Last week, I woke up to a LinkedIn DM.
It was from a past client Jai who worked with me back in Feb 2025.
At the beginning of the year, I offered a few free gift sessions.
Jai trusted me to help her with her public speaking anxiety.
Before we worked together, this is how she described her experience.
In her own words:
"Before my session with Waqas I felt overwhelmed by anxiety whenever I had to speak in publicly. The fear of being judged, stumbling over my words, or simply not being good enough held me back from expressing myself confidently. No matter how much I prepared, my nerves would take over, and I’d feel trapped in a cycle of self-doubt."
If you’ve ever:
- Prepared endlessly but still froze
- Felt your mind go blank the moment you spoke
- Wondered why confidence never “stuck”
You know that cycle.
We worked together for about 2 weeks.
Not rehearsing scripts.
Not "Faking" confidence.
Not mantras or affirmations.
We went deeper.
We identified her triggers, patterns, and root causes behind her anxiety.
By the end, something shifted.
Again, in her own words:
"By the end of sessions, I felt an incredible sense of empowerment and that a weight I didn't realise I had been carrying was lifted from my shoulders. The overwhelming fear that I felt had loosened its grip, replaced by a newfound confidence in my ability to communicate effectively."
2 weeks.
A lighter nervous system response.
A new relationship with public speaking.
We were both happy with the results.
But last week, I received this message from her:
And Reader...
moments like that are why I do this work.
If Jai’s story feels uncomfortably familiar…
If you’re tired of managing anxiety instead of resolving it…
If you want to speak confidently without becoming someone you’re not…
The January 2-Day Workshop is for you:
📅 Jan 11 & 12
🕛 12–2pm EST
📍 Live on Zoom
💵 Cost: Your attention. Your commitment.
This is for people who want to speak with confidence in 2026:
- without faking it
- without performing
- without “acting confident”
Just grounded, natural, repeatable confidence.
>> Register here <<
-Waqas
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