Coaching practices for Right Before Something Nerve Wracking I Want a Quick Body Based Way to Feel a Notch More Sure of Myself but I Don't Want to Strike Some Silly Superhero Pose Just to Know Whether Simply Standing Tall and Open Actually Nudges My Own Confidence at All

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• Right before something nerve-wracking I want a quick body-based way to feel a notch more sure of myself
• Right before I walk into the presentation I’m jittery and small, and I want a quiet minute on my own to physically settle into feeling steady and grounded, so all the prep I did actually shows up instead of getting swallowed by nerves.
• When I’m feeling low I notice I’m all folded in on myself
• I keep seeing people swear that standing like a superhero for two minutes will spike my hormones and make me fearless, and I want to know what part of that is actually real before I pin my big moment on it.
• Every time I face the same kind of high-stakes moment my nerves hit me cold and unpredictable, and I want some small repeatable thing I do beforehand

Practices that may help

1. Adopt expansive posture to shift subjective confidence
   Upright, open posture — not a "power pose" — reliably correlates with higher self-reported confidence, even if the hormone claims did not hold.
   Power Posing Revisited
2. Set your posture before high-stakes moments
   Take a private moment to settle into a confident posture before a presentation or hard talk.
   Posture and Confidence, Honestly Explained
3. Reset to an upright, open posture
   Sit or stand tall with an open chest to give your brain different bodily evidence.
   Posture and Confidence, Honestly Explained
4. Skip the hormonal "power pose" promises
   Use posture for felt confidence, but don’t believe it’s changing your hormones.
   Posture and Confidence, Honestly Explained
5. Create a pre-performance ritual that includes posture
   A consistent pre-performance ritual — including posture — reduces anxiety and improves performance more reliably than any single element.
   Power Posing Revisited
6. Posture and Confidence, Honestly Explained
   Adopting an upright, open posture is associated with modest improvements in mood, self-perception, and felt confidence — but the dramatic "power posing changes your hormones and risk-taking" claims largely failed to replicate, so be skeptical of those. Think of posture as a small, real nudge on how you feel, not a hormonal hack; this is general wellbeing information, not medical advice.
7. Understand the "become it" claim accurately
   Sustained behavioral practice of confidence — acting as if — can build real self-efficacy over time, through mastery experiences rather than pose duration.
   Power Posing Revisited
8. Posture and embodied confidence
   Getting stronger tends to change how you carry yourself — and that feeds back.
   Strength Training for Confidence
9. Build the strength that makes upright effortless
   Strengthen the postural muscles so an open posture is your default, not a constant effort.
   Posture and Confidence, Honestly Explained
10. Pair confidence work with honest, accurate appraisal of your actual standing
    Confidence without accurate self-assessment is overconfidence — the goal is calibrated self-belief, not boosted belief.
    Power Posing Revisited

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