Public Speaking: Critics and Fear

It is very true that not all people may like you when you give a presentation. It is really important to overcome this issue. So what if they don’t like you, everyone has a right to their own opinion. However having said that simply knowing that fact does not eradicate the issue. People still feel [...]

Public Speaking: Do we need to feel nerves?

Public Speaking, shyness and social phobia is one of my favourite areas of working, why? Simply because I used to have this fear myself. One of my first public performances was as a five year old child in the school play. I was petrified and at the same time loved the experience, how weird is that? [...]

Presentation Fear: The common causes

Presentation fear, more commonly referred to as fear of public speaking is thought to be THE MOST COMMON fear, thought to be greater than the fear of death itself. In fact a famous American comedian, Jerry Seinfeld once said, “According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is [...]

BBC Radio Manchester:Talking About Depression

This should be another interesting week. Last week I was on the Heather Stott radio show on BBC Radio Manchester at 10.10 am talking about shyness and how to treat it. The day after the show I got a call from the show and they asked me to go back and talk about another area [...]

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