Nervous When You Speak? Try This Shift
👉 Nervousness doesn’t mean you’re unqualified. It means you care. Shift from self-focus to service, and let that grounding carry you.
IN THE SMOKEBRAND OF ONE
Liz Stubbs
10/1/20251 min read
We’ve all been there: standing in front of a group, notes ready, message clear — and then our own voice betrays us.
That happened to me once while speaking about the power of portraits. Not the polished kind, but portraits that free people from having to be “pretty” and let them see themselves as real.
But in those first few sentences, my voice shook. I heard it. I knew they heard it. And my inner critic whispered, You sound nervous.
Here’s the shift that saved me: I remembered my why.
I wasn’t there to look perfect. I was there to serve. To show people how portraits could help them feel liberated, not confined.
When I turned my focus from “how am I doing?” to “why does this matter for them?” everything changed. My voice steadied. My pace slowed. My connection deepened.
👉 Nervousness doesn’t mean you’re unqualified. It means you care.
Shift from self-focus to service, and let that grounding carry you.
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