The podcast by Kate Wolf for healers, coaches, facilitators and leaders who know their work is magic and are ready to scale that magic by taking it to the stage.
EPISODE ONE
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The Talk I Almost Didn’t Give | Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
What do you do when you’re sitting in the audience, you’re up next, the stage is enormous, and every cell in your body is screaming “absolutely not”? In this first episode of Electric Voices, I take you inside the moment I nearly walked away from the biggest stage of my life and what happened when I got up and did it anyway.
I’ve spent 12 years working with entrepreneurs, healers, therapists and creative thinkers, and I’ve watched the same thing happen every single time someone’s ready to rise: the fear rises too. In this episode I share how I coached myself through that fear in real time, why putting yourself out there opens you up to judgment and to the right people finding you, and what one well-crafted talk actually did for my business.
You’ll hear about the “lightning bolt opener” that made the whole room erupt, the slip of paper that told me my calendar was broken (it wasn’t, it was full), and the clients who signed on because of how I showed up on stage. More than that, you’ll hear why your voice, your real, imperfect, still-on-the-journey voice is the key to building a business that genuinely fulfils you.
Plus: why audiences want your setbacks far more than your highlight reel, and a first look at what’s coming in future episodes.
What’s inside:
- Why showing up opens you to judgment and to the right clients, opportunities and open doors
- How to coach yourself through fear in the moment, instead of fighting it
- The “lightning bolt opener” and what one well-crafted talk can do for your business
- Why people connect with your journey, not your mountaintop
- A first look at “speaker magic,” structuring a talk, and loving up on your fear
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Timestamps:
00:00 The 2015 video and the stranger who called me “weird”
00:57 We love to judge, but we hate to be judged
02:07 Showing up changes everything and the biggest stage yet
02:47 “Too big, too scary”: coaching myself through the fear
03:45 I got up anyway, the lightning bolt opener
04:29 “Your calendar is broken” (it was full)
04:59 What one talk delivered: a VIP day and a year-long client
06:28 Take your audience on the journey with you
07:05 What’s coming next, and who this show is for
08:00 How to follow Electric Voices
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Meet your host
From professional clown to six-figure founder, speaker mentor and creator of The Electric Speaker Academy, I help brilliant women become more publicly powerful without disconnecting from themselves in the process.
Because the problem is rarely talent. It’s the moment visibility causes a woman to start editing herself in real time.
With a background spanning theatre, business, and the kind of deep identity work that makes both possible, my work sits at the intersection of speaking, craft, and commercial power. I help women move away from polished self-protection and performative expertise, and become an Electric Speaker whose presence transforms the room.
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