From Hostage To Hero

By Sari de la Motte

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Sari de la Motte is the host of "From Hostage to Hero" and has been dubbed the "Attorney Whisperer" because of her unique ability to help attorneys communicate their real selves. Join us weekly as Sari shares tips that will help you up your game at trial and connect with your jurors.

Episode Date
Ep. 249 - Wish You Had More Time? Why Having Less is a Good Thing
Apr 26, 2024
Ep. 248 - Do We Learn More From Success or Failure? You Might Be Surprised By the Answer
Apr 19, 2024
Ep. 247 - Which Method Really "Works"? Here's How to Tell
Apr 12, 2024
Ep.246 - The Problem with the Ideal Juror Profile
Apr 05, 2024
Ep. 245 - A Verdict Already?! Top 5 Reasons Your Jury Isn't Deliberating Long Enough
Mar 29, 2024
Ep. 244 - Do You Struggle with Feeling You're Not Good Enough? Here's How to Stop
Mar 22, 2024
Ep. 243 - Curiosity: What Killed the Cat Will Save You
Mar 15, 2024
Ep. 242 - Why You Have to Make the Jury Uncomfortable
Mar 08, 2024
Ep. 241 - My Advice for Young Lawyers
Mar 01, 2024
Ep. 240 - The REAL Reason I Swear So Much
Feb 23, 2024
Ep. 239 - How to Combat the “Shit Happens” Defense
Feb 16, 2024
Ep. 238 - It's Ok to Want More (Truly)
Feb 09, 2024
Ep. 237 - Nonverbal Influence: It's Not What You Think
Feb 02, 2024
Ep. 236 - Where's My Verdict?!? 7 Rules for Manifesting an 8 Figure Verdict (or anything else)
Jan 26, 2024
Ep. 235 - Are You Trying the Other Side's Case? Here's How to Know
Jan 19, 2024
Special Episode - Introducing The NEW and Improved H2H Playground
Jan 09, 2024
Ep. 234 - How to Have Your Best Year Ever
Jan 05, 2024
Encore Episode - How to Manage your Brain
Dec 29, 2023
Encore Episode - How Bias Affects Voir Dire
Dec 22, 2023
Encore Episode - Are You Unwittingly Legitimizing Defense Arguments
Dec 15, 2023
Encore Episode - How to Piss the Jury Off in Opening
Dec 08, 2023
Encore Episode - Four Questions to Help Jurors Give You the Principles in Your Case
Dec 01, 2023
Encore Episode - Why You Need to Use the Coffee Rule in Voir Dire
Nov 24, 2023
Encore Episode - If You're Limited on Time, Be Sure to Cover THIS in Your Voir Dire
Nov 17, 2023
Ep. 233 - $17.5 Million Winning Verdict: Trial Debrief with Michael Cowen and Malorie Peacock
Nov 10, 2023
Ep. 232 - 8 Steps To An 8-Figure Verdict
Oct 20, 2023
Ep. 231 - Hard Work Won't Get You Where You Want to Go
Oct 13, 2023
Ep. 230 - The Surprising Reason Why You Worry
Oct 06, 2023
H2H Playground Panel Discussion
Oct 03, 2023
Ep. 229 - The Danger of Focus Groups
Sep 29, 2023
Ep. 228 - Why Jurors Aren't As Outraged As You Think They Should Be
Sep 22, 2023
Ep. 227 - The Sneaky Way Defense Points Show Up In Your Funnels
Sep 15, 2023
Ep. 226 - The Three Scariest Words for Trial Attorneys
Sep 08, 2023
Special Encore Episode - Good Questions + Bad Sequencing = F*cked Voir Dire
Sep 01, 2023
Ep. 225 - How to Practice When You're Not in Trial (Or even if you are.)
