
How to Stop Sounding Nervous When Speaking at Work
To stop sounding nervous when speaking at work, focus on five core areas: slow your speaking pace by 20-30%, eliminate filler words through strategic pausing, use diaphragmatic breathing to stabilize your voice, ground your body with deliberate posture, and reframe anxiety as authority energy. These techniques address the vocal and physical markers that signal nervousness—rushed speech, upspeak, vocal tremor, and hedging language—replacing them with the composed delivery that commands profession

