Public Speaking – Never be nervous again! I do a lot of public speaking and performing. Whether as an educator, workshop facilitator, or performer, I connect with, excite, and inspire my audiences every time. People ask me how I seem so comfortable on stage. “Don’t you get nervous?” They ask. I used to be terrified….
If you do what you love, will the money follow? In today’s podcast, I discuss the idea of doing what you love. The thing you do can be your hobby, or it can be how you make your money. This concerns how you spend your time and energy. Motivational speakers, pundits, self-help authors and others…
Clarity: The need for inner focus in a noisy world The cacophony of everyday life can deafen us to our inner voice. In order to focus and gain clarity, we need to go into the quiet, into the stillness. Imagine being a bird high in the sky. The noise of the down-to-earth is silenced when you ride…
Today, I honor those who heed the call to teach. No, it’s not national teachers’ day or anything. Sometimes, the sheer amount of work, dedication, and love that goes into teaching stuns me. To all of you who have taken up the mantle to guide others, to teach them, to imbue in them a sense…
Review of “Crush It!” Today’s Own Your Mind podcast episode reviews entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk‘s first book, “Crush It Why Now Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion.” In the episode, I look at the creative and inspirational aspects of the book and the author’s reflection on the importance of following your passions in order to…
Warm it up to create! To create, you have to warm up your instrument. In order to express our creativity, we must have good tools that we have prepared for the purpose. Just like a marathon runner wouldn’t dream of running one without warming up their body, we must warm up our instrument to create as…
Own Your Heart in the not-so-dreaded friend-zone. Tonight I talk about the not-so-dreaded Friend Zone. How do we find love? We might find it in high school or college. But after college? Many of us are looking online. Love is hard to come by when people say yes or no so quickly. Too quickly, perhaps? Has…
I owe this morning‘s power words to Gary Vaynerchuk. He and I have a great deal in common. We are both immigrants from what I will call Russia. We both came over in the 70s. We both came over with families who had nothing but a dream to have a better life. We both showed…
Welcome to the Own Your World with IzoldaT podcast. Together, we will explore actionable steps to get you living the life you want to live. I am excited to share these techniques and ideas with you.
Today’s show up words. Yes, self-awareness, self control, self-discipline are all important. We also must take some time as part of our self development to celebrate ourselves. It doesn’t have to be long. It can be “woo hoo!” when we’ve achieved something and then we jump right on back into it. But we do need…