Cultivating the Safe Space Within
I can trace the roots of my extreme stress around public speaking–which I didn’t solve until I was nearly 50–to growing up in a family that did not provide a safe space to be myself out loud. This started early when my parents followed child rearing...
Luminous Listening: Oxygen for the Psyche
When I started treating people with stage fright 25 years ago I didn’t set out to teach the finely-calibrated vibration of receptivity that turns out to be the kryptonite to public speaking anxiety. Back then there was little subtlety in my own listening. But I...
The Synergy of Passion and Presence
Recently I provided a public speaking class for a program within Terra Linda High School focused on “developing socially responsible, ecologically literate, and economically aware leaders for the next generation.” The experience proved to be a turning...
Luminous Listening: The art of shedding light with your presence
Luminous listening is the alchemical core of Relational Presence that is the key to authentic compelling public speaking. The practice of approaching “public speaking” as a function of listening more than of speaking has dissolved the performance anxiety...
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