In the Spotlight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing SYNOPSIS
In The SpotLight: Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking and Performing is a perfect book for those who are afraid of speaking or performing in front of others. This book provides many different methods and strategies to help you get beyond stage fright and learn to speak or perform with ease and confidence. This book will also help anyone who is self-conscious and uncomfortable in any social situation.
You will discover how to:
Dramatically decrease your feelings of fear, discomfort, and loss of control associated with speaking or performing in front of others
Minimize your uncomfortable physical symptoms associated with fear
Significantly reduce the dread of anticipating a speaking or performing event
Eliminate your need to avoid situations of speaking or performing because of fear
Create a relaxed and confident state of mind and body in preparing to speak or perform
Break through your fear and create an inner peace around speaking and performing that you never imagined possible!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Janet E. Esposito, M.S.W., is the president of In The SpotLight, LLC, a company devoted to helping people overcome stage fright.
Janet speaks from first-hand experience because she has overcome her own terror around speaking in front of groups and now
experiences a level of comfort and confidence that she never thought possible. In her No More Stage Fright classes, Janet has
helped hundreds of people overcome their fears through her compassion, inspiration, and profound understanding of the problem
and the solution! Janet also does individual coaching and onsite programs for companies and organizations, helping people to
express themselves with confidence and ease.
Janet is a licensed clinical social worker and has been working in this field for over fourteen years. She is a graduate of Smith
College School for Social Work. She did her undergraduate studies at Rutgers University and has a bachelors degree in
Psychology.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
In The SpotLight is a dynamic workbook for the anxious presenter or performer! Short, easy-to-understand chapters with succinct summaries and powerful action steps, make this book a must-read! (Anthony Robbins Author, Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power)
— Anthony Robbins
Self-expression is the most basic of human needs. Some of us, however, become paralyzed by anxiety and fears and are unable to communicate or perform effectively in public settings. Janet Esposito's book can help readers transform their previous negative experiences into golden new opportunities in
sharing themselves through self-expression. A must read for anyone who fears public speaking and performing! (Dr. David N. Greenfield, Author of Virtual Addiction: Help for Netheads, Cyberfreaks, and Those Who Love Them, CEO, The Center for Internet
Studies, President, The Connecticut Psychological Association)
— David N. Greenfield
In The SpotLight is a must read! Janet Esposito has taken a problem shared by many, and experienced by most as shameful, and provided a wonderful set of strategies to overcome it. Janet offers a unique contribution to the field. She integrates the powerful techniques of motivational
enhancement and self-development with cognitive behavioral methods to produce perhaps one of the most powerful treatment formulas for social anxiety
and speaking phobias. It is a pleasure to read Janet's book and I expect that it will help anyone who reads it and uses it! I believe that if you read In The
SpotLight, you will need no other book on this topic. (Andrew Magin, Ph.D., Psychologist, Director, The Connecticut Center for Anxiety Disorders)
— Andrew Magin
In The SpotLight should become a handbook for people in the performing arts as well as those who are interested in succeeding in other occupations. Its
exercises are a guide to developing communication skills that are essential to all relationships, both professional and personal. Janet Esposito has done a
tremendous service to those whose potential has been limited by their social anxieties. (Cathy Lipper, M.S.W., D.C.S.W., Adjunct Professor, Western Connecticut State University) — Cathy Lipper
In The SpotLight is a real gift to people experiencing any degree of fear or discomfort in speaking or performing in front of others, either in formal or informal
settings. Janet Esposito demonstrates sensitivity, wisdom, and passion in guiding her readers on a path to overcoming their fears and discovering new-
found freedom and power in self-expression. Her enthusiasm for her topic makes for easy and lively reading. You will want to read In The SpotLight if you
have any anxiousness in speaking or performing in front of others! (Sharon McQuaide, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service)
— Sharon McQuaide
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