I hosted a 2 hour workshop today and I followed your suggestion and wrote out a gremlin dialogue this morning before the workshop. My gremlin is persistent and not easily convinced so it was a long dialogue and I don’t think I totally won it over, but even though I was still nervous I wasn’t in all out panic mode and everyone thought the workshop went great. I got a lot of very positive feedback.
Running workshops is a big part of my business model so overcoming the panic is a must!
Thanks!!