Speak In Flow

In this episode of Speak in Flow, host Melinda Lee delves into the captivating world of the power of voice as a profound tool for manifesting. Our voices, often underestimated, hold an incredible potential to shape our reality and create transformative outcomes. Join us as we explore the nuances of language, the ripple effect of words, and the steps to harness this hidden potential within each of us.

Segment 1: The Power of Words and Their Impact

Melinda opens the conversation by shedding light on the underestimated power of words and their tremendous impact. Words have the ability to create both conflict and collaboration. Through mindful communication, we can cultivate an environment of collaboration by choosing words that foster understanding and connection. This sets the stage for the uncharted territory of using our voice as a manifesting tool.

Segment 2: Creation Through the Voice - Harnessing Your Manifesting Potential

In this segment, Melinda introduces the captivating idea of creating through the power of one's voice. She uses the analogy of a pebble in a pond to illustrate how words spoken with intention can create ripples that reach far beyond our initial intent. With intention, our words can give birth to tangible outcomes, igniting the spark of transformation.

Segment 3: 3 Steps To Manifest With Your Voice

1. Discerning Your Needs and Desires

Melinda guides us through the essential first step of discerning our needs and desires. She encourages listeners to differentiate between desires driven by ego-based fears and those aligned with their highest selves. By identifying desires rooted in self-love and authentic purpose, individuals lay the foundation for effective manifestation.

2. Maximize the Potential of Your Authentic Desires

Melinda delves into the importance of staying aware when fear creeps in and how to navigate it. She shares strategies to amplify the power and energy of authentic desires, ensuring that they remain the driving force behind the manifestation journey.

3. Speaking Desires into Reality

This segment transitions to actionable steps for manifesting with your voice. Melinda emphasizes the necessity of aligning intentions with authentic desires. Listeners are guided on how to express their desires with confidence and clarity, initiating a powerful transformational process.

Segment 4: Action and Gratitude - Keys to Manifestation

Melinda concludes the episode by discussing the role of action in the manifestation process. She highlights the significance of putting intentions into practice and taking actionable steps toward the desired outcomes. Gratitude takes center stage as Melinda reminds us to appreciate the opportunities that arise along the journey. By nurturing ongoing momentum and maintaining belief in the manifestation process, listeners become the architects of their own reality.

Conclusion

In this enlightening episode of Speak in Flow, Melinda Lee reminds us that we hold the power to shape our reality through the unseen potential of our voices. By understanding the impact of our words, discerning authentic desires, and confidently speaking them into existence, we embark on a transformative journey of manifestation. Join us next time as we continue to explore the art of communication and creation on Speak in Flow.

Remember, you are the creator of your reality, and your voice is your tool of manifestation.

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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Greetings, dear listeners! In this exciting episode, we're about to embark on a unique journey where the world of surfing collides with the realm of public speaking. You might be wondering, "What do riding waves and presenting have in common?" Well, hold onto your surfboards because you're about to find out how these seemingly unrelated activities share some valuable insights. So, grab your mental wetsuits, and let's dive in!

Have you ever struggled with memorizing a script word for word, only to stumble and fumble during your presentation? Fear not, for I bring you a nugget of wisdom inspired by the waves of surfing. Just as a seasoned surfer doesn't memorize each wave's shape and form, but instead responds to its energy and flow, speakers too can benefit from riding the natural ebb and flow of their content. Say goodbye to memorization woes and hello to speaking from bullet points. By connecting with your message and letting it guide you, you'll find yourself riding the wave of authentic expression. Hang loose and ride that message!

We may feel like there are a lot of problems in the world. But what if we could align our values to solve those problems, communicate better and get along.

Persephone Brooks asks us to consider that, if we think about life in terms of identifying and moving towards our goals as aligning values, and when we feel unmotivated or dissatisfied, possibly we are just out of alignment with our values. In this episode you will gain insight into how you can discover your greatest potential and what truly matters to you. Plus, identify why in some situations you thrive, while in others you may feel challenged, or as Persephone puts it, as conserving energy. So, if you are looking for solutions in goal setting, career, communication or solving problems, consider renaming your values.

