Whether you are focused on advancing in your chosen field or are in the throes of personal transition, Real Speaking meets you where you are to support authentic and powerful expression.  Our clients have included change agents from many fields: business and non-profit leaders, professional and aspiring speakers, authors,  coaches, counselors, business owners, consultants, MD's and health care practitioners, attorneys, clergy, political candidates, activists, artists, musicians, students, and others looking for a more authentic experience of life.

A recent class and their experience:

"Real Speaking can change your life by changing the way you connect to others.  Gail's knowledge of the speaking industry helped me understand how to build on my credentials to develop my speaking career in a way that will be profitable, fulfilling, and fun."
Darla Atwood, StretchToner.com, Kenmore, WA

"Real Speaking exceeded my high expectations. I learned to appreciate and understand my heart center and use my emotional energy to speak more sincerely, creatively, and powerfully."
Marc Rosenthal, Rosenthal & Watson, P.C., Austin, Texas

"Real Speaking opened my eyes to the source of my message and how to tap that source to connect with my audience.  This is a great course to help with selling, speaking and writing."
Bruce Codding, President & CEO, Librx, San Mateo, CA

"Real Speaking made me far more aware of my audience and how to reach them effectively by speaking their language.  I have improved in understanding the mechanics of speaking, the components of real speaking, and the underlying spirit behind speaking publicly.  This is a valuable experience for those who need to connect with their core message for their intended audience."
Sankara Saranam, Author of God Without Religion, Ellijay, GA

"Real Speaking is much more than speaking.  It allowed me to move outside my comfort zone and practice new skills, claim my power and reclaim my creativity."
Barbara Adey, Cisco Systems, Toronto, Canada

Here's another diverse group of graduates and what they had to say:

"Experiencing Real Speaking has forever changed my attitude towards public speaking. I used to consider speaking engagements as an ordeal - a daunting challenge to be mastered. Now I look forward to them as an opportunity to speak from my heart, whether I'm addressing a large and diverse group of professionals or a small committee of like-minded individuals."

ANNE McLAUGHLIN
Director of Planning, City of Santa Fe

"Real Speaking provides the environment and platform to stretch my capabilities in the area of being and speaking from the heart. I have incorporated the lessons learned and am evolving from a good speaker into a GREAT speaker. Gail Larsen is a wonderful teacher and guide and gently leads participants to attain a higher level of authenticity. This realness translates not only to speaking but also to everyday communication."

GRETCHEN McCOY
Senior Vice President-Technology, Visa International

"Real Speaking provided the reflective space and intellectual stimulation to complete a personal transition long in the making. Using tools of the speaking profession, combined with her wisdom from years of study and experience, Gail guided me through the narrows of a professional change into the expression of a lifelong but forgotten passion,"

JIM BUCK
Entrepreneur and Catalyst for Organizational Change

"Real Speaking was of great value because I learned how to present my book in an authentic way.  I can now speak extemporaneously from a place of comfort."

MAUREEN MOORE
Author

"Real Speaking was a deeper process than I anticipated and I would not change it.  I'm less guarded and more comfortable in speaking honestly, and I discovered continuity to my seemingly unrelated life stories to feel inspired vs. overwhelmed. Gail is a true guide at the highest and deepest levels and is a marvel in endless offerings that prompt and support our potential. "

LISL DENNIS
Professional Photographer, Author and Leader
of Photography Workshops Worldwide

"This was the best facilitation I've experienced - intuitive, sensitive, and constructive. The greatest value was synthesizing the many changes I have experienced this year and discovering new avenues for my work as well as a better book."

DIERDRE MORGAN
Intuitive Counselor, Insightful Living

Veteran Speakers
Recharge, renew and refine your skills as you move to a new level of accomplishment. At Real Speaking you can develop a new program or revamp an old one for today's audience.

"This program helped me make pivotal decisions and learn to touch people more deeply. I've seen the best of group facilitation, and Gail is a master, combining really good skills with deep caring. I was amazed at all I gained."

GEORGE LAND
Founder, The Farsight Group and author of Grow
or Die and co-author of Breakpoint and Beyond

"I have been speaking professionally for several years and attended Real Speaking to hone my new message.  I came away with exactly what I wanted - a powerful presentation that took me past my comfort zone and into what Gail calls 'the home zone.'
Gail's design is impeccable, her facilitation exactly what it needs to be in the moment and for the audience, and her feedback deep and penetrating.  

Real Speaking is for any level, novice or experienced.  The individual attention is aimed right where it needs to be.  I have attended innumerable learning programs and often I have come away wanting.  Not so with Real Speaking.  The only thing I was left wanting was more.  Real Speaking is a masterpiece!"

