If you’ve got a message of any kind, you’ll need to find some level of comfort stepping in front of the camera or speaking into a microphone. Tami Romani is a Brand Voice Strategist and a Business Communication Consultant. She helps business owners and brand representatives feel comfortable when they’re being the voice of their own brand. But she goes beyond tips and techniques, right into the heart of why we do what we do. Tami shares how she started a successful online group, Building Empty Ne...
Jun 23, 2020•35 min•Ep. 45
Ronne Rock is a storyteller, truth-teller, hope-dealer. Her new book is One Woman Can Change the World: Reclaiming Your God- Designed Influence and Impact Right Where You Are. One Woman Can Change the World: Reclaiming Your God- Designed Influence and Impact Right Where You Are ( Amazon link ) onewomancanchangetheworld.com RonneRock.com instagram.com/ronnerock/ Send me your questions Support the show Mission Writers is a library of resources to help missionaries and nonprofits raise funds throug...
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 44
Public speaking is one of the best marketing tools you could ever hope to employ. Aurora Gregory coaches speakers on every aspect of the speaker life. In this interview, she shares tips for virtual speaking opportunities, and more. Key Takeaways: You can have an audience any time you want. This new season creates opportunities. Public speaking is one of the best marketing tools. There are ways to translate the live experience to a virtual one. Tell stories. Make eye contact. Create a meaningful ...
Jun 10, 2020•35 min•Ep. 43
Mary Valloni has helped thousands of individuals and organizations overcome the lack and scarcity mindset to fund and fulfill their missions. Her award-winning book is Fundraising Freedom: 7 Steps to Build & Sustain Your Next Campaign . Talking about money While many of us shy away from conversations about money, Mary tackles the money issue straight-on: “Let’s just start dreaming, because there’s no reason why money should ever stop anyone from fulfilling the vision that God has given to th...
May 26, 2020•45 min•Ep. 42
Ghostwriter. Sounds mysterious, doesn't it? In today's show, my guest Nick Pavlidis unpacks what a ghostwriter is, what they do, and who can benefit from hiring one. Nick used to practice law, but he wanted more control over his time, and more time with his family (you can hear more about that in our earlier interview ). He became a skilled ghostwriter, and now he’s teaching others the craft and business of ghostwriting. His mission? Nick says, “I help people help people.” What is a ghostwriter?...
May 19, 2020•30 min•Ep. 41
Kristin Ingram is a Small Biz Mama. In this interview, she shares how she’s able to run multiple businesses and enjoy family life. Plus, tips for launching your successful online business! You can connect with Kristin at smallbizmama.com Send me your questions Support the show Mission Writers is a library of resources to help missionaries and nonprofits raise funds through storytelling. I've been re-organizing the content in response to some of your comments and suggestions, and I'll have some g...
May 12, 2020•39 min•Ep. 40
We are in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and my guest is therapist, and author KJ Ramsey. We’re taking about pain and suffering, our bodies and stress, grief, and our communion with Christ. We tend to think that more effort should produce a blessing. When we suffer, we might question our faith, or we might question whether we have a strong enough prayer life, or wonder if there's more we could do to earn God's favor. K.J. says, "I think that for me, finding hope and suffering and finding...
Apr 14, 2020•48 min•Ep. 39
I was struggling. I found myself sitting at a picnic table at the beach, praying a simple, desperate prayer: “Jesus, I need you to come have lunch with me.” He did show up, just not in the way I expected. If I hadn't been writing it all down, I might have missed it. Full transcript at lifeandmission.com/38 Send me your questions Support the show Mission Writers is a library of resources to help missionaries and nonprofits raise funds through storytelling. I've been re-organizing the content in r...
Apr 07, 2020•15 min•Ep. 38
Sometimes a single word or phrase has the power to change the course of our lives, and “Chickening IN” is that word for JJ Gutierrez. This little twist on a familiar phrase launched JJ into a transformational journey from fear to faith. Her book, Chickening IN: From Fear to Courageous Faith, 8 Pillars of Transformation , is a practical guide to defeating fear and doubt. I spoke with JJ in February, but her message is especially needed today. JJ says, "We all have fear. But some of us have a life...
Mar 31, 2020•46 min•Ep. 37
Do you have a story to tell? You may not think you have a story, or you may think your story is too overwhelming (and it may be, at the moment). Either way, a simple, structured approach along with a safe space and community to share with may be what you need. Mackenzie Ryan is a national award-winning journalist and founder of Faith Storytellers, a community that is lifting up and sharing the story God is writing in the world through true, first-person stories of faith. "The goal of first-perso...
