A dry mouth can really hinder a presentation or conversation. In part 1 I shared 4 dry mouth solution tips. Here are 5 more dry mouth tips to help you when conversing or speaking from the stage.

#5: Lightly bite your tongue.

By lightly biting your tongue, you’ll find your mouth starts producing more saliva. Here again it is important that your body be hydrated.

#6: Use Sugar Free Candy

Many famous people will keep candy or lozenge in their mouth if they have problems with a dry mouth. Check with your pharmacy if you wish for specially made ones. Lemon flavored often helps. Unless you have an extreme dry mouth, remove it before you stand up to speak.

#7: Sleep with a Humidifier

A humidifier puts water into the air. In the winter the air becomes drier and can irritate the throat and dry out the mouth. Breathing in this moist air at night can prepare you for the public speaking event.

#8: Learn how to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking and Social Anxiety

Think of a good speaker that you know. Likely at one time this person experience stage fright, fear of public speaking, and speaking anxiety. At one point they learned how to overcome this fear.

You can do the same. Take time to read and study how to overcome public speaking fear and anxiety. There are several good public speaking programs that can help you.

#9: Using breathing Exercises to relax and breath your nose.

Good breathing exercises will help you relax and thus it make it easier for your body to keep your mouth, tongue, and throat moist. Breath in for a count of 3, hold for a count of 3 and breathe out for a count of 6. Repeat.

Before you speak, seek to be breathing your nose as to not dry out your mouth.

Dry mouth affects nearly every speaker. Use these 9 dry mouth solutions and it will help you keep the saliva flowing so you can captivate the audience and speak with confidence.

Arlen Busenitz

Arlen Busenitz is an experienced speaker with over 650 presentations. He is Author of several books, CD's,and creator of Become a Better Speaker in One Evening™

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It’s your turn to talk, but suddenly your mouth has no saliva. Your tongue feels like a piece of wood in your mouth and its very tough to talk clearly. You are experienced symptoms of a dry mouth.

What Causes a Dry Mouth?

Generally, a dry mouth is caused by either a medical/physical condition or is a symptom of stage fright, social anxiety or fear of public speaking. Check with your doctor if you believe you have a medical or physical condition.

 If you only get a dry mouth when you are about to speak, likely its caused by speaking nervousness or anxiety. Suddenly we find our saliva glands are not working and our mouth feels dry.

Every speaker has gone through it at times. Experienced speakers know how to prevent a dry mouth and often use many of these 9 dry mouth tips.

Tip #1: Stay Re-hydrated 24 hrs before you have to speak.

Experts recommend drinking 8-12 glasses of water a day. If you are speaking at 4:00 on Tuesday, you want to make sure you are drinking plenty of water for 24 hrs prior to this time.

A voice coach told me that this is critical to keep your voice cords lubricated. Drinking during your speech is not good enough. You must be drinking leading up to the speech.

#2: Sip water before and during your speech.

Advanced speakers and musicians are constantly sipping water during the presentation. This is for their vocal cords, but also helps with a dry mouth. Have a bottle or glass of water handy during your speech.

Consider using the restroom minutes before you speak, so you don’t have an urge to go during the presentation.

#3: Prepare your presentation or talk well.

Good preparation can help you overcome public speaking fear and anxiety by 80%. If you are meeting your boss or another VIP, spend a large amount of time preparing. Know your speech well. Role play the meeting. Do this and you’ll have less speaking anxiety

#4: Visualize biting into a lemon.

Your 60 seconds away from starting your presentation and your moth is dryer than the Nevada Desert. No water in sight. What do you do? Visualize biting into a lemon. Think about a nice juicy lemon and mentally take a bite. Feel the sourness and juices. You’ll saliva glands will open up and the saliva will flow.

A dry mouth caused by speaking anxiety is pretty common. Use these  4 dry mouth tips and you’ll be able to speak with confidence.  In part 2 of you’ll learn 5 more dry mouth Solutions.
 

Arlen Busenitz

Arlen Busenitz is an experienced speaker with over 650 presentations. He is Author of several books, CD's,and creator of Become a Better Speaker in One Evening™

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