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Body Language Decoded

Practical, science-backed reflections on reading people, communicating with presence, and healing from within.

Body Language Decoded

What Aaradhya Rai Bachchan's Body Language Really Shows

A close read of Aaradhya's birthday speech for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan — the hand-holding, the illustrator gestures, and what a child reaching for her own space tells us.

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Decoding DeepVeer on Koffee With Karan: What the cues said

On Koffee With Karan, Deepika and Ranveer described their early dating phase very differently — and their bodies told a story their words softened. Here is what the pacifiers, lip-presses and one flash of contempt actually revealed.

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That IndiGo Employee Wasn't Smirking — He Was Scared

A viral clip showed an IndiGo staffer with what looked like a smirk during a heated exchange. Read the full body, not just the face, and a very different story appears: nervousness, not arrogance.

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Why You Shouldn't Read Body Language of G20 Leaders

When world leaders meet at a summit like the G20, their handshakes, smiles and hugs are rehearsed, not revealing. Here's why decoding their body language tells you far less than you think.

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The 'Perverted' Gesture: What That Neck Touch Really Means

A clip many of you sent me isn't black magic — it's a recognisable discomfort and pervert-spotting cue. Here's how to read a person who touches the neck, ear or another's body without consent.

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What Priyanka Chopra Teaches Us About Being Likeable

Likeability isn't loud charm — it's how you hand the room back to people. A close read of Priyanka Chopra's body language shows the small cues that pull people in.

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The Bus Seat Experiment: Why Assumption Breeds Hesitation

A simple social experiment on a bus showed me how powerfully our assumptions stop us from speaking up — and why a confident posture can make people hesitate to ask for what they need.

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What Salman Khan's stage manners teach us about respect

At a public event, Salman Khan quietly moved the person being honoured into the centre — a small, deliberate act that says more about respect than any speech could.

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How to spot a fake laugh: what Deepika Padukone's smile reveals

A real laugh rises and fades like a wave; a fake one switches on and off. Here's the cue I used to read Deepika Padukone's laughter — and how you can use it too.

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The Cold Reading Trick: How "Fortune Tellers" Read You

That astrologer who seemed to know your secrets wasn't reading the stars — they were reading you. Here's the cold-reading method, and the body cues that hand strangers your private life.

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Did Cillian Murphy Really Read the Bhagavad Gita? A Body Language Read

When an interviewer asked Cillian Murphy about reading the Bhagavad Gita, his fingers drifted to his lips and his easy posture disappeared. Here's what those shifts actually suggest.

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3 Facial Expressions to Avoid in Any Interview

Whether you're the candidate or the interviewer, three expressions quietly signal disagreement, disconnection or disdain. Here's how to spot them and what to do next.

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What PM Modi's Hand Gestures at US Congress Really Reveal

In just over a minute of his US Congress address, PM Modi used a string of hand gestures — and one of them, the steeple, looked deliberately placed rather than natural to him.

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Reading Jamie Frederick's Body Language in the Titan Submersible Briefing

When the US Coast Guard spoke about the missing Titan submersible, the words carried hope but the body told a quieter story. Here is what Jamie Frederick's one-sided shrugs and a colleague's lip-press actually suggested.

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Illustrators vs Pacifiers: What the Hands Reveal

When confidence drains out of a conversation, the hands change job from painting the air to soothing the body. Here's how to read the shift — and why it matters.

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Reading Body Language to Save Your Time, Money and Energy

The real reason to learn body language isn't to outsmart anyone — it's to protect your limited time, money and energy from the people and deals that quietly drain them.

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Inside My Intermediate Body Language Course: What You'll Learn

My intermediate body language course starts where most people don't expect it to — with self-awareness — before moving into facial expressions, micro-expressions, first impressions and a primer on deception detection.

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Deepika Padukone at the Oscars 2023: Nerves, Decoded

On the world's biggest stage, even Deepika Padukone showed nerves. The lip bites, brow raises and self-soothing gestures she used while announcing 'Naatu Naatu' tell a kinder story than most people assume.

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Speaking at the Behavioral Analysis Conference 2023, Prague

I'm presenting at the Behavioral Analysis Conference in Prague, where my talk decodes how a prospective molester gives himself away through non-verbal cues — and why reading those signals matters.

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The Kanjhawala Case: Why Nidhi Never Said Anjali's Name

In her statement, Nidhi kept calling Anjali 'the girl' instead of using her name. That single pattern of distancing language tells us something worth paying attention to.

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What a Seated Audience Reveals: Reading Listeners in a Room

Sitting still doesn't mean someone is listening. From self-hushing gestures to hands gripping the armrest, here's how to tell who is genuinely engaged and who has already checked out.

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Hyojeong Park's Mumbai Harassment: A Body Language Read

Korean creator Mhyochi (Hyojeong Park) was harassed on a Mumbai street, and her non-verbal choices kept her safe. Here is what her barriers, her flat 'okay okay' and her refusal to smile actually tell us.

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Robert Kiyosaki's Irritated Body Language, Decoded

In a tense podcast moment, Robert Kiyosaki nearly walked out of his own interview. His self-soothing gestures, power moves and flashes of disgust tell the real story.

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What Karine Jean-Pierre Teaches Us About Powerful, Respectful Body Language

At a White House briefing, Karine Jean-Pierre shifts from warm and honouring to firm and authoritative within minutes. Here is exactly how she does it, cue by cue.

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