“The split between the mind and body is one of the most painful things we face.” – Carla Bazemore – Founder, Yoga Lotus Carla, my yoga teacher, reminded me that the split between the mind and body causes us humans much difficulty. It is this same kind of mind/body split that makes…
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Just wanting to keep you posted about my book It’s Your Time to Shine: How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking, Develop Authentic Presence and Speak from Your Heart. I am sending the book back for the fourth time to reprint the cover! Shish! I might be inclined to just let it go to…
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Update on Sandra Zimmer’s Book – It’s Your Time to Shine: How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking, Develop Authentic Presence and Speak from your Heart For those of you who have called or emailed to ask where is the book, it is about 3 weeeks away from being at amazon.com. We are tweaking the…
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Most people are used to hearing others say what is bad and wrong about them. That is one of the causes of fear of public speaking. It shocks people to hear all the good that you sense and see in them. We use “mirroring the good” as a part of our speaking training to…
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It’s Your Time to Shine: How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking, Develop Authentic Presence and Speak from Your Heart Sandra Zimmer’s New Book Read the new book to successfully Overcome Stage Fright and Develop Your Public Speaking Voice – from Sandra Zimmer In this book, Sandra Zimmer shares her unique method that transforms stage…
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There is something about public speaking, expressing oneself in groups, presenting or performing that triggers many people’s desire to look perfect. It seems we just can’t give ourselves permission to be imperfect and…. well, human. When we don’t feel safe to be genuinely who we are in front of others, we tense up the body…
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Imagine my thrill as I read respected author Seth Godin declare that any great presenter must have two qualities – respect from the audience and love for the audience! Take a look at his post at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/03/the-two-elements-of-a-great-presenter.html.. Then read my post at http://sz.self-expression.com/don%e2%80%99t-talk-to-strangers-how-caring-for-your-audience-helps-stage-fright-and-fear-of-public-speaking/ Love is a vibrational frequency that attracts. Love is not only the answer…
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Speaking to groups of people, sharing your ideas, insights and expertise can be a peak experience if you open to be yourself fully in front of others. I found myself humming the song “I Enjoy Being a Girl” yesterday. Who knows why that song was in my head? As I hummed, I began to think about…
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This blog post has nothing to do with public speaking and everything to do with opening the heart. Well, certainly opening the heart is needed to be great at speaking. Come to think of it, the heart pounding out of the chest that so many people experience in fear of public speaking is because those people…
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Many speakers allow their listeners to ask them questions, but not many ask questions of the audience. Ellen Finklestein of ellenfinklestein.com writes an excellent article about asking questions of your audience. I will let you read her article for yourself. At the end of her article she says it is important to plan your questions carefully. …
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