Empowerography

Brad Walsh
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Welcome to Empowerography, the premier podcast platform dedicated to bringing powerful women to an empowered stage. Host, Brad Walsh, having spent his corporate career in the world of A/V technology, felt that there was a greater story waiting. Brad was introduced to the world of Boudoir Photography and he immediately fell in love with the empowering mission and message behind boudoir photography. Being immersed in this world and seeing the life-changing effects it had on women helped to reveal his true calling—creating space for women to see themselves in a light they normally don't get to see themselves in. Brad realized this work was his life's purpose, so he left my AV tech career to pursue boudoir photography full-time. Witnessing the incredible transformations in his clients confirmed he had found his purpose. Two years later, while working as a women's empowerment photographer, Brad had another epiphany: I need to broaden my impact by creating a podcast. When Covid-19 hit in March 2020 rendering Brads business in-operable, he saw an opportunity to be a voice of hope and positivity amidst global fear and negativity and Empowerography was born. Brad's podcast is a platform whose purpose is to Empower. Elevate and Educate by amplifying the voices of women. Empowerography's mission is to Empower, Elevate, and Educate, showcasing real-life stories of courage, transformation, and inspiration from extraordinary women around the world. Each episode dives deep into the personal and professional journeys of our guests, uncovering the trials they've overcome, the successes they've achieved, and the invaluable lessons they've learned along the way. Join us as we amplify the voices of women, providing a space where their stories can inspire, motivate, and empower listeners to pursue their own dreams and aspirations. Whether you're looking for inspiration, guidance, or simply a boost of empowerment, Empowerography is here to elevate your spirit and educate your mind. Tune in and let the transformative stories of these incredible women change your perspective and ignite your passion for making a difference.

  1. 1d ago

    Stop Waiting for Permission to Be Powerful; Shannon Quinn on Identity, Embodiment, and the Art of Being Delulu

    My guest today is Shannon Quinn. Shannon Quinn is a Transformation and Identity Advisor who helps women stop overthinking and start showing up in a way that actually gets them what they want, in their work and in their relationships. She’s known for helping women shift out of second guessing, overworking, and trying to prove themselves, and into what she calls The Recalibrated Woman, the version of you who expects to be taken seriously and is. In this episode we discuss identity shifting, transformation, identity advising, control vs surrender and embodiment. IG - https://www.instagram.com/shannon.m.quinn YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ShannonMichaelaQuinn Store - https://stan.store/SMQuinn In this episode you will learn: 1. Your identity is not your story, it’s what you decide to step into next. - Shannon grew up the black sheep, kicked out of schools, never finishing high school, relying on her looks because she didn’t believe she had much else. The victim identity wasn’t who she was. It was a story she’d inherited and kept rehearsing. The shift isn’t about fixing what’s broken. It’s about deciding who you actually are, regardless of what’s happened to you.   2. You can’t think your way to a new life, you have to embody it. - Affirmations alone don’t work because your nervous system has to be programmed to hold the life you want, not just think about it. Shannon points to the Ellen Langer counterclockwise study, older men told simply to pretend they were younger showed measurable physical improvements in just five days. The science is clear: be delulu on purpose. Walk, talk, and carry yourself as the version of you who already has what you want. Your brain can’t tell the difference between what’s real and what’s rehearsed.   3. Adaptation is self-abandonment, your North Star has to be you. - The moment your North Star is someone else’s approval, you’ve already lost yourself. True power comes when you stop hoping people will recognize your value and start moving through the world as if your value is already settled. That energy changes everything, how people respond to you, the opportunities that show up, and the world you start to attract. “It's a lifelong journey. I was raised in a spiritual family." - 00:02:21 "We come here with everything we need and there's nothing outside of us." - 00:15:05 "We're designed to have a symbiotic relationship with nature. Everything is, we work together to heal." - 00:27:20 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #womensempowerment #empowerelevateeducate #Podcast #ShannonQuinn #IdentityShift #TransformationAdvisor #StopOverthinking #BeDelulu #NervousSystemHealing #EmbodimentWork #WomenEmpowerment #NorthStarIsYou #RecalibratedWoman #SelfAbandonment #ManifestationTruth #IdentityAdvisor #WomenWhoLead #PurposeDriven #ActAsIf #30DayRehearsal #KeepShowingUpAndShining #KnowledgeIsPower

