Overcoming Communication Anxiety
Discover practical techniques to manage anxiety in communication, both in the moment and through advance preparation. Learn how to desensitize yourself to stressful situations, empowering you to speak with confidence when it matters most.In this clip
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Think Fast, Talk Smart: Communication Techniques
33. Hacking your Speaking Anxiety: How Lessons from Neuroscience Can Help You Communicate
Related Questions
Tell me more about breathing techniques for anxiety as discussed in the episode Think Faster, Talk Smarter and Excel at Spontaneous Conversation with Matt Abrahams and the clip Individualized Anxiety Management.
What are some strategies to subdue anxiety in real time?
Andrew talks about a process to erase fear and traumas, and he says that first you need to extinguish the fear or trauma by retelling the narrative. The whole point of that is to diminish the physiological response, right? If the goal is to diminish the physiological response, then if the person works to change their physiological response immediately after being triggered, would that over time also diminish the physiological response and therefore break the conditioning? Am I right? For example, if a person had a traumatic experience with a spider, but every time the person sees the spider or gets activated through some trigger, and immediately after uses breathwork to calm the body, would that work like retelling a narrative to extinguish the fear? Did I miss something?