I was waiting in the lobby of my massage therapist’s office this week. Happy to be there to have a massage with my extraordinary orthopedic massage therapist Deborah Cimo, I was feeling good and anticipating feeling even better after Deborah did her magic on my neck and back. The door from her private office into…
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When I am using the law of attraction to open myself to new clients, I look for people who sense that I am the right one to help them with their communication issues. In a meditative moment this morning, I had a thought about persuasion. Persuasion happens when people sense that you are the ONE –…
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Presence is a palpable sense of being all here – physically, mentally, and emotionally. It gives you a masterful command of yourself and it commands the attention of others. Presence is spiritual in nature. It is the embodiment of spirit. Through simple mental and physical practices, you can develop this power. Actors develop presence as…
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This week I chanced upon a new book about transforming stage fright. It is called Performing in the Zone by Jon Gorrie. Jon has written a blog post to tell a story about a man in a Dallas church who was asked to speak by his minister to the very large congregation. The man…
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By now you know that I believe in telling stories to make talks interesting, engaging and compelling. Did you also know that telling your story relaxes and calms you, and it frees your body to express more naturally and creatively? I used to think that I did not have any stories to…
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Sean Buvala at storyteller.net has written an awesome post on using stories for apologies and healing. He says that “Storytelling can be used for many different applications. One of the most difficult, but needed, application of storytelling is to express reconciliation, repentance and recompense.” Sean lists five steps that help create a story of redemption:…
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For more information please contact: Sandra ZimmerThe Self-Expression Center281-293-7070 Main281-389-4224 Mobile Founder of Houston’s Self-Expression Center publishes “It’s Your Time to Shine” While millions of Americans are willing to ham it up on YouTube and share intimate details via social media, the fear of public speaking remains the nation’s greatest phobia – especially for business…
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Human emotional energy either contracts or expands. When your energy is contracting, you feel negative emotions such as fear and anxiety, anger and sadness. But when your energy is expanding, you feel positive emotions like excitement, joy, love and power. In this article, I’ll focus on anxiety vs. excitement. Anxiety is the contraction state…
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You won’t believe me now, but it’s a good thing to have stage fright. In fact, the more stage fright you have, the better presenter or performer you can become, and the more potential you have to be a deeply impacting communicator and speaker! The reason is that you have the feelings. Your feelings are…
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The trick to awesome speaking is not looking good on the outside, but feeling good on the inside. You must build an inner foundation of comfort in your skin, presence, internal fullness and receptivity to the flow of other’s attention. What trips people up about speaking is often the internal tension that distracts them from what…
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