BUTTERFLIES HELP YOU FLY

A Performer’s secrets for handling “nerves”

 

Almost everyone has to speak in front of others at some point in their life. Yet doing so is most people’s Number One Fear. Their “butterflies” overwhelm them.

 

What are we so afraid of? The audience? Who ARE those people out there? Ogres, waiting to tear you apart? Or folks just like you?

 

 When you speak, are you making friends or just working for approval? Discover the simple secret of changing your perspective. It will revolutionize your experience.

 

Find out how your brain makes you nervous and how you can help it to stop overreacting. Learn 6 physical behaviours that help to manage nervous energy.

 

As a professional performer, I have met and mastered the terrors of stage fright, yet I always have butterflies. And I’m glad of it! Find out what butterflies really are, and how you can use them to your advantage.

 

“We have a wide variety in our membership, from business people to farmers to retirees. Your presentation had such broad appeal that members were still talking about it weeks later!”  Kim MacNeil, President, Warkworth Community Service Club

“Your suggestions for changing our attitude toward the audience were very helpful, and I already feel increased confidence.”  Helen Matthew, B.A. Theatre, York University