Standing up in front of a group of people with all their attention on you and with the prospect of possible criticism is a natural situation to be nervous about – especially if the subject matter is something important to us.  
 
But when public speaking nerves cause automatic physical and emotional responses such as anxiety, sweaty palms, palpitations, blushing, loss of focus etc. there is simply no way that we can perform at our best.   
 
NLP (neuro linguistic programming) and EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) are highly successful approaches to enable you to release the anxiety that caused the fear and nervousness and re-program your unconscious mind to have more realistic and positive thoughts and feelings, allowing you to feel confident in your performance.

  
 

 
A couple of our clients have very kindly shared their stories of success with overcoming fear of public speaking - in their own words:
 

"After several years of experiencing crippling anxiety when making presentations, I can now happily say that I actually look forward to standing up in front of people and delivering a presentation with confidence.  
 
In the past eleven years I’ve read all the self-help books on confidence, visited two other hypnotherapists and taken medication from my GP - but nothing really worked for long. 
 
In January this year I was promoted to Sales Director which means frequently making presentations to large groups of people.  
 
I heard about Maxine’s work through a colleague who’d had similar anxiety problems and decided to see if she could help me.  
 
In the first session she got right to the heart of my fears, and used EFT on all the related problems. I saw her three times face to face and had a couple of follow up sessions over the phone.   
 
Maxine is extremely intuitive and would highly recommend her integrity and expertise to anyone who wants to improve their emotional well-being."  
 
-  David Prowse, St Albans
 
 
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"As head of marketing for a sport brand of Coca-Cola I was a confident public speaker at meetings and conferences.

Two years ago, whilst in the audience and waiting to present at an annual conference, I watched as my colleague collapsed during her presentation and I felt paralysed to help her.

This one time event completely destroyed my confidence and even the thought of having to present would make me go light headed and be physically sick.

I had heard of Maxine’s work through a friend who used to have a fear of public speaking (but not any more) and made an appointment to see if I could get back to a normal working life again.

It’s two months since I worked with Maxine as I wanted to wait until I had spoken at our annual international sales and marketing conference before writing this as a testimonial.

Yesterday I spoke to 400 people calmly and confidently and I loved it. I even enjoyed taking questions! I am completely back on track and presenting confidently as I used to.
 
Making presentations is easy again!
 
Many thanks Maxine."
 
-  Sarah, Richmond-upon-Thames
 
 
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To read more success stories from people who previously suffered with stress and anxiety, and who have been helped by Maxine Henk-Bryce and Positive Change Canada, please click here.