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    #352 From Stage Fright to Spotlight: The Science of Speaking Under Pressure

    2026-03-19 | 51 mins.
    Guest: Dr Alexander McWilliam All Episodes can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podpage.com/speaking-podcast/⁠⁠⁠ All about Roy / Brain Gym & Virtual Assistants at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://roycoughlan.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bio of Alex McWilliam Dr Alexander McWilliam is founder and managing director of Improv4Business. It provides presentation and speaking training, including executive coaching, team sessions and bespoke programmes. It works primarily with B2B clients, from start-ups to multi-billion-pound organisations. These have included ITV, The Entertainer, Kenwood and Computacenter. Dr McWilliam has a background in professional acting and improvisation, and is the only UK PhD graduate in “public-speaking anxiety and performing under pressure”. What we Discussed: 00:00 Introduction 01:13 The Only UK PhD in Public Speaking Anxiety 02:37 Why Friends' Fear of Presenting Sparked His Research 04:22 The 3.5 Year Doctorate Journey 05:48 Brain Freeze: When Practice Meets Reality 07:15 The "Blank" Moment We All Experience 08:33 Being Selectively Shy 10:05 From Shy Kid to Door-to-Door Sales 11:42 How Stories We Tell Ourselves Hold Us Back 13:08 Why the Audience Isn't Your Enemy 14:35 Reading Faces Wrong: Crossed Arms Don't Mean Boredom 16:02 You Are Your Own Worst Critic 17:29 Why Audiences Want You to Succeed 19:03 The Power of Watching Yourself Back 20:38 Audiences Forgive Mistakes, Not Panic 22:04 Recovery Is What People Remember 23:41 When Speakers Freeze and Start Over 25:07 No One Has Your Script 26:34 Adapting When Time Gets Cut 28:01 Pressure Testing Your Presentations 29:38 Making Failure Fun in Safe Environments 31:05 The "Die" Exercise 32:42 Building Resilience Through Improv 34:09 Table Topics and Playfulness 35:46 Impromptu Speaking Builds Real Confidence 37:13 The Science of Self-Efficacy 38:40 Daily Impromptu Practice 40:07 Why Comedy Is Unforgiving 41:34 Group Failure Exercises 43:11 Surviving the Worst Case Scenario 44:38 Social Anxiety vs. Performance Anxiety 46:05 When Shyness Shows Up Selectively 47:32 Teenage Years and Peer Judgment 48:59 How School Experiences Shape Adult Fear 50:26 Domain-Specific Anxiety 51:53 The Public Speaking Threat Inventory 53:20 27 Items Across Three Domains 54:47 Finding Your Focus Area for Growth How to Contact Alex McWilliam https://www.improv4business.co.uk/ All about Roy / Brain Gym & Virtual Assistants at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://roycoughlan.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🤝 Join our Speaking Podcast Community ✦ Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.podpage.com/speaking-podcast/⁠⁠⁠ ✦ YouTube: / ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@roycoughlan⁠⁠⁠ ✦ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/speakingpodcast/⁠⁠⁠ ✦ Facebook: / ⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/speakingpodcast⁠⁠⁠ ✦ TikTok: / ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@roycoughlanpodcaster⁠⁠⁠ #PublicSpeaking #StageFright #PresentationSkills #CommunicationSkills #ProfessionalDevelopment #SpeakingAnxiety #PerformanceAnxiety #ExecutiveCoaching #ImprovForBusiness #PresentationTraining #OvercomeFearOfPublicSpeaking #SpeakWithConfidence #BusinessCommunication #LeadershipSkills #WorkplaceAnxiety #SpeakingPodcast #InterviewPodcast #PersonalDevelopmentPodcast
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    #351 Why Every Speaker Needs a Website That Actually Books Gigs

    2026-03-16 | 45 mins.
    Discover the hidden strategies behind websites that turn casual browsers into loyal customers without expensive ads or complicated funnels.

     

    This Episode is a Promotional Episode for the Website services that we offer at ⁠va.world⁠

     

    What we Discussed:

     

    00:00 Why we Recorded this Episode

     

    00:47 Why do you want a Website?

     

    01:36 How to Make Sure a Website Converts

     

    02:55 The Biggest Mistake Businesses Make when Creating a Website

     

    04:30 How Important is Brand Clarify with your Website

     

    05:10 What questions to ask Clients before building their Website

     

    06:34 Allow Disability access for your Website

     

    07:30 Align a Website with the Companies Long Term Goals

     

    08:40 We have worked over 5 years together and have not had an argument.

