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The Fear that Seals Your Lips

Get serious stomach butterflies... sweaty palms... and a sense of impending doom at even the thought of speaking in front of a group?

The official medical term is glossophobia, but most of us know it as, "fear of public speaking."

We may be able to help.

Guests:
Stephen Lind, Ph.D. - Specialist in oral communication. Former corporate communication consultant. Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Washington and Lee University.

Craig N. Shealy, Ph.D.- Clinical Psychologist.  Executive Director of the International Beliefs and Values Institute (IBAVI).  Professor of Graduate Psychology, James Madison University.

Additional Contributor:
Brett O’Donnell 
-  Debate Coach to President George W. Bush during the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign. Director of Strategic Messaging for the 2008 presidential campaign of Senator John McCain. President of O’Donnell & Associates Strategic Messaging,  based in Alexandria, Virginia.

Tom Graham was Senior Producer and host of WMRA's Virginia Insight from 2006 to 2015.