    Stop Waiting for Permission to Be Powerful; Shannon Quinn on Identity, Embodiment, and the Art of Being Delulu

  2. 3d ago

    The Version of You Built for Survival is the Same One Keeping You Stuck with Jordana Winston

    My guest today is Jordana Winston. Jordana is an international best-selling author, award-winning fashion designer, and transformational guide whose life has been one long act of reinvention. Through her signature Archetype Alchemy process, Jordana helps high-achieving, purpose-driven entrepreneurs rewire their inner world to manifest their greatest desires. She teaches that transformation is both art and science, equal parts resilience, intuition, and reinvention. In this episode we discuss archetype alchemy, self-remembrance, motherhood, empress energy and conscious living. Website - https://jordanawinston.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/jordanawinston/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@jordanawinston In this episode you will learn: 1. Why the identity you built to survive is the same one quietly keeping you from thriving, and what Jordana had to let die before the woman she is today could exist — Jordana was a street kid, a train rider, a tough-as-nails punk rocker who used anger to keep everyone at arm’s length and her soft side hidden. That armor worked until it didn’t. Motherhood cracked it open. Transformation isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about being willing to let the version of you that was built for survival step aside so the version built for freedom can finally show up.   2. What Archetype Alchemy is and why the archetype most successful women are starving is the one that would actually unlock everything they’re working so hard to create — Using the major arcana of the tarot as a map of the self, Jordana’s framework helps people identify which energies they are over-using and which they are suppressing. The most underdeveloped archetype in high-achieving women is the Empress, the energy of receiving, flow, and magnetic abundance. Women have been conditioned to earn and hustle that they’ve forgotten how to simply allow. That one shift from doing to allowing changes everything.   3. Why stillness is the page everyone skips in the transformation manual, and the one question Jordana leaves every listener with that cannot be answered quickly — If you can’t master your own mind you can’t master your energy. And you can’t master your mind without stillness. Not as a performance or a productivity hack, just sitting with yourself and asking the one question most people spend their entire lives running from: who am I being right now? That question held in silence is where real transformation lives. “It's a lifelong journey. I was raised in a spiritual family." - 00:02:21 "We come here with everything we need and there's nothing outside of us." - 00:15:05 "We're designed to have a symbiotic relationship with nature. Everything is, we work together to heal." - 00:27:20 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #womensempowerment #empowerelevateeducate #Podcast #ArchetypeAlchemy #EmpressEnergy #TransformationIsRemembering #WhoAmIBeing #StillnessIsStrength #AddictionToSuffering #AngryTeenagerMustDie #SovereignWoman #FashionToFreedom #ShadowWork #AllowDontForce #MajorArcana #IdentityAlchemy #MirrorWork #BecomingYourOwnSuperhero #NatureAsHealing #SeeTheLightInYourself #LearnToReceive

    The Version of You Built for Survival is the Same One Keeping You Stuck with Jordana Winston

  3. Sep 18

    Stop Waiting for It to Go Back to Normal. It Won't: Jillian Reilly on the Ten Permissions

