{"podcast":{"title":"The Self Esteem and Confidence Mindset","slug":"the-self-esteem-and-confidence-mindset-1211253","podcast_index_feed_id":1211253,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11e97620/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/selfesteemandconfidence","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2905128/2905128-1641901257415-e4b056bb0407.jpg","author":"The Self Esteem and Confidence Mindset Ltd","episode_count":1398,"summary":"Struggling with self-esteem, confidence, or the fear of being heard? The Self Esteem and Confidence Mindset Podcast helps you build genuine confidence, strengthen your mindset, and find the courage to share your voice. Hosted by Jonny Pardoe, each episode combines honest personal lessons with powerful guest stories about overcoming self-doubt, being seen, and speaking with confidence. A top 1 % Podcast with many guests and episodes with over 3.5 million downloads . Share your voice with confidence. Speaking and enquiries: speaking@jonnypardoe.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T14:22:37.243126+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-self-esteem-and-confidence-mindset-1211253"},"episode":{"title":"Staying Human in a Digital World: Confidence, Identity, and Techno-Thrillers with Norman JN Lobb","slug":"staying-human-in-a-digital-world-confidence-identity-and-techno-thrillers-with-norman-jn-lobb","published_at":"2026-05-08T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-self-esteem-and-confidence-mindset-1211253/staying-human-in-a-digital-world-confidence-identity-and-techno-thrillers-with-norman-jn-lobb","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-self-esteem-and-confidence-mindset-1211253","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/selfesteemandconfidence/episodes/Staying-Human-in-a-Digital-World-Confidence--Identity--and-Techno-Thrillers-with-Norman-JN-Lobb-e3iq2rr","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/11e97620/podcast/play/119392571/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-2%2F423342779-44100-2-6116561a5955.m4a","summary":"You can find more from Norman here: https://normanjnlobb.com/about-the-author/ https://quantumbrain.ca/ What does it mean to stay human—and maintain your confidence and sense of self—in a world increasingly driven by code, AI, and digital systems? In this thought-provoking episode of The Self Esteem and Confidence Mindset, we sit down with Norman JN Lobb, science fiction author specializing in near-future techno-thrillers, quantum systems gone rogue, and the collapse of digital civilization, to explore how technology impacts our identity, self-worth, and what it truly means to be confident and human in the digital age. Norman crafts stories that fuse hard science with human emotion, creating pulse-pounding narratives that ask the questions we're all grappling with: How do we maintain our humanity, confidence, and authentic self when technology threatens to define us? His debut novel, "Awakening Protocol" (first in the Quantum Synchronicity OS series), explores these themes through realistic speculative tech. This conversation bridges fiction and reality, examining confidence, identity, and self-esteem in our increasingly digital world. You can find more from Norman here: ⁠https://normanjnlobb.com/about-the-author/⁠ ⁠https://quantumbrain.ca/⁠","meta_description":"You can find more from Norman here: https://normanjnlobb.com/about-the-author/ https://quantumbrain.ca/ What does it mean to stay human—and maintain your…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2042,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-self-esteem-and-confidence-mindset-1211253/episodes/staying-human-in-a-digital-world-confidence-identity-and-techno-thrillers-with-norman-jn-lobb/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-self-esteem-and-confidence-mindset-1211253/staying-human-in-a-digital-world-confidence-identity-and-techno-thrillers-with-norman-jn-lobb.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}