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Here you’ll find inspiration, advice, and best practice all focused on your communication skills development, managing public speaking anxiety, improving your confidence in the workplace, developing effective leadership skills, knowing how best to find a new job or career, and how to understand your strengths, skills and values.
How coaching helps you understand yourself better
Thinking and feeling. Making considered decisions and being led by emotions. Opposite ends of the spectrum.
I watched Moonstruck this weekend, a film that won three Oscars: two for actresses, Cher and Olympia Dukakis, and one for the screenwriter, John Patrick Shanley.
Now Moonstruck isn’t a new film. It was made in 1987. But its themes are universal.
Your audience loves it when you do this
Lying, relaxing floating on a blissful cloud with an “Oooh” and an “Ahhhhhhh.” Versus, lying with every muscle taught waiting for the moment when there’s pain followed by a series of sharp intakes of breath.
There’s a street in Amsterdam which has a gorgeous, nurturing massage place next door to a waxing shop. I’m not making this up. I’m wondering how that works.
Managing your emotions
How many emotions do you experience that you can identify as you’re experiencing them? And what are these emotions?
This was the question asked to 7000 people*. And guess what they said? How many emotions could they identify?
How to reduce anxiety
Why talking about your feelings is good for you.
Researchers at the University of California asked people to give a series of impromptu speeches in front of an audience. Which meant they felt like this 😱.