    My guest today is Jillian Reilly. Jillian Reilly is a founder, author, TEDx Speaker and keynote speaker. Having spent her 30-year career working in social, organizational, and individual change across Africa, Asia, and Central Europe, Jillian’s focus is on helping people unlock their ability to navigate change and accelerate growth and learning. Jillian’s upcoming book, The Ten Permissions, guides readers in permitting themselves to update how they operate in the 21st century and design lives that fully leverage the possibilities of this disruptive world. In this episode we discuss international development, African history, social change, agency and ethical leadership. Website - https://tenpermissions.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/thetenpermissions/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TenPermissions The Ten Permissions Book - https://www.amazon.com/Ten-Permissions-Redefining-Adulting-Century/dp/1963827295? In this episode you will learn: 1. Why change always fails when it comes from the outside in, and the uncomfortable truth Jillian learned watching millions of dollars flow into systems too rigid to adapt even when women came back bruised — After 30 years working across Africa, Asia, and Central Europe, Jillian learned one undeniable truth: you can bring the biggest idea, the biggest money, and the best intentions, but if the person hasn't given themselves permission to change, nothing will stick. The person you have to negotiate with the most is yourself. Real change is an inside job. Always.   2. Why the social contracts that shaped everything you know are unraveling right now, and why waiting for them to snap back is the most dangerous thing you can do — Jillian has watched this playbook unfold in Zimbabwe, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Mozambique, powerful figures fomenting division while capturing the state, and ordinary people fighting each other instead of seeing what's actually happening. She is clear: we are living through a rupture, not a blip. The rules that shaped our world are being ripped up. The only question is whether you get pulled under or start building something new.   3. What the Ten Permissions are, and why giving yourself permission to think and move differently is not a self-help luxury but an urgent survival skill for right now — Born from 30 years watching what actually creates lasting change, Jillian's Ten Permissions are small but radical flips of the outdated adult script: be willful, go astray, take it outside, experiment, feel your way, think small, look for trouble, travel light, and make believe. Not a checklist, a completely different relationship with change itself, built for the world we are actually in right now. “I have to say, if I look back at 21-year-old Jill, she basically said yes to everything." - 00:04:56 "I think we are living within the profound unraveling of the social contracts that have shaped our worlds, our lives for multiple generations." - 00:45:13 "You need to give yourself permission because you are the one stopping yourself from engaging with this in a more creative, adaptive, expansive way." - 01:04:15 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #womensempowerment #empowerelevateeducate #Podcast #TenPermissions #ChangeIsAnInsideJob #GiveYourselfPermission #NavigateChange #SupplySideChange #TravelLight #GoAstray #MakeTrouble #ThinkSmall #MakeBelieve #FreeAgencyMindset #OldLogicNewLogic #LiminalMoment #RuptureNotABlip #SocialContractUnraveling #AgencyOverAuthority #ProtectYourVitality #TEDxSpeaker

    Stop Waiting for It to Go Back to Normal. It Won't: Jillian Reilly on the Ten Permissions

  4. Sep 16

    Your Body Will Never Lie to You. Your Mind Will Lie All Day Long: Christine Ruch on Healing From Within

    My guest today is Christine Ruch. Christine Ruch is a Holistic Transformation Guide who helps people with unresolved health conditions reconnect to their body's innate wisdom and healing potential. After spending 20 years healing her own Multiple Sclerosis and chronic health conditions naturally through whole food nutrition, nervous system restoration, spiritual practice, plant medicine, deep self-inquiry and many other Eastern and Western modalities, Christine now guides others on their own transformative healing path. Her work bridges science and soul—offering tools to move beyond symptom management and into lasting inner healing via healing their relationship with their own nervous sytem first. She’s here to share insight, hope, and grounded practices for listeners ready to reclaim their health from the inside out. In this episode we discuss holistic transformation, nervous system healing, MS, burnout and chronic illness. Website - https://www.christineruch.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/christineruch.ms/ In this episode you will learn: 1. Why control is not the thing that keeps you healthy, it's the thing that disorders your nervous system and quietly destroys your life — Christine built the perfect healthy life, tight diet, rigid structure, hypervigilance around her MS. She thought she was winning. Then her restaurant collapsed and she found herself in Costa Rica in shock at what she had just dismantled. The very control she thought was keeping her healthy was the thing keeping her sick. Real healing only began when she stopped gripping and started listening.   2. Why you cannot force your way to healing, and what actually happens when you stop trying to fix your body and start creating a dialogue with it instead — You can't force a flower to bloom or rush a baby's gestation. You can't force healing either. Your body never lies to you, your mind will lie all day long, but your body won't. When you genuinely start listening to it, something surprising emerges alongside the physical healing: self-trust, self-worth, self-reliance, and self-love. Those things don't come from anywhere else.   3. What the nervous system is actually trying to do, and the one simple practice that builds emotional capacity and begins to melt away everything keeping you stuck — The nervous system is not your enemy. It is a portal. And it heals with tenderness, safety, and witnessing, not force or biohacking. Christine's starting practice: sit with whatever emotion you're feeling without reacting, judging, or telling a story about it. Just witness it. You are not the emotion passing through you. Build that capacity and everything else, the diagnoses, the self-judgment, the external seeking, slowly starts to melt away. “I've always feel like I've been in the healing arts and always really love to help people." - 00:02:25 "We don't need to override our body's own processes or wisdom. But I think also we don't recognize that you can't force the healing path." - 00:20:44 "You're worth investing in, and that your health and your well-being is your presence and gift to the world." - 01:04:11 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #womensempowerment #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #Podcast #HolisticTransformativeGuide #NervousSystemHealing #BodyNeverLies #ControlDisordersYourNervousSystem #YouCantForceHealing #SovereignBeings #EmotionalCapacity #MSWarrior #SitWithIt #HealingIsNotLinear #ChooseYourselfFirst #StopOutsourcingYourPower #SelfTrustIsMedicine #InnateBodilWisdom #DiagnosisToDiscovery #NervousSystemPortal #WitnessYourself

