Communicating With Clarity and Confidence With Rachel Hanfling (Ep. 23)
Strong communication shapes how people trust you, understand you, and decide whether to move closer or pull away.
What helps someone connect in a room, calm their nerves, and speak in a way people actually remember?
In this episode, Dan Paikin and Robert Schlesinger speak with Rachel Hanfling, Communications Coach, about how better communication can improve public speaking, interviews, sales conversations, and client relationships. They explore why communication is a trainable skill, how to meet people where they are, why simple language creates a stronger connection, and how listening, clarity, and steady practice help people build trust and make a lasting impression.
Rachel shares:
- Why public speaking nerves are normal, and how honesty and reframing can help people handle them more calmly
- How meeting people where they are creates a stronger connection in interviews, sales talks, and presentations
- Why simple language builds trust faster than jargon when people need clarity, direction, and confidence
- How listening with full attention can make others feel valued, understood, and more open to connection
- Why verbal habits, posture, and delivery improve only through steady practice in everyday conversations
- And more!
Connect with Tempus Financial Group:
- Tempus Financial Group
- LinkedIn: Daniel Paikin, RICP®
- LinkedIn: Robert Schlesinger
- LinkedIn: Tempus Financial Group
- tempusinfo@tempus-financial.com
- 516-672-0784
Connect with Rachel Hanfling:
About our Guest:
Rachel Hanfling is an Emmy-nominated media and public speaking coach with three decades of experience helping individuals command attention and deliver their message with authority in high-visibility settings.
She works with leaders, founders, authors, sales professionals, and purpose-driven individuals on media training, public speaking, executive presentations, and high-stakes communication.
Rachel has prepared clients for appearances throughout major media including Today, Good Morning America, CBS Mornings, Shark Tank, and QVC, as well as podcasts, live events, major stages, board presentations, investor meetings, and critical professional conversations.
She is known for creating clarity out of chaos and guiding impact and influence. While her clients span industries, her primary objective is for each to confidently show up with speech, body, voice and energy to achieve what they want.
Rachel is the creator of multiple courses, including Own the Power of Your Story, Confident and Worthy, Media Power Plan, Your Impact Rising, Listening for Impact, and Comfortably Living in the 1%.
Rachel teaches at Harvard and works with clients internationally.
She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, a certified high-performance trainer, and lives in New York City with her twins.
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