Creating from the “Back of Your Head” as Suggested by JK Rowling

JK Rowling is celebrating 15 years of Harry Potter books this month. She sat down to an interview on Good Morning America August 27th to talk about how she crested her amazing characters. You can see that interview here or watch the video below. Ms. Rowling said that her most beloved character, Professor Dumbledore, was […] Read more

Outer Presence for Speaking – A Power That Others Sense

Presence is also an external quality that others sense and to which they respond.  Other people perceive your presence as a magnetic force and they are drawn to you, because presence is actually a radiation of psycho-physical energy emitted from your body.  It is your life force emanating from your body, and it occurs when […] Read more

The Inner Experience of Presence for Presentations & Public Speaking

Presence is an inner state of awareness in which your attention is fully focused in this moment.  You are “being here and now,” as many other spiritual teachers have instructed.  Okay, so where is here and now?  It simply means being in your body!  That is having attention focused inside your physical body. The only […] Read more

Performing in the Zone – a book by Jon Gorrie

  This week I chanced upon a new book about transforming stage fright.  It is called Performing in the Zone by Jon Gorrie.  Jon has written a blog post to tell a story about a man in a Dallas church who was asked to speak by his minister to the very large congregation.  The man […] Read more

The Simon Cowell Acid-Test for Authenticity

On February 19th 2008, I watched the opening of American Idol’s twelve male singers.  Every man had a great voice and strong energy. What I found interesting was the reaction and feedback from judge Simon Cowell. Of the twelve performers, Simon liked two of them.  Simon has a nose for authenticity in singers!   If you […] Read more