The Brave Entrepreneur

Whether you are a speaker or not, there is no doubt that we all have expertise that can leave an impact in the world once it is shared. As the Founder of Get Speaking Gigs Now, Leisa Reid mentors business professionals and entrepreneurs who want to make an impact and ultimately attract their ideal clients through speaking. As a speaker herself, Leisa has successfully booked and delivered over 500 speaking engagements. In her book, Get Speaking Gigs Now, she shares her 7 Step System to Getting Booked, Staying Booked and Attracting Your Ideal Clients Through Speaking.

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Making choices to honor where you are going versus staying where you no longer belong is not an easy thing to do, it is a mega-BRAVE thing to do! Listen and watch as my guest, Leisa Reid, shares her journey through this realization and finds herself better for it. She also shares how life really got dark when she let her voice go quiet and how she found her way back.

Now, as the Founder of Get Speaking Gigs Now, Leisa mentors business professionals and entrepreneurs who want to make an impact and ultimately attract their ideal clients through speaking. There is no doubt that we all have expertise and a story that can leave an impact in the world once it is shared and she is on a mission to help people do just that.

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Patty Farmer is an award-winning Marketing & Media Strategist, International Speaker, Podcast Host, Magazine Publisher, and Event Producer and works with small business owners, entrepreneurs & speakers to attract and convert their ideal clients so they can make a big impact in the world, and bigger deposits in their bank account. Patty believes we all have a message and her mission is to help them master their marketing, leverage the media, and monetize their business in a way that creates transformation for both them and their clients while designing a lifestyle they want to live. Show Highlights

Being brave for Patty Farmer is about stepping way outside of your comfort zone and staying committed to your YES's! She believes we all have a message and her mission is to help you master your marketing, leverage the media, and monetize your business in a way that creates transformation for both you and your clients while designing a lifestyle you want to live.

What lifestyle do you desire? And are you currently living it?

Watch and listen as this award-winning Marketing & Media Strategist, International Speaker, Podcast Host, Magazine Publisher, and Event Producer gives you insight into her secret sauce for success.

Michael Brody-Waite, a recovering addict, 3x CEO, TEDx Speaker, Inc. 500 Founder, and leadership coach is on a mission to revolutionize the rules of leadership. Michael's background in overcoming addiction is the foundation for his Mask-Free Leadership System, which is built upon 3 principles that saved him from death and set him apart as a leader.

With no college degree, Michael entered Corporate America and received 8 promotions in 7 years. In 2009, Michael left his job to co-found and lead InQuicker, a company that revolutionized healthcare appointment scheduling. InQuicker landed on the Inc. 500 list, was named "Best Place to Work" 4 times, and recognized as Healthcare Company of the Year.

Most recently, Michael served as the CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, a 501c3 dedicated to connecting 2,000+ entrepreneurs with the resources they need to create, launch or grow a business.

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Let's talk about the intersection between addiction and leadership. That's our show with Michael Brody-Waite today! In the last 17 years Michael has gone from a homeless drug addict on the verge of death to the founder of an Inc 500 company, 3X CEO, author and recently gave a TEDx Talk that has over 1,600,000 views.

Michael and I dive into an honest, authentic conversation about what leadership really means, all the ways you DO NOT do leadership, how to harness your true self and take tried and true principals to turn your world around!

Listen and watch as Michael shares his story of addiction and what happens next...it's truly an brave story of inspiration and resilience!

Lisa Jayne has connected with leading entrepreneurs, CEO's of Fortune 500 companies, celebrities, mentor figures and authors and is a fierce advocate for love in action. Combining over 20 years of experience as an Educator and 10 years as an Emotions Practitioner, she has supported thousands of people as they break through emotional patterns in private consultation, workshops and events. As an engaging & grounded speaker, Lisa opens hearts, bringing a love based approach to translating emotions into expanding freedom, self-assurance and clarity of action.

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Emotional Evolution is required! That's the conversation I'm having with the amazing Lisa Jayne. Lisa has connected with leading entrepreneurs, CEO's of Fortune 500 companies, celebrities, mentor figures and authors and is a fierce advocate for love in action. If you have ever experienced relationship challenges or abandoning yourself for the sake of others, Lisa has a story to share with you!

