You know your work inside out. You’re confident when you’re doing the work but when you’re put on the spot to speak under pressure, you shrink or stay silent.
You start over-thinking. You lose your train of thought or go blank. You’re searching for the “right” words and over-prioritizing how you’re perceived instead of focusing on what you want to say.
You cannot communicate with confidence when you’re uncomfortable. It’s just not possible.
But when you’re comfortable? You are focused and present. You can express yourself with ease when you aren’t trying to prove yourself.
Over-working and over-thinking perpetuate patterns that detract from your innate ability to express yourself in the present moment. You communicate with confidence when you’re comfortable.
Come home to your voice.
Comfortable confidence is about showing up and speaking up like the leader you are in all of your workplaces and social spaces. It’s about unlearning habitual fillers and fidgeting and unlocking your voice from anxiety and toxic workplaces.
With comfortable confidence, we handcraft tools to unlock your ability to express yourself with clarity and cohesion in your most important moments so you can speak like the leader you are under pressure.
How Comfortable Confidence Works
Confidence is a byproduct of presence. We access confidence by combining:
Use habitual filler and fidgeting to consciously focus your attention, which distracts the part of your brain that wants to race and run ahead.
Practice tools on the spot that not only help you be present but also improve your hormonal confidence so you feel more comfortable and less nervous.
Prepare for the unexpected by creating structure in spontaneous moments to help you articulate ideas with concise cohesion.
Comfortable Confidence can help you:
Prepare to be put on the spot so you articulate your expertise without over-working
Replace self-doubt and overthinking with embodied focus and ease
Break free from anxiety to improve hormonal confidence when speaking off-the-cuff
Harness fidgeting and filler to improve connection and presence instead of beating yourself up
Strengthen your ability to think on your feet under pressure by using vagal nerve theory to optimize strategic thinking
Create structure in spontaneous speaking moments by using systems thinking to build frameworks ahead of time
Protect your peace in toxic workplaces and social spaces by regulating your nervous system and anchoring your attention
An interactive group coaching program to help you speak like the leader you are in two months.
Custom-built coaching sessions so you can articulate ideas with authentic authority in any moment of speaking.
“Within just a few weeks, my speaking nerves dramatically diminished and I felt more confident presenting to clients and speaking off the cuff. Lee arms you with tangible speaking tools, which I found so helpful, and also creates opportunities to practice and get more comfortable. They’re a master at helping people who struggle to speak confidently find their voice. I can't recommend them or this work enough.”
“Working with Lee was transformative. They helped me acknowledge the deeper issues underneath my speaking anxiety while also offering easy and actionable tips to speak with more confidence and clarity. Lee is an incredible resource and I’m so grateful for our time together, highly recommend them”
“There is something special about how Lee humanizes our feelings and struggles with communication. It isn't about learning the rules. A lot of it was unlearning those rules and understanding who those rules were made for. I learned to let go of those values and practices of patriarchy and white supremacy that make me feel less significant and less worthy to be heard.”
“While I've taken communications courses off and on for years and for various reasons, this is the first time that I've had a one-on-one communications coach. It was worth the time and money! Lee's focus on providing various tools to disrupt the behaviors and habits that trigger my nervousness and anxiety when public speaking was novel to me. I was initially skeptical about this behavior disruption approach, but as I implemented and discovered which approaches / tools worked for me, the subtlety between "managing" and "disrupting" habits was a game changer for me. I plan to utilize the tools I've acquired from Lee, and I look forward to continuous improvement in my communication skills.”
“Lee cuts through BS and tells you exactly what you need to do and works very hard with you to achieve it. Their dedication and focus shows every time!”
"I really appreciated Lee's coaching style, and each of our sessions felt very personalized and pertinent to what was going on in the moment. I can't think of anything I would have changed, only getting to work on more with Lee..”
“I never realized how much the fear of public speaking hindered my professional growth. After working with Lee, so many doors and opportunities opened up for me. I wish I could go back and tell my younger self to jump on the chance to work with them earlier.”
“I have gained a foundational confidence from these sessions which is invaluable and has become the foundation of my communication growth journey. I now feel that I have a framework to approach social situations which before would give me hesitation and anxiety.”
In this free micro-course, I share my Comfortable Confidence approach so you can express yourself under pressure and speak like the leader you are.
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