Right after the final night of American Idol, I posted this comment.  It did not seem to show up on my blog, so I am reposting it.  I was so taken with the quality of talent this year, but when a real professional singer performed the last night, the difference was palpable.  Forgive me if [...]

Freeing your body to move is essential to excellent presentation.  Athletes, actors and dancers always warm up the body before performing because they know that it is the instrument through which they express and communicate.  If your body is tense, your thoughts and emotions will not flow easily.  Conversely, if your body is relaxed and [...]

  When you add the word “with”, a bond is created.  For instance “she’s with me”, “be with child”, “speak with a group.”   So much of stage fright and fear of public speaking is about feeling separated or being judged by others. People with stage fright and fear of public speaking are experiencing a [...]

    Presence is the antidote to stage fright and fear of public speaking. Cultivating a sense of presence and being present in the moment, will support highly sensitive people who are feeing stressed about presenting and performing in front of groups.     The main key to presence is getting the thinking mind out of [...]

John Tesh just posted a blog called Taming Fear on which he shared that one of his biggest fears was stage fright.  He was wonderfully honest about his fear and shared his experience of getting help from a therapist named Dr Hart. What pleased me so much was that Dr. Hart’s approach to healing stage [...]