In the Room on Purpose is a platform for women to engage in open and honest conversations about ambition, leadership, growth, and finding their voice. Alyssa Edwards shares her vision of creating a space for diverse female experiences and empowerment, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and accountability. The show aims to provide long-form, docu-style conversations and values audience engagement and connection.

Takeaways

• Empowerment through diverse perspectives
• Value for audience engagement and connection

Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to In the Room on Purpose
• 06:07 Diverse Perspectives and Accountability
• 12:38 Looking Forward

Thank you for being here, I am so excited to build this together. Please remember that this show is FOR you and we would love our next conversation to be suggested BY you! Email the show to submit a question or topic you want to dig into, together.

Website:

https://intheroomonpurpose.com/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/intheroomonpurpose/

Substack:

https://open.substack.com/pub/intheroomonpurpose/p/everyonesoundsthesame?r=7xgz7i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/112300989/admin/dashboard/

How do you define your confidence and what do you do in your life to grow it?

In this episode of In The Room, On Purpose, Alyssa sits down with Holly Bird Miller, CEO and founder of Makeup by Holly Beauty Partners, for a real conversation about identity, self-worth, image, and the deeply personal work of becoming your own brand. Holly shares how childhood insecurity shaped her early sense of self, how she built confidence through leadership, and how she turned a creative side hustle into a national brand. Together, they unpack the difference between using beauty as a mask versus a tool, the role personal brand plays in modern leadership, and why women deserve to take up space fully and unapologetically. Thats right!!

In this conversation:

• Holly’s journey from healthcare leadership to founder
• How insecurity can shape the way women show up at work and in life
• Why confidence is the most important thing you can wear
• The connection between visibility, credibility, and opportunity
• What it means to build a personal brand rooted in authenticity
• Why women need to stop playing small
• How image can support confidence without becoming a mask
• The emotional power of being truly seen

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This show is FOR you and we want our next conversation to be suggested BY you! Email the show to submit a question, topic or area you want us to dig into!

See you next time <3

For more on Holly, visit her on her Instagram, Website or LinkedIn:

https://www.instagram.com/makeupbyholly/

https://www.makeupbyhollyb.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/makeup-by-holly-beauty-partners-b2020053/

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What does it actually mean to be authentic and is there a cost? In this episode, Alyssa sits down with Michelle Mercurio to unpack the pressure to fit into corporate culture, the cost of hiding behind professionalism, and why authenticity is less about being fully exposed and more about being fully integrated. Michelle shares how her own path led her from corporate leadership into the work she now does as “the authenticist,” helping people reconnect with who they are, what they value, and how they want to live and lead.

In this episode:

• Why authenticity became a leadership buzzword and does it still matter
• How belonging can lead us to betray parts of ourselves
• The difference between privacy, performance, and true self-expression
• Why ambition and authenticity are not opposites
• How to identify forced energy versus flow in your own life
• Michelle’s hot takes on authenticity at work, leadership, confidence, and being liked

Resources & Links:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intheroomonpurpose/
Guest: Michelle Mercurio
Host: Alyssa Edwards
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