    Your Body Will Never Lie to You. Your Mind Will Lie All Day Long: Christine Ruch on Healing From Within

  5. Sep 11

    She Went to Tanzania on Vacation and Came Back Fighting to End FGM with Silvia Resnik

    My guest today is Silvia Resnik. Silvia Resnik is a certified Life Purpose & Fulfillment Coach dedicated to helping women step out of lives that look perfect on the outside but feel empty on the inside. With a foundation in early childhood education, a Master’s in Business Economics, and professional experience spanning HR, entrepreneurship, and coaching, Silvia brings a rare blend of structure and soul to her work. Her approach weaves together deep coaching methods, intuitive insight, and ancient Maasai wisdom gained through transformative experiences in East Africa. Beyond her coaching practice, Silvia is the co-founder of EmpowerHER, a grassroots initiative supporting Maasai women and girls with health education, entrepreneurship opportunities, and culturally sensitive efforts to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In this episode we discuss FGM, the Massai People, women's health, community and spiritual awakening. Website - https://silviaresnik.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/coachsilviaresnik/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvia-resnik/ In this episode you will learn: 1. Why a life that looks perfect on paper can feel completely hollow inside, and the single encounter with the Maasai that showed Silvia what life is actually about — Silvia had the bags, the shoes, the fancy cars, and a lifelong undercurrent of emptiness she couldn't name. It wasn't until she traveled to Zanzibar during a depressive episode and met the Maasai that something finally landed. These people had almost nothing by Western standards and were the happiest people she had ever encountered. That encounter didn't just shift her perspective, it dismantled her entire identity and rebuilt her from the ground up.   2. What FGM actually looks like on the ground in Tanzania, and the grassroots approach Silvia is taking through EmpowerHer to create change without erasing a culture — FGM is still practiced as a rite of passage among Maasai girls as young as 11. Some die from infections. The cultural belief driving it is that a woman's desire is something to be feared and controlled. Silvia's approach through EmpowerHer is not to arrive with a Western agenda but to educate, build trust, engage the elders, and find a new ritual that preserves cultural identity without physically harming girls.   3. What the Maasai understand about life that the Western world has completely forgotten, and the core principles every modern woman needs to hear right now — The Maasai don't chase tomorrow or mourn yesterday. They live exactly where they are. They measure life by connection, not achievement. And when a day is hard, the wisdom is simple: cry if you need to, sleep, and tomorrow is a new day. Silvia distills their way of living into principles that directly challenge the performance and accumulation culture most of us were raised inside. “For me, life purpose is really being human, loving, really loving, making experiences, whatever it is, just be you." - 00:13:32 "Their life is very difficult. Usually they are semi-nomadic, so they have their cattle, they have their goat, their sheep, whatever." - 00:29:42 "Something that I've learned in the spiritual realm, we are all connected. And just because it's thousands of kilometers far away, it doesn't mean that it doesn't affect us." - 00:53:23 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #womensempowerment #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #Podcast #EmpowerHer #MaasaiWomen #EndFGM #FemaleGenitalMutilation #IntegrationCoach #PurposeFindsYou #MaasaiWisdom #ConnectionIsEverything #YouAreUnstoppable

