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Public Speaking Anxiety & Fear of Being Noticeably Nervous: Mind Surgery for High Performers

This podcast is a clinical map for healing. It is for high performing individuals who suffer from public speaking anxiety disorder and the fear of being noticeably nervous. Learn the treatment architecture for performance anxiety, panic, fear of blushing (erythrophobia), fear of sweating (hyper-hidrosis), voice freeze (selective mutism), dissociation, obsessive worry, and perfectionism.
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Mind Surgery for High Performers: Rewiring the Brain Behind Public Speaking Anxiety
Designed for high-performing individuals struggling with public speaking anxiety and fear of being noticeably nervous, this episode introduces a clinical approach to performance anxiety, panic, blushing, sweating, voice freeze, obsessive worry, perfectionism, and related challenges using Jonathan Berent’s treatment methodology.
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Mind Surgery for High Performers (Part 2)
This episode provides a clinical roadmap for high performers struggling with public speaking anxiety and fear of being noticeably nervous. Jonathan Berent explores treatment strategies for performance anxiety, panic, blushing, excessive sweating, voice freeze, dissociation, obsessive worry, perfectionism, and related social anxiety challenges.
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World Renowned Physician Describes “Cure” for Public Speaking Anxiety Disorder
A world-renowned physician shares her experience overcoming public speaking anxiety disorder. This episode provides an insightful clinical and medical perspective on her journey toward healing, illustrating how even highly accomplished professionals can struggle with severe performance anxiety and ultimately learn to manage and resolve it.
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Senior Exec Resolves Public Speaking Anxiety
Tom, a senior executive at a multi-billion-dollar company, former semi-professional football player, and military SWAT team member, describes overcoming deeply rooted public speaking anxiety. He explains how learning to embrace rather than fear adrenaline helped transform anxiety into energy, confidence, and passion.
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“Blush, Sweat and Tears” – Clinical Proof that Blushing-Erythrophobia is Controllable
Four patients struggling with erythrophobia and social anxiety discuss their treatment experiences and progress. Their stories provide insight into recovery methods including adrenaline acceptance, “mind state” work, emotional management, and improved self-esteem while demonstrating that debilitating fear of blushing can be successfully controlled.
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Technology Exec Makes Friends with Adrenaline
A technology executive at a $30 billion company describes overcoming intermittent but long-term social and public speaking anxiety. He explains how using an adrenaline control technique helped transform adrenaline from something he feared into a source of power while addressing hyper-vigilance and emotional detachment.
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The Power of Alcohol and the Pharmaceutical “Cocktail”
Sam describes anxiety beginning in adolescence and becoming debilitating in college. Reliance on Xanax, beta blockers, and alcohol gradually became an ingrained coping strategy for avoiding visible anxiety symptoms. After a DWI, he transformed a personal crisis into an opportunity for meaningful treatment and change.
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Performance Anxiety and Hyper-hidrosis Resolved Without Medication: Successful Lawyer
Kevin, a successful lawyer, describes overcoming public speaking anxiety driven by hyperhidrosis and fear of appearing noticeably nervous. By learning to control his internal critical dialogue and perfectionism, he reduced his sweating and shifted his focus from trying to be perfect to performing his best.
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Discovering Self-Nurturing after Decades of Self-Help & Therapy
Richard, a successful businessman and family man, describes discovering genuine self-acceptance after decades of motivational programs, self-help, and therapy. He explores how conflicts with authority figures and his father contributed to social anxiety and an “inauthentic self” that previous approaches had failed to fully address.
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Pharm. Rep Resolves Chronic Public Speaking Phobia and Fear of Being Noticeably Nervous
Bill, a successful pharmaceutical sales representative, struggled when career advancement required group presentations he had previously avoided. Rather than relying on medication, he learned techniques for controlling his psycho-physiological response, sweating, and blushing, developing greater confidence when facing public speaking and performance situations.

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