Aug 25, 2023
Ep.224 - How to Apply the H2H Method to Criminal Cases
Aug 18, 2023
Ep. 223 - How to Never Worry About Winning Again
Aug 11, 2023
Ep. 222 - How To Decide Your “Number” In Rural Jurisdictions
Aug 04, 2023
Ep. 221 - Preponderance & Preemptory Challenges: Why You Don’t Need Either One
Jul 28, 2023
Ep. #220 - Stop Doing THIS at Trial (Unless You Want to Tank Your Case)
Jul 21, 2023
Ep. 219 - How to Incorporate More Play Into Your Practice
Jul 14, 2023
Ep. 218 - How To Design An Alliance With Anyone
Jul 07, 2023
Ep. 217 - The Secret Hack to Motivation
Jun 30, 2023
Ep. 216 - Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Do This In Trial
Jun 23, 2023
Ep. 215 - When It’s Good To Feel Bad
Jun 16, 2023
Ep. 214 - The Trial Dialogue: How Voir Dire and Opening Work in Tandem
Jun 09, 2023
Ep. 213 - The New H2H Method
Jun 02, 2023
Ep. 212 - How to Find Your MAGA Jurors (And Other Worthless Pursuits)
May 26, 2023
Ep. 211 - You’re Probably Going To Lose (And That’s A Good Thing)
May 19, 2023
Ep. 210 - The Power of Reflection
May 12, 2023
Ep.209 - The One Emotion You're Misreading
May 05, 2023
Ep. 208 - Three Reasons You're Not Getting Your Verdict
Apr 28, 2023
Ep. 207 - Missed Connections (Juror Edition)
Apr 21, 2023
Ep.206 - Stop Talking So Damn Much
Apr 14, 2023
Ep.205 Good Questions + Bad Sequencing = F**ked Voir Dire
Apr 07, 2023
Ep. 204 - How to Be A BadAss
Mar 31, 2023
Ep. 203 - Why You Dont Want Your Firm to Pay for Your Personal Development
Mar 24, 2023
Ep.202 - How to Make Any Juror Answer Work In Your Favor
Mar 17, 2023
Ep. 201 - Why I Take on My Detractors
Mar 10, 2023
Ep. 200 - 7 Ways I Built a 7-figure Business
Mar 03, 2023
Ep. 199 - How to Wire Your Brain for Risk
Feb 24, 2023
Ep. 198 - What They Don’t Teach You in Law School But Should. (With Dave Maxfield)
Feb 17, 2023
Ep. 197 - Struggling With Time Management? Here’s Why
Feb 10, 2023
Ep. 196 - Do You Have Trial Trauma?
Feb 03, 2023
Special Episode - Sari SquadCast: H2H Faculty Answers Your Top Questions
Jan 30, 2023
Ep. 195 - Here's Why You DON'T Want to Work With Me One-on-One
Jan 27, 2023
Ep. 194 - 10 Reasons All Trial Lawyers Need a Coach
Jan 20, 2023
Ep. 193 - The Jury Didn’t “Get it Wrong”
Jan 13, 2023
Ep. 192 - Happy New Year! (Important Updates)
Jan 06, 2023
Ep. 191 - Three Questions I Ask Myself at the End of Every Year
Dec 30, 2022
Ep. 190 - Stop Doing This in Closing. (Like, Immediately.)
Dec 23, 2022
Ep. 189 - May The Best Principle Win
Dec 16, 2022
Ep. 188 - Do You Constantly Ask Yourself, ‘What if?’
Dec 09, 2022
Ep. 187 - Tis the Season for Depression; Fa la la fuck la
Dec 02, 2022
Ep. 186 - Why You Blame Yourself for Every Damn Thing
Nov 25, 2022
Ep. 185 - Sari’s Top 10
Nov 18, 2022
Ep. 184 - Why the H2H Method May Not Be Working for You
Nov 11, 2022
Ep.183 - What if You Weren’t the Problem?
Nov 04, 2022
Ep.182 - Stop Buying Books and Attending CLE’s
Oct 28, 2022
Ep.181 - Why Over-Preparation is Killing Your Case (Part 2)
Oct 21, 2022
Ep. 180 - Why Over Preparation is Killing Your Case
Oct 14, 2022
Ep. 179 - Why You Need to Talk to the Jury After You Lose
Oct 07, 2022
Special Episode: Trial Debrief with Natalie Woodward - $77M Verdict Makes History
Oct 03, 2022
Ep.178 - You’re More Than the Size of Your Ver-dick-t
Sep 30, 2022
Ep.177 - What’s Your Investment Strategy?
