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This FINAL encore experience will be unlike any other. Because like everything we do, it's been "reimagined" from beginning to end. It's not a virtual or hybrid event. It's not a conference. It's not a seminar, a workshop, a meeting, or a symposium. And it's not your typical run-of-the-mill everyday event crammed with stages, keynote speeches, team-building exercises, PowerPoint presentations, and all the other conventional humdrum. Because it's up close & personal by design. Where conversation trumps presentation. And where authentic connection runs deep.

How to Discover Your Authentic Voice

–with special guest lauri smith

Have you ever felt like you were meant for something more, but struggled to find your voice? In this episode of The Sanity Project Podcast, host Joanne Victoria speaks with Lauri Smith, author of “Your Voice Matters” and intuitive public speaker and leadership coach, about discovering a life of clarity, confidence, sanity, and entrepreneurial success. Lori shares her journey to becoming a leadership coach and the importance of finding one’s authentic voice and connecting it with their purpose.

Lauri defines visionaries as a new generation of open-hearted leaders who are reluctant to claim the word “leader” due to their aversion to command or dictatorial leadership. She encourages her clients to connect with kindred spirits in the room and create intimacy with the audience, rather than seeing them as antagonistic. Lauri also shares her experience with voice coaching and the importance of removing resistance to accessing an infinite number of sounds and vocal mannerisms. She believes that everyone has their unique brand of charisma and innate radiance that can shine through when they remove the world’s suppression and connect with their authentic voice.

If you are looking to overcome your fear of public speaking and find your authentic voice, Lauri suggests setting the intention for the vibe you want to create in the room, aligning your body, breath, and energy with your highest, most expressive self, and inviting the audience moment by moment to join you in that intention. She also recommends creating rituals before and after speaking engagements to prepare and recover.

Joanne Victoria
Joanne Victoriahttp://www.askjoannevictoria.com
JOANNE VICTORIA is the author of 7 books including Lighting Your Path - How To Create the Life You Want and Vision With a Capital V - Create the Business of Your Dreams. Joanne lives in the Greater Seattle, WA area. After professions such as Real Estate Broker/Owner, CFO of an investment company, CFO and Sales & Marketing Director of a home-building company, owner of New Directions, a business development firm as well as Gemma & Bixley, a coaching and consulting company, Joanne was ready for her next adventure, helping Leaders & Entrepreneurs live the life they want. Joanne took her business and personal development expertise, added in several ounces of intuition and humor, along with studies in philosophy, Buddhism, and leadership, all to be the best-qualified Life Coach ever. Joanne Victoria is the host of the "The Sanity Project Podcast", and helps frustrated and almost burned out Leaders & Entrepreneurs discover their True Calling to unleash the power of their minds to make a greater impact on the world, benefit humanity, and be more successful

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