Overcome your fear of public speaking - forever.

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Do you avoid presentations or public speaking because of stage fright, anxiety or fear?

Are you held back at work because of your public speaking nerves?
Do you live in fear of being asked to speak?
Do you avoid opportunities that come your way?
Have you stopped advancing your career because of stage-fright?
Have you learnt to live within your limitations?
Are you capable of so much more?

Yes! Then please read on - you don’t have to be like this forever. A fear of public speaking and public speaking stage-fright, nerves and phobia can be eased and confidence learnt. This book (and the CDs "Confidence for women in public speaking") will show you how, in a very practical way.

I know both sides of the speaking story - the anxiety and the confidence.

If you have a fear of public speaking my job may sound a little odd. I make my living from speaking in public. I am a successful, professional speaker and I am confident speaking in front of a crowd. I have spoken to large and small audiences successfully and covered topics both technical and entertaining. I have appeared as a key-note speaker, a breakfast speaker, an after-dinner speaker, and a Master of Ceremonies, but my favourite speaking slot is after lunch. This is what we call in the speaking business, "The graveyard shift". That’s the time that people are most likely to fall asleep, and I love keeping them awake!

I know what it’s like to be able to stand and speak in front of an audience.

However, I’ve also had panic attacks and know the curse of anxiety beating through my body uncontrollably and filling my mind with dread. Over an eighteen month period they raged through me on a regular basis until finally I cured myself of them.

I also have a lot of experience in coaching people in public speaking. The range of people I’ve worked with is extensive. I’ve trained leading television and radio presenters, coached famous football stars, worked with my fellow professional speakers, and trained corporate leaders, politicians, public servants, and women and men from all walks of life. I have seen their anxieties and watched them struggle to talk through fear. I’ve held the hand of someone as she’s had a panic attack in front of an audience, and seen the sweat and shaking of those with stage fright.

This book will therefore not be a text-book approach to developing confidence in front of an audience, nor a theoretical approach from someone who is not herself a good public speaker. Instead, it will be a set of practical tips from someone who knows what works for her and for others.

It contains the practical steps that people need to overcome their fears of public speaking and the associated nervousness and anxiety, and for them to develop confidence when speaking in public.