Sep 23, 2022
Ep.176 - You Think You Need Confidence (But cha don’t)
Sep 16, 2022
Ep. 175 - If You’re Not Having Fun at Trial, You’re Doing it Wrong
Sep 09, 2022
Ep.174 - What’s Your Brand? (And Why it Matters)
Sep 02, 2022
Ep.173 - My Most Favorite Time Management Tool Ever
Aug 26, 2022
Ep.172 - How Much Emotion Should I Show in Opening?
Aug 19, 2022
Ep.171 - Who Can Say That I’ve Been Changed for the Better?
Aug 12, 2022
Ep.170 - How Conducting a Great Voir Dire Can Hurt You
Aug 05, 2022
Ep.169 - I Turned 50. Here’s What I’ve Learned So Far.
Jul 29, 2022
Ep.168 - How to Take Your Presentation to a Performance
Jul 22, 2022
Ep.167 - My Brain is Fucked. Guess What? So is Yours.
Jul 15, 2022
Ep.166 - Are You Unwittingly Legitimizing Defense Arguments?
Jul 08, 2022
Ep. 165 - 7 Indisputable Signs You’re a Great Trial Lawyer (Even if You Don’t Feel Like It)
Jul 01, 2022
Ep. 164 - Why “What Should I Ask in Voir Dire?” Is the Wrong Question
Jun 24, 2022
Ep. 163 - If You’re Limited on Time, Be Sure to Cover THIS in Your Voir Dire
Jun 17, 2022
Ep.162 - How to Piss the Jury Off in Opening
Jun 10, 2022
Ep.161 - Can You Be TOO Kind to Yourself?
Jun 03, 2022
Ep.160 - I’m Giving Up. Here’s Why You Should Too.
May 27, 2022
FHTH Special Podcast Episode - How a Pink Ceramic Pig Helped Secure a 2-Million Dollar Verdict
May 20, 2022
Ep.159 - Should You Talk About Preponderance in Voir Dire?
May 13, 2022
Ep. 158 True Freedom and How to Get It with Coach Jody, Coach Siria and Sara Williams!
May 06, 2022
Ep.157 - How to Get People to Read Your Mind
Apr 29, 2022
Ep.156 - Why Are You Making Excuses for Yourself?
Apr 22, 2022
Ep. 155 - A NEW Way to Look at Cases (With Guests Jody Moore & Dave Maxfield)
Apr 15, 2022
SPECIAL EPISODE! Trial Debrief with H2H Crew Member Heather Mitchell on her 7.5 Million Dollar Win
Apr 08, 2022
Ep.154 - Ready is a Decision, Not a Feeling
Apr 01, 2022
Ep. 153 - How to Manage Your Brain
Mar 25, 2022
Ep.152 - How Bias Affects Voir Dire
Mar 20, 2022
BONUS FB EPISODE - Jon Bailey on his $120 Million Dollar Verdict (and How Trusting the Jury Led Him There)
Mar 11, 2022
Ep.151 - Meet Coach Jody! (And Learn How She Stopped the Cycle of Stress and Burnout)
Mar 04, 2022
Ep.150 - Why You Need to Use the Coffee Rule in Voir Dire
Feb 25, 2022
Ep.149 - The Two Types of Questions That Stall Out Voir Dire
Feb 18, 2022
Ep.148 - The Power of Belief
Feb 11, 2022
Ep.147 - Meet Coach Siria! (And Learn What to Do if You No Longer Want to Be a Lawyer)
Feb 04, 2022
FB Live: F*ck Time Management - Do This Instead
Jan 28, 2022
Ep.146 - Join the Revolution
Jan 21, 2022
Ep.145 - You Have an Upper Limit Problem
Jan 14, 2022
Ep. 144 - Are You Operating in Your Zone of Genius?
Jan 07, 2022
Ep.143 - What I've Learned This Year
Dec 31, 2021
Ep.142 - The One Thing You Need to Absolutely Transform Your Life
Dec 24, 2021
Ep.141 - The Key to Making More Money & Getting Bigger Verdicts
Dec 17, 2021
Ep. 140 - How Your Money “Stuff” is Affecting Your Results in the Courtroom
Dec 10, 2021
Ep. 139 - Why a 40 Hour Work Week is Not Only Possible But Mandatory If You Want to Be Successful
Dec 03, 2021
Ep. 138 - Three Mindset Shifts You Have to Make Around Time (New Time Management Course is Now Live!)
