Workplace Wellbeing: Finding your voice - despite feeling nervous  

It’s natural to experience anxiety before making a presentation or giving a performance, but what happens if we get overwhelmed? We ask experts for their advice and top tips.

Singer and TV presenter Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh wrestled for years with debilitating stage fright and nerves.

Singer and TV presenter Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh used to suffer from debilitating stage fright.

“It was crippling,” she says. “I’d be nauseous before shows and the odd time, I’d actually throw up. On stage, my voice would shake, my mouth would go dry, and I’d have to hold on to the mic to stop my knees from buckling. At one point, it affected me so badly that I thought I’d have to stop performing.”