The Truth About Performance Anxiety: What Singers and Creatives Need To Know

Why does your voice disappear when all eyes are on you? This episode explores the deeper roots of performance anxiety—not just as fear of being seen, but as a survival response shaped by your nervous system, trauma history, and unspoken expectations.

Elise responds to three vulnerable voice notes:

• A singer who cries every time she sings (but it’s not emotional).

• A speaker who freezes just before corporate presentations.

• A chronic over-preparer who can’t stop rehearsing for fear of getting it “wrong.”

You’ll walk away with a new lens on your performance fear—one that’s rooted in compassion, embodiment, and voice liberation.

What We Cover

• The biology behind stage fright (not just psychology)

• Why over-preparing is often a trauma response, not perfectionism

• How voice work can re-pattern old shutdown habits

• What to do when your body reacts before you can stop it

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