Richard Newman is a global keynote speaker, best-selling author and CEO of Body Talk. Everyone's voice is needed in the world, so this week we ask, how do you have an impact when you communicate and importantly how do you overcome the anxiety of public speaking.  For many, the fear of public speaking is many places above the fear of death! 'If you are asked to deliver the eulogy, you might prefer to be in the box.'Richard always found communicating a challenge as a deep introvert coupled with  his neurodiversity (autism) which Richard harnessed not as a disability but as a different ability. Richard read over 200 books to try and increase his understanding of body language and communication skills which led him to travel to the foothills of the Himalayas to teach English is a small Tibetan Monastery. He realised that no one spoke a word of English so all communication was initially through non verbal communication. Richard spent 6 months at the Monastery and came back to the UK profoundly moved on how much you can impact someone through the various modes of communication. Fast forward, Richard and his team have now delivered to communications training to over 120,000 people all over the world.  (Check out this episode on YouTube to see the pictures). Richard provides some great tips to mitigate the fear instinct including tips on mindset (internal validation) based on your top three core values, breathing techniques (elastic recoil)  and imagining the audience as the ocean and you are the surfer. Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@theleadersenigma/videoswww.liftyourimpact.comwww.ukbodytalk.com