Book Review: Stop Picturing Your Audience Naked Author: Scott Ann Setzer Publisher: Setzer Associates Publisher Address: 2580 Sierra Blvd Suite C , Sacramento, CA 95825, 800-767-6316 Publisher Website Address: http://wwwStandUpAndTalkcom ISBN: 0-9768250-0-7 Price: $1295 Date: 2005, Page Count: 32 Reviewed by Bonnie Jo Davis People all over the world, of various ages and different cultures suffer from Glossophobia (the fear of speaking in public) Seventy-five percent of all Americans including celebrities such as Carly Simon, Antonio Banderas and Nicole Kidman admit to having a fear of speaking ...

Ronald Reagan58; Hero or Villain63; D-e-a-t-h The mention of that five-letter word instills fear into many Only a few mortals could dare death like the poet John Donne When his beloved brother died, he wrote death these damning lines: Death do not be proud/ Though some have called thee mighty and dreadful/ But thou art not so/ Nor yet canst thou kill me/ and Death shall be no more/ Death thou shalt dieThe poet was audacious However, one year after ...

Beyond Diets We can’t choose the body we want, rather we have to accept the body we are given Our bodies are an amazing compilation of traits from all our ancestors They are unique and allow us to have the physical experience of life They are the vehicles of our soul They are connected to our mind and spirit Our thoughts and emotions can literally make us sick or heal us physically However, if I asked 10 people if they ...

Bad Timing? You are sitting comfortably at your desk holding a pen, ready to start that short story that has kept coming on and off since you got up this morning The house is quiet, everybody is out and you are alone with your precious thoughtsJust then, the phone rings! Will you get it or let it ring? But it doesn’t stop , so you give up and pick up the receiver It’s your mum ‘Not now,’ you murmur, but, ...

Loving Every Phenomenal Part of You Have you ever wished yourself away? I am not referring to leaving your precious life on this Earth; but rather, just wished you weren’t a certain way or did not have some particular qualities and mannerisms that were so apparent to you I know I haveIn the past, I’ve had a very difficult time when others would point out my weaknesses to me, either constructively or not-so tactfully I would think, “ Wow, not ...