Beta-Blockers Can Calm Performance Anxiety. But They Don’t Work for Everyone
Until two years ago, 40-year-old Michelle Jewell had never felt stage fright. She grew up performing music and acting in plays, and for most of…
Apr 16, 2026
Jyoti Madhusoodanan is a Portland-based science journalist covering health, medicine, biology, and whatever else fascinates her on a given day. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, NPR, Discover, Undark, Science, Nature, and many other publications. Her article in The Open Notebook on using sensory details to enrich a science story is anthologized in The Craft of Science Writing, published in 2020.
Until two years ago, 40-year-old Michelle Jewell had never felt stage fright. She grew up performing music and acting in plays, and for most of…
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