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Nov 4, 2026
Leisa ReidGUEST
No, do I have something that I could share? And it's starting to just gently creep in.
Leisa ReidGUEST
And so because this is more than likely an audience of people familiar with coaching, we know that who we were when we got that fear of public speaking or sharing our message or being visible or whatever that was, who we are now is different than then.
Leisa ReidGUEST
And so if we can unpack really quickly, and you may remember, you may not remember, it doesn't really matter, but just your body remembers like, oh, it wasn't safe for whatever reason.
Leisa ReidGUEST
It wasn't safe to share that message, to stand out, to say something in front of the room, whatever it was.
Maria MalikGUEST
So I'm like, okay, I'm going to get over this fear.
Maria MalikGUEST
I had a fear of public speaking.
Maria MalikGUEST
I'm like, this is going to be the best presentation ever.
Maria MalikGUEST
So I start prepping two weeks before.
Louie GiglioGUEST
And that one's up there also.
Louie GiglioGUEST
Sometimes number one or number two is glossophobia.
Louie GiglioGUEST
Anybody? Glossophobia for 400? It's what I'm doing right now.
Louie GiglioGUEST
The fear of public speaking is number one or number two in the things that people fear the most.
Louie GiglioGUEST
Let's take a poll.
Salvatore ManziGUEST
I kind of fell into the work myself.
Salvatore ManziGUEST
I think what happened is I had to overcome my own fear of public speaking chair, being on the stage, come out of my introversion.
Salvatore ManziGUEST
And as I did so, as I was also teaching engineers and scientists, We began resonance.
Salvatore ManziGUEST
We began to see that parallel in each other.
Seth AndrewsHOST
The fear of dogs.
Seth AndrewsHOST
Glossophobia, the fear of public speaking.
Seth AndrewsHOST
You know what's funny? I used to have that.
Seth AndrewsHOST
Which is so weird because I've been a public speaker for so many decades.
Meredith EisenbergHOST
She's a marketing strategist who helps coaches and service-based businesses expand their audience through speaking in workshops.
Meredith EisenbergHOST
What makes Gina's story fascinating is she built her business around... public speaking after overcoming her own fear of public speaking and that's just proof that our biggest challenges become to the show thank you it's great to be here so before we dive in for the people at home where in the world do we find you today
Gina ShepherdGUEST
i am on the southeast coast of england in the
Meredith EisenbergHOST
uk
David MeyerPANELIST
I'd like to have you define some common phobias.
David MeyerPANELIST
Glossophobia is one of the most common phobias in the United States.
David MeyerPANELIST
Glossophobia? Glossophobia.
Dave ChangHOST
All right, I like this.
Dave ChangHOST
Glossophobia is you're scared of...
Dave ChangHOST
It's common.
Dave ChangHOST
I'm going to say this because it's way more common than you think.
Dave ChangHOST
Glossophobia.
Rik SchnabelGUEST
It was for me too.
Rik SchnabelGUEST
But what I did is I got over my fear of public speaking through some coaching.
Rik SchnabelGUEST
I did some coaching work to really shift my thinking.
Rik SchnabelGUEST
And also I learned how to do it.
AndrewHOST
Anyway, that was, sorry, that was, I was digressing.
AndrewHOST
The number one fear, anyone know what the number one fear is? Oh, I think it currently is in the UK, but globally it's something called glossophobia.
AndrewHOST
Glossophobia.
AndrewHOST
Frogs.
AndrewHOST
Is that a personal confession now? Frogs.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
That's nearly eight out of 10 people.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
Glossophobia, that's the fancy term for speaking fear, is often ranked even above the fear of death for many people.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
So if you're shaking in front of an audience, congratulations, you are completely normal.
Evan CarmichaelHOST
Even top CEOs and celebrities feel it.