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		<title>Can&#8217;t remember what you&#8217;d planned to say?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has this ever happened to you? You have an important presentation and you&#8217;ve done all your preparation. You don&#8217;t want to memorize the talk, but you also want to have a clear sense of what you are going to say and how you are going to say it. The morning of the talk you practice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=580&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Presence:  A stress management tool for anxious times</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/05/01/presence-a-stress-management-tool-for-anxious-times/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 09:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was driving to an appointment and running late.  My mind was racing, my breath was shallow, my heartbeat was off the charts, and whenever I thought about it I realized that my muscles were clenched, I was leaning right up next to the steering wheel, and every cell in my body was urging [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=567&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coming to your senses: Tune in to calm down</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 09:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve been asked to do a series of stress management programs rather than pure public speaking programs.  I think this is a reflection of the level of anxiety present in our world today.  Since all my speaking programs are focused on helping people find their calm center, I&#8217;ve found it easy to re-cast my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=563&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The power of a smile</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/04/30/the-power-of-a-smile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have an inner critic who finds fault with everything you  do? I do, and she can be especially loud when I have been less than perfect. And, it seems most everyone else has the same issue. Yesterday I had two separate conversations with friends who each felt badly because of something they had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=556&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do fear of public speaking, trauma, and yoga have in common</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/02/23/trauma-yoga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a conversation with a colleague today about how much I incorporate yoga practices in the coaching I do with my public speaking clients and it reminded me of this article, which I wrote back in 2008.  I thought readers of this blog might be interested and so here it is: In 2008 I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=542&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from a lint filter, water bottle and electric toothbrush</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/02/17/lessons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somehow, as much as I’m trying to slow down and simplify my life, I always seem to be in a hurry. Every time I do my laundry I’m reminded that hurrying through my tasks isn’t the most efficient way to get things done.  I always seem to want to quickly empty the lint filter in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=526&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>About making mistakes, being human, and connecting</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2010/01/22/about-being-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovering presence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I had the pleasure last night of being invited to a small dinner party for two extraordinary young performing artists who are touring the US from Europe.  Carolina Ullrich and her pianist, Marcelo Amaral, will be performing tonight at the Paramount Theatre in Rutland, Vermont. After playing the Paramount, Carolina, who has just won the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=490&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Openings&#8230; The biggest stumbling block</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/12/16/openings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The first few moments of a presentation always terrify me.” “I know my subject really well and know what I want to say, I just don’t know how to get started.” “If the first few minutes go well, then I relax for the rest of the talk.” Statements like these are almost universal. It seems [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=399&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The yoga of public speaking</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/12/16/the-yoga-of-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discovering presence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been a yoga practitioner for more than 20 years.  At one time I taught yoga.  I now take every opportunity I can to study with different yoga teachers from different traditions.  I do so to expand my experience of myself and to extend my ability to return to a state of inner quiet while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=437&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;What do I do with my hands when I speak?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://speakingpresence.com/2009/11/07/hands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carla Kimball</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having an important conversation with my daughter this week when I became very aware that I was not connecting at all with her.  We were standing by a car and I couldn&#8217;t find a relaxed, comfortable position.  So instead of really listening to what she was saying, I was focused on where I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakingpresence.com&blog=6257156&post=411&subd=speakingpresence&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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