Persephone gives an example of a classroom. A child who likes soccer but finds little value in geometry. Shift the way we communicate and bring in examples that support this child’s values. For example, how can this “value” support your values and in doing so, support each other and achieve our goal. This is when value-based thinking can create big shifts and huge progress. Tune in for more great tips on values!

Bio: My name is Persephone Brooks. I am current a mental health therapist that is serving at a community counseling center. My clients not only have some type of mental health diagnosis, but they also have an intellectual developmental disability (aka: autism, down syndrome, etc.). They also struggle with daily living activities, relationship, and transition problems which typically cause behavioral issues. And I also have the pleasure of working with individuals who have some substance use issues. Typically, my clients’ age range from 21—just leaving high school---to in their 60+. But this isn’t my first place of providing support and helpful recommendations. Throughout my youth, I had family members, friends, and even strangers come to me and asked for my assistance.

Finding my “Voice” has been challenging. Starting really young. You see, I was born with a hearing problem. This lead me to not hear well---thus putting me on the track similar to my current clients. I understand clearly of the frustration of not being able to express my basic needs. I also struggled finding reliable people to support those who confide in me, due to my lack of ability to seek support. So, I have continued developing skills to grow my “Voice.”

One of the greatest place where I’ve learned to grow my “Voice” is exploring entrepreneurship. Here, I’ve learned from many great teachers about what works. At least for them. I had to learn how to “Voice” to myself that their path isn’t my path. And I have to accept this fact. Otherwise, I won’t be able to honor my own “Voice.” And since 2019, I have only one goal in life “Own My Power!” This goal is driven by out of the box methods that honors my deep values that my life is demonstrating.

I wish for all who reads this to enjoy “Their Own Power.” I am determined that the world will only become better if everyone: honors what works while crafting their own design. Make the world better by choosing to make it a great day—one day at time.

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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Tune into why setting an intention of deep listening could be a business growth tool, because it overcomes some of the social norms accustomed to transactional rapid-fire communication, which misses out on facial expressions, tone of voice, hand gestures and someone’s posture and really understanding how you can help your client and team. Marni tunes gets into some juicy stuff, covering topics like full engagement of our brain power, decision making, improving our sales abilities by saying less and listening more. This is a value packed episode for building more leadership skills and success.

Marni Heinz BIO: Marni Heinz is a certified executive coach, sales consultant, and keynote speaker with over 20 years of experience at Salesforce, Google, and big 5 consulting. She’s an expert in helping companies, teams, and individuals achieve sustainable success by tapping into the power of neuroscience to create lasting behavior change. As a top performing enterprise sales leader at Salesforce, she’s worked with C-level and VP executives across dozens of companies such as Disney, Sony, Gap Inc., Experian and CBRE. Her human-centered consultative approach has led to increased revenue, improved productivity, and a frictionless customer experience for her corporate clients.

As an executive coach, she works with clients on topics such as burnout prevention, career advancement, leading with impact, emotional intelligence, and delivering + receiving feedback. A common theme among her clients – how to go from overwhelm and anxiety to ease, clarity, confidence, without sacrificing financial abundance. Marni’s answer – by focusing on what matters and taking intentional action.

Website - www.marniheinz.com

LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marniheinz/

#sustainablesuccess, #womeninsales, #saassales, #techsales

Standout buzz worthy facts... The content of what you say makes up only 7% of what you communicate to someone. The other 93% of what you communicate comes from non-verbal cues such as facial expressions, hand gestures, posture, tone of voice, pace of voice.

Decision making occurs at the heart / emotion level. Research shows that a majority of the decisions we make occur in the limbic part of the brain, the same place where we process emotions + memories. We then use logic and data to justify our actions. Make an authentic human connection with someone and your light years ahead. Sound like a robot - you're dead in the water!

Deep listening requires getting off your own mental map and getting curious about someone else's. Why is deep listening important? For companies or organizations, empathetic leaders who demonstrate deep listening contribute to an increase in innovation, higher levels of employee engagement, improved productivity, and lower employee turnover. In the sales profession, research shows that how much sellers listen has a strong correlation to their success.

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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Melinda gets authentically vulnerable as she tells us of receiving tragic news, leaning into to how vulnerable she felt at retelling this tragedy, when she felt emotional.

