Transform speaking anxiety into leadership presence.

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Speak with authority (while being yourself)

Your voice has power

For 10+ years, PresentVoices has helped thousands of leaders stop trying to "fix" their voice and start leading with authentic authority.

Instead of adding more "shoulds," we strip away the overthinking and reconnect you with your natural communication style.

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i’m lee

Your Speaking Strategist

I founded PresentVoices to turn everyday conversations and meetings into moments of impact.

Over the past decade, I've developed practical tools that transform speaking anxiety into authentic presence. No more overthinking—just your natural voice, amplified.

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From the Blog

What is a Communication Coach?

A communication coach gives you tools and frameworks to speak with presence under pressure. They can help you build trust in your ability to speak with confidence, clarity, and conciseness.

Public Speaking Panic: How to manage anxiety when communicating

Do you have shortness of breath when public speaking? The way to manage breath-based anxiety may be different than you think.

Comfortable Confidence: Articulate authentic authority under pressure

Comfortable confidence gets you out of your head and into the present moment so you can speak with presence under pressure.

Focal Focus: Using the power of presence to think on your feet

If you feel your eyes wandering or rapidly moving when you’re put on the spot, know that we all do it. It’s deeply physiological. But it’s also an opportunity to practice presence and regulate our nervous system.

What’s my vagus nerve? (and what it has to do with speaking anxiety)

Learn about the vagus nerve and how it’s related to speaking anxiety.

Managing Public Speaking Anxiety (and spontaneous speaking scaries!)

If you have anxiety when speaking in public, read on for tips to manage palpitations and self-doubt so you can trust your voice, even when it shakes.

How to feel more confident and comfortable in off-the-cuff moments

Do you want to feel more confident communicating in off-the-cuff moments? Read on to see how I use systems thinking to create structure in spontaneous speaking moments.

Preparation is Personal: Feeling prepared without over-preparing

Do you over-prepare, overthink, or overly focus on content? It doesn’t work because preparation is personal. Check out my tips for preparing, practicing, and presenting without overworking.

Speaking on Video in Our New Virtual Reality

Why is Zoom so exhausting? I’m sharing my tips to make impromptu speaking on video a little less draining.

PresentVoices on The Anxious Achiever Podcast

Listen to my interview on the Harvard Business Review podcast, The Anxious Achiever where I talk to the wonderful Morra Aarons-Mele about speaking anxiety and how to speak off-the-cuff even when you’re anxious.