If you need to give a speech, and are scared, or nervous, or uncertain what to say…
I can help.
I am a communications consultant, with over 20 years experience as a Communications Professor. I have critiqued over 40,000 student speeches and have provided guidance to students who have had to overcome significant challenges in their ability to speak.
Trusted by 500+ clients on their speaking journeys
Difficult Conversations
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Perform with Confidence
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Personal preparation, professional results
I am a communications consultant, with over 20 years experience as a Communications Professor. I have critiqued over 40,000 student speeches and have provided guidance to students who have had to overcome significant challenges in their ability to speak.
Difficult Conversations
If you need to have a difficult conversation, either as a manager, or a colleague, or as a friend … I can help.
Leadership Guidance
I have provided consultation and guidance to leaders of professional organizations.
Anxiety Management
I specialize in helping people walk through their fear, manage anxiety, perform with confidence and speak with clarity.
Perform with Confidence
I specialize in helping people walk through their fear, manage anxiety, perform with confidence and speak with clarity.
Life Transitions
I have managed programs helping people rebuild their lives from devastating circumstances.
Leadership & Management
I have managed my own businesses, taught leadership and management, and navigated the difficult one-on-ones inherent in running a business.
Hello, I’m Bernie
If you need to have a difficult conversation, either as a manager, or a colleague, or as a friend…
I can help.
I am a communications consultant, with over 20 years experience as a Communications Professor. I have critiqued over 40,000 student speeches and have provided guidance to students who have had to overcome significant challenges in their ability to speak.
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MEET Bernie
Background, training, Interests, and passions
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Public Speaking
Confidence
Anxiety
Self-worth
Burnout
Identity
Personal & Professional Growth
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Client Outcomes
Before & After Real Shifts
These aren’t dramatic overnight transformations. They’re the quiet, profound changes
that happen when someone finally stops running from themselves.
Before
“I was a VP at 38, everyone thought I had it figured out. I was quietly having a panic attack every Sunday night before the work week.”
After 3 months
Negotiated a 4-day week, started therapy, began a side project she’d been “too busy” for. Sunday nights are now her favourite time of the week.
Priya N.
VP Strategy · Tech industry
Before
“I’d been in the same role for 7 years. I knew I needed to leave but I kept telling myself ‘not yet.’ Not yet became 5 years of not yet.”
After 6 months
Left his job, launched an independent consultancy, landed his first two clients within 60 days. Reports sleeping better than he has in a decade.
James T.
Founder · Independent consultancy
Before
“My whole identity was ‘engineer at Google.’ When I got passed over for promotion I genuinely didn’t know who I was without that story.”
After 3 months
Rebuilt his sense of identity from the inside. Now leads a team he loves and has a life outside work for the first time in his adult life.
Marcus L.
Senior Engineer · Google
Before
“I was making more money than I ever dreamed of and completely miserable. I was too ashamed to tell anyone — it felt ungrateful to be unhappy.”
After 4 months
Gave herself permission to want something different. Now runs her own boutique practice, works 30 hours a week, and describes herself as “genuinely happy” for the first time.
Amara S.
Founder · Boutique advisory
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