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Body Language Expert Patti Wood Analyzed the Republican Candidates Cues in the GOP Debate on News Nation


I am the Body Language Expert for NewNation. Here is my segment.


Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     

Patti Breaks Down the Trump Fraud Trial on News Nation

Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     

Sydney Sweeney's body language with her fiancé, Jonathan Davino and her co-star, Glen Powell

THERE are significant differences in how actress Sydney Sweeney has been carrying herself in public recently, according to a body language expert.


Sweeney stars in the new film Anyone But You alongside Glen Powell and has been engaged to Jonathan Davino since early 2022.

Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell (pictured) have been making the rounds as they promote their new film, Anyone but You 
Credit: Getty Images - Getty

 

Jonathan Davino and Sweeney have been engaged since early 2022Credit: Getty Images - Getty

Sweeney and Powell - who sparked rumors earlier this year while looking flirty on set - have been promoting the recently released film.

Davino has also joined for some of Sweeney's appearances, including earlier this week in Sydney, Australia.

But there have been some stark contrasts in how Sweeney has carried herself around the two.

Body language expert Patti Wood spoke exclusively to The U.S. Sun to explain the differences in Sweeney's posture and positioning around each of the men.

In photos of Sweeney and Davino about to board a private jet following a red-carpet appearance in Sydney, Wood noticed some friction.

"She's got so much tension in her body," the expert said of Sweeney.

But Wood noted that Sweeney's super high heels and the fact that she had to hold her dress up affected how she carried herself.

Sweeney looked over her shoulder at Davino in one snap, which Wood said was "not a pleasant look."

“It is like a little bubble beside her head would be saying 'Ew.’”

Wood said that could have been because she had to climb stairs with an initial big step up to get on the plane in those high heels.

“That's the only time there’s a moment between them," she said.

"The only moment that she is sharing with him is that 'What the heck am I supposed to do?' And he cannot really help her.”

Sweeney and Davino board a private jet out of Sydney, Australia, after her movie premiereCredit: BackGrid

'DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO BE THERE'

But Sweeney was not alone in her seeming discomfort.

Wood said of Davino: “More than anything, it just feels like he is awkward, more like a kid dressed for Sunday school and does not want to be dressed up.

"That's the way his body language is - as if he doesn’t really want to be there."

Wood called Davino's leg placement awkward, along with his choice of shoes with his suit and how he is holding his arms.

"I’m getting this, 'I'm not where I want to be' kind of vibe from him," she said.

In all the images of the couple, Wood could physically see Sweeney's discomfort.

"She is holding the dress right at her 'private parts' - so she is not showing that elegant-ness, ‘I’m super confident’ vibe," Wood said.

"Even though she's gorgeous in that dress, she doesn't feel that.

"I’m getting the vibe that he's not helping her feel that," Wood said of Davino.

“He's not giving her a reassuring touch; he’s not learning toward her ... [with her look back at him] there’s sort of an expectation that he should help her and he's not fulfilling that role."‌

Sweeney posed on the red carpet in Australia to promote the new filmCredit: Getty Images - Getty

'COMPLETELY DIFFERENT HER'

In a separate shot of Sweeney from the same evening, where she’s posing and confident, Wood picked up significant differences.

“This is a completely different her,” Wood said, comparing Sweeney with Davino to one particular press photo of the solo starlet.

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'Different her,' Sydney Sweeney 'not getting what she needs' from fiancĂ© but ‘feels like queen' with co-star Glen Powell | The US Sun (the-sun.com)


Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.

     

Analysis of the Body Language in the Republican Presidential Nominee Debates. Ramaswamy, Desantis, Haley and Christie's Body Language, Debate



Key Moments and Nonverbal Analysis 
of the Republican  Debates
Below are my rough notes in preparation for my TV interview

 1: RAMASWAMY Attacking Haley about not being able to name PROVINCES

Vivek - “It is one thing that Joe Biden and Nikki Haley have in common. Is that neither of them could even state for you three provinces in eastern Ukraine that they want to send our troops to fight for. Look at that. This is what I want people to understand. She has no idea what the names of those provinces are but wants to send our sons, daughters, and military equipment to go fight it.”

