There’s almost no way to get most of our pulses racing faster than the thought of public speaking. We all have to give talks, both big and small and for many of us, talks of any size spiral us into fear and self-doubt. There are a lot of tools out there to deal with nerves, and this episode goes into several practical tools you can deploy to move from panic to ease when speaking.

This episode is the second of two parts with part one diving into how to level up your talks by treating them like performances! Oh yeah, and in case you like me are still confused…it’s vagus nerve, with “vagal” as the adjective form (such as “vagal tone”). IYKYK.

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Physiological sigh resources: https://med.stanford.edu/news/insights/2023/02/cyclic-sighing-can-help-breathe-away-anxiety.html

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