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Conquering Stage Fright

What is your #1 challenge when it comes to public speaking?

Happy Wednesday! What is your #1 challenge when it comes to pubic speaking?  In the past few weeks, months, and years, I’ve received so many messages from people asking me to teach them how to be confident in public speaking. During the Holy Week, I picked up my book Conquering Stage Fright supposedly just to scan it. …

SEEN Weekly: If you see something good in people…

“If you see something good in others, say it.” — Fredrik Haren This simple sentence captures one of the most powerful ways we can make people feel seen and appreciated. And yet, many of us hesitate. Sometimes we notice something good, but we don’t say it.Sometimes we appreciate someone, but we assume they already know. Other times, …

SEEN Weekly: Humanity at the Global Speakers Summit (Australia)

Written by Sha Nacino on March 17, 2026 at Cairns, Australia What do you do when you travel solo to a foreign country to emcee an event, give a talk, and receive a very important award but your luggage went missing for days?   I’m writing this in Cairns, Australia. I just attended the four-day Global …

My 11-Year Toastmasters Journey: The Mentor Who Helped Me Grow as a Speaker and Leader

This photo was taken on Nov 25, 2014. Meet my mentor in Toastmasters, Distinguished Toastmaster Corazon Oliva-Rodil. I call her Tita Cora. When I was relatively new in Toastmasters, I was challenged to join the Toastmasters International Speech Contest category. It was my first time to join a speech contest. I was so scared and …

World’s Top 30 Motivational Speakers: I was ranked #18

Grateful. Overjoyed. Inspired. I just received the honor of being ranked #18 among the World’s Top 30 Motivational Speakers for 2025 by Global Gurus here in Orlando, Florida. I never imagined I’d one day become a professional speaker. When I was in Grade 4, I had my most embarrassing moment. That day, I lost my …

Behind-the-Scenes Lessons from the Fearless Possibilities Leadership Conference ✨

On September 10, 2025, my team and I hosted the first-ever Fearless Possibilities Leadership Conference. I’m not an event organizer. I’m a speaker who loves bringing people together. Two months before the event, international author and speaker Andrew Matthews messaged me saying he was going to Manila for the International Book Fair. He asked if …

What do you love about the company you work(ed) for? l HSBC Alumni Homecoming

Happy Monday! :) Time flies! We’re now entering the ber months!!!  Last weekend, I attended the HSBC Alumni Homecoming. Though I had a busy week and was tempted to just stay home, something about HSBC always pulls me in. As I parked my car and got ready to enter the premises, the introvert in me kicked in. “Who …