Comments on: The Power of Presence http://powerupcoaching.com/40/ Business Success Through Personal Growth Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Sally http://powerupcoaching.com/40/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Sally Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:41:00 +0000 http://www.mynewmediahost.com/wpsandbox/40/#comment-10 Hi Lou, I remember once being asked to do a 15 min presentation to about 20 Doctors on the subject of complementary medicine. It was part of a much larger 3 day seminar taking place at one of our teaching hospitals. Being such a short session I didnt bother to prepare anything at all. When my time came I was ushered up on to the main stage, in front of 850 doctors and told not to get off for 45 mins! Can you imagine my reaction! So I staggered up to the lecturn and admitted my terror, adding that at least I knew I would be in the right place if I did faint! And I admitted I hadnt prepared, so I told them I was just going to tell them about a day in my clinic, share some case histories and they could ask as many questions as they liked. They all seemed interested, but when I felt I was drying up, I asked if they had any questions and they all sounded like one of your CP classes when you ask who wants to coach. Dead Silent! Then I realised they were terrified too, and none of them would have coped up there any better than me. So in came the Dutch courage. I launched myself into an empty seat in the front row, stuck my hand up in the air and asked myself a question. Then I threw myself back on to stage and answered it. It worked. Everyone was laughing, and before I knew it I was swamped with questions that took us well over the hour. The lesson - now I dont take myself so seriously, less significance more game in your lingo Lou! And if I find Im jumbling my words and talking backwards I just tell my students Im going to take a moment to unlax and rewind! Hope that helps!<br /><br />Sally Hi Lou, I remember once being asked to do a 15 min presentation to about 20 Doctors on the subject of complementary medicine. It was part of a much larger 3 day seminar taking place at one of our teaching hospitals. Being such a short session I didnt bother to prepare anything at all. When my time came I was ushered up on to the main stage, in front of 850 doctors and told not to get off for 45 mins! Can you imagine my reaction! So I staggered up to the lecturn and admitted my terror, adding that at least I knew I would be in the right place if I did faint! And I admitted I hadnt prepared, so I told them I was just going to tell them about a day in my clinic, share some case histories and they could ask as many questions as they liked. They all seemed interested, but when I felt I was drying up, I asked if they had any questions and they all sounded like one of your CP classes when you ask who wants to coach. Dead Silent! Then I realised they were terrified too, and none of them would have coped up there any better than me. So in came the Dutch courage. I launched myself into an empty seat in the front row, stuck my hand up in the air and asked myself a question. Then I threw myself back on to stage and answered it. It worked. Everyone was laughing, and before I knew it I was swamped with questions that took us well over the hour. The lesson – now I dont take myself so seriously, less significance more game in your lingo Lou! And if I find Im jumbling my words and talking backwards I just tell my students Im going to take a moment to unlax and rewind! Hope that helps!

Sally

]]> By: Wendy Williams http://powerupcoaching.com/40/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Wendy Williams Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:52:00 +0000 http://www.mynewmediahost.com/wpsandbox/40/#comment-9 Lou,<br /><br />How nice of you to share this story with such candor. Very cool . . .<br /><br />When I get nervous or flustered during a speech I usually stop, take a sip of water and ground while I drink the water. Grounding is a meditation/yoga/martial arts technique that is very simple, easy to learn and can be done anywhere, anytime and very quickly once you have practiced for a short while.<br /><br />Wendy<br /><a href="http://www.meditationformastery.com">Meditation For Mastery.Com</a> Lou,

How nice of you to share this story with such candor. Very cool . . .

When I get nervous or flustered during a speech I usually stop, take a sip of water and ground while I drink the water. Grounding is a meditation/yoga/martial arts technique that is very simple, easy to learn and can be done anywhere, anytime and very quickly once you have practiced for a short while.

Wendy
Meditation For Mastery.Com

]]> By: Anonymous http://powerupcoaching.com/40/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anonymous Fri, 22 Sep 2006 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.mynewmediahost.com/wpsandbox/40/#comment-8 Everyone has this experience, whether it's before speaking to an audience, or how about during our daily interactions with people. We get distracted, we lose our presence, we forget to be in the moment, or in the now. <br /><br />One technique I learned from NLP is to "stop the world", stop the twirling around and within ourselves, and just pay attention to what is. This can be done anywhere: pick a point ahead of you, a spot on the wall, an object, anything. Focus your eyes on it for a few seconds and breathe in and out. Become aware, as you are focusing on this spot that you are also aware of things in the periphery, as you are focusing on that spot, let your awareness expand to what's on your left... on your right... what is beneath you.... the infinity above you... and as you are still focusing on that dot, become aware that you are also able to feel, hear, visualize what is behind you... Practice this often, and in a moment like the one you describe, it will be easier and quicker to re-focus using this technique. Try it! <br /><br />Julie topazcoaching@yahoo.ca Everyone has this experience, whether it’s before speaking to an audience, or how about during our daily interactions with people. We get distracted, we lose our presence, we forget to be in the moment, or in the now.

One technique I learned from NLP is to “stop the world”, stop the twirling around and within ourselves, and just pay attention to what is. This can be done anywhere: pick a point ahead of you, a spot on the wall, an object, anything. Focus your eyes on it for a few seconds and breathe in and out. Become aware, as you are focusing on this spot that you are also aware of things in the periphery, as you are focusing on that spot, let your awareness expand to what’s on your left… on your right… what is beneath you…. the infinity above you… and as you are still focusing on that dot, become aware that you are also able to feel, hear, visualize what is behind you… Practice this often, and in a moment like the one you describe, it will be easier and quicker to re-focus using this technique. Try it!

