{"id":500,"date":"2015-09-15T11:47:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T11:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onspeaking.com\/index.php\/about-me-ii\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:00:13","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onspeaking.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MY CORE PRINCIPLES<\/span><\/h3>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_column_height=”equal-column” tablet_portrait_equal_column_height=”inherit” margin_bottom=”0″ font_color=”#FFFFFF” padding_bottom=”30″ padding_top=”30″][vc_column vertical_content_position=”middle” width=”4\/5″ tablet_sm_width=”1″ heading_color=”primary-3″ css=”.vc_custom_1738005590014{margin-right: 10% !important;margin-left: 10% !important;background-color: #4400DE !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;border-radius: 15px !important;border-color: #4400DE !important;}” font_color=”#FFFFFF”][vc_tta_accordion c_align=”left” c_icon=”chevron” active_section=””][vc_tta_section title=”Every single person has something to offer.” tab_id=”1737318931750-214b12ff-fc8e”][vc_column_text css=””]We all carry ideas, stories, creative insights, and innovative solutions. We must give them a chance to come out into the world.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Talent is overrated.” tab_id=”1737319067076-11373202-6eca”][vc_column_text css=””]Public Speaking and Leadership Presence are not just for the lucky few. We can all be compelling communicators! All we need is to understand ourselves \u2013 our brain and body \u2013 and get our biology to work for us, rather than against us.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”You are not self-sabotaging.” tab_id=”1737316617124-e7a50934-265f”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Glossophobia, stage fright, stress, and anxiety during presentations are not<\/em> a form of self-sabotage. They are messengers from our body, telling us that something important to us needs attention.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Words shape worlds.” tab_id=”1737317764763-f4d6c982-b6bd”][vc_column_text css=””]Our words impact our biochemistry. Biochemistry impacts thought patterns. Thought patterns shape behavior. The way we speak shapes the physical world.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”We are large, we contain multitudes.” tab_id=”1737318303566-4534d9cb-48ff”][vc_column_text css=””]If only I had a nickel for every time I’ve been told to “just be myself”! We all have multiple aspects to who we are – from our core values or our personality, to the mood of the day. Authenticity stems, first of all, from caring for all of our parts. A good first step, as Walt Whitman indicates in his “Song of Myself”, is to accept that all these parts exist.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row bg_type=”color” equal_column_height=”equal-column” tablet_portrait_equal_column_height=”inherit” margin_bottom=”0″ bg_color=”#F6F6F6″ padding_top=”60″ padding_bottom=”60″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ tablet_sm_width=”1″ css=”.vc_custom_1737311301333{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: contain !important;}”]

HOW IT STARTED...<\/span><\/h2>
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IN MY HEART OF HEARTS, I AM AN INTROVERT.<\/h6>\n

On my first day of school, I just couldn’t understand how so many people could be huddled so close together for so long.<\/p>\n

On top of my natural affinity for quiet, during my first 12 years of education, I learned to associate speaking in public with fear and embarrassment. Standing up before my classmates and presenting was a way to be publicly reprimanded when I had done something that upset my teachers.<\/p>\n

The culture I grew up in confused me. On the one hand, I had to “be good” – quiet, accomodating, modest. On the other hand, I had to “be the best” – and what was the point if nobody knew about it?<\/p>\n

All these strings pulling at me gave me a hard knot in my throat.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_column_height=”equal-column” tablet_portrait_equal_column_height=”inherit” margin_bottom=”0″ padding_top=”60″ padding_bottom=”60″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ tablet_sm_width=”1″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

AN INTROVERT WHO LOVES TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC.<\/h6>\n

I got my first standing ovation when I was 16. I went to a local Public Speaking competition, where I wrote and delivered a fantasy-style story about 2 twins who were joined at the hip yet couldn’t have more different personalities. Over time, one of them slowly fades and eventually just disappears.<\/p>\n

At 18 (and a half), I got my first proper job teaching communication and presentation skills in English in Bucharest’s bustling corporate bubble. At the same time, I was getting my degree in European Studies, with a minor in Media Studies (wrote both my BA and my MA on Star Trek – remind me to tell you about that!)<\/p>\n

At age 30, I moved to Denmark and started coaching TEDx and keynote speakers. I am honoured to have helped world-record athletes, scientists, artists, educators, leaders, policy experts, and entrepreneurs spread their ideas.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ tablet_sm_width=”1″]

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