In this season finale of Positively Yours, Tiff sits down with speaking coach Danielle Benzon to explore the power of connection, community, and saying yes to new opportunities. They reflect on their coaching journey, launching the Inspired Speaker Network, and how embracing support, experimentation, and imperfection can help us grow. Ultimately, this episode is a reminder that great days can be intentionally created by surrounding ourselves with people who encourage, challenge, and believe in us.
The Shift Beneath the Words:
- The power of saying yes to the right opportunities
- Choosing the right people to support your growth
- Growth doesn’t require perfection
- Making challenges fun and playful
Community and connection help create great days - Intentionally surrounding yourself with supportive people gives you somewhere to turn when things are difficult and people to celebrate with when things go well.
Original intro/outro music “Positively Yours Podcast Theme” by Sean Nordholt
About the Guest:
Danielle Benzon has devoted her life to exploring the expressiveness, agility, and power of the voice-body instrument. Her journey began in classical theatre and took her around the world before she founded the Inspired Speaker Academy. Now she draws on that experience to help speakers, professionals, and business owners to own and embody their message, fall wildly in love with speaking, and transform their nerves so that every word they speak vibrates with purpose, truth, and self-celebration.
Connect with Danielle Benzon:
Website: https://www.theinspiredspeakeracademy.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-benzon
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@inspiredspeakeracademy
Book A Call: https://book.daniellebenzon.com
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Each Masterclass focuses on a specific speaking goal while helping you build confidence, strengthen your presence, and communicate with greater clarity and authenticity.
In a safe, supportive environment, you'll gain practical tools to embody your message and speak with purpose and impact.
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About the Host:
As an energetic cheerleader & guide for women business owners, Tif Loeffler is here to celebrate your great day, every day!
Tif knows a great day might be a challenge. With a lot of energy, compassion, and a touch of humor, Tif reveals ways to help you unleash your powerful self, and choose a great day, right now.
Tif loves to bring a smile to the faces of those she meets.
She brings tools, tips, and a little bit of magic, to inspire people to enjoy the greatest gift of the present moment, with fun and flair, and she loves to wear a flower in her hair *:)
Connect with Tiff:
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tif-loeffler
Instagram: www.instagram.com/tifloeffler
Website: www.tifloeffler.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCH6d7-thJvTzq4gUQtjoprw/
Original intro/outro music “Positively Yours Podcast Theme” by Sean Nordholt
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Hey, everybody.
Speaker:Are you having a great day?
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:Oh no, you're not.
Speaker:It's okay.
Speaker:I got you.
Speaker:I'm Tif Loeffler.
Speaker:Welcome to Positively Yours.
Speaker:I'm going to share Tif's tips, techniques, and
Speaker:a little bit of magic to help you
Speaker:up level and have a great day every
Speaker:day.
Speaker:Are you ready to get started?
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Oh, you're not?
Speaker:That's okay.
Speaker:I still got you.
Speaker:Let's go.
Speaker:Oh my gosh, everybody.
Speaker:I am so excited.
Speaker:Because I have a guest today.
Speaker:I love interviewing people.
Speaker:I love bringing people to other people.
Speaker:I love being a connector.
Speaker:That's one of the ways to have a
Speaker:great day for me is to connect with
Speaker:people.
Speaker:It's just the best.
Speaker:Now, moving forward, I have made the executive
Speaker:decision that I would like to have a
Speaker:top Tif tip for having a great day
Speaker:at the beginning of each podcast episode.
Speaker:Today's is one that is a personal favorite.
Speaker:I call it a celestial service announcement because
Speaker:when it rains, it pours and I'm talking
Speaker:about water.
Speaker:So Tif's top tip for having a great
Speaker:day is to make sure that you stay
Speaker:hydrated.
Speaker:There are many schools of thought.
Speaker:Some people say you have to have eight
Speaker:glasses of water.
Speaker:Some people say just drink whatever you're thirsty.
Speaker:I'm feeling slightly parched.
Speaker:I am actually going to take a sip
Speaker:of water right now.
Speaker:And if you have a glass, I raise
Speaker:this to you and we can have a
Speaker:sip of water together.
Speaker:And I just think it's important to make
Speaker:sure that you have a glass of water
Speaker:with you throughout the day.
Speaker:You certainly don't want to be dehydrated.
Speaker:That is no way to have a great
Speaker:day.
Speaker:So to recap, water is awesome.
Speaker:We are mostly made of water.
Speaker:We need to have some water.