Mar 03, 2020•28 min•Ep. 36
Katie Hornor started her businesses with no savings, no loans, and no debt. She has overcome incredible odds in growing her business. Her latest book is Faith Like Flamingos - The Christian Business Guide to Walking Out Your Faith in Bold Color. Don't let the big pink birds fool you, Katie is serious about helping us as Christian entrepreneurs to overcome imposter syndrome and take big, bold steps to be who God created us to be. The seed for Faith Like Flamingos started on a family vacation to s...
Feb 18, 2020•28 min•Ep. 35
All last month we talked about calling and purpose. But what happens when things don’t go as planned? What happens when you get bad news? When everything falls apart? The Bible gives us plenty of examples; an incredibly powerful way to deal with suffering, called a lament. Lament is a powerful form of worship. It’s both an expression of grief or anguish, and a cry of hope. “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken me?” You know who said that? Jesus, on the cross. He was quoting David, Psalm 22 - wh...
Feb 05, 2020•8 min•Ep. 34
This week we're talking about living for an audience of one, in part two of my look at The Call by Os Guinness (see Ep. 31: What Does it Mean to be Called? for part one). Guinness writes, “A life lived listening to the decisive call of God is a life lived before one audience that trumps all others—the Audience of One.” Have you ever been in a conversation and added a comment that seemed innocent at the time, but later you felt convicted about it? And what about defending ourselves? Especially wh...
Jan 22, 2020•9 min•Ep. 33
Matt Ham left a 10 year career in insurance sales to start YouPrint, a faith and personal development organization, and its nonprofit initiative called the Life Center. In this interview, Matt offers perspective on how we can thrive without striving. [Matt 00:00:58] "Unfortunately we place our own understanding and expectations on how things should work out and it never works out that way. One of the greatest mistakes that we make is limiting God by our own understanding." YouPrint is positioned...
Jan 14, 2020•40 min•Ep. 32
While many other books will give you tactics and tools to discover your calling, or to focus your vision, I want to start with The Call, by Os Guinness, because it gives us a solid foundation. What is Calling? A quick trip to the dictionary offers these definitions: the act of a person or thing that calls. a call or summons a strong impulse or inclination a convocation (like a meeting) The origin of our word for the vocal meaning of “calling” has its origins in the Old English “hildecalla” which...
Jan 08, 2020•16 min•Ep. 31
The Your Voice Podcast is changing into the Life and Mission Podcast. The overall mission of the show remains the same, only more focused and purposeful in how we help you to find your voice, tell your story, and change the world. Head over to Lifeandmission.com and sign up for email updates. You'll get show notes, links to resources mentioned on the show, and additional content we don’t put on the pod. Totally free. Straight to your inbox once or twice a month. You can expect a new show every o...
Jan 04, 2020•4 min•Ep. 30
UPDATE: At the time of this recording, the show was called The Your Voice Podcast. Since this recording, Kay has has rebranded to Life and Mission. Brian Mays is a dad, husband, graphic designer, artist and teacher. In this interview, he shares his experience as a graphic designer and teacher of creativity. [00:01:31] As a graphic designer for a church, Brian says, "We offer a handshake to the world and we make sure that handshake's as good as it can be." [00:37:30] Being a creative professional...
Sep 21, 2018•41 min•Ep. 29
UPDATE: At the time of this recording, the show was called The Your Voice Podcast. Since this recording, Kay has has rebranded to Life and Mission. Rachel Goble is the CEO at The Freedom Story, and Heidi Burkey is a documentarian and director. We're talking about the Ethical Storytelling community and what it means to tell stories ethically. [00:01:04] How the Ethical Storytelling community began. [00:05:50] Heidi began to ask, "What is the human experience in this person's story that someone on...
Aug 21, 2018•33 min•Ep. 28
UPDATE: At the time of this recording, the show was called The Your Voice Podcast. Since this recording, Kay has has rebranded to Life and Mission. This week, my guest is Vanessa Chase Lockshin of the Storytelling Nonprofit. She’s an international non-profit consultant, speaker, and author of The Storytelling Non-Profit: A practical guide to telling stories that raise money and awareness (affiliate link). [00:01:38] Vanessa says she always wanted to be a writer, and she's been journalling since ...
Aug 07, 2018•42 min•Ep. 27
John Michael Clark teaches family leadership for men through the Captain's Course.[00:05:28] In this show, John Michael leads us through the three legs of family leadership: Compassion Responsibility Authority[00:06:13] "As long as we're starting with compassion. Everything else will fall into place." JM gives examples from his own family to show how this looks.[00:10:37] Every person in the family has responsibility, but the ultimate burden falls on the man. "When men come to me complaining my ...
