The Big Talk with Tricia Brouk

Today's show is another in a series of bonus episodes each featuring one of the game-changing talks given by my participants in The Big Talk Academy as a part of our Virtual Showcase. This showcase is the culmination of their hard work as they cross the finish line to becoming certified speakers. These episodes give you a peek behind the curtain to witness the amazing Big Talks presented, and also give you exclusive access to my live feedback and direction I give to each speaker immediately following their performances. This week's episode features Gayle Damiano and her talk, The Power of Listening: Discover Your Own Healing Power by Tuning Into Your Voice. Gayle uses her gifts as a high-performance coach, energy healer and intuitive to support her clients with keen insight and wisdom, assisting them in accessing their highest potential in both their personal and professional lives. In her compelling and introspective Big Talk, Gayle discusses the true power of listening and how to discover your own healing power by tuning into your voice. She asks the thought-provoking question, "What if we have had the answers all along, we just weren't listening?" If we all start tuning in to that tiny voice inside of us and begin to follow the thread of what we hear and feel, we just may create a society that heals itself.

Today's show features an incredible guest, Niyc Pidgeon. As a leading motivational speaker, award-winning author, business coach and positive psychologist, Niyc is obsessed with empowering women to create more joy, personal power, and Unstoppable Success within themselves and their businesses. She has helped other women make more than $19 million, and is fascinated by the exploration of what it is that commonly stops people - and what it really takes to become Unstoppable. Niyc and I begin our conversation as I like to start all of my guest's interviews — with her foundational backstory. After a heartbreaking experience with bullying and a suicide attempt at a really young age, her life was forever changed when her father remortgaged their home to send Niyc to a private school. This new environment changed the course of her life and was pivotal in opening her eyes to what was possible in the world and what success could look like. Throughout all of her various obstacles and tumultuous experiences, Niyc shared how these trying times actually allowed her to lean in more powerfully to who she's chosen to become and the things she's chosen to heal from.

Today's show is another in a series of bonus episodes each featuring one of the phenomenal talks given by my participants in The Big Talk Academy as a part of our Virtual Showcase. This showcase is the culmination of their hard work as they cross the finish line to becoming certified speakers. These episodes give you a peek behind the curtain to witness the amazing Big Talks presented, and also give you exclusive access to my live feedback and direction I give to each speaker immediately following their performances. This week's episode features Sarah Pritula and her talk, ADHD is Not a Disorder, It's a Super Power. Sarah is a director of a charity and an advocate for parents of children who have been diagnosed with ADHD. Her son Cam was diagnosed in Grade 3. She shares this story so parents know that they have options. She spent years trying alternate methods including medication, meditation & Montessori school. In her poignant and compassionate Big Talk, Sarah opens up about her own powerful story as a parent whose child was given an ADHD diagnosis and gives important insight and information for others walking this path. She highlights the amazing strengths of those with ADHD and brings hope to other parents along the way. Allow yourself and your children to think outside the box and see the beauty that comes as a result.

I'm super excited about today's episode because this week on The Big Talk, we're talking about two things that all speakers have in common: fear and stage fright. In fact, anyone who has ever taken a stage in any capacity — as a speaker, a dancer, an actor, a singer — has experienced these sensations. They are natural. However, fear and stage fright can have overwhelming power if you allow them to. They can prevent you from being yourself. They can even stop you from getting onto those big stages and from telling your story for impact. And the best way to take back your power over fear and stage fright is to unpack them and dig in — which is exactly what we're doing together today. You're going to walk away from this episode with greater confidence in how to take the big stages you're meant for, resolve for why you're taking them, and knowing what you can do when your fear begins to creep its way back in. Because while you may be by yourself on a stage, at The Big Talk, you are never alone in your speaking journey.

Today's show is another in a series of bonus episodes each featuring one of the amazing talks given by my participants in The Big Talk Academy as a part of our Virtual Showcase. This showcase is the culmination of their hard work as they cross the finish line to becoming certified speakers. These episodes give you a peek behind the curtain to witness the amazing Big Talks presented, and also give you exclusive access to my live feedback and direction I give to each speaker immediately following their performances. This week's episode features Kate MacKinnon and her talk, Our Home is a Map of Who We Are. Former Vice President of JP Morgan Chase, Kate also ran her own management technology company before answering her calling to help women step into their power and greatness. Now as a certified Feng Shui Practitioner, she creates spaces of elegance and beauty that also transform lives. In her informative and engaging Big Talk, Kate reveals the incredible power of Feng Shui and how our homes truly are maps of who we are. She shares how the choices you make in your home and space have a direct effect on you. By creating peace in our environment, we create peace within ourselves, and ultimately peace in the world.