     

    09:40 What makes a Website Stand Out

     

    10:54 How to approach User experience on your Website

     

    11:53 How Annoying Pop Up's are on Websites

     

    12:35 Design Psychology for Improving your Website

     

    13:44 Ensure you can see the Text on the Website

     

    14:03 Speed & Performance for Website Success

     

    15:22 How to Ensure a Website works across different Devices

     

    16:22 How the Wesbite helped a client with ongoing Upgrades

     

    18:20 How our Design improved Conversions on the Website

     

    19:20 Feedback from Clients after Creating their Websites

     

    20:54 Do not be to Pushy with Sales on the Website

     

    21:35 How the Cookies Help with Sales on your Websites

     

    22:30 Tracking on all Prts of your Website

     

    23:11 Website are like Podcasts that have a lot of things to make it Successful

     

    24:28 How to be be Safe adding Payment Options on your Website

     

    26:15 Maintaining Your Website with our VA

     

    27:32 Do not Managing your own Website if you want to grow your business

     

    29:04 We Create Packages with a breakdown of costs

     

    29:48 Staying ahead of website trends like Ai

     

    30:53 What Website Platforms do we Specialise in

     

    32:38 How do you Future Proof a Website

     

    33:09 We Help Create Skool Groups

     

    33:22 Difference between a Template Site and a Strategically Built Website

     

    34:50 Some Templates Require Plugins

     

    36:00 Amature Websites V's Professionally Designed Ones

     

    37:00 The Problem getting the Wrong Website Template

     

    37:32 How Important is Messaging compared to Visuals on the Website

     

    38:47 How Long should a homepage be on your Website

     

    39:57 The Process from Concept to Launch of your Website

     

    40:57 Having Your Socials connected on your Website

     

    41:37 Do you need a New Website

     

    42:15 How to Connect with us for a New Website

     

    44:35 My 6 Podcasts got 110K downloads last week

     

    Find our Website ⁠va.world⁠

    Book a Free Call ⁠https://va.world/contact/⁠

     

    #WebsiteDesign #ConversionOptimization #OnlineBusiness #DigitalMarketing #VAservices #BusinessGrowth
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    #350 Rewriting Reality: How Your Stories Create Your Life with Shiraz Baboo

    2026-02-25 | 44 mins.
    Guest: Shiraz Baboo – Reality Addiction Expert, Author of How to Rewrite Reality, and Founder of Energetic Magic

    Episode Focus: How unconscious stories shape our physical reality, from chronic illness to financial blocks, and the radical process of rewriting them for lasting transformation.

    All Episodes can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podpage.com/speaking-podcast/⁠⁠⁠

     

    All about Roy / Brain Gym & Virtual Assistants at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://roycoughlan.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

     

    #shiraz #ShirazBaboo #bodybuilder

     

     Bio of Shiraz BabooMulti-award-winning author. Reality Interventionist. Creator of the Million Dollar Impact Makers Program.  I have helped thousands of coaches, healers, and high-achieving entrepreneurs break their subconscious addiction to struggle and rewrite the stories keeping them stuck—so they can finally grow their businesses in alignment with who they truly are. At Business Magic Live, I work with you live to release the unconscious patterns that are sabotaging your success… and replace them with the belief, clarity, and aligned action required to build a business that creates real wealth and lasting legacy.Most of the people who come to me already know the strategies. What’s been missing isn’t knowledge. It’s the internal permission to execute, receive, and lead at the level those strategies require.

     

    What we Discussed:

      00:00 Introduction

     

    01:00 Shiraz's Origin Story: From Bodybuilder to Bedridden

     

    04:40 We are protecting ourselves through Stories

     

    05:40 How I healed my Back Pain

     

    06:30 Fake knee operations gave the same results

     

    07:06 A woman with a Tumor that kept disappearing 08:00 Lessons learnt from living in different countries

     

    11:50 How he kept getting Stopped at Border Control

     

    18:00 How to navigate peoples issues without them knowing what is wrong

     

    21:00 How he resolved his own Financial issues

     

    23:00 My own Financial Struggles 23:20 Reviewing Why I have these Fears

     

    25:50 If I had Money would it Corrupt me

     29:05 Push & Pull Energy

     

    32:00 Are you will to step out of the story

     

    33:45 Reflecting on how I got seriouly injured every time I was relaxed

     

    35:20 Do I always have to be on guard

     

    37:00 You Do not have to worry about something to solve it

     

    39:00 Common Patterns with clients

     

    40:35 His Event Business Magic Live

     

    42:00 People having a yo-yo with Finances

     

    43:00 Where to find Shiraz and the Event

     

    How to Contact Shiraz Baboo

    ⁠https://energeticmagic.com/⁠

     

    ⁠https://www.facebook.com/energeticmagic/⁠

     

    ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirazbaboo/⁠

     

    ⁠https://www.youtube.com/energeticmagic⁠

     

    ⁠https://www.instagram.com/energetic.magic/⁠

     

    All about Roy / Brain Gym & Virtual Assistants at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://roycoughlan.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

     

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    #349 The Science of Sorrow: Understanding Grief with Sylvia Wolfer

    2026-02-24 | 50 mins.
    In this deeply moving episode, we welcome Sylvia Wolfer – grief specialist, mindfulness practitioner, and Pilates instructor – who shares her profound journey through multiple losses and how she transformed her pain into purpose. Shaped by the sudden deaths of her father, two brothers, and later her mother passed. Sylvie brings together grief science, mindfulness, and movement to offer grounded, research-informed support for those navigating loss.

