What an Actor does for public speaking anxiety...

Yes, I get nervous before speaking gigs.

What do I do?

External tools…content preparation, exercise before a speaking engagement, pre-gig mind body vocal warmup, choose wardrobe night before…

But it’s the internal tools that have the most power…

Remind yourself that what you have to say and the meaning and purpose behind what you have to say is bigger than:

- the voices of self-doubt,
- imposter syndrome feelings,
- inner critics,
- toxic people in your life that told you then or are telling you now that you will never do (fill in the blank), or aren’t qualified, to do (fill in the blank), or too (fill in the blank) to be successful at (fill in the blank).

So…imagine what’s on the other side of the presentation, the performance, the interview, the meeting…and if you have to do the presentation scared, the performance anxious, or the interview nervous…go do it anyway.

Because on the other side of fear is the possibility for connection.