Curing Stage Fright: Lessons From Horse Whisperers
“Buck,” a documentary about a man who inspired Robert Redford’s 1998 movie “The Horse Whisperer,” is a movie that moved me deeply. Buck Brannaman holds that there is no reason ever to “break” a horse; that a horse’s...Anxiety as a Doorway to Transformation
If anxiety in some form is not a regular part of your life experience, good for you and you can stop reading now. Some us come from families in which we felt like outsiders. And my guess is that many of you reading this came into adulthood feeling cut off in some way...Anxiety Allowed
Instead of putting our attention on ways to “get over” stage fright or “cover up” anxiety in front of groups–ways of focusing that just attract more of what we don’t want–we focus on the pleasure of being natural in front of...
Toastmasters and Speaking Circles®
Two complementary but very different approaches to public speaking My approach to public speaking blends together a comprehensive set of stress management tools with a specific public speaking methodology, developed by Lee Glickstein of Speaking Circles International,...
Transforming Stage Fright: From Self-Consciousness to Self-Confidence(SM)
In 1989, still desperately seeking a solution to my life-long stage fright, I invented the group process that came to be known as Speaking Circles®. Utilizing soft-focus group support for finite periods of time, this deceptively simple method has turned out to be the...
Speaking Circles®
Learn how to move through stage fright rather than trying to mask it by sharing who you really are.