Valérie Demont: Being Is the New Doing — How to Stop Performing and Start Podcasting as Yourself

For eight years, Valérie Demont showed up behind the microphone. She interviewed CEOs, leaders, and thought leaders across Switzerland. She prepared outlines, asked different questions each time, and worked to be the most polished version of herself in every room.

And she kept losing her voice.

Not literally. But when she followed the script, when she tried to be the professional version of herself for men who did not even know she had a family, she felt it in her body. Her stomach contracted. Things started to smell wrong. Her goosebumps stopped.

She realized the goosebumps were the guide all along.

Valérie Demont is a conscious business mentor, energy healer, and the author of Being Is the New Doing, published in both French and English. In this episode, she shares the eight-year evolution of her podcasting journey, including the interview that never recorded (dead batteries, a famous hockey player, and a dinner she did not want to attend), the noisy renovation episode that turned into a masterclass on misalignment, and the moment she understood that she was the one giving visibility, not asking for it.

Her final message is the one that will stay with you: the more AI enhances, the more we must raise and develop and show our humanity.

About Valérie Demont:

Valérie Demont is a conscious business mentor and energy healer for spiritually aligned entrepreneurs based in Switzerland. She is the author of Being Is the New Doing, available in French and English, and the creator of the Fluide approach, a framework for shifting from overdoing to aligned, presence-led success. She has been podcasting for eight years in two languages and helps founders reconnect with their voice, trust their intuition, and build businesses that breathe. Connect with her at beingisthenewdoing.com (English) and valeriedemont.ch (French).

Key Takeaways:

• The body always knows before the mind catches up. Goosebumps mean alignment. Contraction means it's time to go.
• You can be the one giving visibility. You do not have to perform for an audience that does not see you.
• Podcasting evolved from interviews to solo content for Valérie, and both are valid. Your format is allowed to change.
• Authenticity is not a strategy. It is what happens when you stop chasing someone else's blueprint.
• The more AI develops, the more your humanity becomes your greatest asset.

Episode Highlights with Timestamps:

• [2:01] Why she started podcasting in 2018: getting near the ears of her audience
• [5:02] Running two podcasts in two languages: French for 8 years, English for 1 year, and the ongoing strategy question
• [8:10] From scripts to coffee conversations: who she became behind the microphone
• [15:01] The interview that never recorded: dead batteries, a famous hockey player, and a dinner she did not want
• [16:50] The noisy building episode: when the CEO with the big ego had his volume turned down by the universe
• [24:28] The gradual shift: realizing she was the one giving visibility, not asking for it
• [28:48] Body signals as guidance: goosebumps, stomach contractions, and when things just smell wrong
• [33:36] Her final message: pivot, pause, change. Listen to your heart, your intuition, your inner governance. It's your podcast.

Connect with Valérie Demont:

• English website and book: beingisthenewdoing.com
• French website: valeriedemont.ch

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About the Host:

• Learn more about Donna Kunde: www.donnakunde.com/llm