Speaker:And I have this, I think this is
Speaker:very cute.
Speaker:I heard this from a doctor and she
Speaker:said, no matter what happens with the rest
Speaker:of the day, I know I had a
Speaker:great day.
Speaker:She actually said this because I had a
Speaker:glass of water as soon as I got
Speaker:up in the morning.
Speaker:And I thought that was great.
Speaker:So this is even a tip on how
Speaker:to start your day off.
Speaker:Great is to no matter what, just take
Speaker:a glass of water, throw that thing down.
Speaker:You're going to feel great.
Speaker:And throughout the rest of the day, you
Speaker:can just say, look, no matter what, I
Speaker:had that glass of water.
Speaker:Remember, it's also nice to have a little
Speaker:prompt that you can continually go back to
Speaker:and feel good about and celebrate because in
Speaker:season two, I am so excited that I
Speaker:am going to have so many more tips,
Speaker:so many ideas of how a great day
Speaker:can be created.
Speaker:And yet sometimes autopilot is nice too.
Speaker:When you're just wait, I didn't even realize
Speaker:I'm having a great day.
Speaker:Ooh, yes I am.
Speaker:Now for me, I have really enjoyed looking
Speaker:at how to have a great day through
Speaker:the lens of this podcast experience.
Speaker:So just a moment, I am going to
Speaker:bring on my very first guest and this
Speaker:woman is near and dear to my heart.
Speaker:She is absolutely phenomenal.
Speaker:Incredible.
Speaker:Her hair is gorgeous.
Speaker:Her face is too.
Speaker:I could talk to her for days on
Speaker:end.
Speaker:I know I'm building this up, but do
Speaker:you know why it is so important when
Speaker:you are having a great day to be
Speaker:able to share it with someone and for
Speaker:a long time, it was hard for me
Speaker:to have a great day because I didn't,
Speaker:I had, I have friends, I have lots
Speaker:of friends and I'm very lucky, I have
Speaker:lots of acquaintances.
Speaker:I have loving family.
Speaker:And yet once in a while you need
Speaker:that special someone, you need a mentor, you
Speaker:need a coach, you need a professional, you
Speaker:need someone who really can guide you.
Speaker:And I was so blessed and honored to
Speaker:be asked to be a part of the
Speaker:Inspired Speaker Network.
Speaker:And so without further ado, I simply must
Speaker:bring her onto the stage.
Speaker:The incredible, the incomparable Danielle Benzon of the
Speaker:Inspired Speaker Academy, Danielle, I am so thrilled
Speaker:that you are here today.
Speaker:Thank you so much.
Speaker:Oh, Tif, thank you so much.
Speaker:I'm absolutely thrilled to be here today.
Speaker:And you are one of my favorite client
Speaker:friends that I get to call a client
Speaker:friend, because sometimes you have friends and sometimes
Speaker:you have clients and sometimes you get lucky
Speaker:and one person gets to be both and
Speaker:you are definitely one of those and thank
Speaker:you so much for having me here.
Speaker:I'm honored.
Speaker:It is my pleasure.
Speaker:Now, here's what I want to talk about
Speaker:with you, because I really love to talk
Speaker:about things through the lens of being a
Speaker:woman in business and what I was so
Speaker:appreciative of, this was one day and everybody,
Speaker:I might take better notes in the future,
Speaker:but I just go into the way back
Speaker:machine that there was a day that Danielle
Speaker:said, Hey Tif, can we have a chat?
Speaker:I want to bring something up.
Speaker:I want to see what you think.
Speaker:And here's the cool part.
Speaker:Because in business, I've heard a lot of
Speaker:no, like, and trust.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:It's just, you need to know someone like
Speaker:someone trust someone.
Speaker:And the great part about Danielle is that
Speaker:of course I know her.
Speaker:Do I like her?
Speaker:Absolutely.
Speaker:And trust her implicitly in ways I, I
Speaker:didn't even know at the time, but I
Speaker:said, sure, let's hop on a call.
Speaker:And she suggested that we work together.
Speaker:And here's why I want to bring this
Speaker:up and why Danielle, and I'll give you
Speaker:a word edgewise in a little bit, but
Speaker:I was just so excited.
Speaker:Because here's the deal.
Speaker:I was ready for some change in my
Speaker:life, in my business.
Speaker:And there's a saying that when the student
Speaker:is ready, the teacher appears.
Speaker:And Danielle appeared as if she dropped down
Speaker:from the heavens.
