Quick Fix for Stage Fright
Standing in front of an audience with your heart racing,
your palms sweating, terrified and wishing you were anywhere else but in front
of that audience?
Good news is at hand!
Research from University of Rochester New York suggests
that embracing your stress symptoms as beneficial can help you stay calm and
collect yourself during your speech. When subjects in the research were
encouraged to consider the physical signs of nervousness like sweaty palms and
heart racing as natural and even advantageous they were more relaxed and had
better bloodflow during the high-pressure speech assignment than those who were not
trying to view their anxiety in a positive light.
So reframe your stress. See it as a good thing. Use all
that energy to give a terrific presentation.
Patti Wood, MA, Certified Speaking Professional - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com. Also check out Patti's YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/user/bodylanguageexpert.