Through the story, Melinda shared that it did make her feel uncomfortable. And that she had to weight if:

A: she was emotionally able to tell the story, without breaking down.

B: If the story was thoughtfully aligned with her brand

C: Would this story help you understand the power of vulnerable stories for connecting with your audience.

So, she encourages you to embrace and share your stories, even when difficult. And if you feel uncomfortable unveiling painful truths or stories; it could be a good indicator that you are truly ready to be authentically vulnerable.

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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Hanna is an executive coach whose genius is to connect people with their purpose and possibility by exploring their potential and flexing their "NO" muscle.

Women have been taught to be people pleasers, instead of the power and wisdom of saying no. Maybe it's the fear of the reaction, or misplaced guilt.

Hanna encourages you to say no more often, and to say YES to what you want and who you want to be rather than the autopilot yes. She promises if you do, you will get your time and energy back.

So, tune into this episode and possibly find the next level of your potential.

Hanna Bankier (she/her)

Founder/CEO/Change Catalyst/Executive Coach/OD Practitioner/Speaker/Content Creator

BIO: With over 25 years in the corporate world, Hanna Bankier, MA, ACC, helps organizations and individuals realize sustainable results by aligning employee performance and organizational excellence. Her domain is to guide organizations and individuals in adapting to change and achieving more positive cultures, by changing the things that don’t add value. She works with organizations to elevate performance of people while creating energized and productive teams. In addition to setting standards and inspiring people to move strategies and plans into action, she adds her insights, knowledge, and capabilities to shape policies, make decisions, and rally enthusiasm for change, usually with a smile. She is a Speaker, Content Creator, Executive Coach and OD Practitioner.

Hanna focuses on connecting people to possibilities.*

Website: https://www.workingsolutionsgroup.com

Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanna-bankier/

Bilingual, first gen American, ESL People connector Recovering type A Doing ‘the work’, personal development passionist

Career transitionist, reformed TV producer (VP of Production)

Love of movement (physical, political, making things happen)

Hanna Bankier (she/her) Founder/CEO/Change Catalyst/Executive Coach/OD Practitioner/Speaker/Content Creator

BIO: With over 25 years in the corporate world, Hanna Bankier, MA, ACC, helps organizations and individuals realize sustainable results by aligning employee performance and organizational excellence. Her domain is to guide organizations and individuals in adapting to change and achieving more positive cultures, by changing the things that don’t add value. She works with organizations to elevate performance of people while creating energized and productive teams. In addition to setting standards and inspiring people to move strategies and plans into action, she adds her insights, knowledge, and capabilities to shape policies, make decisions, and rally enthusiasm for change, usually with a smile. She is a Speaker, Content Creator, Executive Coach and OD Practitioner.

Hanna focuses on connecting people to possibilities.*

Website: https://www.workingsolutionsgroup.com

Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hanna-bankier/

Bilingual, first gen American, ESL

People connector, Recovering type A Doing ‘the work’,

personal development passionist

Career transitionist, reformed TV producer (VP of Production)

Love of movement (physical, political, making things happen)

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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1.    Connection: Building rapport is the first and lasting step in connecting with your team, clients and within anyone you are in relationship. So many of us are starved for connection. So I encourage you to enhance your ability to connect now! When presenting, we often think about the facts, however it is in storytelling that we find a beautiful connection with our audience, where they feel your presence. They may not remember the entire talk, but they will remember the story, how it made them feel. And if that is “feel good”, then excellent!

2.     Builds Trust: connecting with someone’s emotions draws them in. they bond emotionally to you and your story. Once bonded they feel more aligned with you, and you become more credible. And credibility results in more influence.

3.     Influence: is the next level, lasting trust. When we desire to help more people, we first need to connect by building rapport, when storytelling is used, trust is created more rapidly when we story tell because people can either find themselves or stimulate their empathy within the story, the metaphor.

Story and metaphors enhance our ability to communicate, connect, build trust and influence so you can transform people lives.

Debra has sat on many boards over the years for multiple organizations that were all going in different directions with all different cultures. While she understood the importance of being professional at all times, she also knew the importance of speaking the truth while respecting her peers' voices.

