{"id":839,"date":"2026-03-20T09:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carynkatz.co.za\/?p=839"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T09:02:03","slug":"10-things-to-remember-for-confident-public-speaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carynkatz.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/10-things-to-remember-for-confident-public-speaking\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things to Remember for Confident Public Speaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Arrive. Don\u2019t rush in.<\/strong>
Take a moment to land in the space.
Feel your feet on the floor.
Let your attention drop out of your head and into your body.
Presence begins before you speak.<\/p>\n

2. Inhibit the habit to panic<\/strong>
When we speak in public, the old pattern is to tighten, rush, and try too hard.
Pause.
Do less.
Give yourself a moment before you begin.
Confidence often comes from what you stop doing.<\/p>\n

3. Come back to the breath<\/strong>
Breathe in\u2026 and sigh out.
Let the jaw soften, the neck free, the ribs move.
Close your lips and breathe through your nose.
Express warmth through your eyes.<\/p>\n

4. Get clear on your intention<\/strong>
What is your wish for this moment?
You are not here to prove yourself.
You are here to communicate, to share, to connect.
When the intention is clear, the body organizes itself.<\/p>\n

5. Take the focus off yourself<\/strong>
Self-consciousness comes from turning inward.
Connection comes from looking outward.
Let your attention go to the people, the space, the room.
Speaking is a relationship, not a performance.<\/p>\n

6. Let the space support you<\/strong>
You do not have to hold yourself up alone.
Allow the floor to carry you.
Allow the room to receive your voice.
\u201cBreathing in the space, Breathing presence out\u201d<\/p>\n

7. Organise the body, not just the words<\/strong>
Plan where you will stand.
Know when you will move and when you will be still.
Give yourself physical places to land.
Good use of the body creates ease in the voice.<\/p>\n

8. Practice in the real voice<\/strong>
Say the words out loud.
Meet your own eyes in the mirror.
Let the voice travel where the eyes go.
The body learns confidence through experience, not thinking.<\/p>\n

9. Take more time than you think you need<\/strong>
Adrenaline speeds everything up.
Allow pauses.
Allow silence.
The audience reads time as confidence.<\/p>\n

10. Your state affects the whole room<\/strong>
People do not only hear your words \u2014 they feel your condition.
If you are tight, they feel it.
If you are present, they settle.
If you are available, they listen.
True confidence is not perfection.
It is ease, direction, and willingness to be seen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>