12 diverse and successful women motivational speakers share their secrets to making it in the professional speaking industry. Really, really, REALLY good advice! Thank you Kelly Swanson for putting this one together! Read More
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Success Secrets of 12 Dynamic Women Motivational Speakers
By Linda Larsen - Saturday, January 11, 2014
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Depression, Anxiety and the Funny Motivational Speaker
By Linda Larsen - Wednesday, January 08, 2014
Motivational speakers are supposed to be extremely positive, upbeat and "unstoppable." They are supposed to be the very picture of happiness and success. They are supposed to tell you how you can do anything - if you just put your mind to it. Read More
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Feeling Crappy? Put on a Wacky Hat
By Linda Larsen - Monday, January 06, 2014
Okay - so I am a motivational speaker NOW - but I used to be a professional actress, performing on stages in lots of plays where the characters were VERY colorful and the costumes were straight from periods of long ago. I remember rehearsing for weeks learning all the nuances of my character, but it wasn't until we started rehearsing in costumes - that the magic really began to happen. I remember playing the role of Celia in As You Like It and what happened when I first put on the costume. From the moment I put them on, there was something about that dress, and that lovely little hair piece that made me FEEL like the character. I moved differently, I started THINKING differently, and I actually FELT different. Read More
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