You avoid it whenever you can
Opportunities pass because standing up feels impossible.
Courses
See what you would learn
Speak to a room without a week of dread first.
A course for the fear itself, not just the technique. It covers what public-speaking anxiety is doing in the body and the mind, how to prepare in a way that lowers it, and how to build up through talks you can actually give.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I want to speak in front of a group without dreading it for days beforehand. Help me understand what the fear is doing and build up through talks I can actually give.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Communication
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What size of audience triggers it: a meeting of five, a team of thirty, or a stage?
- Is the fear worst before, during, or when you replay it afterwards?
- Is there a talk coming up that you want to prepare for?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You do it and suffer for days
The talk goes fine and the anxiety before and after is exhausting.
Your body betrays you
Shaking hands, a thin voice and a racing heart, whatever your head says.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What the fear is
The threat response, the audience as predator, and why intelligence does not talk you out of it.
Before the talk
Preparation that reduces uncertainty, and the rehearsal that actually helps.
The first minute
Why the opening is the peak, and how to get through it on rails.
The body
Breath, stance and voice, and what to do with shaking hands.
During and after
Recovering from a stumble, and stopping the post-talk replay.
The ladder
A sequence of speaking situations from easy to hard, and how to climb it.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Understand the fear
See the threat response for what it is and stop treating it as a verdict on you.
Prepare in a way that lowers anxiety
Structure and rehearse so the talk carries you when nerves rise.
Build tolerance step by step
Grow through a ladder of speaking situations rather than one terrifying leap.
Ideas this course corrects
Nervous speakers look nervous
Audiences see a fraction of what you feel. Most signs of nerves are invisible from the third row.
You need to eliminate the fear first
The fear shrinks by speaking, not before it. Waiting to feel calm means never starting.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course for the fear itself, not just the technique. It covers what public-speaking anxiety is doing in the body and the mind, how to prepare in a way that lowers it, and how to build up through talks you can actually give. It sits under Communication in the Work & ambitions part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I want to speak in front of a group without dreading it for days beforehand. Help me understand what the fear is doing and build up through talks I can actually give.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.