27Jan

For Confident Public Speaking, Be On Your Own Side

For confident public speaking, be on your own side

Confident public speaking or presenting can be challenging, to state the obvious! And sometimes you might make it even harder for yourself by getting in a bad loop of negative self-talk. It's harsh and critical, and easy to get fixated on bad past experiences. Which is entirely normal, by the way: your brain's wired to look for threats, and will try to warn you of anything coming up that might be 'dangerous' to your system. There are, however, ways to counteract this negative self-talk, without turning it into a fight. And without...

By Sarah DenholmMindset, Overcoming Nervespublic speaking confidence-building, public speaking negative self-talk, Rick Hanson0 CommentsRead more...

18Sep

Increase your Self-confidence in Public Speaking

Imagine that you're looking for advice on how to increase your self-confidence in public speaking. You want to build self-worth in that part of your life, so you come to see me as a client. You tell me that you're afraid of failure (aren't most of us?); that your confidence fluctuates - or is totally absent. Whichever applies, you can't rely on any confidence being there when you most need it during presentations. And you tell me that you have to tackle this problem, as it's holding you back professionally (and sometimes personally). Increase your self-confidence in public...

By Sarah DenholmMindset, Overcoming Nerves, Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Blogafraid of failure, build public speaking confidence, changing thinking around public speaking, comparing to others, confidence boosting, confidence competence loop, confidence-boosting ideas for public speaking, confident presentations, focus on strengths, presentation opening, presentation skills, public speaking confidence, Rick Hanson, self-worth and public speaking1 CommentRead more...

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For confident public speaking, be on your own side