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Playing Big In Your Career
A Career Development Programme for Women: Are you feeling stuck in your career? Do you feel like the headwinds are holding you back? Isn’t it time for you to Play Big in your Career? Maybe you’re feeling restless, dissatisfied with how things are going at work and you’re ready to be challenged, to discover […]
Quiet your Inner Critic and Speak Assertively
If you, too, experience a little voice making you doubt yourself in different situations, this article will help you find ways to quieten it so that you can achieve your full potential.
What’s Holding Women Back from Assertively Speaking in Public? | Part 3
I share with you a case study of a client who, thanks to the coaching process, was able to go beyond her mental blocks in order to gain greater fulfilment in her career.
What’s Holding Women Back from Assertively Speaking in Public? | Part 2
Is it really possible for a woman to transform herself from being unconfident and self-doubting to becoming a charismatic, impactful Public Speaker?
What’s Holding Women Back from Assertively Speaking in Public? | Part 1
What’s Holding Women Back from Assertively Speakingi n Public? This is the question I address in the 1st of a series of 3 articles dealing with this problem.
Stand tall & be assertive
Do you feel yourself blushing when you get up to speak in public? Or do you tremble, get a dry mouth or sweat? Or maybe you lose your train of thought & forget what you’re saying? My public speaking clients tell me they suffer from these symptoms. I, myself, used to feel my legs trembling […]
The Power of the Pause
Does your audience have problems understanding you? Do you notice them getting distracted? Are you worried that your foreign accent stops them from understanding you? If this sounds like you, let me tell you a secret: Most of the time it’s not your accent or your voice that’s the problem, it’s simply because you’re speaking […]
What’s Your Key Message?
Do you see your audience getting bored when you’re presenting? Do you lose them halfway through? Do you see looking at their smartphones or yawning? My coaching clients tell me they encounter these problems. This is usually because they have so much information they want to share that they digress from their main message. And […]
Visualise Your Success
Do you have bad memories from previous presentations? Does this make you feel uncomfortable about future presentations? Maybe it totally blocks you from speaking in public? This has happened to a lot of my clients. Maybe from bad memories at school where a teacher or classmates made fun of them. Or a work presentation where […]
English = A Communication Tool
Do you feel like speaking in public in English is a mountain that’s impossible to climb? Your colleagues are much better than you? You feel like an idiot when you need to present in English? These self-doubts probably stop you from being as visible as you deserve to be. The majority of the clients I […]

Marie Stephenson, Certified Executive Coach
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