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3/18/22 -- Reveal Yourself in the Mirror “It's no good giving my heart and my soul because you already have these. So I've brought you a mirror. Look at yourself and remember me.” ~Rumi If you want to be a more effective communicator, a less anxious speaker, a more...

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The Kindness Connection

The Kindness Connection

"My religion is kindness.” ~Dalai Lama “Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.” ~Theodore Isaac Rubin At the ripe young age of 76, it hit me this week like a ton of feathers that my life has been a journey from...

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Courageous Curiosity: Advanced Clarity Circles on Zoom

Courageous Curiosity: Advanced Clarity Circles on Zoom

Zoom Speaking Circle regulars have experienced the clarity and delight of being the center of kind, intelligent attention for 10 minutes in each 70-minute session. Having recognized the transformational impact of luxuriating in the “luminous listening field” in that...

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Breakthrough Story: The Impact of Speaking Circles®

Breakthrough Story: The Impact of Speaking Circles®

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...

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Demystifying the Cause and Cure of Stage Fright

Demystifying the Cause and Cure of Stage Fright

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 took...

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Relational Presence: A Way to Be With

Relational Presence: A Way to Be With

Excerpt from the International Coach Federation site: A client or prospective client wants to be seen and heard, and to trust their inherent wisdom to bring them to their next action. A coach partners with a client in this process by using presence and communication—a...

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Solving Stage Fright is a Relational Process

Solving Stage Fright is a Relational Process

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...

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Luminous Listening Teams

Luminous Listening Teams

I received a call last month from an accomplished consultant/author who'd given many successful presentations yet hadn't spoken in public for 7 years after having what she perceived as a traumatic speaking experience. She was approached by a few speaking coaches who...

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