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09/01/2026

Public speaking anxiety is like farting.
Everyone does it.
Most people just try really hard to hide it.

That's true for public speaking too.

The people you admire aren't necessarily calmer than you.
They're not fearless.
They're just better at speaking despite the nerves.

If you've ever felt alone in your public speaking anxiety, you're not.

The comparison in this video makes a good point.

09/01/2026

Last week, Kit signed up to sing at an open mic to feel terrified on purpose.

We love Kit, but he is not a singer by nature, however he decided to sign up for singing lessons lately, and after only two weeks of lessons, signed up for open mic, not because he wanted to sing his heart out, but because he wanted to do something that truly scared him.

Most of us treat nerves as a problem to fix.
Something to push down, wait out, get rid of before we're allowed to begin.

But the racing heart was never the thing deciding your experience.
The story you tell yourself about it is.

"Something's wrong with me" and "I'm glad I can still feel this" come from the exact same body.
Same signals.
Opposite meaning.

You don't have to wait for the fear to disappear before you move.
You just have to change what it means when it shows up.

The full story is in the video

08/30/2026

Don't look nervous.
Don't pause.
Don't say um.
Don't go red.

Every rule you add shrinks your margin of success,
Until almost anything counts as failure.

That's not a high bar.
It's a setup for fragility.

Loosen the rules.
You get steadier, not worse.

Notice what rules you're carrying into your next high-stakes meeting.

6 things you believe about your speaking anxiety that are wrong.Because here's the thing.The fear was never really the f...
08/29/2026

6 things you believe about your speaking anxiety that are wrong.

Because here's the thing.

The fear was never really the feeling.
It's the story you've quietly accepted about what the feeling means.
And most of those stories are flatly wrong.

Swipe through 6 myths that keep capable people stuck, and what's actually true.

Save this, and send it to someone who needs to hear it.

08/28/2026

You can rehearse a hundred times and still freeze in the room. Here’s why.

Rehearsal changes what you say. It doesn’t always change what happens in your body the moment it counts.

If practice alone hasn’t fixed it for you, that’s not a you problem. It’s a sign the real work is somewhere else.

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08/28/2026

It's not "public speaking" you're afraid of.

It's who's in the room.
That's the part more practice can't fix, because you're rehearsing blind.

I explain exactly what to do in the video.

Before your next meeting, ask what's really driving the speaking anxiety.

08/28/2026

Rehearsal sharpens the words. It doesn’t touch the reason your body reacts.

Public speaking anxiety is rarely a preparation gap. It’s a belief running quietly underneath the prep, and no amount of practice will out-argue it.

Watch the reel for what’s actually driving it.
Save this before your next high stakes presentation.

08/28/2026

Your nerves aren't a confidence problem. They're a timing problem.

Watch what happens: right before you speak, your brain whispers don't mess this up. That thought triggers adrenaline. The adrenaline gives you the shaky hands, the tight chest, the voice that does the thing.

The situation didn't do that. The thought did.

What does your brain whisper right before you start? Drop it below 👇

08/27/2026

If you've ever told yourself "just calm down" before speaking, and it did absolutely nothing…
This is why.

The nerves were never the thing to fix.
Public speaking anxiety isn't a feeling problem.
It's a thinking problem.

The science is in the video.

Save this for the next time you're about to speak.

Five people on a Zoom call can trigger public speaking anxiety just as easily as five hundred people in an auditorium.Yo...
08/26/2026

Five people on a Zoom call can trigger public speaking anxiety just as easily as five hundred people in an auditorium.

You can have decades of experience and still feel nerves rise before you speak.
First-timer or seasoned executive, the symptoms show up the same.

If experience were the cure, that wouldn't happen.

What actually drives speaking anxiety isn't the size of the room.
It's a prediction you're running underneath the moment:

If I show up nervous,
If my voice trembles,
If my mind blanks,

People will think less of me, and my reputation will pay for it.
That's the real engine.
Not the audience.

But your perception of what their judgment costs you.
Which is also why "more reps" so often misses the root cause.

You can rehearse the delivery endlessly and never touch the belief that your credibility is on the line every time you open your mouth.

The work isn't to perform your way past the fear.
It's to question the prediction driving it.

What's the worst thing you quietly predict will happen when people see you nervous?

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