My read - Ramaswamy FINGER WAGGING Pointing– He did throughout the debates as a symbolic weapon, which was not even acceptable in debates until a few years ago, but here it's worse he is attacking a woman, yelling, and pointing over and over. You can say oh it is a speech but in domestic violence and my threat assessment work that is a red flag warning that the man wants to physically hurt you.

It reminded me of the Hilary Clinton Trump debate where he came across the stage and stalked up her as she spoke. This is no small nonverbal behavior.

 2: CHRISTIE RAMASWAMY BLOWHARD (CHRISTIE ATTACKING RAMASWAMY)

Christie: “We see it on video. We confront you on the debate stage. You say you did not say it and back away. This is the fourth debate and you will be voted in the first 20 minutes as the most obnoxious blowhard in America so shut up for a little while. (cheers).”

My read - Christie – It is a sword fight; you see Christie finger-pointing and wagging and Ramaswamy pointing back. Christie's is Matching and Mirroring that level of violence. Christie is relaxed resting his arm on the podium, in a nonverbal response that says, “I have been fighting in the real world all my life buddy, you can’t scare me.” Nonverbal Response

3: Video of Haley being attacked HALEY ATTENTION FELLAS

DeSantis: “We know from her history that Nikki will cave to those big donors when it counts” //flash//Ramaswamy: “The only person more fascist than the Biden regime now is Nikki Haley who thinks the government should identify every one of those individuals with an ID. That is now freedom, that is fascism and she should come nowhere near the levels of power let alone the white house.” //flash//Haley: “I love all the attention fellas, thank you for that.”

My read - They Attacked Haley for a good twelve minutes at the beginning of the debates. Their yelling, angry faces, verbal insults, and the length of time were clear behavioral indications. They think she is the one to beat. Notice she smiles, it is a little bit tight, but her voice is warm and lilting beauty pageant way.

4: DESANTIS TRUMP AGE – “FATHER TIME IS UNDEFEATED” (HAS LOTS OF YELLING)

a.  (In 0:00) – (Shows Christie and DeSantis yelling) “Someone that is almost 80 years old it does not mean that someone can get elected. Ron! Ron!” //flash//” Father time is undefeated, and I do not know how someone will score on a test, but I know this we have an opportunity to nominate and elect someone for two terms.”

My read - DeSantis here and throughout the debates is giving an overly extended raised forehead, eyes wide look that is the poster face for deception. In my deception detection speeches, I give the example of a little 2-year-old covered in cookie crumbs saying with that face, “I didn’t still the cookies I didn’t do it!”


Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     

How to Improve Your Ability to Read People. How to Know if Someone is Safe Or Dangerous, Using Your Central Nervous System to Read Peopleorth Technique,



How can you improve your intuition?


Your central nervous system is your human lie detector, your early warning system for potential stress and danger. When you feel safe, when something feels right and true, and when you are with a good honest person with integrity your central nervous system is calm. It alerts if there is danger.

For example, your limbic system can read thousands of nonverbal cues in a fraction of a second in fact when you meet someone.

  1.   Receive the visual image of a person's face in a hundredth of a second.
  2.  Analyzes details in a quarter of a second.
  3. Synthesize all the information into a single whole.
  4.  Recognizes this face out of thousands, memory details second.
  5. Interprets expression on the face…
  6. Forms feelings toward the person
  7. Decides what to do with the person.
  8. Adjust the body to deal with them.

 How can you tell if someone is honest, deceitful, or dangerous?

When you are in the presence of an honest person who has integrity your body calms and unfolds, breathing deepens moving from high in the chest to the belly.

