I was standing on a stage in San Francisco, just me and the bright spotlight shining down on me. All I could see were the silhouettes of heads and shoulders in the audience. I was about to do something I had never done before and I was petrified… watch this video to find out what…
Category Archives: anxiety
How to decrease your public speaking anxiety
Your hands get sweaty. Your throat tightens. Your gut turns into a knot. Your head is too full and too foggy to think clearly. Your heart is racing… no, you aren’t about to step into a Nascar vehicle, or being chased by a large black bear. You are preppin’ to step on stage. I have…
Got Public Speaking Anxiety? Of Course You Do – And That’s Okay
At a recent speaking event, before the festivities were officially underway, a woman in the audience asked me: “So, are you nervous at all right now? Because you certainly don’t look nervous. I bet you’re not nervous at all, are you? I can’t even imagine”, she streamed. Well, I can’t even imagine either. I am…
It’s How You Handle It That Matters – And Dar Williams Knows How to Handle It
Last night Jim and I went to see Dar Williams perform at The Tower Theatre here in Bend. Damn – she is amazing. If you get a chance, go see Dar. Anywhere you can. While it’s the first time I’ve seen her on stage, I get the strong impression that no matter where she performs,…
3 Ways to Eliminate Public Speaking Anxiety (and other kinds of social anxiety)
My husband and I got married in our (very small) backyard, with forty of our closest friends and family. We wanted it small and intimate. The ceremony was co-created with our guests such that each was invited to bring a reading, item, book, reflection… anything they wanted (a joke began early about performing an interpretive…
Being on TV Causes Anxiety
Yesterday I posted about my interview about our upcoming E-Eloquence Workshop on KOHD’s Daybreak program. In that post, I talked about how fun it was and how cool Lauren Biskind is and generally rah-rah’d about the whole experience. I stand by that – it was all those things. When I read over that post last…