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

Janet E. Esposito, Janet Esposito

In The Spotlight LLC, Sep 25, 2009 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 216 pages

In The SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing is a perfect book for those who are afraid of speaking or performing in front of others. This book provides many different methods and strategies to help you get beyond stage fright and learn to speak or perform with ease and confidence. This book will also help anyone who is self-conscious and uncomfortable in any social situation. You will discover how to:
* Dramatically decrease your feelings of fear, discomfort, and loss of control associated with speaking or performing in front of others
* Minimize your uncomfortable physical symptoms associated with fear
* Significantly reduce the dread of anticipating a speaking or performing event
* Eliminate your need to avoid situations of speaking or performing because of fear
* Create a relaxed and confident state of mind and body in preparing to speak or perform
* Break through your fear and create an inner peace around speaking and performing that you never imagined possible!

Contents

• About the Author: 15
• Preface: 17
• Approaching Fear as an Invitation to Personal Growth: 23
• BODY: 29
• Inhabiting Your Body: 31
• Learning How to Ground Yourself: 35
• Allowing Your Breath to Calm and Center You: 39
• Using Your Posture to Strengthen and Support You: 43
• Relaxing Your Body: 47
• Taking Good Care of Yourself: 51
• Accepting Feelings of Fear and Anxiety: 55
• Understanding the Emotional Brain: 59
• Helping Your Body Heal from the Trauma of Intense Fear: 63
• Encouraging Your Brain to Evolve: 67
• MIND: 73
• Creating a Positive Attitude and a Willing Spirit: 75
• Creating a Positive and Powerful Focus of Attention: 79
• Reaching for BetterFeeling Thoughts: 83
• Creating Resourceful Beliefs: 89
• My Mind Is My Ally: 95
• Meditation for the Mind: 101
• Helping the Mind to Let Go: 107
• States of Mind That Limit or Expand: 113
• Inquiring into the Minds Thoughts and Beliefs: 117
• The Law of Attraction: 123
• Setting SMART Goals: 127
• Taking and Sustaining Action: 133
• SPIRIT: 139
• Relaxing the Need for Control: 141
• Leading with Heart: 145
• Focus on Appreciation and Gratitude: 149
• The Blessings of Adversity: 153
• Generosity and Contribution: 159
• Moving Beyond Comparing and Competing: 165
• Becoming the Observer of Yourself: 171
• Connecting with the Higher Self: 177
• Letting Go of Attachment to Outcomes: 181
• Cultivating Trust in Yourself and Others: 187
• Real Life Stories: 193
• The Question of a Quick Fix: 211
• Closing: 215

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Getting Over Stage Fright: A New Approach to Resolving Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing
• Authors: Janet E. Esposito, Janet Esposito
• Publisher: In The Spotlight LLC, 2009
• ISBN: 1934509272, 9781934509272
• Length: 216 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Inspiration & Personal Growth; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Self-Help / Anxieties & Phobias; Self-Help / General; Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational