Claim the Stage: A Podcast About Speaking and Sisterhood

By Angela Lussier

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What's Claim the Stage: A Podcast About Speaking and Sisterhood about?

Claim the Stage is a podcast for creative, entrepreneurial women who want to be inspiring speakers who get paid. Hosted by Angela Lussier, a speaker, author, trainer, and founder of the Speaking School for Women, you not only hear insights from her guests, but learn from her own experiences, hilarious mistakes, and highly sought after advice. You can learn more at angelalussier.us/podcast

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04.16.2021 Bonus Episode: Adventures of Zazzle and Butterfinger Here's an episode for the super fans! This bonus episode is brought to you from a beach house on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We went on a short vacation and decided to record an unplanned episode. On the show, we do ...
04.14.2021 Ep 174 Create a System to be Brave with Laura Khalil Have you ever looked at someone who is seemingly doing it all and wondered, how do they do so much? The answer may be that they have a system to keep them moving forward. On today’s episode, Laura Khalil, a ...
04.07.2021 Ep 173 Live for Yourself with Naketa Ren Thigpen How often have you been called “selfish” in your life? How often have you gone out of your way to avoid being seen that way? On today’s show, we interview Naketa Ren Thigpen, LCSW, the #1 Balance & Relationship Advisor ...
03.31.2021 Ep 172 Sell Like a Boss with Nikki Rausch Even if you're not in sales for your profession, you're always selling. Perhaps you're selling your friend on an idea for a trip you'd like to take, or selling your child on the benefits of vegetables. You likely even have ...
03.24.2021 Ep 171 Letting Go of Your Inner Good Girl with Sarah Schneider Do you remember being called a "Good Girl" as a child and beaming in delight over the praise and reinforcement for a job well done? If you're now wondering why you find it difficult to say or do something that ...
03.17.2021 Ep 170 You Don’t Owe Anyone with Caroline Garnet McGraw "Perfectionism, people-pleasing, codependency, and constant striving to measure up— all of these patterns are rooted in fear and angst, which are emotion-level issues. The challenge for us is to bring love to the parts of ourselves that are hurting and ...
03.10.2021 Ep 169 Speaking of Aging: Angela Turns 40 On today's show, Angela interviews her longtime mentor, Martha Johnson, to discuss aging. Angela is turning 40 today! Martha is a former consultant, business owner and coach who, at 81, enjoys a simpler life while staying engaged with what matters. ...
03.03.2021 Ep 168 Online Presenting Reboot Hi Friends, Angela here. I have a new course coming out March 8th and this episode is dedicated to the topic I'm covering: How to present online like a pro! Joli and I discuss the topic along with some of ...
02.24.2021 Ep 167 Speaking of Perfectionism Hi friends, Angela here. On today's episode, Joli and I explore a popular subject: Perfectionism. We address it from our two areas of expertise: relationships and speaking. How does perfectionism get in the way of having stronger, more fulfilling relationships? ...
02.17.2021 Ep 166 Humanizing the Race Conversation with Bianca Laureano, PhD Race, sexuality, gender, disability....these are subjects that may make you nervous. How do you talk about them? What if you say the wrong thing? What if you offend someone? You may find yourself saying nothing at all in an effort ...
02.10.2021 Ep 165 Finding Pleasure Everywhere with Cindy Lee Alves Today's guest is Cindy Lee Alves (they/she), an award-winning sexologist and founder and head educator of Ascension Institute, a place to learn about pleasure, sexual shame, and sexological professional development. We discuss how to bring pleasure into your work, conversations ...
02.03.2021 Ep 164 The Pleasure Episode, Part 2 From Angela: If you haven't listened to last week's episode yet, that's a great place to start. On today's show, Joli and I continue exploring the topic of pleasure and Joli's Pleasure Experiment. We each tried a few of the ...
01.27.2021 Ep 163 The Pleasure Episode, Part 1 From Angela: When Joli and I first met to brainstorm topics for upcoming episodes, the subject of pleasure was at the top of her list. Being a sex educator, this topic comes up a lot for her. But the approach ...
01.20.2021 Ep 162 Breaking Open and Speaking Up with Elizabeth Lesser From Angela: When you're going through something difficult, do you ever think about how that situation is changing you for the better? What about the lessons and learnings that come from things being hard? On today's episode, I interview Elizabeth ...
01.13.2021 Ep 161 What does femininity have to do with it? With Serina Payan Hazelwood Hot topic alert!! For our first regular episode as a duo, Joli and I decided to tackle a subject that has made us both scratch our head for years. We start off the episode sharing our experiences with what femininity ...
01.06.2021 Ep 160 Introducing My New Co-Host and Our Vision Welcome to our first episode of 2021 and my first episode with a co-host! I'm excited to introduce Dr. Joli Hamilton to the show. You've heard her on past episodes like episode 150: How to Speak Up in Romantic Relationships, ...
12.23.2020 Ep 159 Beginnings and Endings Greetings from the Glitter Closet! Today's episode is sort of a continuation of the branding series because I talk about the branding process I've been going through the last few months and what it means for Speaker Sisterhood. I share: ...
12.16.2020 Ep 158 A Life Suspended with Nicole Hendrick Donovan Today’s episode is a chance to go inside the writer’s process and also learn more about the experience of publishing a book about a personal experience. As many speakers are looking to share their personal stories and may want to ...
12.09.2020 Ep 157 Developing Your "Voice Brand" with David Wolf, Part 4 of The Branding Series What is a voice brand? That's a good question! In part 4 of The Branding Series, I interview David Wolf, the creator of the "voice brand." He shares what it is, why it's important, what the different vehicles are for ...
12.02.2020 Ep 156 How to Create High Quality Speaker Assets with Suz Chadwick - Part 3 of The Branding Series Welcome to part 3 of The Branding Series! Speaker Assets...what are they? They're things like your website, your highlight reel, your social media profiles, etc. Basically they are the things event planners look at when trying to determine your credibility ...
11.25.2020 Ep 155 Build Your Brand Through Podcasting with Case Lane, Part 2 of The Branding Series Have you ever thought about creating your own podcast? Or maybe you would like to be a guest on someone else’s podcast. If you’d like to build your brand through the explosive power of podcasting, look no further. Today’s guest ...
11.18.2020 Ep 154 WTF Is Branding with Maggie Bergin, Part 1 of The Branding Series Today’s episode kicks off our four-part branding series. Branding became a hot topic around 10 years ago when the concept of creating a “personal brand” became more important. My goal in creating the series is to get you thinking about ...
11.11.2020 Ep 153 The Four Steps to Transform Fear of Public Speaking Into Confidence with Billie Shepard Instead of trying to crush your fear (whatever that means), why not use it to build confidence? On today's episode, you'll learn how to do this using The Billie Shepard Presentation Method. Twenty years ago Billie founded Billie Shepard & ...
11.04.2020 Ep 152 Asking for What You're Worth: The Money Episode with Caleb Guilliams Today's episode was supposed to be focused on how to ask for what you're worth as a speaker, but we ended up talking about much more! Our conversation covers speaking, money, and what my guest has learned about both. Caleb ...
10.28.2020 Ep 151 Simplify Speech Prep with a Speech Framework with Mridu Parikh Ever sat down at your computer to write a speech and then found yourself still sitting there an hour later with nothing written? You, my friend, are in need of a speech framework! My guest today is Mridu Parikh and ...
10.20.2020 Ep 150 How to Speak Up in Romantic Relationships with Dr Joli Hamilton She's back by popular demand! Dr Joli Hamilton is back on the podcast today to discuss how to speak up for what you want in your romantic relationship. Do you find you keep having the same argument over and over ...
10.14.2020 Ep 149 Pivoting from In-Person Speaking Events to an Online Presence with Juju Hook We're all navigating a world that is requiring us to communicate through screens more than ever before. That means public speakers who were once used to a stage are now having to present themselves through a camera. If you made ...
10.07.2020 Ep 148 How to Go from Speaker to Author with Honorée Corder A very popular subject among public speakers is how to become an author. But how do you turn your speaking topic into a book? Today's episode features my conversation with Honorée Corder, an executive and strategic book and publishing coach, ...
09.30.2020 Ep 147 Four Minutes of Truth, Part 2 Our first installment of Four Minutes of Truth last month was such a success that it's continuing (as I hoped!). On today's episode, you'll hear from four women on the following topics: finding the right words, living with cancer, a ...
09.23.2020 Ep 146 Ease Internal Chaos and Stress Using Your Voice and Body with Kelly Vogel Today's show is a fun, interactive episode that gives you a chance to play along with your voice and body! My guest today is Kelly Vogel. Kelly is the founder of Sound Passage, a practice that helps people embody the ...
09.16.2020 Ep 145 Q&A Episode: Online Presentation Edition The hot topic right now is online presentations and how to do them so you feel good and your audience pays attention. The areas of interest range from feeling comfortable in front of the camera to how to use the ...
09.09.2020 Ep 144 How Childhood Trauma Can Steal Your Voice as an Adult with Dr Omar Reda Today's show is taking a rare turn into the world of mental health and trauma and how it influences our ability to use our voice. My guest is Dr. Omar Reda, a board-certified psychiatrist, Harvard-trained trauma expert, and Founder of ...
08.25.2020 Ep 143 Four Minutes of Truth Series, Episode 1 I'm excited to bring you a new series I'm calling "Four Minutes of Truth." It features women who are sharing something that is true for them in a four minute recording. Today's episode features five women I asked to participate ...