DENISE BROUILETTE, PRESIDENT

The Innovative Edge

"Camp taught me an invaluable amount . . . it helped me get in touch with my feelings and put passion into my speech."

PETER RUSSELL
Author, The Global Brain Awakens

New Speakers
As someone entering a new field, you can avoid losing time and money on false starts by identifying what you really have to say and how to sell it. What's more, at Real Speaking you'll have the support of seasoned colleagues who know the ropes and are quick to help.

"Warning: This program could be dangerous to your ego - and enlightening to your heart. Real Speaking was of inestimable value. I didn't think I needed it, but I found the core of myself amidst a paradise of trees and blue skies."

BRUNO CORTIS, M.D
(Cardiology)

"Whoever thought that in three short days you could make a public speaker out of me?  Since my subject matter of abuse is not an easy one to talk about or even for those listening to hear, I am even more amazed at the ease I felt at being able to open gracefully and completely to share my stories. I also found that the fee you charge, which looked considerably high to me at the time, wasn't just for the time of the retreat. You share your care for us in many other ways and do not forget us after Real Speaking has ended. Quite the contrary. You go in search of where we can share our message and network for us. What a great investment I made for myself!"

CAMILLE LIONE
Hypnotherapist

Authors
Speaking is an essential component of marketing your books. As the published authority on your topic, you have already positioned yourself to be heard from the speaking platform. Real Speaking will help you translate your material into a program people will pay to hear, while expanding your audience for book sales.

"My publisher Harper Collins referred me to develop my speaking skills, and I ended up with a life-changing experience. It transformed my whole experience of speaking from enduring it to really enjoying it."

MARGARET PAUL. Ph.D.
Author: Do I Have To Give Up Me to be Loved by You?,
Inner Bonding, Healing Your Aloneness

"After the writing comes the reality check.  Can my book find an audience?  Had it not been for Gail Larsen inspiring me to garner my courage and move forward, my book would still be a dream.  Real Speaking was my 'coming out' party!"

MARGARET JACOBY LOPEZ
Author, Sing Past Winter, A Modern Psalter
Winner of the Nautilus Best Book of the Year for Body, Mind, Spirit

Corporate Leaders and Spokespeople
The ability to speak with power and purpose is fundamental to building your corporate brand and enhancing employee and customer loyalty. At Real Speaking, you'll learn to state what you stand for with clarity and confidence and know you'll be heard.

"Every emerging company's top executives need Gail Larsen in their inner circle to achieve the powerful congruence of corporate mission and message with who they are as individuals. There was no coddling - just let's get it on to get this right. For me, this was an essential accelerator of a vital executive skill."

MARK LONG
Managing Director, SuperLab - Author,
Financing the New Venture

Coaches and Counselors
Clearly articulate what distinguishes you in your market niche. Real Speaking helps you develop a high-impact presentation that generates new connections and clients.

"Gail's insightful facilitation and coaching provided the safety and structure for me to clarify who I work with and why. Creating and delivering my presentation after two days of powerful inquiry allowed my passion to find its voice and advanced the quality of my coaching."

JOANNE BREM
JCB & Associates, Leadership Development
and Executive Coaching

Business Owners and Consultants
Public speaking is an effective way to increase awareness and generate revenue. At Real Speaking, you move past the rote sales pitch to show prospective customers and the media who you are and how your business differs from that of your competitors.

"Those of us who have 'arrived' professionally have been through enough mechanics of public speaking and speech writing. Real Speaking goes deeper, into the personal chemistry that moves an audience. As a result, I now feel confident and connected and authentic in my speaking. Gail Larsen is a laser wrapped in a velvet glove."

ELSIE MAIO
Maio & Co. Management Consultants
in Brand Strategy

Leaders of Non-Profit Organizations
Learn to stand out in an arena where you must prove your value and engage the hearts as well of the pocketbooks of donors and volunteers.

"Real Speaking is a most worthwhile way to spend time on self-development and self-awareness in combination with techniques for connecting to the public. It was an amazing experience that has changed the way I prepare for public presentations. I loved the group size and the chance to connect so deeply, both with my inner self and with others.”

DONNA HALL
Executive Director, Women Donors Network

"I now have the core message and speaking skills to go anywhere to share the concept of Many Mothers.  I was eased into openness and discovered on camera how alive I am in the "home zone." One month after Real Speaking, I am still learning and deepening the experience as I apply it to my day-to-day life.  I would have paid twice the amount for the experience I had."

ANNE McCORMICK
Executive Director, Many Mothers

People in Transition
If you are in the process of personal or spiritual growth, Real Speaking can help you discover what has heart and meaning at this time in your life. Then we support you in identifying and giving voice to your true purpose.