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Kelly is the bestselling author of LOUD: Silence Your Critics & Turn Up the Volume on Your Life, which launched as an Amazon bestseller in September 2019.  An unapologetic writer, speaker, and entrepreneur, Kelly passionately encourages women to listen to their instincts and speak their truth at the highest volume.

What We Discuss with Kelly Cochran:

• Her driving force behind LOUD
• Why she drew a rocket and Rapunzel in a tower on her brain map
• The writing process: Choosing which stories to include in her book
• Writing the pain points in her book
• Walking the talk: Leaving her job and a relationship
• Getting interviewed on the news
• Time to speak up: Being tired of being "sssh-ed!" as a female
• What Kelly hopes to leverage the book on
• From writing a book to creating a movement
• The power of letting other people into your process earlier on your journey

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Anna Gatmon is the author of Living a Spiritual Life in a Material World: Four Keys to Fulfillment and Balance. She talks about how to live a spiritually fulfilling life without having to give up material needs and pleasures.

What We Discuss with Anna Gatmon:

• How your material world and spirituality are interwoven
• Living in extremes to spiritually grow and transcend
• The 4 keys to spiritual-material balance and their underlying characteristics
• How to experience an intentional sense of expansiveness
• What it means to manifest and the two things required to manifest
• The duality of longing for spirituality and running from it
• Paying attention to those small moments of expansiveness and how to spot them
• The expansive healing properties of nature and how science backs this up
• Creating a system behind homeschooling and looking at the spirit of math
• Anna’s writing process and seeking support

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Evan Thomas, known professionally as 'TX2', is an American rapper and producer from Fort Collins, Colorado. Evan is 19 years old and is now studying music business at the University of Miami. Today, he talks about writing lyrics, creating music, mentorship, and just putting it out there.

What We Discuss with Evan Thomas:

• How he began writing music
• The biggest problem most musicians have
• Overcoming writer’s block
• Writing for yourself and not for anyone else
• How much of his music was influenced by his hometown
• The writing process and the power of journaling
• Putting restraints in the process to bring something unique
• Finding mentors and asking questions
• Balancing creation and output
• The biggest blessing as a writer

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Rebecca L. Dekker, PhD, RN, is the author of Babies Are Not Pizzas: They’re Born, Not Delivered. Aside from being an amazing mother of three, Rebecca has built a strong reputation in maternal and infant health circles for her pioneering work as the founder of Evidence-Based Birth.®

What We Discuss with Rebecca Dekker:

• The impetus behind her advocacy for evidence-based birth
• Looking at the warning signs during labor and birth
• Cultural remnants of the "twilight sleep" era still seen in hospitals today
• How to advocate for yourself to avoid a traumatic birth experience
• Ways to prepare yourself when your baby is on the way
• How your partner can take part and use your voice
• The importance of finding the "golden ticket" to a successful and safe birth
• How she came up with the title Babies Are Not Pizzas
• The book writing process and the grace of receiving feedback

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Scott Voelker is the author of The Take Action Effect: Proven Steps to Build a Future-Proof Business & Create Your Ultimate Freedom. He’s also helped thousands of people all over the world with his podcast The Amazing Seller, and is one of the leading influencers in the field of e-commerce, helping other entrepreneurs build their own 6 and 7 figure brands. 

What We Discuss with Scott Voelker:

• The birth of The Amazing Seller podcast
• The concept behind The Take Action Effect
• How to take action when you feel frozen
• Self-sabotaging behaviors and how to overcome them
• His book writing process and capitalizing around his strengths
• How to find a person you can trust
• The biggest thing thats hold a person back
• The importance of having big dreams
• Creating the bond before the payoff

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