You knew it inside out. Now your heart's racing and your mind's blank.
For professionals ready to present calmly and let their expertise show. Built on 15 years in nuclear engineering.
Free, on Zoom. By the end of it you'll know whether this is right for you.
This is you if:
Most people recognize two or three of these, not all of them.
Waiting your turn
For most people this is the worst part. It's in your head for days beforehand. You prepare more than anyone else in the room — but that never makes you feel comfortable. Then it starts coming around the table toward you, and you stop taking in what anyone else is saying.
In the room
Your heart is pounding. Your breathing is shallow. And the thing you came in to say is simply not there.
Years of this
You've had it as long as you can remember. Maybe a presentation has gone badly before. Along the way you decided this is just how you are.
Since the role got bigger
You were very good at the job before this one. But now you have to stand up in front of people, and nobody warned you.
What you avoid
There's a senior role you wanted but didn't apply for. A room full of clients is fine — it's standing up in front of your own colleagues you can't do.
From the outside you're doing fine. The feedback is good. But you know how it actually feels.
“I'm able to quite comfortably present in front of forty to fifty people at a company all-hands meeting — even when it's quite last minute.”
Luke, VP of Design · three sessions
Three minutes, and he was skeptical going in — he says so in the first minute.
Book Your Free 30-Minute Call“Something I've not been able to do in many, many years, let alone ever in my professional career.”
Luke, in the video
Expertise is a technical skill. Performance is a biological one.
Why you go blank
When it's your turn, the alarm system in your brain (the amygdala) activates. When it does, the thinking part of your brain (the prefrontal cortex) goes quiet. It isn't a memory problem. It's what the alarm does.
Why yours fires
It's a learned response. At some point your brain linked speaking in front of people with risk, usually because of a belief or a specific past moment. You don't need to know which. In session one we find it. Then we resolve it.
What I work on
Not your slides or your delivery. You already have those. The alarm itself, so it stops firing when it's your turn.
What it involves
It's called EFT. We go through the situations that activate the alarm while using a sequence of acupressure points that research links to a calmer amygdala. Each time, the connection between the situation and the alarm gets weaker, until it stops firing. It sounds unusual. Luke thought so too (testimonial video above).
There are nearly 100 randomized controlled trials on EFT. Two of them measured cortisol, the hormone your body releases when the fight-or-flight response fires, before and after a single session. It fell 24% in the first and 43% when a different team repeated it.
See the research and how EFT works →Who you'd be working with
I'm James, I've worked with over 70 professional clients since 2025, with all my work now focused on presenting and public speaking.
15 years · Nuclear power
I worked where a mistake isn't a bad quarter.
Qualified project manager
I've managed the deadlines, targets and board updates you deal with.
Master EFT practitioner
Certified to master level through The Priority Academy.
Hiring manager
Years on the other side of the table.
I've been the person in the meeting with the answer, unable to get it out.
From people who did the three sessions
“I'm the CFO and a CFO should be able to do these things. Instead my heart would race, my voice would shake and I could never think of the right words. Sitting in a meeting waiting for my time to speak was the worst.”
“My heart didn't race, I appeared confident, and the answers came to my head so much easier than before.”
Alex — CFO
“In every pitch I have to present to multiple executives in a boardroom. The boardroom was not a place I felt comfortable, and each time I was there I presented poorly.”
“I've started to enjoy the presenting, and I now close deals much more frequently.”
Liam — founder, enterprise software
More from clients
“I was a bit unsure when I booked, but James explained everything well and really gave me the confidence that we could overcome my presenting issues — racing heart and tight throat. Since working together I no longer worry about presenting, because I know I can control my body if anything comes up.”
Mark — operations manager
“I used to suffer terribly before — dread, poor sleep — and during presentations and meetings: stuttering voice, tight throat. Since then it's been a night and day difference, and I'm finally able to present the way I want to.”
Callum — HR lead
“My nerves around presenting were getting worse and worse and it was really beginning to affect my performance at work. In the three sessions we discovered the cause of this and managed to eliminate it. I'm now much more confident and relaxed presenting.”
Ryan — sales director
“For years, just the thought of speaking in front of people made my throat tight. In the work with James we found the reason for it — I was so afraid of being judged — and then we broke that belief down until it no longer existed. Thank you so much!”
Peter — engineering team leader
“James, you're a miracle worker. The roundtable session couldn't have gone better. I have never been this calm, and it was as if for the first time I could be myself on stage. Never felt this free.”
Daniel — public servant and startup founder
How the free call works
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You tell me what happens and when. Whatever yours looks like, it won't be the first time I've heard it.
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I tell you honestly whether this will work for you. Sometimes it's no, and I'll say so.
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If it's a yes, we book your session dates on the call.
If we go ahead
It's a set program of three 90-minute sessions on Zoom, usually about a week apart. After session one, you decide whether to carry on. If not, sessions two and three are refunded in full, and you don't need to give a reason.
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have booked the three sessions since I introduced the refund in April 2026
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have asked for their money back
It needs to be about speaking: presenting, meetings, being put on the spot. How strong the reaction is doesn't matter.
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What people ask before they book
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Yes — that's the whole point of doing it this way. You're not learning to manage it on the day; we’re stopping the alarm from firing, so there's nothing to manage. Luke's words (testimonial video): "something I will take with me for the rest of my life."
Some people add a single session before a big event, for extra reassurance. That's their choice, not part of the plan.
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After your first session, you decide whether to carry on. If you'd rather not, sessions two and three are refunded in full, and you don't need to give a reason. So far, nobody has asked for a refund.
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Ninety minutes on Zoom. You bring the situations where it happens: the meeting, the room, the moment your mind goes blank. We work through them one at a time using EFT, until you can think about each one without your body reacting. Nothing to prepare, and nothing to present.
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Those train delivery, and you already have delivery. This works on the reaction that stops you using it.
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Every session is on Zoom, and it works exactly the same way.
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Usually, yes. Sessions are normally about a week apart, so the three of them run across two to three weeks. If your date is sooner than that I can bring them closer together — I've done that before for people with a big event coming up. Bring the date to the call and we'll build the sessions around it.
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Often, yes. It isn't the kind of thing a benefits plan covers, but plenty of clients have used a professional development budget — usually by paying me and getting reimbursed. I can invoice your company instead if you'd rather.
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Almost certainly not. If the words are there in every other meeting and only disappear when it's your turn to present, your English is working fine. The thing that takes them away is the same thing it takes away from everyone on this page.
Another year of this, or three sessions?
Some people have had this for as long as they can remember. For others, it started when the role got bigger. Either way, it rarely eases off on its own, and you don't have to keep putting up with it.
Free, 30 minutes on Zoom. You'll leave knowing whether this is for you.