Reflections

People will forget what you said,people will forget what you did,but people will never forget how you made them feel.– Maya Angelou Have you ever been asked to introduce yourself in 30 seconds or less to a group of people you’ve never met before?  Zounds! The...

In the wake of the 2012 election in the United States, the nation and the world watched as President Obama gave his acceptance speech. He’s good. He’s an effective speaker. When he finished speaking, I googled “top public speakers throughout history.” Barack Obama...

Harsh feedback about how you “come across” can sting — but it doesn’t have to define you. Here’s how to understand it, reframe it, and return to the truth of your presence.

Note: This post was originally written in 2014. Updated lightly for clarity and continuity with my current work in Soulful Speaking. Over the years, I’ve watched quick-fix speaking tips ripple across the internet — soundbites, shortcuts, tricks meant to help speakers...

The world keeps telling women to “fake it till you make it.” But faking confidence creates disconnection, not power. Here’s why embodying confidence — inside-out or outside-in — changes everything.

n October 2014, after a decade of media silence, Monica Lewinsky returned to the public stage at the Forbes "Under 30" Summit. While the subject matter of the speech is eliciting a variety of responses, everyone seems to agree on one thing: as a public speaker, she...