I chanced upon a fantastic website unconditionalconfidence.com. Nancy Tierney is the author of this site. She has made similar discoveries about stage fright and fear of public speaking as I have. Her blog is full of great ideas and insights! For instance she says “The fear of speaking in public could be cured with a…
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I have been teaching my Zimmer Method for unleashing natural speaking potential for 20 years. Over the years, people have said I should be more bold in speaking about my method. It has taken a long time to soak into my consciousness. I guess I am a slow learner, but I always felt that people would…
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Presence is a hot topic right now with Oprah and Eckhart Tolle doing a 10-session course on A New Earth via webinar each Monday night at Oprah.com. Now this is very exciting to me, as I have been teaching speakers, communicators and performers to develop presence for many years. In Class 2 of the Oprah.com webinar, Eckhart…
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I’d like to tell you a story. It’s a story that helps people see what is different about the Zimmer Method for presentation, public speaking and performance. It’s a story about my client, Tyrone and his success. Tyrone Moncriffe is a criminal defense attorney who was one of the first lawyers I trained. When…
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The magic of the Zimmer Method is in providing a safe space where people can go through their tensions and release them. Permission to feel is healing; it is that simple. The only way out of the tensions is to go through them. Instead of making the tensions wrong, we create a group where there is permission…
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My approach to helping guide people to transform their stage fright has been evolving since 1984. It began by asking people to stand quietly in front of my performance classes to see if they could just BE at the center of attention. Most people had great difficulty simply standing quietly in front of the class. …
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Authenticity is an important key for clear and effective communication, both in one to one situations and in front of groups. If you want to be an excellent communicator, your style of communication must be genuine. Being authentic means that your outer expression matches your inner experience. When you are authentic, you give yourself…
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I gotta crow! Last night after Transform Stage Fright into Natural Presence class, one of my students, Ashwini, exclaimed how this class is transforming her life! She recalled how as a young person in India, she had been an excellent dancer; so much so that her teacher had wanted her to dance at center stage…
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On February 19th 2008, I watched the opening of American Idol’s twelve male singers. Every man had a great voice and strong energy. What I found interesting was the reaction and feedback from judge Simon Cowell. Of the twelve performers, Simon liked two of them. Simon has a nose for authenticity in singers! If you…
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The opposite of stage fright and performance anxiety is presence. Presence is a state of being present in the moment. It is an experience of being saturated with awareness of yourself. It is a state of integration, where physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of yourself are aligned and working together. In a state of…
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