Fear of Public Speaking
So you think you’re freaked about public speaking? The thought of standing up at a networking event, saying “hell yes” to that speaking opportunity, or even making yourself GO to that networking event, makes your heart pound like a timpani drum and your mind race with “I’m not going to remember what to say.” You’re…
Read MoreHave you ever gotten a piece of bad advice? Once I gave a speech about leaving a great job in paradise to pursue happiness in my personal life, and a piece of feedback I got was “You should wear a grass skirt and coconut bra when you give this speech.” There’s about a million reason…
Read MoreToday’s guest post comes from Karen Sanchez who stays busy running the HR department for a 103-person manufacturing business. Some people say they’d rather die than give a speech — and they’re not kidding around. A survey by U.K.’s Daily Mail Online asked 2,000 women to share their top fears. Up at the top of the…
Read MoreAs a speech coach, my job is to cheer my clients on and help them push past their public speaking excuses. The resistance to change inevitably comes up, and I help them gently nudge past. The bottom line is: Do you want to make excuses or do you want to get better? I posed this…
Read MoreThere is a metric ton of speech coaches, acting coaches, therapists, energy healers that all promise one thing when it comes to public speaking: Overcome your fear of public speaking In fact, they practically guarantee to get you over your fear. The problem: your fear of public speaking is biological. It’s suppose to happen. In fact,…
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