Ep #177: Trust & Sabbatical
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Showing up and sharing your voice can be scary. It takes courage and trust. I’ve been researching the ways and layers of trust and have found it to be really helpful to see all the ways trust serves - and lack of trust can hurt - our impact and leadership. In this episode, I explore three layers of trust and how they have been a part of my own journey of leadership. From trusting myself, to trusting others, to seeing that there is something much bigger than me that is infinitely trustworthy - these insights have been profound for my own growth. You’ll also hear about a...
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Ep #176: How to Make Boring Content Interesting
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In the presentation skills training I facilitate, I’m often asked the question: What do I do if my content is just boring? The truth is, your content can’t be boring or no one will pay attention - it’s just the facts. The good news is - there is no inherently boring content! There is only content that hasn’t been crafted in a way that engages that particular audience. This applies to presentations as well as emails, conversations with clients, business partners and your kids or parents as well. I created this episode to help you take any content and make it...
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Ep #175: Are you Meant for TED? Part 2
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In the second episode of this two-part series, we cover tips on how to find the RIGHT kind of TEDx event for your goals. I also share essential differences between a TEDx talk and a keynote speech or other kinds of presentation. From how to craft a compelling Big Idea to specific guidance on brainstorming, this episode will be an excellent companion as you craft your TED talk - as well as help you get on the TED or TEDx stage. Building on last week’s episode dedicated to helping you set yourself and your application up for a more likely Hell Yes, this second episode rounds out...
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Ep #174: Are You Meant for TED?
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There are many awesome ways to share your ideas on stage. That said, there is something special about speaking on a TED or TEDx stage - especially for people who are on a mission to change the world with their message. It makes sense. TED events tend to offer beautiful stage experience and production, and it’s pretty cool to be a part of an event with strong ethical guidelines that is designed to ignite ideas and engagement with the audience. The mystery comes in when aspiring speakers try to figure out how to get on a TEDx stage. It feels daunting and it’s hard to know where to start. I...
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Ep #173: How to Choose the Right Story
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Story is magic for creating connection. When you tell a story that shows the people you want to serve that you get what they are experiencing, have been there yourself (or helped another person go through it), and come out the other side, you are a beacon light for them. This is why I call your Story of Transformation your Beacon Light Story. The truth is, though, you’ve been through a lot of transformations. Any time you go from one place to another, weathering the difficulties along the way, growing and learning - you transform through the process. Knowing how to...
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Ep #172: 5 ESSENTIALS of High-Impact Leadership
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Why do some people get out in the world big and powerful with their message, and others hold back? In my 15 years working with leaders of businesses, I know for sure that it’s not their credentials, expertise or experience. In fact, I know way too many brilliant, highly educated, remarkably experienced people who have not made the impact they could make in the world. Even with the best message and tons of support, something gets in the way. 10 years ago, on a walk in the woods with my two dogs, I was asking myself these questions. That’s when the 5 Cs came to me. I’ve spent...
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Ep #171: About Regret
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Stepping into leadership requires that we make decisions often. Whether it’s when and how to share our ideas so they have the greatest impact or how to respond when someone disagrees with our approach, there are choices to be made at every turn. Sometimes those decisions feel quite high stakes, such as letting a team member go or doing a sales presentation for a potential new big customer. Of course, we are whole humans - not just leaders - and there are plenty of decisions to make in other domains of our lives: which school to choose for our kids, whether to move...
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Ep #170: Your Vision & The Ocean Wave
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This time of year can be full of special occasions, sparkly lights and delights, and possibly extra time off. And it may have none of those things for you. Whether or not you celebrate holidays this time of year, there is a good chance you are thinking about the big annual transition from one year to the next. This might mean looking over your previous year and bringing forth lessons that will serve you in the next one. Or, maybe it’s just about dreaming and strategizing your new goals. Speaking on great stages, writing your book, being a podcast guest on the best...
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Ep #169: Your Hell Yes Business with Jessica Miller
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There is no branding, strategy or re-vamp of your website that will create even half the impact that simply connecting in with your own excited energy in your business will bring. Struggling in business and wondering what to do to solve business problems is normal, but the information about how to get back on track with your business plan and success is so confusing. Your business success and enjoyment is dependent on your Hell Yes energy. It’s essential. Unfortunately, there is so little about this in the marketing and business planning literature and education....
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Ep #168: How to Be Strategic in Storytelling with Marsha Shandur
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Story has become a buzzword in the business world. While we know we need to tell more stories, and to do it strategically, it’s still mysterious for many how to do that effectively. There’s no better way to learn the art and best practices of storytelling than to talk with THE storytelling expert, Marsha Shandur OF Yes Yes Marsha. In this episode, you’ll learn: The best way to start a story to captivate the attention of your audience Cool science around why story is so compelling The biggest mistakes people tend to make when telling stories. How to use story when talking...
info_outlineWhen you know you are called to use your voice, expertise, and message to serve in our world, that desire can burn strong, even hot at times. It’s not just about saying the thing, telling the story… it’s about feeling fully expressed when you do it.
And yet, especially for women and others who are marginalized in power in our society, we are taught all the ways we should be careful, stay smaller, and not make other people uncomfortable when we speak on stages, share our message on podcast guest interviews, write your book... This continuous uninvited training can be so stealthy that we don’t even realize all the ways it is holding us back from feeling the rich satisfaction of our fullest expression.
In this episode, you’ll see the ways you might be holding back, even when you don’t mean to, and take away strategies for releasing the fear (and thought storms) that can keep you from showing up in your most glorious, full expression.
When you listen, you’ll learn:
- Specific examples of surrendered expression compared to the careful expression we are taught to share
- How to connect with your body in order to recognize when you are constricted - and how to tap the feelings of full expression too
- Questions to ask yourself to help you understand your full expression more completely
- The impact of “state of mind” on performance - and how to not let it stop you from expressing yourself anyway
- Ways to remember that Infinite Potential is available to you always
- Where full expression interplays with spirituality - and why you don’t have to be “spiritual” in order to be fully expressed (it’ll happen anyway - you are MADE of this)
I hope this episode serves you and your beautiful voice powerfully.
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