The Big Talk with Tricia Brouk

Tricia Brouk
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The art of public speaking with authentic and meaningful storytelling can change and even save a life. Learn how to get up on a big stage and share your important message through the lens of award winning director, Tricia Brouk. She shares her personal experience of being on big stages all over the world and interviews people who talk for a living and gets them to reveal their secrets on how to become a successful public speaker and have lasting legacy. Tricia has put thousands of speakers onto countless big stages. Guests of The Big Talk have included Stedman Graham, John Lee Dumas, Hap Klopp, Darieth Chisolm and Farnoosh Torabi among others.

  1. 22h ago

    Becoming the Heroine of Your Own Story with Lotus Wong

    Lotus Wong was given the name "heroine" by her grandfather as a child, and has spent her life growing into it — from playing dress-up and staging skits with her cousins, to designing transformational experiences for Nike, Adobe, Sony, and LinkedIn as a keynote speaker and creative director. In this conversation with Tricia, she talks about what it really means to help people feel seen, the night she scrapped her first Big Talk Live talk and rewrote it from scratch in twenty minutes, and why revealing your truth on a stage takes a different kind of courage than any other kind of speaking. In this episode, we'll explore: Why her grandfather calling her "heroine" as a child became the foundation of how she sees her mission in the world How her early love of transformation and bringing people together led to a career designing experiences for Nike, Adobe, Sony, and LinkedIn Why she scrapped her first Big Talk Live talk the night before and rewrote "I Couldn't Find Her, So I Became Her" in about twenty minutes The vulnerability it takes to reveal your truth on a stage, and why that feels different from facilitating a room The rituals she leans on the day before she speaks, and the generosity she tries to bring to every audience More from Lotus Wong Websites: lotuswong.com and https://creativemusestudios.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lotuswong/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lotusmalana/ More from Tricia Join me LIVE for my Complimentary Weekly Masterclass Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram Connect with me on Facebook Connect with me on LinkedIn Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

  2. Nov 3

    Why Being a "Quick Start" with Many Disciplines Is Your Competitive Advantage

    Tricia opens up about being a "quick start" — someone who thrives on initiating, building, and creating across multiple fields — and pushes back against the common advice to niche down and pick one lane. Drawing from the Kolbe Index, which measures how you instinctively take action, she makes the case that a multidisciplinary life isn't a sign of being scattered; it's what makes you uniquely valuable to the people you serve.   She illustrates this by walking through her own diverse career: decades as a professional dancer and choreographer, filmmaker, three-time author, podcast host of 10 years, and founder of three companies (The Big Talk, Brooke Moves, and The Wise Leopard). The turning point came when a friend asked her to direct a TEDx talk — despite having zero experience in professional speaking, she applied her theatrical directing instincts and treated it like a one-woman show. That single "yes" launched a seven-figure speaking company.   In this episode, we'll explore:   The five disciplines Tricia brings to every coaching client: The Dancer (reads body language and physical tension), The Choreographer (stage space, movement, and blocking as meaning), The Writer (narrative structure and the earned ending), The Director (holding the whole picture), and The Producer (turning ideas into reality) How a single "yes" to direct a friend's TEDx talk — with zero professional-speaking experience — became the seven-figure Big Talk company Why quick starts are great at starting but not always finishing, and how building the right team around your instincts (not against them) is the real unlock A challenge to write down every discipline you've ever practiced and what each one taught you — proof it's a competitive advantage, not evidence you're scattered   More from Tricia Join me LIVE for my Complimentary Weekly Masterclass Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram Connect with me on Facebook Connect with me on LinkedIn Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

  3. Oct 27

    Dark Retreat and the Practice of Being Enough with Lama Justin von Bujdoss

    Lama Justin von Bujdoss has spent decades studying and teaching Vajrayana Buddhism — from his teenage certainty that he'd become a monk, through study in India and Nepal, to years as a chaplain inside the NYC Department of Correction, to co-founding the Yangti Yoga Retreat Center in rural Western Massachusetts. In this conversation with Tricia, he talks about the Buddhist nun who served as his root teacher and taught him he didn't need to become someone else to be worthy of his own practice, the discipline of dark retreat and what it reveals about fear, memory, and the mind, and why he's come to believe that his life "is not mine to own." In this episode, we'll explore: What drew Justin to Buddhism as a teenager, and how his root teacher — a Buddhist nun — reshaped his understanding of who he already was The practice of dark retreat: what actually happens across days (sometimes weeks) in total darkness, and the insights that can emerge from it Why Justin believes "my life is not mine to own," and what that means for showing up in service of others How to stay in relationship with people who see the world differently from you, instead of retreating into sameness The quiet power of a single kind word — and why we never know how far it travels More from Lama Justin Von Bujdoss Website: https://www.yangtiyoga.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repadorje/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/justin.von.bujdoss More from Tricia Join me LIVE for my Complimentary Weekly Masterclass Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram Connect with me on Facebook Connect with me on LinkedIn Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

  4. Oct 20

    Treat Your Podcast Guest Spot Like a Keynote

    In this episode, I'm sharing exactly what it takes to show up as a masterful podcast guest, and why this is more important than you may think for your speaking career. A guest spot is not a casual favor you're doing for someone. It's a speaking gig, and the hosts who book the best stages all talk to each other. Tune in to discover: Why every podcast guest appearance is an audition for your next opportunity, and what's actually at stake when you treat it like anything less The five things masterful guests do before they ever hit record — from tech to environment to material preparation How showing up ready turns one podcast appearance into five more   More from Tricia  Join me LIVE for my Complimentary Weekly Masterclass  Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  Connect with me on LinkedIn  Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

