Phobia Relief

I recently ran across this press release about how to overcome fear of public speaking. In my opinion, serious fear of public speaking will not be overcome by being knowledgable in your subject, being prepared with an outline or rehearsing you speech. In fact, fear of public speaking usually doesn’t relate to the content of the speech at all. Find out more about what will really help…

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News Released: May 14, 2005
New Public Speaking Book Offers Seven Simple Tips For Public Speaking Perfection
(PRLEAP.COM) Does doubt about public speaking overwhelm you when you speak? Palms sweating? Heart thumping? Throat lumping? Knees knocking? Memory fading? Armpits streaming? Lungs panting? Legs shaking? Voice earthquaking? Mouth caking like seared mud in the desert?

“Amazingly, most people spend time searching the net for the secret to overcoming their fear of public speaking. Many download all the free answers they can find. They practice breathing techniques, positive visualization, but find them shallow and unhelpful. In fact, such techniques can actually increase anxiety” says Paul Evans author of Instant Speaking Success http://tinyurl.com/cpgf4

“Yet, if you ask those same people if they have a solid outline. An unforgettable message. A lecture or speech of encouragement. A presentation so good the audience will walk away richer for having been there. They won’t have a clue.”

Great public speaking consists of three elements:
1. Content. A message packed with practical, easy to remember and useful information.
2. Confidence. Knowing that what you share will be valuable and useful, and that you are the one to share it.
3. Connection. You must be able to draw the audience into the message. That’s what brings the laughter, the tears, the standing ovations.

Not only will the combination of those three erase your fear, they will keep you from being dull and boring. And whatever you do - don’t be dull and boring. Nothing’s worse than looking into the audience’s eyes and they’re closed.

Design Unforgettable Messages. A step by step process that takes you from the very first word of your message to the last syllable. This is not the open, body of the message, close outline that is taught so prevalently. This is a 7 step system that’s impossible to mess up.

Instant Speaking Success covers such topics as; Is it really possible to speak without being scared? How do I find information on the subject?. How do I know what material to use?
How do I organize all this information? What do I talk about? Should I use notes, memorize my talk, or what?

For more information on Instant Speaking Success please visit http://tinyurl.com/cpgf4

The Melbourne Theater Company explores stalking and it’s effects in a production of “Boy Gets Girl.”

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From The Age

Belinda McClory discovered the truth about stalking for her latest role with the MTC, writes Robin Usher.

Stalking destroys people’s lives, which is exactly the result that some perpetrators seek. This came as a shock to Belinda McClory, who plays the lead role in the Melbourne Theatre Company’s new production about stalking, Boy Gets Girl.

“I used to think that stalking was the result of a mental imbalance,” she says. “Of course, it can be the result of a delusion about a relationship that doesn’t exist, but in other cases it is outright cruelty…

…The cast met a stalking expert from a sex offenders’ clinic who said that victims were likely to suffer from agoraphobia or panic attacks, and would remain suspicious about other people for a long time.

“I found it very disturbing that some stalkers orchestrated everything about their behaviour. I think that it is truly shocking that someone can be so malicious.”…

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Joan Britz writes about what to do when faced with a panic attack.

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By Joan Britz
May 16, 2005 American Chronicle
Afraid and unsure where to turn, the panic sets in once more and all else fades away. Nothing else matters accept finding a place that feels safe far away from the present situation. A turn of events causes an out of control overwhelming sense of intense unrest and total instability. The inevitable falls down as swift as a hawk scooping its prey from a mile above…

…Panic attacks may lead to a condition known as Agoraphobia in which because the person fears the onset of a panic attack they begin to avoid areas and places and in some cases become homebound altogether…

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