Are You Taking up Your Full Space?
It used to be a truism of body language studies that alpha males asserted their status by taking up more ...
Are You Anxious? What Are the Uses of Anxiety, if Any?
I am an anxious person. I like things to go well, especially social situations, and I put energy into trying ...
Use This Surprisingly Simple Technique to Reduce the Stress of Public Speaking
An old saying has it that a ‘problem shared is a problem halved’. It’s a nice thought – unload your ...
How to Reduce the Anxiety of Public Speaking
Anxiety and stress go with public speaking for all but a lucky few, and readers of this blog will ...
How to Handle Post-Pandemic Speaking Nerves
Most public speakers whom I’ve been checking in with of late are impatient to get back to face-to-face presentations. And ...
How to Make Your Fear of Public Speaking Work for You
Our thoughts are unruly children, aren’t they? They go where they want, show up when they want, and distract us ...
How to Use Memory to Help with Stage Fright
We know from a good deal of research on memory how unreliable it is, partly because retrieving a memory is ...
What to Do About the Fear of Public Speaking
In what is arguably one of the best half-dozen science fiction books of all time, Dune, its author Frank Herbert ...
Public Speaking and the Imposter Syndrome – what can you do about it?
Most of the successful public speakers I know suffer from some form of the imposter syndrome. It’s often not something ...
Talking to Teens and Other Challenges
According to some new research, our sensitivity to negative expressions and threats varies with age. We’re most sensitive as teens, ...
