How to manage the fear of public speaking: Natasha Bazilevych

You can become a more confident public speaker How to beat speech anxiety and nervousness

Episode 174 (This is a repeat of the popular episode #103 with Natasha)

In this conversation with Natasha Bazilevych we explore:

• How to channel your anxiety as positive energy
• How to apply exposure therapy to your fears or anxieties
• What can you learn from running marathons to help your speaking skills
• How to develop your public speaking skills to boost your career
• How to tap your unique energy 
• How to be a better speaker and still be you

About Natasha Bazilevych:

Natasha is a public speaking coach and trainer. As president of ChangeView Academy she helps entrepreneurs develop[ their business skills do they can create a successful business and life.

Learn more about ChangeView here.

She has run 7 marathons and 11 half-marathons. She hosts the podcast, Speak with Power Podcast. 

To learn more about Natasha and her services visit the website

www.NatashaBazilevych.com

When you are there you can sign up for the free Public Speaking 101 video course.

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Excerpts from this conversation with Natasha Bazilevych:

 

Natasha, were you a natural, natural, natural at public speaking?

 

No, I wouldn't say that I was natural. I developed it as a skill. When I was young, I was really shy. I was very shy.

People didn't notice me teachers wouldn't pick me for performances. I actually was kind of like, I was shy, but at the same time, I was an action taker. So I was initiating.

There were several times that I remember I came to my teachers. And I said, can I go, we had this performance on the stage and one girl dropped out, they needed a replacement. So I remember I said, can I go and this teacher, she looks at me up and down like this.

And he's like, No, you go, and then she picks another girl. And this goes into my brain so much. It's like, okay, and then there was one more moment was second grade, actually, when I came to teachers and said, I can sing this song. Then I started singing a song to them. And they, they smiled to each other and said, No, that's okay. You don't, you don't have to.

It's like I tried. But I was not a person that was natural that people would just pick and teachers would think that I'm so great. No. And then eventually, I worked on this my best friend, and that was my teenage years.

She said, When will you stop being so shy? After a couple of times when I just wouldn't do what we wanted to do together? And I thought, well, yeah, when enough is enough, I should develop my confidence.

And I still have that entry. In my diary, when I wrote, I want to be confident because I wanted to be a journalist and an interpreter and travel the world. And Phil, I wrote, I want to develop confidence, I will do 123. And I was writing points.

Because I've read so many different books, I was always this bookworm I loved different magazines and different educational pieces where I would learn how to develop my own personality, even being a teenager was into personal development.

So I found ways of how to grow confidence. And my first public speaking experience was my valedictorian speech, when I shared on the stage. So from there, I went on, and I started teaching, training and speaking, but before that, no, I was not natural.

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