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In Defense of Freezing

Nick Morgan2024-09-03T12:41:01-05:00September 4, 2024|Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience|

Those of us in the speaking world talk variously about stage fright, or nerves, or adrenaline, but when we’re getting ...

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Update on Stage Fright for 2024

Nick Morgan2024-01-17T14:58:15-05:00January 17, 2024|Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking|

Over the years, I’ve often recommended using positive mantras to help you deal with stage fright of all kinds and ...

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How to Calm Your Stage Fright

Nick Morgan2023-10-03T12:52:13-05:00October 3, 2023|Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Successful Speakers|

What causes your body to jump into an adrenaline response?  For most of us, snakes, spiders, and other creepy crawly ...

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How to Reduce the Anxiety of Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2023-02-01T13:06:27-05:00February 2, 2023|Communications, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking|

The most common question I get asked about public speaking is, “how do I control (reduce, eliminate) my nerves?”  As ...

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Is Stress Bad for Speakers?

Nick Morgan2023-01-24T10:09:37-05:00January 24, 2023|Audience Interaction, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking|

Is stress bad for humans?  The popular view is that stress is bad, but the neurological research shows a more ...

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How to Reduce the Anxiety of Public Speaking

Nick Morgan2021-11-17T05:41:06-05:00November 17, 2021|Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, When Things Go Wrong|

Anxiety and stress go with public speaking for all but a lucky few, and readers of this blog will ...

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How to Handle Post-Pandemic Speaking Nerves

Nick Morgan2021-07-26T05:39:09-05:00July 27, 2021|Audience Interaction, Authenticity, Fear of Public Speaking|

Most public speakers whom I’ve been checking in with of late are impatient to get back to face-to-face presentations.  And ...

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Public Speaking:  Nature or Nurture?

Nick Morgan2021-06-29T11:16:47-05:00June 29, 2021|Audience Interaction, Body Language, Content/Writing|

The long-running debate on how much of our individual variation as humans is due to our genetic heritage and how ...

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How to Make Your Fear of Public Speaking Work for You

Nick Morgan2021-01-25T06:21:16-05:00January 26, 2021|Body Language, Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking|

Our thoughts are unruly children, aren’t they? They go where they want, show up when they want, and distract us ...

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How to Use Memory to Help with Stage Fright

Nick Morgan2020-12-01T07:03:27-05:00December 1, 2020|Emotion, Fear of Public Speaking, Neuroscience|

We know from a good deal of research on memory how unreliable it is, partly because retrieving a memory is ...