Does your stomach get queasy, your legs start to tremble, and your mouth feels as dry as a bone when you have to speak in front of a group? ….If so you might have  the dreaded “glossophobia”.

What do best friends sometimes do?…they keep us focused, remind us of what’s important, protect us, and filter out unwanted “noise” in times of stress or challenge. Guess what?… you have one of those best friends inside of your own brain!

As  a former School Psychologist (many moons ago) I was taught that intelligence was pretty much fixed at birth, and that when I assessed a child’s  IQ with a standardized test, that score was likely to remain at that level throughout life.  That never really sat well with me, nor did the resultant labeling  and educational tracking ( with its inevitable bias) that resulted.  I subsequently left the field because of the discomfort and cognitive dissonance I experienced around this.