POWERFUL PRESENCE: Why Inner Work Is the Real Preparation
Photo from the Fierce Power EllesVMH course - April 2025.
In high-pressure environments, true presence isn’t about perfect technique—it’s about inner alignment. In this blog, I share why reconnecting to your why is the key to unlocking genuine confidence, and how shifting from performance to presence can create more sustainable, grounded impact.
One of the bespoke courses I offer is called Powerful Presence. It’s designed for individuals who need to show up in high-stakes environments—whether that’s presenting to a room full of senior stakeholders, speaking on stage, or sitting in front of a camera for a live TV interview.
Over the years, both through my own experience and in working closely with clients, I’ve learned something important: confidence in those moments doesn’t come from tricks or techniques alone.
Yes, there’s value in knowing how to breathe, how to hold your posture, how to manage the logistics. But that’s not what creates true presence. The real shift comes from within.
Recently, I was supporting a client who had a major appearance coming up. We had several sessions to prepare—not just for the content, but for how they would feel in the moment. What we discovered together was telling: the way they were preparing was actually draining them. It was overly rigid, high-pressure, and totally disconnected from their own rhythm. Somewhere in the stress of getting it “right,” they’d lost sight of why they were even doing the appearance.
That was the turning point.
Because if we’re not connected to our why, we can’t tap into our power. It’s like trying to speak with no breath in your lungs.
Once we came back to the heart of the matter—why this moment mattered to them, what they truly wanted to express—things shifted. Energy returned. Confidence became less something they had to summon, and more something that naturally flowed from a place of clarity and alignment.
From there, we found practical strategies that actually served their needs and honoured their process. The outcome? A more grounded, genuine, and sustainable way of showing up. And most importantly—results that felt good on the inside too.
Powerful presence isn’t about performing power. It’s about being rooted in your own truth, even when the lights are bright and the stakes are high.
That’s what we work on in this course. It’s deep work. And it changes the way you lead.
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