Nov 26, 2021
Ep. 137 - The Problem with Trying to Find a “Fair & Impartial” Jury
Nov 19, 2021
Ep.136 - What a Verdict Means (and Doesn't)
Nov 12, 2021
Ep. 135 - Why “How Does That Make You Feel” is a Terrible Question
Nov 05, 2021
Ep. 134 - Four Questions to Help Jurors Give You the Principles in Your Case
Oct 29, 2021
Why You Need to “Empty Your Cup”
Oct 22, 2021
H2H Opens Today! Here's 3 Reasons You SHOULDN'T Join
Oct 15, 2021
Ep.131 - Why Winning Trial Wont Solve Your Problem
Oct 08, 2021
Why Youre Resisting the Designed Alliance
Oct 01, 2021
Ep.129 - Fear is TOTALLY Normal. It's Also TOTALLY Optional
Sep 24, 2021
Ep.128 - When Growth Gets Out of Control
Sep 17, 2021
Ep. 127 - I’M BACK BABY! (health update and what’s coming next…)
Sep 10, 2021
Ep. 126 - How to Empower Jurors to Fight for You in the Verdict Room
Sep 03, 2021
Ep.125 - How to Create a Kick Ass Teaching Section
Aug 27, 2021
Ep.124 - How to Find the Principle in Your Case
Aug 20, 2021
Ep.123 - Should You Split Voir Dire and Opening with Co-Counsel?
Aug 13, 2021
Ep.122 What's Your Come From?
Aug 06, 2021
Ep.121 Courtroom Leadership (Part 2)
Jul 30, 2021
Ep. 120 Courtroom Leadership (Part 1)
Jul 23, 2021
Ep.119 - When Fear of Failure is What is Motivating You
Jul 16, 2021
Ep.118 How to Deal with Jealousy
Jul 09, 2021
The Four Components of Presence
Jul 02, 2021
Fostering Your Voice: An Interview with Resident Vocal Coach Kristi Foster
Jun 25, 2021
FB LIVE: How to Deal with Your Fear: Train Your Brain to Work for You
Jun 18, 2021
The Four Levels of Nonverbal Intelligence
Jun 11, 2021
How to Move From Resistance to Acceptance
Jun 04, 2021
How to Begin Building Your Inner Resources
May 28, 2021
What Journey Do You Want to Go On?
May 21, 2021
Asking “What If?” Here’s How to Change the Question
May 14, 2021
BONUS FHTH FB Live Episode - Teaching vs. Storytelling: Why They’re Different and How to Excel at Both
May 07, 2021
How to Transition in a Presentation
Apr 30, 2021
How to Recover (From Objections, Memory Slips, and Other Mishaps) at Trial
Apr 23, 2021
BONUS Episode - FHTH FB Live: It's Launch Time Baby!
Apr 16, 2021
How to Argue (With Yourself) and Win Every Time
Apr 09, 2021
The Problem with the Word “Humble”
Apr 02, 2021
The Point of Positive Thinking
Mar 26, 2021
BONUS Episode - FHTH FB Live: Creating Your Trial Dialogue
Mar 19, 2021
Meet Coach Joon! (And Learn about Creating Habits)
Mar 12, 2021
Trial Lawyers Are Artists. Here’s How to Claim Your Artistry
Mar 05, 2021
Fuck Self Improvement. Do This Instead
Feb 26, 2021
FB Live Episode - Issue-Oriented Voir Dire
Feb 19, 2021
Who “Owns” Your Client?
Feb 12, 2021
What if You Don’t Have “Motive?”
Feb 05, 2021
I Have Breast Cancer. Here’s Why I’m Not Going to Fight It
Jan 29, 2021
What Motivates Jurors to Act?