    She Went to Tanzania on Vacation and Came Back Fighting to End FGM with Silvia Resnik

  6. Sep 7

    Time Does Not Heal All Wounds: Diandra Ford-Wing on What Actually Gets You Through

    My guest today is Diandra Ford-Wing. Diandra Ford-Wing is a dynamic and innovative Sales Director whose profound journey through grief ignited her passion for storytelling. After the sudden loss of her mother, Diandra made the courageous decision to pause her thriving career, allowing herself the space to heal and reflect. This transformative experience ultimately inspired her debut novel, "Red Bird," a heartfelt exploration of loss and resilience. In this episode we discuss grief, the good grief framework, redbird, mental health and legacy. Website - https://www.booksbydiandra.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/diandrafordwing/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/diandrafordwing Diandra's Book - https://www.amazon.com/RED-BIRD-DIANDRA-F-WING/dp/B0DNBBJJDH In this episode you will learn: 1. Why a three-day bereavement policy made Diandra quit her job the day after her mother's memorial, and what that decision revealed about what it truly means to honor being human — Diandra came out of a four-hour revenue meeting to find dozens of missed calls from her siblings. Her mother was gone. A company policy gave her three days to grieve a woman she talked to six or seven times every single day. The day after the memorial she called her boss and resigned. That one act of choosing herself became the crack that let everything else in, including Redbird.   2. Why grief is not one size fits all, and the Good Grief framework that helps people name their pain, offer themselves grace, and actually move through loss instead of just pushing past it — Good Grief breaks it down: Give it a name, Offer yourself grace, release unrealistic performance expectations, be Open to support, and choose what showing up looks like for you now. Diandra is clear, "time heals all wounds" is one of the most harmful phrases in grief culture. All time does is make it longer since the loss was fresh. The invisible wounds need the most care.   3. Why grief is love with nowhere to go, and what happens when you stop trying to outrun it and let it become the doorway to your most authentic voice — Diandra didn't know she had a book inside her. She just started writing because she had to get it out. While she was grieving she was writing Redbird. While she was writing Redbird she was grieving. The two were inseparable. That creative doorway only opened because she stopped performing fine, sat in the pain, and trusted that honoring her humanity mattered more than meeting anyone's expectations.. “We all have one life to live, and if you are not getting the satisfaction, the happiness, what have you, whatever it needs to make you keep going." - 00:06:43 "The thing is that when you take the humanity out of something like a loss or death, that makes it, it makes people more prone to not dealing with it themselves." - 00:28:47 "I would just say, life is meant to be lived, and I know most of us on this planet are doing the best that we can, but you've got to make space for happiness in your life." - 00:56:39 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #womensempowerment #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #Podcast #Redbird #GoodGriefFramework #GriefIsLoveWithNowhereToGo #ThreeDayBereavementPolicy #PhantomLimbGrief #NameYourPain #TimeDoesNotHealAllWounds #GriefAndCreativity #DAndraSppeaks #GriefIsNotOneSize #CelebrateDontJustMourn #GriefJourney #GriefToGrowth #SuicideSurvivorStrong #MentalHealthMatters #GriefCommunity #AuthorLife #LifeIsForLiving

    Time Does Not Heal All Wounds: Diandra Ford-Wing on What Actually Gets You Through

  7. Sep 4

    Go Within to Create Without: Elle Ballard on Holistic Abundance and the Power of Inner Authority

