Getting over Stage Fright: A New Approach to Resolving Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing

by Esposito, Janet

• ISBN13: 9781934509272
• ISBN10: 1934509272
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-25
• Publisher: Atlasbooks Dist Serv

Summary

Best-selling Author Janet Esposito brings more than a decade of experience helping people learn to speak and perform with calm and confidence. In Getting Over Stage Fright, Janet offers a new, holistic approach to this age-old problem, sharing a wide array of principles and practices to help you create the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being you need to get beyond your speaking or performing fear. This book is especially helpful to those who have moderate to high levels of performance anxiety, though it can also help those who have a milder case of the jitters. It will help you in all types of speaking or performing situations, ranging from the most casual to the most formal. It will also help you reduce and better manage any anticipatory anxiety you have before stepping up to speak or perform.

Author Biography

\Janet Esposito, M.S.W. is the president of In the SpotLight, LLC, a company devoted to helping people overcome stage fright. Janet writes and speaks with deep understanding, compassion, and inspiration as she has had firsthand experience with this fear herself. Janet s first book, In the SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing, has been an Amazon Bestseller for many years and has helped thousands of people learn to better manage their fear and find a level of comfort and confidence they never thought possible. Her coaching, workshops, and CD, In the SpotLight: Guided Exercises to Create a Calm and Confident State of Mind, Body, & Spirit While Speaking or Performing, have provided tremendous support and guidance to the many people who feel alone and overwhelmed with this fear. Janet is a master guide on this journey as she has a profound understanding of both the problem and the solution.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 13
About the Author	p. 15
Preface	p. 17
Introduction: Approaching Fear as an Invitation to Personal Growth	p. 23
Body
Inhabiting Your Body	p. 31
Learning How to Ground Yourself	p. 35
Allowing Your Breath to Calm and Center You	p. 39
Using Your Posture to Strengthen and Support You	p. 43
Relaxing Your Body	p. 47
Taking Good Care of Yourself	p. 51
Accepting Feelings of Fear and Anxiety	p. 55
Understanding the Emotional Brain	p. 59
Helping Your Body Heal from the Trauma of Intense Fear	p. 63
Encouraging Your Brain to Evolve	p. 67
Mind
Creating a Positive Attitude and a Willing Spirit	p. 75
Creating a Positive and Powerful Focus of Attention	p. 79
Reaching for Better-Feeling Thoughts	p. 83
Creating Resourceful Beliefs	p. 89
My Mind Is My Ally	p. 95
Meditation for the Mind	p. 101
Helping the Mind to Let Go	p. 107
States of Mind That Limit or Expand	p. 113
Inquiring into the Mind's Thoughts and Beliefs	p. 117
The Law of Attraction	p. 123
Setting SMART Goals	p. 127
Taking and Sustaining Action	p. 133
Spirit
Relaxing the Need for Control	p. 141
Leading with Heart	p. 145
Focus on Appreciation and Gratitude	p. 149
The Blessings of Adversity	p. 153
Generosity and Contribution	p. 159
Moving Beyond Comparing and Competing	p. 165
Becoming the Observer of Yourself	p. 171
Connecting with the Higher Self	p. 177
Letting Go of Attachment to Outcomes	p. 181
Cultivating Trust in Yourself and Others	p. 187
Pure Inspiration: Real Life Stories	p. 193
Addendum: The Question of a "Quick Fix"	p. 211
Closing	p. 215
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