Why are audiences tricky to work with? We misunderstand what is happening when we are in the audience. Audiences have blank faces when they listen. They listen passively

I work a lot with people who are anxious around public speaking. One thing is very clear that we think far too much about it. Especially if we are scared and anxious when we are the centre of attention. And guess what? The overthinking about public speaking does not help

What exactly does it take for people to get confidence? Do we understand confidence in a useful way? What actions, beliefs and understandings do we need around confidence for public speaking?

There are lots of wrong beliefs around public speaking. I’d like to challenge six of them. There are many other myths that get in the way but these six are all about anxiety. So many people are stopping themselves living a full life because of this fear.

Public speaking is about far more than work. We can celebrate life death love and connection. That's why I do my work

We focus on the wrong things when we speak publicly. We need to shift our focus away from the fear onto different things. I offer 6 re-thinks for public speaking

Why we do massively undermine our own confidence? What is the role of our inner critic? If we want to change how we feel about public speaking, it’s really useful to build confidence by re-thinking how we talk to ourselves