    My guest today is Elle Ballard. Elle is a catalyst for transformation, igniting change in the lives of women across the world. She is a dynamic Holistic Abundance Mentor, Creator of FFF Club, Founder of the Women of the World Network® community, accomplished author, and a captivating speaker who takes her clients on transformative journeys of personal growth and empowerment. Today she guides powerful women to embody their radiance and reclaim their joy—through sacred movement, energetic alignment, and conscious lifestyle design. In this episode we discuss holistic abundance, burnout, sisterhood, flow state and feminine energy. Website - https://www.elleballard.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/theelleballard FB - https://www.facebook.com/theelleballard/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/elleballard/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@elle-ballard Women of the World Network - https://www.womenoftheworldnetwork.com/ In this episode you will learn: 1. Why your inner critic equating struggle with safety, and ease with risk, is one of the most dangerous invisible patterns blocking your abundance — When Elle started allowing abundance in, her inner critic didn't whisper "you don't deserve this." It whispered something far more insidious: "if you relax, everything will collapse." Safety felt synonymous with control. Ease felt like a threat. Through dance and somatic practice she discovered the truth, safety doesn't come from control. It comes from self-trust. And the moment she stopped measuring her worth through output and started measuring it through alignment, everything shifted.   2. What holistic abundance actually means, and the five energy leaks quietly draining women every single day that have nothing to do with money — Holistic abundance is presence across all life areas simultaneously, financial flow, passion work, relationships, health, and vitality. Elle identifies the five most common energy leaks she sees: people pleasing, over-giving, ignoring intuition, rushing transitions, and doing without integrating. Every single one is a form of self-abandonment. And until those leaks are sealed, no strategy or income goal will hold.   3. Why desire is a woman's radiance, and what happens when she finally stops suppressing it — The emotion Elle sees women most resist feeling is desire. Not anger, not grief, desire. Because women were conditioned to suppress it to stay safe, lovable, and proper. But desire is not a distraction from a woman's life. It is her life force. When she reconnects to it and stops performing radiance in search of validation, something irreversible happens. She embodies it instead. And the difference between performing and embodying is the difference between seeking approval and being free. “I got married early back in my country. I'm originally from USSR and I always really learned to adapt to, to, I learned early how to perform well." - 00:02:38 "I think when a woman disconnects from her desire, she loses a life, that life force or she starts losing life force because we, I think we were conditioned to suppress." - 00:23:18 "If things are not working in our life or some life areas, because we talked about how I love the holistic approach covering all the life areas." - 00:35:30 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #womensempowerment #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #WomenOfTheWorldNetwork #HolisticAbundance #GoWithinToCreateWithout #DesireIsRadiance #EaseIsNotRisk #FlowNotForce #InnerAuthority #DanceOfBeing #SelfTrustIsSafety #AbundanceInAllAreas #Embodiment

    Go Within to Create Without: Elle Ballard on Holistic Abundance and the Power of Inner Authority

  8. Aug 31

    Remembering Yourself After 50: Donna Cravotta’s Tried and New Methodology for Women Leaders