Julie topazcoaching@yahoo.ca

]]> By: jeff_meyer999 http://powerupcoaching.com/40/comment-page-1/#comment-7 jeff_meyer999 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.mynewmediahost.com/wpsandbox/40/#comment-7 The quick fix is to get back into the present by touching objects in the room or simply focusing your attention on various objects until you get yourself back in the body and in the NOW.<br /><br />As far as understanding the significance, you can delve into that at a more appropriate time.<br /><br />Jeff Meyer The quick fix is to get back into the present by touching objects in the room or simply focusing your attention on various objects until you get yourself back in the body and in the NOW.

As far as understanding the significance, you can delve into that at a more appropriate time.

Jeff Meyer

]]> By: findyourvoice http://powerupcoaching.com/40/comment-page-1/#comment-6 findyourvoice Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:07:00 +0000 http://www.mynewmediahost.com/wpsandbox/40/#comment-6 Hi, dear friend, Lou,<br /> Wowsers...such an uncomfortable time, yet fascinating as well. What a good name... "trusted enemy"...that voice of old nay-saying. <br /> Yes, I had an experience similar to this. Years ago, when I was "the voice department faculty" (one person, only) at Florissant Valley Community College, I worked for a year to prepare a faculty recital. (You know, demonstrating for my students, etc.) This was a big, hairy classical concert, so to speak, singing English, Spanish, German, Italian, et al. So I needed to concentrate. Well, right into the second set of songs, I heard this loud voice in my head say, "I don't want to do this anymore." Ye gads! Not now, I thought. It started blathering while I was singing Spanish or something. Loudly. Well, during this long song, I finally got it to shut up by saying, "I hear you." "We will seriously talk about this later. I think you're right...I don't want to do this anymore." However, "we" needed to talk later. I really wanted to complete a stunning faculty recital. I did, fairly much.<br /> One of my students asked me later if something had happened during that song, and I said..."Oh yes...a life changing conversation began at that inopportune moment." :-) <br /> During the next few weeks I made plans to re-enter graduate school. I did. Now, 26 years later, I'm still in private practice doing psychotherapy, writing, and am back in school once more: coaching school. <br /> I also converted my knowledge of singing into creating voice coaching for public speaking during that same year as the faculty recital..."Find Your Voice (R)." I'm glad my true Self spoke up. It just picked a very weird and difficult time (similar to what you experienced) to do so. However, I listened, and I'm now doing my soul's work. <br /> I hope you, Lou, got some very useful "information" from your weird, out-of-body foggy time, too. Can't wait to hear about your journey and realizations!<br /> Love, Nicki<br /> www.findyourvoicecoach.com Hi, dear friend, Lou,
Wowsers…such an uncomfortable time, yet fascinating as well. What a good name… “trusted enemy”…that voice of old nay-saying.
Yes, I had an experience similar to this. Years ago, when I was “the voice department faculty” (one person, only) at Florissant Valley Community College, I worked for a year to prepare a faculty recital. (You know, demonstrating for my students, etc.) This was a big, hairy classical concert, so to speak, singing English, Spanish, German, Italian, et al. So I needed to concentrate. Well, right into the second set of songs, I heard this loud voice in my head say, “I don’t want to do this anymore.” Ye gads! Not now, I thought. It started blathering while I was singing Spanish or something. Loudly. Well, during this long song, I finally got it to shut up by saying, “I hear you.” “We will seriously talk about this later. I think you’re right…I don’t want to do this anymore.” However, “we” needed to talk later. I really wanted to complete a stunning faculty recital. I did, fairly much.
One of my students asked me later if something had happened during that song, and I said…”Oh yes…a life changing conversation began at that inopportune moment.” :-)
During the next few weeks I made plans to re-enter graduate school. I did. Now, 26 years later, I’m still in private practice doing psychotherapy, writing, and am back in school once more: coaching school.
I also converted my knowledge of singing into creating voice coaching for public speaking during that same year as the faculty recital…”Find Your Voice (R).” I’m glad my true Self spoke up. It just picked a very weird and difficult time (similar to what you experienced) to do so. However, I listened, and I’m now doing my soul’s work.
I hope you, Lou, got some very useful “information” from your weird, out-of-body foggy time, too. Can’t wait to hear about your journey and realizations!
Love, Nicki
http://www.findyourvoicecoach.com

]]> By: bcbwv http://powerupcoaching.com/40/comment-page-1/#comment-5 bcbwv Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:54:00 +0000 http://www.mynewmediahost.com/wpsandbox/40/#comment-5 Before speaking I always do this ritual: Take a moment to breathe, connect my higher self up with the Universal Knowing (UK), and ask for guidance that whatever I say be for the highest an best good of all. That always works. Now that I have learned EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) whenever the pre-speaking doubts come up (and they do), first I do my EFT tapping on the feelings and thoughts, then, I do the UK Guidance Ritual and Trust that all will be as it is intended. Thanks so much for sharing this experience, Lou! I admire your courage~ Namaste, Aila "Your Get A Grip Coach" www.ailaspeaks.com Before speaking I always do this ritual: Take a moment to breathe, connect my higher self up with the Universal Knowing (UK), and ask for guidance that whatever I say be for the highest an best good of all. That always works. Now that I have learned EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) whenever the pre-speaking doubts come up (and they do), first I do my EFT tapping on the feelings and thoughts, then, I do the UK Guidance Ritual and Trust that all will be as it is intended. Thanks so much for sharing this experience, Lou! I admire your courage~ Namaste, Aila “Your Get A Grip Coach” http://www.ailaspeaks.com

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