  5. Oct 13

    The Power of Play, Wonder, and Curiosity with Dr. Diane Jackson Schnoor

    In this episode, I'm joined by my dear friend and an alum of The Big Talk Academy Mastery, Dr. Diane Jackson Schnoor.   Dr. Diane is a speaker, educator, and podcast host who helps leaders connect playful learning and empathy to support a creative culture for collaborative problem-solving. With 30+ years of experience in classrooms, children's museums, and college lecture halls, she brings a lifetime of wonder, curiosity, and play to everything she does.   During our conversation, we explore:   Why play is not just for children, and what it actually looks like for adults navigating grief, leadership, and a world that keeps getting heavier How rest, nature, and giving yourself generous timelines can unlock creativity in ways that pushing harder never will Why your unique voice and point of view are what make your talk irreplaceable — even when someone else has already spoken on your topic Dr. Diane's current favorites: Book: Adventure in the City of Stories, Speakers: Steve Spangler, Vanessa Brantley Newton, and Tricia Brouk, and Podcast: IMO with Michelle Obama More from Diane Jackson Schnoor Her previous appearance on the podcast in Episode 750 Website: https://www.drdianeadventures.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdianeadventures  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-jackson-schnoor/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdianeadventures/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCntXM_ffikNoSqwrASAggeA  More from Tricia  Join me LIVE for my Complimentary Weekly Masterclass  Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  Connect with me on LinkedIn  Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

  6. Oct 6

    Why Great Coaches Understand The Discipline of Staying Detached

    In this episode, I'm sharing one of the most underrated skills in coaching, directing, and leadership — and it's probably not what you think. It's not a strategy, technique, or even experience. It's detachment. Tune in to discover: Why you don't need to fix things when a client falls apart in front of you, and what to do instead How to stay the steady anchor in the room when everything around you is unraveling, without going cold or checking out Why kindness and high standards are not opposites, and how holding both at the same time is what actually rebuilds someone   More from Tricia  Join me LIVE for my Complimentary Weekly Masterclass  Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  Connect with me on LinkedIn  Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

  7. Sep 29

    How to Use AI to Amplify Your Thought Leadership with Jason van Orden

    Today, I'm so excited to welcome back my friend and thought leader, Jason van Orden.    You may remember Jason from Episode 461 that aired in September of 2022, where we talked about becoming a thought leader in your industry. Or, if you're a long-time listener, you may have heard our conversation on how to stop robbing yourself of your best work in Episode 128, which aired in 2017.   Jason serves established experts who keep hitting the same growth ceilings. He finds and removes what's keeping them stuck without losing what makes their work valuable, allowing them to help more people, create sustainable income, and enjoy a business that supports their life without consuming it.   In this episode, we'll explore: Why AI is not here to replace your creativity or thought leadership, and how to use it as a thinking partner that amplifies your unique genius instead The real reason most people aren't getting results from AI, and the five key areas where experts and thought leaders fall short How cognitive offloading frees you to stay in your zone of genius, and why the opportunity cost of not organizing your ideas has never been higher Jason's current favorites: Book: Show Your Work by Austin Kleon, Speaker: Zohran Mamdani, and Podcast: The Rest Is Science   More from Jason Van Orden His previous appearances on the podcast in Episode 128 & Episode 461 His free gift to our community, jasonvanorden.com/claude Website: https://jasonvanorden.com/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonvanorden    More from Tricia  Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  Connect with me on LinkedIn  Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

  8. Sep 22

    Unedited: A Conversation with the Authors

    In this special episode, I had the honor of sitting down with the authors of Unedited: Women's Stories of Truth, Identity, and Transformation That Shape Leadership — a powerful collection produced by Maria DeLorenzis Reyes and published by The Big Talk Press.    Each woman in this book was given a label at some point in her life that caused her to stop trusting herself. Labels such as bossy, divorced, too much, or you can't. The labels were all different, but the journey was the same, and this conversation is about the courage it took to put those labels down.   Tune in to discover: Why the stories we carry in silence are far heavier than the ones we tell out loud, and what becomes possible when we finally speak them How community, belonging, and being truly seen by others is what makes transformation not just possible, but sustainable What it means to stop living an edited version of yourself, and why the unedited version is the one that leads, heals, and gives others permission to do the same More from Tricia  Publish your book with The Big Talk Press Read my Letters on Leadership, Influence & Love on Substack Explore my content and follow me on YouTube Follow me on Instagram  Connect with me on Facebook  Connect with me on LinkedIn  Visit my website at TriciaBrouk.com

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The art of public speaking with authentic and meaningful storytelling can change and even save a life. Learn how to get up on a big stage and share your important message through the lens of award winning director, Tricia Brouk. She shares her personal experience of being on big stages all over the world and interviews people who talk for a living and gets them to reveal their secrets on how to become a successful public speaker and have lasting legacy. Tricia has put thousands of speakers onto countless big stages. Guests of The Big Talk have included Stedman Graham, John Lee Dumas, Hap Klopp, Darieth Chisolm and Farnoosh Torabi among others.

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