrong. Wrong. Yeah, see, this is wrong. Hey, movers! It's great to be back. It's Sally. It's Monday. I've got another interview for you today. What a great way to start off the week. Or maybe, maybe Hey Movers, it's Sally. It's Wednesday. I'm back to share with you— it's not Wednesday, it's Monday. Oh my gosh. Hey Movers, it's Sally and— hey Movers, it's Sally. I'm super excited to be back with you. It's maybe been a few weeks. Since I'm—
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Hey Movers, it's Sally and man, it sounded echoey in here today. Oh well, going with it. Hey Movers, it's Sally. It's been a few weeks since perhaps you have heard my voice, but I'm back. So glad to to be back and really excited to bring to you another amazing—
I don't do this live. Maybe if they wear mascara, it won't work. I don't know.
All right, here we go. It's movers!
It's movers.
I wish I drank coffee. Thanks so much for joining me on that very outtake-y episode here of This Moved Me. I am getting back, jumping back in next week to some interview episodes. I've got some amazing conversations coming up for you. Rick Altman from the Presentation Summit is going to talk about slide design and, and how we can, all of us in the everyday, make better design and give so much better presentations in the process. So I'm really pumped about that conversation. Brett Trapp from Blue Babies Pink— please tell me that you have checked out his story, I find it so powerful and amazing and he's such an amazing human being. So I've got his conversation coming up. Harris III from Story— I know I've talked about him a lot and super pumped to share that really thoughtful, insightful conversation with you. And I've got Lauren Pibworth coming up soon. Lauren is a marketing specialist for speakers. So time and time and time again, I have speakers coming up to me and saying, and you know, sending me emails and reaching out to me saying, "This is awesome, so great. How can you help me get more speaking gigs?" Truth be told, it's really not my forte. I'm really focused on content and delivery, but other people are, and so I really wanted to pick Lauren's brain, and she is an amazing soul, and I cannot wait for you to hear that conversation. So some really, really good ones coming up. And just looking out ahead, sort of beyond this chunk of interview episodes, then I take a little time off in the summer, and what I would love to know from you is what do you want? From This Moved Me over the summer? I can kind of replay some old favorites, or I can just kind of go radio silent for, you know, a month or so over the summer, or I can do more mini Moved Me's. So I'm just curious if you have a thought for me on what you want over the summer from This Moved Me, let me know. Send me an email info@thismovedme.com.
Smovedme.com.
Check it out. Uh, I'd love to hear from you. Okay, that's it for me. Check you later.
