Frequently Asked Questions
- What makes Unconditional Confidence different from any other program dealing with stage fright or anxiety?
- What practices or schools of thought is the program based on? What tools are included and where do they come from?
- I don’t have time for a long, drawn out program. I just want to have confidence now! Can your program do that for me?
- I don’t really have stage fright. I just want to feel more spontaneous and authentic when I am speaking. Can your program give me what I want?
- You say these programs are fun. How can that be? I’m scared just thinking about it!
- Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
There are many approaches to transforming stage fright, from psychotherapy to medication to hypnosis. The Unconditional Confidence program is unique because:
1. It’s holistic, which means that it addresses all aspects of your experience: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
2. It is tailored meet to your own needs and goals. Not everybody faces the same symptoms or reasons for feeling doubt, fear or anxiety. Nor does everyone learn in the same way. The Unconditional Confidence program is flexible so that it can meet your unique and individual needs and goals.
3. You are not required to attend meetings or group practice sessions in order to get the most out of this program. Some programs base their effectiveness on your attendance of meetings in order to practice, like Toastmasters or Speaking Circles. While Unconditional Confidence program encourages you to find opportunities to express yourself in group situations, it’s not necessary in order to benefit greatly from the program.
4. This program is about developing real, honest to goodness confidence in every area of your life, not just in your self-expression. We focus on self-expression through speaking or performing, but everything you learn in this program can be applied to any area in your life where you would like to feel unconditionally confident and free. We are going for the real thing here: undeniable, bone-deep confidence in who you are, not just what you do.
5. It allows you to be you. This program is not about becoming a clone of some super star motivational speaker or the next Bette Midler. It’s not about learning prepackaged techniques and gestures and ways of presenting yourself. It’s about you finding your own genuine, authentic way of expressing yourself.
6. It’s drug free, hypnosis free, behavior modification free, psychotherapy free, NLP free, dogma-free, and suffering-free.
7. It’s fun. I know, it’s hard to believe, but the journey gets to be as fun as the destination. Sometimes I am afraid to tell people that this program is fun because so many people think there's no gain without pain. But what could be more fun than experiencing the joy of having what you want?
In this program we learn through our joy, inspiration, pleasure and upliftment, not our suffering. So, if you want a program that is hard and heartbreaking, this isn’t the program for you.
2. What practices or schools of thought is the program based on? What tools are included and where do they come from?
The Unconditional Confidence program is a distillation and expansion of four revolutionary schools devoted to the liberation of our human experience. Sounds mysterious, doesn’t it? Some of these “schools of experience” focus on confidence in public communication and performance. Others focus on becoming free of all that holds you back from joy and personal freedom.
For example, Speaking Circles International and the teachings of Dr. Ben Bernstein of Oakland, CA, are two sources of valuable information that are included in the Unconditional Confidence program. These systems focus primarily on becoming free, authentic, present and powerful when speaking or performing.
The teachings of Abraham-Hicks and the somatic principles of the Lomi School of Somatics are also included, and these schools focus on becoming empowered, creative, and free in every area of your life.
In my experience, not any one of these four programs alone, nor any others I tried along the way, were complete in and of themselves when it came to transforming fear, doubt and anxiety into confidence, ease and joy. That’s why I created the Unconditional Confidence program so that I could distill and expand upon the best of what these schools and other experts had to offer.
3. I don’t have time for a long, drawn out program. I just want to have confidence now! Can your program do that for me?
The Unconditional Program is practical and immediately applicable. You can put it to work for you immediately and you will feel a positive shift in your level of confidence and an increasing joy and satisfaction in all your communications. Right away.
If you're looking for confidence quick, check out the "Gimme Confidence Quick" TeleClass and ebook. They are designed for people like you who don't want a long program.
The 6-week programs are also pretty condensed but they are focused on creating a real, deep, internal shift in our level of confidence, creativity and charisma. If you want the real deal — true, abiding, trustworthy, unshakeable self-confidence that is expansive, evolving and joyful — it takes a little time, focus, and practice.
Because everyone is different and has different needs, I designed Unconditional Confidence programs for the get-me-there-quick as well as the sure-and-steady. Some people just need just a few tools and a different perspective and they are off and running. Sometimes the dam that holds you back is paper thin, and one thought, one “ah-hah!” is all you need, and nothing can ever hold you back again.
4. I don’t really have stage fright. I just want to feel more spontaneous and authentic when I am speaking. Can your program give me what I want?
You betcha!
All aspects of the Unconditional Confidence program are directed towards you becoming more and more of who you really are as you discover and claim your authentic way of expressing yourself. You become deeply connected to your unique, wild voice that comes from your core and you realize that you can trust that voice to be there at any time.
My recommendation for you is either the "Stand Up and Show Off" six-week TeleClass or individual coaching sessions, all of which will give you the tools, experience and support you need to quickly become completely authentic and spontaneous in your communications. It just depends on where you are in your own journey towards creative, authentic self-expression.
5. You say these programs are fun. How can that be? I’m scared just thinking about it!
Ah, yes. This program is fun because 1) you feel safe right away 2) it celebrates who you are right now as well as who you are becoming, 3) it doesn’t focus on what’s wrong, rather 4) it’s about having and experiencing what you want, and what could be more fun than that? Plus, true confidence and self empowerment come from being connected to and identified with that essential part of you that is inspired, joyful, impulsive and full of fun!
But let me be clear. Just because the path is enjoyable and fun doesn’t mean it takes your concerns and goals lightly. On the contrary. I take your desire very seriously. But serious doesn’t equal suffering. Believe me, the path to freedom can be a joyous one.
6. Do you offer a money-back guarantee?
If you incorporate the Power Tools and Processes into your experience and receive the coaching offered in the Unconditional Confidence trainings and you still feel you are not experiencing more confidence, ease, and authenticity in your self-expression, then I will refund 100% of your money.
Any training that includes an Unconditional Confidence Guidebook of any kind are exempt from this policy. The reason for this is that the Unconditional Confidence Guidebook and/or weekly sessions are transmitted via email or snail mail during these programs. These documents contain years and years of extensive and expensive research, education, hard-earned personal experience that is just too valueable to give away.
My name is Nancy Tierney. I’m a professional singer, confidence expert and performance coach. Why am I qualified to help you become unconditionally confident?