Ignite Your Confidence with Karen Laos

10 Tips to Calm Your Nerves

Episode Notes

You know how you get those butterflies before speaking in a meeting or making a presentation? Listen to these 10 tips to reduce your anxiety and calm your nerves!

Tip 1: Prep - know your content

Tip 2: Say “I’m so excited” instead of “I’m so nervous” 

Tip 3: Breathe and do the Navy Seals box breathing

Tip 4: Sing your favorite song

Tip 5: Rock back and forth or side to side

Tip 6: Tap yourself lightly on the arms and legs

Tip 7: Stretch

Tip 8: Do PQ reps from the book Positive Intelligence (my favorites are the sense of touch and sound).

Tip 9: Dance to your pump-up song

Tip 10: Focus on what the audience needs rather than you. If you focus on serving them it will take your mind off of you.