After many years, Debra recognized the need for personal alignment in her professional endeavors. She has so much to give and loves being of service, so as a retired CPA she aligned herself with a nonprofit hospital board where she could not only meet their mission, but feel enthusiastic about doing so.

Debra's Bio:

President & Chief Financial Officer of Georgia Proton Care Center Inc., a subsidiary of Provident Resources Group Inc. Immediate Past President and Chief Financial Officer, Provident Resources Group Inc.

Since 2002, Ms. Lockwood has been a member of Provident’s senior management team, responsible for financial oversight and the development and implementation of strategic and operational initiatives in senior housing, advancing education, healthcare and affordable housing. Prior to 2002, Ms. Lockwood gained extensive professional experience as a practicing certified public accountant during which time she provided business valuation, consulting, and audit and tax services.

With her commitment to public service, Ms. Lockwood served in healthcare on the Boards of Baton Rouge General and Woman’s Hospital, in affordable housing on the Board of Commissioners of the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency, and as national chairman of the American Heart Association 2010-11.

Education:

Master of Business Administration, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1999 Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1977 Professional Accreditations and Affiliations Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Louisiana Accredited in Business Valuation with the American Institute of CPAs Member, Louisiana Society of CPAs (LSCPA) Lockwood has served on the Strategic Planning Committee, Litigation Services, and Peer Review Committees of the LSCPA.

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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Founder of “Yes You Can Speak”, Lynn Kirkham has helped thousands of leaders overcome their fear of public speaking. Need to rise, feeling like you face a do or die need to become a public speaker to reach the next level of your career, and yet dread the spotlight? Lynn provides proven strategies to turn on your inner light, flipping the switch to your pure potential and tap into one of your most powerful gifts. Want more confidence and ease on stage, tune into the sweet wisdom, and feel connected to your heart, your audience and trust you are exactly where you were meant to be, a Master of yourself and public speaking. The spotlight effect is real. Find out more about that and then it may surprise you; the deal is as much as we think we need to be perfect; it is better to be open, quirky and real. Your unique self is what really seals the deal.

Lynn Kirkham Bio:

Lynn Kirkham is the Founder of Yes You Can Speak. Lynn went from a shy wallflower to a woman on a mission - Over the past 13 years, she has unleashed over 4,500 brilliant voices, empowering them to command whatever stage they’ve been given, from job interviews, online meetings, boardroom talks to TEDx and large conference platforms.

www.yesyoucanspeaknow.com

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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Start with heart – begin with the outcome, what do you want from this relationship? Remember your ontological norm, your values, your genuine interest. Begin with committing to valuing your relationship over your position. when you open with heart, more than likely, the other party will too.

Listen with presence - Listen with presence, listen with both ears to understand, suspend your own thoughts and judgements and tune into curiosity. This builds trust, trust builds bonds and strengthen your relationship.

Speak with empathy – Keep the conversation safe, so the other person doesn’t feel threatened and can talk freely about any topic. Seek that person’s interests and commit to finding more possibilities, rather than an either/or option.

Understand that crucial conversations take place every day, and truly, what we are doing, is negotiation. Every conversation is a form of negotiation, and these conversations either build or risk that relationship.

So, whether it is with your family, friends or a business partner or client, I encourage you to negotiate with empathy. Remember, it’s the people that are important and it matters, leading with a genuine curiosity, understanding and valuing the relationship over your position.

About Melinda:

Melinda Lee is a Presentation Skills Expert, Speaking Coach and nationally renowned Motivational Speaker. She holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology, is an Insights Practitioner, and is a Certified Professional in Talent Development as well as Certified in Conflict Resolution. For over a decade, Melinda has researched and studied the state of “flow” and used it as a proven technique to help corporate leaders and business owners amplify their voices, access flow, and present their mission in a more powerful way to achieve results.

She has been the TEDx Berkeley Speaker Coach and worked with hundreds of executives and teams from Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Caltrans, Bay Area Rapid Transit System, and more. Currently, she lives in San Francisco, California, and is breaking the ancestral lineage of silence.

Website: https://speakinflow.com/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/speakinflow

Instagram: https://instagram.com/speakinflow

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mpowerall

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