When you are in danger your Limbic system will respond with the Freeze, Flight, Fight, Fall/Faint, or Friend Response. Think of a squirrel in the road in response to your car coming at them. When we are stressed, doing something wrong or dangerous, or when we are in the presence of someone who is out of integrity, lying, or doing something dangerous our limbic system immediately gets the body ready. A first early warning perhaps hairs may rise on your arms and legs, and your body will tense and tighten, your blood pressure will rise, your heartbeat will increase, your cortisol levels may rise, your breathing rate may increase, you may perspire and you may flush to the surface of the skin or leave you pale as you freeze in place and or rushes to your extremities so you can flight and flee... As your blood pressure increasing the blood mu our blood pressure may rise your run-and-fight breathing may increase, at any point, your mouth could go dry, you could have trouble swallowing or yawning, you may perspire heave, start to heave, and or fight-breathing may increase, your heart rate may increase anymore, you may perspire, go dry mouth, have trouble swallowing, blink and you may feel nauseous, YOUR GUT FEELS BAD. You may Freeze in place holding your body tense and tight, Flight -you may pull back down or away, point or bounce your feet towards an exit, Fight -tense up and form your hands into fists, feel faint, and or Friend you may smile, tilt your head and lower and sweeten your voice to sound unusually passive, even childlike or seductive or charming its accommodating passivity.

You may give off Comfort Cues when you are with someone bad or in a dire situation. For example, you may hug yourself, hold your hand touch your face, adjust your clothing, hold on to the chair arms, or clutch an object because. Touch stimulates the nerve endings in the

skin so it sends signals to the brain to release calming endorphins. When we are stressed, the brain wants to restore itself to “normal” condition. The brain will enlist the body to provide comforting touch behaviors. In other words, the brain requires the body to do something that will stimulate nerve endings to release calming endorphins in the brain so that the brain can be soothed.

AGAIN, THIS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TO HOW YOU FEEL IN THE PRESENCE OF A True North person. In the presence of a True North good person or a good situation, your body warms and relaxes, you feel safe, comfortable, calm, and sometimes both calm and energized in their presence. With free open relaxed body movements and gestures, you may even notice that your breathing changes, moving from high on your chest to your belly, is easy full, and deep with regular interval flowing breaths, and your voice changes, becoming warmer, fuller, and richer. You feel you can be fully yourself, say and do anything.

Below is a very short video of me talking about this and the technique to know if you are with a good person you can trust.
http://youtu.be/QQw4PCi18i0

You feel good after you are with them. You can get a highly charged feeling of euphoria when you meet the Right Person, which means you still feel good after you are with them. Your body has not had to go overdrive, so you feel good. When you are with an emotionally toxic person, your central nervous system goes on in overdrive to protect you. It may push tons of adrenaline and cortisol into your system while you are with them, giving you a high, but that is your body in danger mode of Freeze, Flight Fight, Fall, or Friend response. It is quite different from the pleasant limerence high of love, and one of those differences can be monitored by how you feel AFTER you are with them and how you feel when you are about to see them. Do you think overstimulated with racing thoughts and worries about what you said and did or what they might say or do, or are you pleasantly excited?

2) How can someone tell if a gut feeling is based on emotion versus intuition? Why is this an important distinction? There is a difference between stereotypes and intuition. Stereotypes are based on past experiences and prejudice and are formed in the neocortex where word language is formed and is extremely low in accuracy, and you can feel highly emotional about your stereotypes or preconceptions. Intuition or your gut response should take place in the limbic system where emotions and body language are processed and is based on thousands of cues you're able to detect and process so quickly that you may not be able to have words to describe how you know

3) How can believing you are lucky increase your chances of being lucky? How does curiosity relate here and increase your chances for positive opportunities? Pay conscious attention to what your body is saying to you. When you are with new people, are in new situations, or making a decision do a “Check In” scan of your body. What is your body language? Are you relaxed or tense? Is your body open or closed? Write it all down. Record your gut instincts. Then see if you were right. The more you notice, the more you can improve. Research says that Judges are some of the best judges of deception detection because they meet new people and have new situations, they have a gut feeling they typically have notes on that feeling and then they see if they are right and keep improving.



 


Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.