Today's show features an amazing guest, Elizabeth Molina. While you may know her as a beauty guru, she is also a certified Holistic Health and Life coach, speaker and model on a mission to empower women by sharing her extensive knowledge of beauty practices. She founded The Molina Glow and is an advocate for safe and healthy self care. Elizabeth and I start our chat with a whirlwind backstory of the events in her life that led her to this point in her journey — including a young marriage, early motherhood, and surviving domestic abuse. In fact, it is her personal story of survival that led her to become a catalyst to help people redefine the whys surrounding their own lives and beauty practices. She now shares her powerful voice and story with people around the world on many stages — including as a TEDx Speaker. Elizabeth actually took her first Ted stage during this pandemic. In her interview, we dive into what that moment was like for her as well as bond over our mutual experience of living in New York City during this unprecedented time. We talk about where we've been finding hope, inspiration, and space for productivity. No matter who you are, Elizabeth has the superpower to make you feel deeply beautiful and inspired to find your voice so you can make an impact in the world. The beauty and resiliency that comprise her person and her mission are truly unmatched. I know you're going to gain so much from our talk together.

Today's show is another in a series of bonus episodes each featuring one of the powerful talks given by my participants in The Big Talk Academy as a part of our Virtual Showcase. This showcase is the culmination of their hard work as they cross the finish line to becoming certified speakers. These episodes give you a peek behind the curtain to witness the amazing Big Talks presented, and also give you exclusive access to my live feedback and direction I give to each speaker immediately following their performances. This week's episode features Deni Van and her talk, Treating Inner Space Like a Vital Nutrient Nourishes Well Being. Deni is a Hypnotist and Trance-formational mentor helping individuals accelerate their personal, professional, and spiritual growth. She is the CEO of Heartfelt Awakening Media publishing books, meditations, and courses, and is the owner of Sycamore Hypnosis in Illinois providing one-on-one custom programs locally in person, and internationally online. In her moving and transcending Big Talk, Deni shows us how to treat our inner space like the vital nutrient it is, nourishing our well-being. She also shares how when we give power to our fear, we become deaf to this transformative inner voice. Discover the power of awareness, discernment, forgiveness, and choice.

In today's episode, I'm diving deep into the sensitive issue of feedback. Feedback can be difficult to receive at times. However, as a speaker, it is crucial for growth and impact. The key is to get really specific when it comes to your feedback. You have to know how to ask for it, how to give it, and also, how to receive it in return. I'm sharing examples of feedback I've personally received and uncovering how when you learn to ask for the right kind of feedback, receiving it becomes so much easier and truly helpful. The more visible you become as a thought-leader or speaker, the more thoughts and feedback you're naturally going to receive. And it becomes increasingly vital to ask for what you want and to learn how to receive what you get. My sincere hope is that this episode will inspire you, provide you with tangible tools, and show you a new way to receive the feedback you need as you use your voice powerfully in this world.

Today's show is another in a series of bonus episodes each featuring one of the incredible talks given by my participants in The Big Talk Academy as a part of our Virtual Showcase. This showcase is the culmination of their hard work as they cross the finish line to becoming certified speakers. These episodes give you a peek behind the curtain to witness the amazing Big Talks presented, and also give you exclusive access to my live feedback and direction I give to each speaker immediately following their performances. This week's episode features Angelique Santana and her talk, You Can Always Begin Again. Angelique is the owner and founder of Eat With Angelique, the small business launched with a singular mission in mind - to guide people toward a healthy lifestyle starting, but not ending, with the food they eat. She is also a published author, a motivational speaker, a health coach, and, of course, a chef. In her beautiful and commanding Big Talk, Angelique shares with us the powerful truth that you can always begin again, and that all beginnings come from some other beginning's end. She shows us the beauty in owning our past and using it to propel us forward into our future. The next time something ends in your life, remember you can choose over and over to begin again. You just have to start.

Today's show features a phenomenal guest, Kent Sanders. He is a fellow creative who has firmly established himself in the world of writing. Kent's the founder of Inkwell Ghostwriting — a company that helps leaders grow their business through books and other content. He is also a professor and the author of The Artist's Suitcase: 26 Essentials for the Creative Journey. Kent and I begin our chat with the quintessential first love of all writers — a good backstory. We bond over our mutual experience of growing up in small towns in Missouri and reflect on how that has shaped us as people. Kent also shares how the profound sense of community so many of us crave when imagining small town life is something he is diligently working to build for his virtual community of writers. And, as we know in The Big Talk community, you don't have to be in a single town or place to find a deeply supportive group of your people. Beyond values and community, Kent pulls back the curtain for us on the art of telling a powerful story, and on getting out of your own way to use your voice and tell yours. Whether you're preparing to speak to thousands of people from a stage or you're finally ready to put pen to paper and write your book, the world needs your story and I know this conversation with Kent is going to inspire you to tell it courageously. You just have to start.