The Courageous Performer

Procrastination is the bane of so many people's lives but it's not an indication you are lazy, or stupid. It's not 'just your way of doing things' nor is it a really great strategy (although deliberately putting a gab between starting and finishing is brilliant for maximising creativity and producing inspirations).

It is an indicator something more is going on; and once you work out what the something more is, suddenly the procrastination can disappear!

If you would like to transform your approach to performing so that you can feel confident (even without being able to guarantee the outcome!) then go to nailyourperformance.com to find out how to work with me.

But here I want to make a distinction between self-belief and the arrogance, because people think that arrogance is too much self-belief. It isn't. Take a listen to find out more.

If you would like to transform your approach to performing so that you can feel confident (even without being able to guarantee the outcome!) then go to nailyourperformance.com to find out how to work with me.

Most performers know that their inner critic is the cause of many of their issues, whether it's nerves, tension, procrastination, memory or lack of flow (and so many others). But how do you let go of the inner critic and quieten it so that you can perform at your best.

This episode goes into detail on the best way to achieve this, and explains how, if you use this method, it will give you so much more than a quietened inner critic!

If you would like to transform your approach to performing so that you can feel confident (even without being able to guarantee the outcome!) then go to nailyourperformance.com to find out how to work with me.

How do you judge how well or badly you are performing?

This is a question that has troubled so many performers, and the answer will give you no comfort. You can't. You have to trust. Judgement is actually the bane of a performer's life and causes you to perform worse not better. The reason? Listen to this week's episode to find out more, and what to do instead.

If you would like to transform your approach to performing so that you can feel confident (even without being able to guarantee the outcome!) then go to nailyourperformance.com to find out how to work with me.

You probably realise that trusting yourself is the key to performing at your best with real freedom and connection. But how do you trust yourself when you also know you've messed up in the past (probably including one particularly impactful time)?

In this episode I talk about what you can do to change things so you can trust yourself.

If you would like to transform your approach to performing so that you can feel confident (even without being able to guarantee the outcome!) then go to nailyourperformance.com to find out how to work with me.

Wouldn't it be great if you could control how every performance comes out? To be able to guarantee that you would do a good job and that your audience would think you are great.

You can't.

The fact that you can't guarantee the outcome is behind most performance anxiety.

In this episode I talk about this discomfort and a different way to approach it.

p.s. don't worry, there's still a lot you can do to influence the outcome and help increase the probability it will be good!

People who are struggling with performing often wonder if perhaps they just weren't born for it, they just don't have it in them. This is rubbish, if this is something you want to do, you can do it. Take a listen to this episode to find out why being born to do it is rubbish and the reason we think in those terms.

I mention my short course in this episode, if you are interested, you can find it here:

The Free Your Voice Course

This weekend I had a revelation. It came out of something I said to one of the people who joined the Free Your Voice Live Online workshop, and because they noticed it I started to think about it and realised it was the key to everything. To find out what I'm talking about, listen to this episode.

What's the quickest way to improve your performing? The answer you will probably find counterintuitive. This episode is all about what it is, why it works and why you might resist doing it.

This podcast episode came out of the work I did with a performer last Saturday at my Free Your Voice Live event, and I wanted to share it because it was so transformative for her. If you would like to find out more transformative techniques I'm running an online version of the same workshop this Saturday.

Most of us have had that moment when your mind just goes blank when you are in front of the audience. For some of you it will be your biggest fear as a performer, that you will forget where you are, what you are saying, or even say or sing completely the wrong thing. It's something that happens to the best of performers, but what can you do when it happens to you?

This episode is about practical things you can do so that you can know you have a strategy for when it next happens.....