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Breakthrough Story: The Impact of Speaking Circles®

Breakthrough Story: The Impact of Speaking Circles®

by Lee Glickstein | Jan 16, 2019 | Stage Fright & Public Speaking Anxiety, Success Stories

Jack Gescheidt is an environmental activist who two months ago had a major breakthrough addressing hundreds at a forestry conference in a hotel ballroom. You may remember Jack as one of the subjects of my Public Speaking Anxiety Solved! video. In the two-part video...
Demystifying the Cause and Cure of Stage Fright

Demystifying the Cause and Cure of Stage Fright

by Lee Glickstein | Oct 4, 2017 | Featured Articles, Stage Fright & Public Speaking Anxiety

The Speaking Circles cure for public speaking anxiety arose from my own 45 years of severe stage fright. I was the deer in the headlights guy, and it was humiliating. Toastmasters didn’t help, nor did other methods to break through this confounding issue. It...
Solving Stage Fright is a Relational Process

Solving Stage Fright is a Relational Process

by Tina Mertel and Lynne Velling | Oct 1, 2017 | Stage Fright & Public Speaking Anxiety

Excerpt from the Association of Talent Development: We’ve seen speakers who haven’t been congruent. Their message was rich, engaging, and educational, but the speaker seemed uncomfortable, trying too hard, or being too content-focused. We know we enjoy a speech when...
The Gift of Stage Fright

The Gift of Stage Fright

by Lee Glickstein | Sep 8, 2015 | Stage Fright & Public Speaking Anxiety

We come into this world as fully expressive bundles of divine energy, but as relational beings we need our divinity mirrored back in order for us to fulfill our unique expression on earth. After our physiological and safety needs are met, our need for belonging...
Healing Stage Fright: Attune Your Nervous System

Healing Stage Fright: Attune Your Nervous System

by Maurice Taylor MA LMFT | Feb 17, 2015 | Stage Fright & Public Speaking Anxiety

Nervous system resilience–or regulation–is our ability to stay engaged and present, to stay in our bodies and avoid unhealthy fight, flight or freeze when confronted by potentially triggering stimuli in the environment. Nearly everyone has experienced the...
Curing Stage Fright: Don’t Look For Approval

Curing Stage Fright: Don’t Look For Approval

by Lee Glickstein | Feb 20, 2011 | Stage Fright & Public Speaking Anxiety

Next time you are in the audience of a magnificent speaker, steal a look around you and notice the faces. You might be surprised to see that almost all appear neutral, even somber, rather than in lively rapt attention as you might have assumed. You see, an authentic...
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