According to Lisa Jayne, "In seeing ourselves clearly we open a door to an innate and powerful wisdom – we feel emotionally strong, courageous and clear on how to shift any challenging situation. This is true emotional mastery...The REAL currency is how you translate what holds you back into love based action – this becomes your unshakeable core."

Don't miss this episode as we dive in deep to a higher consciousness dialogue to expand you.

Kendrick Shope is an international sales authority, creator of the Authentic Selling®️ process and the founder of Authentic Selling®️ University, the leading online sales training for modern businesses producing millions of dollars in revenue for her students.

Often called the most over-delivering woman online, Kendrick believes in doing business differently, providing her students with Rocky Balboa's drive and Olivia Pope's determination to their success.

Kendrick hosts Authentic Selling® TV reaching 186 countries and 6 continents where she provides sales expertise that is sweet as pie but tough as nails.

Authentic Selling®️ has been featured on the Steve Harvey Show, NBC, Forbes, INC, Reader's Digest, HLN, and dozens more.

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When you are faced with the truth of your heart such as "I am living a lie", what comes next is all about gettin' your BRAVE ON!

Kendrick Shope, an international sales authority, creator of the Authentic Selling®️ process and the founder of Authentic Selling®️ University, dives deep into how she heard that truth and dared to do something about it. And now she runs a highly successful business where authenticity is not just a word but a way of being!

Listen and watch as we look at the underbelly of leadership, hard conversations, setting boundaries and showing up truly authentic in intention and actions.

Kendrick's energy and heart is infectious and this convo just might wake something brave up in you!

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Maruxa Murphy is on a mission...she is here to empower 1 Million women to create their own economy in the next 5 years.

Having gone from having a masters degree and a ton of accolades in her leadership and development work in higher education to "losing it all", Maruxa found herself in 2008 having the opportunity to recreate and reinvent what she wanted for her life.

Between now and then, she's had 3 daughters, moved twice across the country, owns Perky Perky Coffee Company, has been behind building 2 multi-million dollar companies while also serving as a consultant and mentor to numerous companies and leaders looking to create and cultivate engaged and empowered communities.

Watch and learn as Maruxa shares how she deals with fear, what creating your own economy can do to change your life and a deep dive into a bigger thinking!

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Violette de Ayala is a Cuban-American serial and social Entrepreneur, Founder of FemCity®, and virtual mentor to over 20,000 women. She's also the International Best Selling Author of The Self-Guided Guru© Life Lessons for the Everyday Human.

Violette has been quoted in Success, Forbes, Entrepreneur, CNBC, Fast Company, Thrive Global, Medium, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Small Business, Authority, Business Insider News as a small business expert and in MarieClaire.

Violette has also been seen in featured campaigns in People, InStyle, Real Simple magazines in addition to bareMinerals "Women We Love" Series.

She served as part of The White House: Women Environmental Leaders Program and was a commissioned Keynote speaker for Accenture's International Women's Month Event, the SBA Regional Women's Conference, and Luxury Brand Partners.

FemCity has been seen in Gilt, Vogue, Forbes, AP, Mashable and Fast Company and has over 100 locations in the US, Canada and the Islands.

Violette and Stephen and have three kids that span mid 20's to tween age. Their gracefully aging rescue dog, Cosmo is a frequent pseudo star on her instagram.

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Evolution....Violette de Ayala knows it well. Throughout her life and many businesses, she has experienced real evolution of her mindset, her spirit and her business acumen. She is a Cuban-American serial and social Entrepreneur, Founder of FemCity®, and virtual mentor to over 20,000 women. Violette also is the International Best Selling Author of The Self-Guided Guru© Life Lessons for the Everyday Human and is quoted on many top publications and seen on many stages.

Our convo starts out with a clear picture of how spectacular her business mind works and we flow into some really beautiful banter about consciousness, faith and focusing on your purpose. Dive in with us and connect to just the right message for you in this moment!

