Performance Anxiety Coaching for Calm, Confidence & Clarity

Performance anxiety doesn’t just affect singers or actors. It can show up when you're giving a presentation, pitching your ideas, going on camera—or even speaking your truth in a room that matters.

If you feel like your body betrays you the moment you're “on,” you’re not alone. And you don’t have to push through it alone either.

Elisa Monti offers performance anxiety coaching that helps you reconnect with your voice, your body, and your sense of internal safety—so you can show up fully and freely when it counts.

Meet Elisa Monti: Voice-Sensitive, Trauma-Informed Coach

Elisa is more than a performance coach. She’s a trained somatic practitioner, trauma researcher, and someone who’s intimately familiar with what it feels like to freeze under pressure.

Her coaching is grounded in:

  • Trauma-informed care — for those who've experienced emotional or physiological overwhelm

  • Somatic voicework — supporting nervous system regulation through the body

  • Parts work and self-inquiry — to help shift patterns of perfectionism, fear, or self-censorship

  • A deep respect for sensitivity — she knows that being “too much” or “too emotional” is often a form of wisdom, not weakness

Clients come to Elisa when other techniques—like logic, mindset work, or performance training—haven’t been enough. Her work is not about forcing yourself to be brave, but creating conditions where your system begins to feel safe being seen, heard, and present.

What is Performance Anxiety Coaching?

Performance anxiety coaching is a structured yet deeply personal process that helps you understand and transform the physiological and emotional reactions that show up during moments of pressure.

This isn't about managing symptoms at the surface level. It’s about working with your entire system—mind, body, voice, and inner narrative—to build lasting resilience.

Through Elisa’s method, you’ll learn how to:

  • Recognize the earliest signs of anxiety in the body

  • Regulate your nervous system before panic takes hold

  • Soften inner criticism and shame

  • Connect with your voice in a way that feels natural and grounded

  • Move from performance into presence

Who Is This For?

You don’t have to be a “performer” to experience performance anxiety. This coaching is designed for anyone who:

  • Feels overwhelmed before speaking, presenting, or being seen

  • Has physical symptoms like voice tremors, tightness, or breathlessness under pressure

  • Overthinks, overprepares, or self-censors

  • Has experienced past trauma or emotional wounding around visibility or self-expression

  • Longs to feel more authentic and relaxed in front of others

Elisa works with clients including:

  • Therapists, coaches, facilitators

  • Entrepreneurs and business leaders

  • Artists, musicians, writers

  • Educators, speakers, and students

Signs You Might Be Experiencing Performance Anxiety

It’s not always obvious. Sometimes performance anxiety masks itself as ambition, perfectionism, or “just being nervous.” You might notice:

  • A tight chest, dry mouth, or shaky hands before you speak

  • Trouble remembering what to say

  • Your voice sounds thinner or smaller than usual

  • Shame or self-judgment afterward, even if no one else noticed

  • Avoiding opportunities even when you’re qualified

Elisa’s Approach: Trauma-Informed, Voice-Aware, and Nervous-System Smart

What makes this work different is how it meets your body’s experience first. Elisa doesn’t just coach you to “push through” or “think positively.” She helps you build a real relationship with your nervous system.

Key Elements of the Process

Somatic Awareness

You’ll develop a gentle understanding of what safety (and lack of it) feels like in your body. Breath, grounding, and voice-based tools help reset stress patterns in real time.

Nervous System Regulation

You’ll learn how to down-regulate high arousal states using simple, repeatable techniques that calm your system.

Voice & Embodiment Practices

Using your voice isn’t just about words. It’s about how you feel while expressing yourself. Elisa helps you find your natural tone, release vocal tension, and reconnect to authentic expression.

Parts Work & Inner Narrative

Often, performance anxiety is linked to old stories—parts of you that are afraid of failure, rejection, or judgment. These inner protectors are acknowledged and worked with compassionately—not overridden.

What You Can Expect Over Time

Clients who commit to this work often experience:

  • More ease in high-stakes or visible moments

  • Less effort and more authenticity when speaking

  • A steadier voice and calmer body

  • Clearer boundaries with performance pressure

  • Increased capacity to take up space and stay present

It’s not instant. But it’s deep, lasting work. Elisa’s clients often say they not only perform better—they feel more whole.

What Coaching Sessions Look Like

Each session is 1:1, online, and fully tailored to your system. There’s no script or rigid formula—only responsive, respectful support.

You might spend one session doing breathwork and voice release, another exploring an old internalized belief. Elisa adapts the pace to meet you where you are.

Between sessions, you’ll receive gentle practices to deepen the work without overwhelming your system.