Speaker:And there was the, and she said, look,
Speaker:I just, I, I would love to work
Speaker:with you.
Speaker:I think I can, you know, I can
Speaker:help you with this, this, and this, and
Speaker:what do you think?
Speaker:And here's what I wanted to share about
Speaker:that.
Speaker:Also.
Speaker:In the past, I would have immediately, my
Speaker:mind would have gone to, yeah, but how
Speaker:much is it going to cost?
Speaker:Because I had such a low self-esteem
Speaker:on the mindset of could I actually afford
Speaker:things and is it really going to work
Speaker:out this time, but here's where I want
Speaker:to give us all that inspired moment.
Speaker:And I'm sharing it because it was so
Speaker:wonderful to have that.
Speaker:I call it, you know, once in a
Speaker:lifetime moment and not just for that moment.
Speaker:And it wasn't just once, but it's kind
Speaker:of convoluted, but it was just, you know
Speaker:what, the timing was great.
Speaker:Maybe I'm going to say great timing.
Speaker:It was great timing.
Speaker:And there are going to be moments in
Speaker:your life where you get to connect with
Speaker:someone and it is great timing.
Speaker:And yes, you might think, okay, I don't
Speaker:know how I'm going to be able to
Speaker:afford this and my goal, and you know
Speaker:what?
Speaker:It's usually not about money.
Speaker:It's about time.
Speaker:And if it's not about time, it's about
Speaker:that self-worth, that esteem.
Speaker:Can I actually do it?
Speaker:And yes, finances can play a part.
Speaker:And when someone offers you this cool thing
Speaker:that you could do together and you have
Speaker:that moment where it is either yes, or
Speaker:it's, I just can't, it's just a no.
Speaker:And the best part about this was I
Speaker:was all, I was all yes.
Speaker:And there wasn't hesitation.
Speaker:If there was any doubt, well, no, there
Speaker:was no doubt.
Speaker:I just wanted to say yes.
Speaker:And so Danielle, I wanted to thank you
Speaker:so much.
Speaker:The reason I also thank you is because
Speaker:you didn't know what you didn't know about
Speaker:my circumstances at the time.
Speaker:And you, I feel we're taking a stand
Speaker:for my greatness and wanted to offer something
Speaker:and just see what happens.
Speaker:And really it's not what it's all about.
Speaker:And I was able to say yes.
Speaker:And I was so glad I said yes.
Speaker:And now asking you, do you, I, you
Speaker:know, it's just kind of fun.
Speaker:I don't mean to put you on the
Speaker:spotlight.
Speaker:Do you remember like, you know, like, Ooh,
Speaker:I wonder like, Ooh, maybe she's ready to
Speaker:work with me.
Speaker:And because we had just kind of recently
Speaker:been reconnected, we had known each other for
Speaker:a while, just hadn't seen each other.
Speaker:Then all of a sudden I saw you
Speaker:again.
Speaker:I was like, this is awesome.
Speaker:And then we're talking and then the offer.
Speaker:And I'm like, yes.
Speaker:So what, what did you have?
Speaker:Do you have anything to, to comment on
Speaker:that once in a lifetime, but maybe it's
Speaker:not once in a lifetime, but it's the
Speaker:great moment.
Speaker:It's just feels great.
Speaker:You work with someone.
Speaker:I like that's a great moment.
Speaker:A great moment.
Speaker:Yes.
Speaker:I have something to say about our great
Speaker:moment.
Speaker:I definitely, uh, I I'm not one to
Speaker:just go out and solicit my services.
Speaker:That's not really my style.
Speaker:I don't do cold calls.
Speaker:I don't do that kind of thing.
Speaker:And we, we did know each other and
Speaker:we had connected and I only do that.
Speaker:I don't do it very often.
Speaker:I only do it with people I really
Speaker:like.
Speaker:I'm like, Oh, I really like this person.
Speaker:I really like to work with them and
Speaker:people who have indicated to me that they
Speaker:have a problem that I could solve.
Speaker:So you may not have said it to
Speaker:me directly, but at some point in our
Speaker:conversation, like in a networking group or something,
Speaker:you'd said something about wanting to improve your
Speaker:speaking skills, or you'd said something about.
Speaker:You said something that made my ears go,
Speaker:Oh, Oh, maybe I can help.
Speaker:So it wasn't just that I was like,
Speaker:Oh, I'm going to call everyone on the
Speaker:networking group.
Speaker:It wasn't like that at all.
Speaker:That is not how I work.
Speaker:Tif and I had a connection.
