Public Speaking: Presence Before the First Word
"For every leader who has felt their body betray them before they opened their mouth."
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WHAT WE WORK WITH
→What is actually happening in your nervous system when all eyes are on you — and why it has nothing to do with skill or preparation
→ The difference between managing nerves and regulating your state — and why only one of them works
→ A live somatic practice to shift your presence before the first word
THIS IS FOR YOU IF
—You feel your body change the moment all eyes are on you
— You have done the preparation, know your content, and still feel the voice shrink under pressure
— You spend more energy managing how you come across than simply speaking what is true
— You have been told you are impressive one-on-one but struggle in front of a room
What to expect...
More body, less mind
75 minutes, live on Zoom. Approximately 80% experiential — we do the work in the room, not just discuss it. Bring comfortable clothes and a willingness to use your actual voice.
Transformation
This session will be recorded. If you cannot attend live, the replay will be available to all registered participants.
Integration
This is not a public speaking course. There are no frameworks, no scripts, no techniques for sounding more confident. This is somatic voice work — the shift happens in the body before it reaches the mind.
About Lidia
Lidia Lins is a voice activation mentor, medicine music artist, and former environmental scientist based in Lisbon.
Her work sits at the intersection of somatic voice practice, nervous system regulation, neuroscience, and ancestral sound traditions. She works with senior leaders, founders, and executives who are already successful — and who sense there is a more sovereign version of their voice waiting on the other side of the performance.
She is the facilitator of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology's physician leadership development program and the creator of Sovereign Voice Leadership — a 3-month voice activation mentorship for leaders ready to close the gap between who they are internally and the voice that shows up under pressure.
