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Can't Articulate Your Thoughts in Some Situations But Not Others? Here's Why (And What to Do About It)
Can't Articulate Your Thoughts in Some Situations But Not Others? Here's Why (And What to Do About It)

Struggling to articulate thoughts in English but fluent in your native language? Or clear on technical topics but can't find words for leadership? Learn why your mind goes blank in certain situations.

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Public Speaking Anxiety That Only Shows Up Sometimes? Here's Why Your Confidence Changes With Audience Size
Public Speaking Anxiety That Only Shows Up Sometimes? Here's Why Your Confidence Changes With Audience Size

Struggling with public speaking anxiety that only appears in certain situations? Learn why confidence fluctuates with audience size and how to consolidate your focus for consistent presence.

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Stop Over-Preparing: Why Rehearsing Makes Speaking Anxiety Worse
Stop Over-Preparing: Why Rehearsing Makes Speaking Anxiety Worse

Spend days over-preparing for presentations but still feel anxious? Here's why rehearsing everything makes it worse and what actually helps you feel ready.

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Why Your Mind Goes Blank in Meetings (And What Actually Helps)
Why Your Mind Goes Blank in Meetings (And What Actually Helps)

Your mind goes blank in meetings even though you know the material. Here's why it happens (it's not what you think) and what actually helps you think clearly.

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Why You Run Out of Breath When Talking at Work
Why You Run Out of Breath When Talking at Work

Running out of breath when talking at work isn't just nerves—it's your nervous system responding to status anxiety. Learn why this happens and discover practical breathwork tools that help you stay grounded and speak clearly, even in high-stakes moments.

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Executive Presence Coach vs. Leadership Coach: What's the Difference?
Executive Presence Coach vs. Leadership Coach: What's the Difference?

Most executive presence coaching teaches you to perform confidence. Here's why that backfires for empathetic leaders, and what actually works instead.

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Public Speaking Panic: How to manage anxiety when communicating
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.

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Comfortable Confidence: Articulate authentic authority under pressure
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.

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

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Unconscious Behaviors: Like, Just, Does that make sense?
Lee Bonvissuto 11/1/16 Lee Bonvissuto 11/1/16

Unconscious Behaviors: Like, Just, Does that make sense?

Let's talk about unconscious behaviors. Do you say Um, Like, So, I think? Kind of, Just, Uh, I mean? Does that make sense? Oh, sorry. You may be saying these things and not even realizing it.

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Preparation is Key: How to speak in public successfully
Lee Bonvissuto 10/22/16 Lee Bonvissuto 10/22/16

Preparation is Key: How to speak in public successfully

Hillary Clinton joked at the Al Smith dinner that the only performance enhancer she used during the presidential debates was preparation. When considering how to speak in public, what's your process?

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Are you being heard? Putting amplification into practice.
Lee Bonvissuto 9/18/16 Lee Bonvissuto 9/18/16

Are you being heard? Putting amplification into practice.

Women in Obama's administration developed a strategy called amplification to help each other speak up and be heard. Here's how you can amplify your speech and amplify your reach.

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#UNapologize Yourself: How To Put Yourself Out There
Lee Bonvissuto 12/11/15 Lee Bonvissuto 12/11/15

#UNapologize Yourself: How To Put Yourself Out There

How to #UNapologize yourself. Go ahead: Put yourself out there!

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