    All Episodes can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.podpage.com/speaking-podcast/⁠⁠⁠

     

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    #SylviaWolfer #speaker #griefhealing

     

     Bio of Sylvia Wolfer

     Sylvia Wolfer is a neuroscience-informed mindfulness guide and grief educator. Her work bridges contemplative practice, nervous system regulation, and lived experience after profound loss.A long-term meditation practitioner, Sylvia has explored contemplative traditions for many years. After losing both of her parents and her two brothers, her practice deepened — becoming not just a spiritual discipline, but a steady anchor through grief.Today, she creates grounded, body-aware guided meditations designed to support people through emotional overwhelm, loss, and life transitions. Her approach integrates neuroscience, breath, and embodied awareness to help people build emotional steadiness without bypassing what hurts.Sylvia is the creator of several digital courses and guided meditation series, and she teaches weekly online sessions blending mindfulness and movement.

    What we Discussed:

     

    00:00Who is Sylvia Wolfer

     

    00:40 Death is a fact of life

     

    00:55 Sylvia's difficult journey with Family Grief

     

    02:52 Her therapist recommended that she help people with grief

     

    04:11 When you reflect on death later as if they say good bye before dying

     

    06:45 Additional Grief when a person dies abroad

     

    09:05 The time taken before the burrial can effect us

     

    12:10 People Suppressing emotions during death

     

    14:20 Grief is like a wound

     

    15:50 Times a person the body still looks alive

     

    19:20 We should have 1 month compassion leave when someone close passes

     

    25:00 Nice ways to give condolences

     

    27:15 Understanding People's sadness

     

    28:33 Be mindful not to touch or clean in the house without approval

     

    29:45 Having the hard conversations before someone passes

     

    31:30 Be honest when a person knows they are Dying

     

    33:40 Did the Pilates help with the Grief

     

    35:20 How she overcame the pain with Daily rituals

     

    37:30 How the Gym stopped back aches

     

    38:00 Why are breathwork session not available weekly, similar like going to the church

     

    39:37 Common trands that she witnesses

     

    42:00 Signed we get when a loved one passes

     

    44:05 The grief courses she offers

     

    45:55 Meditations to follow in English, French & German

     

    47:15 Do not say you do not have time to Meditate

     

    47:40 The Meditations find their way to a person when its needed

     

    48:10 How a booked helped my trapped nerve

     

    49:40 The different Meditations can help with language learning

     

    50:00 Where they can find Syvlia

     

    How to Contact Sylvia Wolfer

     

     ⁠https://sylviawolfer.com/⁠

     

    ⁠https://www.instagram.com/_sylvia_wolfer_grief_support/⁠

     

    ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviawolfer/⁠

     

     

    All about Roy / Brain Gym & Virtual Assistants at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://roycoughlan.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

     

     

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     #meditationpodcast #pilates #death #grief #breathwork
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    #348 Will Good beat Evil in AI with Manuj Aggarwal

    2026-02-23 | 21 mins.
    Manuj Aggarwal, is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer TetraNoodle Technologies, an elite AI consulting company.

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     #manujaggarwal #ai #TetraNoodle

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    About my Guest:

    Manuj Aggarwal, is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer TetraNoodle Technologies, an elite AI consulting company. With a remarkable track record of driving transformative change, Manuj, through TetraNoodle, has touched at least 10 million lives and generated over $500M in value through his expertise in technology and AI. He has shared his insights at the United Nations alongside distinguished figures like the Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winners, while President Obama and Bill Gates have recognized his work. With four AI patents to his name, Manuj is the perfect mentor to guide you through the transformative potential of AI and its benefits for businesses. Join us and discover the limitless possibilities of AI under the guidance of this visionary industry influencer.

    What we Discussed:
     
    00:00 Who is Manuj Aggarwal
     
    01:45 Where did the Name TetraNoodle Technologies come from?

    01:47 His 4 Patents

    05:00 Making $2 a day to a Successful Entrepreneur

    06:48 Will Good beat Evil in AI

    10:25 Will AI take over Humanity

    11:05 Ai does not always tell you the Truth

    12:50 The 2 Books he wrote

    13: 12 Firewalls to Protect our Data

    15:10 What has Meditation and Ai got in Common

    16:40 What AI tools he uses for his Podcast

    19:30 Have the AI can interact with your knowledge
     
    How to Contact Manuj Aggarwal

     ⁠https://manujaggarwal.com/⁠

     ⁠https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwal⁠

    ⁠https://x.com/manujagro⁠

    ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@manujagro⁠

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    ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwal/⁠

    ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@manujagro⁠

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    More about the Awakening Podcast:
    All Episodes can be found at ⁠www.awakeningpodcast.org⁠
     
    Awakening Podcast Social Media / Coaching My Other Podcasts 
     
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    #podfather #roycoughlan #firewall #aitools

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The new format to this Podcast is I am having interesting conversation with Authors, Coaches and Business people.Episode 1 to 250 I am interviewing Public Speakers and Coaches. They are sharing how they overcame their fear of public speaking and became competent speakers. If you would like to make a change in the World then being able to speak in public is critical to get your message out. Later Episode include conversation with Authors & Business owners.Join my SKOOL PodFather Community https://www.skool.com/podfather/aboutThank you to my listeners :)
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