Jan 22, 2021
How to Design an Alliance With Jurors
Jan 15, 2021
Let Go of Results. Focus on THIS Instead
Jan 08, 2021
The Three Questions You Need to Ask Yourself to Have Your Best Year Ever
Jan 01, 2021
Why You Need to Resist the Urge to Run Away from 2020
Dec 25, 2020
The One Piece You’re Missing When it Comes to Change
Dec 18, 2020
Powerful Questions: The What, Why and How
Dec 11, 2020
Overwhelmed? Here’s Why
Dec 04, 2020
What to Do When You Don’t Feel “Ready”
Nov 27, 2020
Why Every Yes Must Begin with a No
Nov 20, 2020
The One Thing You're Getting Wrong About Persuasion
Nov 13, 2020
You Don’t Have to “Earn” Amazing
Nov 06, 2020
If the Pandemic Has You Feeling Hopeless, Here's What to Do
Oct 30, 2020
Courage vs. Fearlessness
Oct 23, 2020
The One Source of Wisdom You’re Probably Ignoring
Oct 16, 2020
Three Fundamental Truths You Need to Understand to Get Your Story Right
Oct 09, 2020
Teaching vs. Storytelling: Why You Shouldn’t Be Doing Both at the Same Time
Oct 02, 2020
Ep. 82 - Why Bad Things Happen to Good People
Sep 25, 2020
Tackling Racism in the Legal Profession: Let's Get Uncomfortable, Shall We?
Sep 18, 2020
How Language Shapes Your Experience
Sep 11, 2020
How to Deal with Lack of Motivation
Sep 04, 2020
What's Your Next Move?
Aug 28, 2020
But What If I'm Not Likeable?
Aug 21, 2020
You Create the Juror You Fear
Aug 14, 2020
Integration: Stop Trying to Be Someone Different in Court
Aug 07, 2020
If You're Not Being Criticized, You're Doing it Wrong
Jul 31, 2020
BONUS - H2H Membership Founder's Launch FB Live Episode
Jul 26, 2020
Can You Form a Group On Zoom?
Jul 24, 2020
From Hostage to Hero: THE METHOD (Special FB Live Episode)
Jul 17, 2020
The One Communication Rule that Blows all Other Communication Rules Out of the Water
Jul 10, 2020
The One Thing You Have to Accept About Yourself to Be Truly Great
Jul 03, 2020
The Importance of Boundaries for Trial Attorneys
Jun 26, 2020
How to Empower Your Client
Jun 19, 2020
Your Client Is Not Broken
Jun 12, 2020
Competing Values
Jun 05, 2020
Time Management Tips
May 29, 2020
Trial is Not About You
May 22, 2020
Stop Victimizing Your Client, Yourself and the Jurors
May 15, 2020
Stop Acting Like Defense Attorneys
May 08, 2020
The Problem with Thought Work
May 01, 2020
Resonant Conversations
Apr 24, 2020
The Real Reason for Issue-Oriented Voir Dire
Apr 17, 2020
Jurors Don't Have to Like Everything You Do
Apr 10, 2020
How to Ring the Bell at Trial
Apr 03, 2020
How to Lean into the Pause
Mar 27, 2020
SPECIAL EPISODE: We’ve Got This
Mar 20, 2020
We Must Balance the Scales for Jurors
Mar 13, 2020
How to Reverse the Brain Attack Jury Selection Creates for YOU
Mar 06, 2020
How to Reverse the Brain Attack That Jury Selection Creates for Jurors
Feb 28, 2020
Haven't You Had Enough?
Feb 21, 2020
It's Time to Level Up
Feb 14, 2020
What's Fueling You?