Jun 11, 2018•46 min•Ep. 26
Allison Mayer is a photojournalist, using images to tell true stories and to help us understand the world. She describes herself as witness, storyteller and artist. She reminds us not to get so caught up in the story we want to tell that we miss the story unfolding before us. [00:00:33] Allison describes her role with nonprofit organizations and NGOs across the world. She helps collect media for fund raising and awareness, and develops complete marketing plans. [00:02:38] It's important to captu...
Jun 04, 2018•39 min•Ep. 25
J. Craig Klope started a celebrity talk show for radio even though he had no experience or training in radio or communications. Here's how he did it. Starting With No Experience [00:01:30] Craig started listening to Mystery Theater on the radio as a child, and later he'd listen to radio talk shows as he traveled. The celebrity interviews intrigued him. After moving to Nashville in his 20's, Craig came up with the a name for a production company, had a letterhead made, and started contacting radi...
May 24, 2018•53 min•Ep. 24
We’re changing the schedule a bit. This Summer we'll have two shows each month, released on the first and third Monday. This means I’ll be back on Monday, May 21st with a new interview. Meanwhile, I invite you to check out some episodes you may have missed: Business: Courtney Buzzel - storytelling & marketing Aurora Gregory - public speaking as a business-building tool Tami Romani - improve your speaking voice Writers: Ronei Harden - working with an editor Katie Horner successful blogging Et...
May 14, 2018•2 min•Ep. 23
People will judge you almost immediately by what comes across in the sound of your voice. Voice brand strategist Tami Romani shares tips to improve your voice.In this show we are literally talking about finding your voice. Chances are you've heard Tami Romani's voice in commercials or perhaps on an audio book. Now Tami shares her experience with us in her role as a brand voice strategist and business communication consultant. Highlights [00:03:57] Vocal pet peeves[00:08:02] The physicality of yo...
May 08, 2018•40 min•Ep. 22
This week I've pulled together segments from some earlier interviews to explore the idea of finding your voice. From Ronne Rock With her experience in the corporate world, Ronne knows the assessments and personality tests, but she says it's a small tribe of people you need to speak truth into your life. The dialogue between you and your tribe is where the themes and calling of your life emerge.From Mashona Council Mashona's vision forms step by step. It's a walk of trust, taking one day at a tim...
Apr 30, 2018•29 min•Ep. 21
UPDATE: At the time of this recording, the show was called The Your Voice Podcast. Since this recording, Kay has has rebranded to Life and Mission. After more than a decade practicing law, Nick Pavlidis changed the direction of his career to better fit the lifestyle he wanted for his family. He now runs two work-from-anywhere businesses, Authority Ghostwriting and Attorney Marketing Institute, which allow him to work in his strengths and build the best life for his family. [00:00:00] Nick says i...
Apr 08, 2018•40 min•Ep. 20
Ronei is a writer, editor, and a writing instructor. She assists authors with everything from the writing process to the editing and production of their book. I asked her to talk about each of those roles. She clearly enjoys helping authors along in the process.[00:04:14] Authors usually arrive with a "how" question. The initial conversation is finding out where they are in the process. Then they work together to make a plan for getting the next phase accomplished. [00:05:55] An editor can guide...
Apr 02, 2018•41 min•Ep. 19
When Lorna Bailey discovered planners, it changed her life. She created a web site to help people through the choices and offers practical tips to fight the overwhelm. In this interview, she shares how to start with journalling and planners. Just Make it Messy [00:01:15] We recorded this podcast in February. By this time some of us have started journalling--and given up. But journaling is like any other good habit. If you can link it to another, established habit, then you're more likely to keep...
Mar 26, 2018•29 min•Ep. 18
Katie is the founder and CEO of Blogging Successfully and The Blog Connection, an online membership community helping midlife women spread their message and increase their income. Getting Started & Getting it Done [00:08:42] Work/Life balance.We say it's not balance, it's blending. You cannot separate who you are in God from what you do on a daily basis. And God has called us to all of these things. And so we are blending all of these things together. The one who calls you is faithful, and h...
Mar 19, 2018•45 min•Ep. 17
This week my guest is Carly Davis, Missions Coordinator for South East Asia Prayer Center . SEAPC works among the people in the platform that the Lord creates, such as healthcare, parenting, microeconomic development, and education while praying the Lord’s blessing upon the Nation. [00:01:39] SEAPC overview, and a little of the story that started it all. [00:05:58] Carly talks about her role as Missions Coordinator, helping people use their gifts and talents. She shares about a woman who thought...
Mar 13, 2018•32 min•Ep. 16