    My guest today is Donna Cravotta. Donna Cravotta is a Chief Storyteller + Positioning Architect, Founder and CEO of Cravotta Media Group, and creator of The Real 50 Over 50: The Wisdom Revolution, featuring 175+ interviews with women over 50 redefining success in their Third Act. She works with accomplished entrepreneurial women—authors, speakers, and consultants—helping them gather their wisdom, clarify their positioning, and build intentional visibility that feels natural, not performative. Her proprietary methodology, Tried & New, is based on a simple premise: Don’t reinvent yourself. Remember who you already are. In this episode we discuss remembering vs reinvention, the real 50 over 50, storytelling, gender bias and ageism. Website - https://cravottamediagroup.com/ IG - https://www.instagram.com/donnacravotta/ FB - https://www.facebook.com/cravottamediagroup LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnacravotta/ Substack - https://donnacravotta.substack.com/  In this episode you will learn: 1. Why "reinvention" is actually just imposter syndrome wearing a new outfit, and what women over 50 actually need instead of a brand new identity — The world tells women that everything they did before a certain age no longer matters and that moving forward means becoming someone else. Donna rejects that completely. Through her Tried and New methodology, women start remembering the things they forgot, dismissed, or didn't think anyone would care about, and discover they already have decades of evidence proving exactly who they are. No imposter syndrome gremlin can stand against that.   2. Why women over 50 are not winding down — they are just getting started, and what 175 plus interviews with women redefining success in their third act actually revealed — Donna built The Real 50 Over 50 because brilliant, impactful women were completely invisible while Forbes required a $10 million income minimum just to be considered. What she discovered interview after interview was the same thread every single time: they weren't ready to stop, they wanted to make a difference, and the moment they started remembering who they were, they hit the HOV lane and never looked back.   3. Why remembering is harder than reinventing, and the one tangible first step anyone can take right now to pull the thread that unravels everything — Reinvention is just another task list. Remembering is soul level work. It means connecting dots you didn't know were connected and giving yourself permission to see failures as redirections. Donna's first step is simple: think of one moment when you created real change for someone and genuinely felt good doing it. Start there. Pull that thread. The rest will follow. “The real recognizable moment was about three years ago. I was at the tail end of a health issue that had lasted a while." - 00:02:48 "Re-invention is just another task list. It's things to do. Remembering, it's hard work. That is, that's soul level work." - 00:21:24 "Trust yourself. Just trust yourself because I think that's where all the problems stem from.” - 01:05:11 Introducing Amplify Your Message: The Podcast Guest Mastery Experience, built from everything I've learned across 800+ interviews and six-plus years of hosting this show. Learn how to show up with presence, share your story with impact, and turn every guest appearance into real visibility for your message. Learn more at https://shorturl.at/VByVj Contact Brad: Website Instagram LinkedIn YouTube X (Twitter) TikTok Substack #Empowerography #Podcast #womensempowerment #empowherment #entrepreneurship #womeninentrepreneurship #empoweredwomen #empowerelevateeducate #TheReal50Over50 #WisdomRevolution #TriedAndNew #ChiefStoryteller #NotReinventionRemembering #ThirdActPower #WomenOver50 #HOVLane #IDontGiveAShitButton #EarnedWisdom #VisibilityCompass #CravottaMediaGroup #StayingCurious #WhenWomenAreTheStorytellers #TrustYourself #YouMatter #CulturalArchitects

    Remembering Yourself After 50: Donna Cravotta’s Tried and New Methodology for Women Leaders
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Welcome to Empowerography, the premier podcast platform dedicated to bringing powerful women to an empowered stage. Host, Brad Walsh, having spent his corporate career in the world of A/V technology, felt that there was a greater story waiting. Brad was introduced to the world of Boudoir Photography and he immediately fell in love with the empowering mission and message behind boudoir photography. Being immersed in this world and seeing the life-changing effects it had on women helped to reveal his true calling—creating space for women to see themselves in a light they normally don't get to see themselves in. Brad realized this work was his life's purpose, so he left my AV tech career to pursue boudoir photography full-time. Witnessing the incredible transformations in his clients confirmed he had found his purpose. Two years later, while working as a women's empowerment photographer, Brad had another epiphany: I need to broaden my impact by creating a podcast. When Covid-19 hit in March 2020 rendering Brads business in-operable, he saw an opportunity to be a voice of hope and positivity amidst global fear and negativity and Empowerography was born. Brad's podcast is a platform whose purpose is to Empower. Elevate and Educate by amplifying the voices of women. Empowerography's mission is to Empower, Elevate, and Educate, showcasing real-life stories of courage, transformation, and inspiration from extraordinary women around the world. Each episode dives deep into the personal and professional journeys of our guests, uncovering the trials they've overcome, the successes they've achieved, and the invaluable lessons they've learned along the way. Join us as we amplify the voices of women, providing a space where their stories can inspire, motivate, and empower listeners to pursue their own dreams and aspirations. Whether you're looking for inspiration, guidance, or simply a boost of empowerment, Empowerography is here to elevate your spirit and educate your mind. Tune in and let the transformative stories of these incredible women change your perspective and ignite your passion for making a difference.

Information

  • Creator
    Brad Walsh
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    807
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Empowerography