I am feeling very down today about this. I teach art workshops and use coaching techiniques to help my students progress. Everyone always comments on how CALM I am ....Oh, well...
I know its my ego that is hurt, but I am afraid to click on the radio show link now, because it throws me back to feeling of embarrassment.
Love you all and will appreciate anything anyone has to say!
Thanks-
Anya
Hey Anya!
I'm glad you wrote cause this way many people can see we share the same concerns and fears. I totally relate to what you said, cause I've been listening to Hay House Radio for a few months now, and I would really love to call, but honestly I cannot imagine myself doing it. I would LOVE to speak to Michael, to Deborah King, to Sonia Choquette... It would be amazing, plus these are people I couldn't afford to interact with in real life. But making phone calls is one of my long-time fears. I have been making great progress lately, but I still don't feel like I could take on the challenge of calling in on an English-speaking Radio show (and it's not because of my English).
I'll tell you about a situation I felt very embarrassed about - when I was 15, I used to listen to a radio show hosted by a psychiatrist who spoke mainly about relationships and sexuality. I had zero knowledge about the topic, but I used to interact a lot in the chat room, and the doctor really noticed me and said he liked the way I think, and invited me to participate as a guest on the show! OMG, I couldn't believe it, but I thought it was such an amazing opportunity I couldn't refuse it. It took me about 1 hour to make up the courage to call him on his personal cell phone to arrange my coming in to the Radio headquarters, and when I went there, I was like in a trance cause of the anxiety and the excitement. I did OK on the show, but I thought I had nothing to contribute and that I was pretty boring. When I listened to the replay, I thought my voice sounded terribly and that everyone must have thought I was a looser. However, I got over it. After that, I called in to the show once, about a month later, and that was the last time I interacted with a radio station
However, now that I think about it, it's pretty amazing, I still don't know how that whole story could have happened.
Anyway, my experience is that no matter how frightened I am when making a call, when I actually get to speak to the other person, I do pretty well. The thing I am most afraid of is that I will forget what I wanted to say or that I won't be able to articulate it. Sometimes I practice the call in my mind and even in my own imagination, I can't seem to articulate the question, which makes me wonder how I could possibly do in reality, but often it works much better than I expect.