08.12.2020 Ep 142 The Results: Being More Unreasonable and Apologizing Less If you missed the last episode, listen to that first! Today's show shares responses from you, the listeners, and observations of apologizing from other women in the world. I also shared an insight I learned from the apologizing challenge. If ...
07.29.2020 Ep 141 Being More Unreasonable and Apologizing Less Today's episode is another one from the road. Pushing my son's carriage leads to many ideas and thoughts that need to be captured immediately! I smooshed two important topics together in hopes to inspire some thought around our behavior. The ...
07.15.2020 Ep 140 Four More Ways to Look and Feel Powerful, Confident and Relaxed While Speaking Here is the sequel to my most popular episode ever, Episode 108: Four Ways to Look and Feel Powerful, Confident and Relaxed While Speaking. On today's show, I share an update on what happened after recording "The Answers Episode" and ...
07.01.2020 Ep 139 Seven Reasons You Suck at Online Presentations The most frequently asked question I've heard in the last three months is something along the lines of, "How do I give an online presentation that doesn't suck?" First off, it's hard! Second, it requires a little more thought than ...
06.17.2020 Ep 138 The Answers Episode I'm 5% ready for this episode to be out in the world, but waiting to release it won't solve anything. On today's episode, I share the "answers" to the questions I posed in the last episode. I get into invisible ...
06.03.2020 Ep 137 Who Are You Today? The Questions Episode Hiiii!! It's me again. It's been two months and I'm excited to get back to the show with a big episode of questions. These questions were designed to help you do some self-discovery during this time of change. They are ...
03.26.2020 Ep 136 Hi. How are you? Hi friends. Your host, Angela here. :) How are you doing during these strange times? I recorded a short episode on a walk around my neighborhood today while trying to get my eight month old son to take a nap. ...
03.04.2020 Ep 135 How to Make an Emotionally-Charged Topic Approachable and Fun with Rachel Richards Do you speak about a topic that most people would rather avoid than have to deal with? Topics that make your target audience uncomfortable can be hard to market because they may not want to face that discomfort. On today’s ...
02.27.2020 Bonus Episode: How to Gain Confidence to Speak Up with Dr Joli Hamilton Welcome to a special bonus episode! Today we're talking all about gaining confidence to speak up. My guest is Dr Joli Hamilton (you heard her on our last episode, #134) and we're sharing our experiences with speaking up, advice on ...
02.19.2020 Ep 134 An Announcement and An Offering (and How We Got There) I'm baaaaack! I mean, the show has been running, but I haven't really felt like I'm "back" until now. 2019 brought all kinds of challenges and every time I thought I got up, I was kicked down again. On today's ...
02.05.2020 Ep 133 The Misunderstood Process of Selling with Nikki Rausch Selling. It's one of those necessary elements of making your business grow, but how do you do it in a way that feels satisfying and not slimy? On today's episode, I interview Nikki Rausch, a sales coach, author, speaker and ...
01.22.2020 Ep 132 How to Stand Behind a Bold Message with Rachel Braun Scherl If you're someone with a big message to share, you may find yourself wondering if your message is too much -- too controversial, too "out there" or too bold for your audience. What if you upset someone? What if you're ...
01.08.2020 Ep 131 Build a Multimillion Dollar Consultancy Through Speaking with Jennifer Brown Jennifer Brown is an LGBTQ bestselling author and CEO of a multimillion dollar inclusion + diversity consultancy who has spoken at places like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the NBA and Google. She also just released her second book ...
12.04.2019 Ep 130 Protecting Your Content with Jamie Lieberman Putting your ideas and advice into the world can be a scary move. How do you protect yourself and your content so you don't have to worry about your work being stolen or used by others? On today's show, I ...
11.20.2019 Ep 129 Secrets of the Sisterhood Part 4 with Kathryn Pettrucelli and Carolyn Johnson Today’s episode is the final installment of our four-part series that showcases Speaker Sisterhood members and their speeches appearing in our new book coming out November 29th, “Secrets of the Sisterhood.” This is a compilation-style book that features 45 speeches ...
11.06.2019 Ep 128 Secrets of the Sisterhood Part 3 with Shauna Gullbrand and Kim Meninger Today’s episode is part three of a four-part series that showcases Speaker Sisterhood members and their speeches that will appear in our new book coming out November 29th, “Secrets of the Sisterhood.” This is a compilation-style book that features 45 ...
10.23.2019 Ep 127 Secrets of the Sisterhood Part 2 with Sandra Costello and Stacy Every Today’s episode is part two of a four-part series that showcases Speaker Sisterhood members and their speeches that will appear in our new book coming out November 29th, “Secrets of the Sisterhood.” This is a compilation-style book that features 45 ...

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