Feb 07, 2020
The Power of the Flip Chart
Jan 31, 2020
The One Thing Groups Need to Form
Jan 24, 2020
The Saboteur (And How to Deal With It)
Jan 17, 2020
FB Live Episode - How to Help Jurors Write the Ending to Your Client’s Story
Jan 12, 2020
Not the Ideal Juror, but the Ideal Group
Jan 10, 2020
How to Plan Your Year in 2020
Jan 03, 2020
How to Deal With Pain
Dec 27, 2019
There are Really Only Three Questions You Need to Follow Up
Dec 20, 2019
How to Navigate Transition
Dec 13, 2019
BONUS EPISODE - From Hostage to Hero Book Launch Party
Dec 08, 2019
Your Case in Never About Your Client
Dec 06, 2019
How Women Should Behave in Court
Nov 29, 2019
How to Deal with Anger at Trial
Nov 22, 2019
It's Time to Fly
Nov 15, 2019
How to Find Your Ideal Juror
Nov 08, 2019
The #1 Trial Skill 
Nov 01, 2019
Your Struggles Determine Your Success
Oct 25, 2019
FB Live Episode - How to Handle Non-Economic Damages at Trial
Oct 20, 2019
Three Things That Are Getting In Your Way
Oct 18, 2019
Trial is a Transfer of Energy & Power
Oct 11, 2019
How to Talk About Money in Voir Dire
Oct 04, 2019
Why You Have to Feel Your Failure
Sep 27, 2019
How to Use the Devil's Advocate Question
Sep 20, 2019
The Magic Is In the Middle
Sep 13, 2019
There are Only Three Things You’re Doing in Trial
Sep 06, 2019
FB Live Episode - Why You Should Let Jurors Control Voir Dire
Sep 01, 2019
Three Mistakes You're Making in Opening
Aug 30, 2019
How to Own the Space
Aug 23, 2019
7 Things Youre Doing That Jurors HATE
Aug 16, 2019
How to Read Body Language
Aug 09, 2019
Stop Wasting Your Mistakes
Aug 02, 2019
Let's Talk About Body Language
Jul 26, 2019
FB Live Episode - Why You Must Form the Group If You Want to Increase Your Chance of Winning at Trial
Jul 21, 2019
What Eye Contact Really Means (It's not what you think)
Jul 19, 2019
Three Types of Listening
Jul 12, 2019
Why You Must Master Nonverbal Communication
Jul 05, 2019
FB Live Episode - The Three Things Every Opening Needs
Jun 30, 2019
Authenticity. It's Not What You Think
Jun 28, 2019
Forget About Building Trust with Jurors. What You Need is Permission.
Jun 21, 2019
FB Live Episode - The Biggest Thing Holding You Back From Becoming a Great Trial Attorney
Jun 16, 2019
Limiting Belief #6 - Losing Means I’m a Bad Trial Attorney
Jun 14, 2019
Limiting Belief #5 - Winning is the Only Acceptable Outcome
Jun 07, 2019
FB Live Episode - Talking Performance Mastery with Special Guest Jesse Wilson
Jun 02, 2019
Visual Communication in Trial with Special Guest - Joshua Cohen from Fat Pencil Studio
May 31, 2019
Limiting Belief # 4 - Jurors Are The Enemy
May 24, 2019
Limiting Belief #3 - My Stories Are True
May 17, 2019
FB Live Episode - Why Your Opening is Only as Good as Your Voir Dire
May 10, 2019
FB Live Episode - Why "group" discussion voir dire is superior to "individual" voir dire
Apr 21, 2019
Limiting Belief #2: I Have To Be Like (Insert-Famous-Trial-Attorney-Here) To Win
Apr 17, 2019
FB Live Episode - What is the SCARIEST Part of Voir Dire?
Apr 07, 2019
Guest Interview: Michelle Sipes Martin
Apr 03, 2019
FB Live Episode - Issue Vs. Relationship
Mar 31, 2019
Limiting Belief #1: There is a “Right” Way to Do This
Mar 27, 2019
FB Live Episode - Why You Should Stop Focusing on Finding “Bad” Jurors and Find Your Ideal Juror Instead
Mar 24, 2019
Lawyers Are Hostages Too
Mar 20, 2019
FB Live Episode - Welcome to the FB Group
Mar 17, 2019
Stop Focusing On Kicking Jurors Off and Start Focusing On What Jurors You Want On
Mar 13, 2019
Prove Fairness
Feb 13, 2019
Ep. 5 - Promote Relatedness
Jan 17, 2019
Ep. 4 - Protect Autonomy
Jul 31, 2018
Ep. 3 - Get To The Point
Jun 05, 2018
Ep. 2 - We Must Preserve A Juror's Status
Apr 16, 2018
Ep. 1 - Choice Changes Everything
Feb 09, 2018