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Colleen Biggs strives to reach all women through influence to encourage the understanding that in order to be, have, and do anything in life that you desire, you must first Gain Clarity! Colleen survived an early childhood of chaos, loss, and abuse. It was through these trials that she gained the clarity to understand the magnitude of loving others unconditionally and realizing the power of community. She is an inspiration to others by helping them realize their worth, gain clarity, and SHOW UP. She believes that life is about thriving and not simply surviving. She has extensive success and experience in Corporate America for over 30 years, coaching over 300 CEO's, franchising, voluntary national and local community service, and numerous project launches. She has served as a Director for her church and organized women's retreats and local girls' camps as well as serves on several Advisory Boards. Most recently she launched the successful business, Lead Up for Women. Lead Up for Women is an elite community of like-minded women driven by Passion, Power & Purpose. She currently has a weekly podcast and interviews two powerful leaders weekly to inspire, educate and motivate on Lead Up for Women: Speak Up to Lead Up, is an author to the #1 Best Selling International Book: The Anatomy of Accomplishment, and publishes a bi-monthly magazine. She travels the nation hosting powerful retreats, is a global Speaker, and pioneer for women empowering, motivating and educating them to lead without permission by tapping into their purpose. She is happily married to the love of her life with 7 children and 11 grandchildren. Show Highlights

Two words: PERMISSION and OWNERSHIP! This is the conversation Colleen Biggs and I had! She dives in deep and shares how self-imposed patterns and beliefs shaped her life while also uncovering the ways in which she broke the patterns of unworthiness. Listen and watch as we explore why she kept herself in a "cage of pain" for so long and how she helped herself and now helps other women be authentically themselves and LeadUp their lives!

Colleen Biggs strives to reach all women through influence to encourage the understanding that in order to be, have, and do anything in life that you desire, you must first Gain Clarity! She is an inspiration to others by helping them realize their worth, gain clarity, and SHOW UP. She believes that life is about thriving and not simply surviving.

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If you've ever thought to yourself, "I can't do that", then listen into Dawn Bates BRAVE story. Her unconventional, soul-fulfilling lifestyle might just make you wonder "What's possible?"

Born in the UK, Dawn is best known for her profound wisdom, truth slaying and high energy levels, not to mention a trademark giggle which is as infectious as a flu epidemic.

As well as being an international bestselling author and author coach, Dawn Bates is an online entrepreneur, specializing in developing powerful visions, underpinned with powerful leadership profound truths for her female clients.

Dawn's first trilogy 'The Trilogy of Life Itself' is powerful. It brings together the multi-faceted aspects of the world we live in and takes you on a roller coaster ride that will leave you wanting more from life. She's an authority on leading others to create exceptional results in their life by igniting the passions and fire deep within their souls and shifting them from fear, feelings of imposter and self doubt to living an abundant life where they are free to speak, be and live powerfully.

Watch and listen to find your own soul's calling and be brave enough to follow it!

Thais Gibson is an author, speaker and co-creator of the Personal Development School. She is extremely passionate about personal growth, the subconscious mind and connecting with others. With an MA and over 13 different certifications ranging from CBT to hypnosis, Thais strives to continuously learn and grow.

Thais is best known for her contributing work and research on Attachment Theory and the impact of attachment trauma on our adult romantic relationships. She overlaps attachment trauma challenges with personal core wounds, limiting beliefs and emotional patterns at the subconscious level to give us deeper insight into ourselves and our relationships. Her book, The Attachment Theory Guide, was written on this topic and her YouTube channel often focuses on educating people on how to subconsciously reprogram this area of their lives.

After overcoming her own challenges with addiction in her early years, Thais is profoundly determined to educate people on how they can reprogram painful or limiting programs in their own mind. She is focused on helping people retrain their brain to achieve relationship fulfillment, abundance and personal freedom in their lives.

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When you hit rock bottom in your early twenties after being addicted to pain killers for 7 years, it's a true dark night of the soul when you realize you must change! It's a wake up call. Thais Gibson, an author, speaker and co-creator of the Personal Development School, shares her brave journey through perfectionism, addiction, and the inner war that had to be won. After facing her self bravely, she became extremely passionate about personal growth, the subconscious mind and connecting with others.

Listen and watch as we have an elevated conversation and vulnerable share about life, conflict, growth and where to go from here!

Thais, with an MA and over 13 different certifications ranging from CBT to hypnosis, strives to continuously learn and grow and she shows us first hand that it is a journey worth taking!