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Getting over Stage Fright
Best-selling Author Janet Esposito brings more than a decade of experience helping people learn to speak and perform with calm and confidence. In Getting Over Stage Fright, Janet offers a new, holistic approach to this age-old problem, sharing a wide array of principles and practices to help you create the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being you need to get beyond your speaking or performing fear. This book is especially helpful to those who have moderate to high levels of performance anxiety, though it can also help those who have a milder case of the jitters. It will help you in all types of speaking or performing situations, ranging from the most casual to the most formal. It will also help you reduce and better manage any anticipatory anxiety you have before stepping up to speak or perform.
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Getting over Stage Fright
Best-selling Author Janet Esposito brings more than a decade of experience helping people learn to speak and perform with calm and confidence. In Getting Over Stage Fright, Janet offers a new, holistic approach to this age-old problem, sharing a wide array of principles and practices to help you create the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being you need to get beyond your speaking or performing fear. This book is especially helpful to those who have moderate to high levels of performance anxiety, though it can also help those who have a milder case of the jitters. It will help you in all types of speaking or performing situations, ranging from the most casual to the most formal. It will also help you reduce and better manage any anticipatory anxiety you have before stepping up to speak or perform.
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Getting over Stage Fright

Getting over Stage Fright

by Janet Esposito
Getting over Stage Fright

Getting over Stage Fright

by Janet Esposito

Overview

Best-selling Author Janet Esposito brings more than a decade of experience helping people learn to speak and perform with calm and confidence. In Getting Over Stage Fright, Janet offers a new, holistic approach to this age-old problem, sharing a wide array of principles and practices to help you create the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being you need to get beyond your speaking or performing fear. This book is especially helpful to those who have moderate to high levels of performance anxiety, though it can also help those who have a milder case of the jitters. It will help you in all types of speaking or performing situations, ranging from the most casual to the most formal. It will also help you reduce and better manage any anticipatory anxiety you have before stepping up to speak or perform.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781934509272
Publisher: Love Your Life
Publication date: 09/25/2009
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Janet Esposito, M.S.W. is the president of In the SpotLight, LLC, a company devoted to helping people overcome stage fright. Janet writes and speaks with deep understanding, compassion, and inspiration as she has had firsthand experience with this fear herself. Janet’s first book, In the SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing, has been an Amazon Bestseller for many years and has helped thousands of people learn to better manage their fear and find a level of comfort and confidence they never thought possible. Her coaching, workshops, and CD, In the SpotLight: Guided Exercises to Create a Calm and Confident State of Mind, Body, & Spirit While Speaking or Performing, have provided tremendous support and guidance to the many people who feel alone and overwhelmed with this fear. Janet is a master guide on this journey as she has a profound understanding of both the problem and the solution.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 13

About the Author 15

Preface 17

Introduction: Approaching Fear as an Invitation to Personal Growth 23

Section 1 Body

Chapter 1 Inhabiting Your Body 31

Chapter 2 Learning How to Ground Yourself 35

Chapter 3 Allowing Your Breath to Calm and Center You 39

Chapter 4 Using Your Posture to Strengthen and Support You 43

Chapter 5 Relaxing Your Body 47

Chapter 6 Taking Good Care of Yourself 51

Chapter 7 Accepting Feelings of Fear and Anxiety 55

Chapter 8 Understanding the Emotional Brain 59

Chapter 9 Helping Your Body Heal from the Trauma of Intense Fear 63

Chapter 10 Encouraging Your Brain to Evolve 67

Section 2 Mind

Chapter 11 Creating a Positive Attitude and a Willing Spirit 75

Chapter 12 Creating a Positive and Powerful Focus of Attention 79

Chapter 13 Reaching for Better-Feeling Thoughts 83

Chapter 14 Creating Resourceful Beliefs 89

Chapter 15 My Mind Is My Ally 95

Chapter 16 Meditation for the Mind 101

Chapter 17 Helping the Mind to Let Go 107

Chapter 18 States of Mind That Limit or Expand 113

Chapter 19 Inquiring into the Mind's Thoughts and Beliefs 117

Chapter 20 The Law of Attraction 123

Chapter 21 Setting SMART Goals 127

Chapter 22 Taking and Sustaining Action 133

Section 3 Spirit

Chapter 23 Relaxing the Need for Control 141

Chapter 24 Leading with Heart 145

Chapter 25 Focus on Appreciation and Gratitude 149

Chapter 26 The Blessings of Adversity 153

Chapter 27 Generosity and Contribution 159

Chapter 28 Moving Beyond Comparing and Competing 165

Chapter 29 Becoming the Observer of Yourself 171

Chapter 30 Connecting with the Higher Self 177

Chapter 31 Letting Go of Attachment to Outcomes181

Chapter 32 Cultivating Trust in Yourself and Others 187

Pure Inspiration: Real Life Stories 193

Addendum: The Question of a "Quick Fix" 211

Closing 215

What People are Saying About This

Edmund J. Bourne

"Getting Over Stage Fright is a great sequel to Janet's first book, In The Spotlight. It deepens and expands upon her earlier work to guide the reader on a journey of personal growth and development . . . This book will surely help anyone who suffers from the fear of public speaking and performing, as well as many others who struggle with any kind of fear and anxiety."--(Edmund J. Bourne, Ph.D., author of The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook)

Moe Abdou

"Getting Over Stage Fright is a brilliant book that shows Janet Esposito's depth of experience and expertise in the area of public speaking and performing fear. Janet takes a fresh new approach to the problem of performance anxiety. She skillfully helps the reader to work through their fear and to gain a level of mastery and personal growth that goes well beyond what traditional approaches have offered."--(Moe Abdou, Founder, Learn from My Life)

Mary Guardino

"Janet Esposito's knowledge of the treatment of performance and social anxiety are exceptional. She is clearly an expert in this field. Her newest book, Getting Over Stage Fright, really delivers on what the title promises. This book offers readers a fresh, new perspective on how to overcome stage fright and use fear as a catalyst to personal growth and transformation. I recommend this book wholeheartedly . . . "--(Mary Guardino, Founder/Executive Director, Freedom From Fear)

Thom Rutledge

"If you are serious about not letting stage fright keep you from your dreams, this is the book to read. Janet Esposito has a unique talent for blending some of the most practical advice I have ever heard with what I can only describe as genuine wisdom. She is a teacher of the highest caliber."--(Thom Rutledge, author of Embracing Fear: How to Turn What Scares Us Into Our Greatest Gift)

Dianne Legro

"My colleague Janet Esposito has written an extraordinary book at a time when we need it most. If . . . you are not speaking or presenting due to stage fright, listen to me-buy this book, now. The world needs to hear you and Getting Over Stage Fright will show you how easy it can be."--(Dianne Legro, international speaker, author, top speaking coach Founder, Speaking Success Today)

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