Stage Fright and Public Speaking: Turning Fear Into Power | S1E003

The Inspired Speaker Network · Feb 25, 2026 · 28m · transcript

What if the fear you’re trying to eliminate is actually your edge?

You feel the shaking. The racing thoughts. The urge to hide or over-prepare. You think the stage fright is the problem — that if you could just get rid of it, then you’d finally be confident. But fear isn’t the enemy. Denial is. When you stop pretending you’re not scared and instead learn how to breathe into it, something shifts. The butterflies stop fighting you and start fueling you.

You don’t need to fix your nerves before you speak. You need to build a relationship with them. Through radically simple, physical practices —…