Speaker:I already knew that I loved you just
Speaker:yourself and that we'd, we'd be a good
Speaker:fit to work with each other.
Speaker:Cause I loved your energy.
Speaker:And then you said something that made me
Speaker:think, Oh, Tif is working on something.
Speaker:She has a goal that I help people
Speaker:with.
Speaker:Maybe she'd be interested.
Speaker:It doesn't hurt to ask.
Speaker:And so that was my attitude going in.
Speaker:I wasn't like, Oh, I need to make
Speaker:a sale or I don't network that way
Speaker:at all.
Speaker:And I seldom approach people from networking groups
Speaker:with my services, but she had mentioned it.
Speaker:I knew we vibed really well.
Speaker:And I thought, you know, what's the worst
Speaker:that can happen?
Speaker:What's it can happen if she says no,
Speaker:and we have a great conversation.
Speaker:So, you know, there's really no, there's no
Speaker:lose in that.
Speaker:So I thought, why not just try it?
Speaker:And I do, I'm very careful about, because
Speaker:my services are extremely high touch.
Speaker:I spend a lot of time with my
Speaker:clients.
Speaker:I am very careful who I offer, who
Speaker:I make offers to because we have to
Speaker:be a good fit.
Speaker:It's, it's like choosing, choosing a speaking coach,
Speaker:choosing any sort of coach.
Speaker:It's kind of the same as choosing a
Speaker:therapist or anything else.
Speaker:You have to get along.
Speaker:And it's very much about the relationship.
Speaker:So we already had a good relationship.
Speaker:So it was a lot easier for me.
Speaker:Oh, I am so glad to hear you
Speaker:say that.
Speaker:And I love that you brought that up
Speaker:because I do want to let people know
Speaker:that you're in business.
Speaker:You have a service to offer.
Speaker:You have things to give people.
Speaker:It is everything right and great to offer
Speaker:that to people when the moment presents itself.
Speaker:And I just think that's so important.
Speaker:And what I also love it, and there's
Speaker:just like so much flowing in my head
Speaker:right now that I wanted to ask you,
Speaker:but I will say this.
Speaker:The best part about, well, there's so many
Speaker:parts, but one of them is that, yes,
Speaker:Danielle, thank you for bringing up the high
Speaker:touch.
Speaker:It is well worth the investment for me
Speaker:to be your client because I appreciate how
Speaker:much you give and it is so appreciated.
Speaker:And I couldn't thank you enough, especially in
Speaker:the next part that I want to talk
Speaker:about, but especially that there, there are people,
Speaker:I've heard this said about like a coach
Speaker:is like a professional friend.
Speaker:And I thought that was kind of cute.
Speaker:And I like that because a coach, you
Speaker:do need to, you, you do like someone
Speaker:who's a friend, but you also need someone
Speaker:who's going to guide you in a way
Speaker:that they, they're just, they're seeing how you
Speaker:need that.
Speaker:And I appreciate in the initial conversations.
Speaker:And as we were developing this relationship and
Speaker:how you were helping me and joining your,
Speaker:your course for speaking, which by the way
Speaker:is super awesome.
Speaker:And we just wrapped up, which, okay.
Speaker:I'm only going to do this just for
Speaker:a moment, because here's the great part.
Speaker:When you work with someone, there's always a
Speaker:way to continue.
Speaker:We only wrapped up part one.
Speaker:We only wrapped up part one.
Speaker:Okay, good.
Speaker:All right.
Speaker:That's it.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Thank you.
Speaker:There's more.
Speaker:Because if there's one thing I would also
Speaker:offer is just a little tidbit for someone.
Speaker:It's just to make sure that when you
Speaker:have the end of a certain segment in
Speaker:your goods or services, there are some of
Speaker:us that are squishy marshmallows.
Speaker:And when you go, okay, yep, that's it.
Speaker:We're done.
Speaker:We're just like, oh.
Speaker:That not might be what you mean, but
Speaker:little did I know that not only were
Speaker:we engaging in this amazing speaking course, but
Speaker:then Danielle do tell, what did you drop
Speaker:into my lap?
Speaker:That was a gift that I was not
Speaker:expecting.
Speaker:And it was about this big and I
Speaker:could barely see over the edge of it.
Speaker:And it had to do with the podcast.
Speaker:Oh, I don't know.
Speaker:What gift did I give you?
Speaker:Oh yes.
Speaker:Well, again, I mean, you say it's a
Speaker:gift.
Speaker:I mean, it's a product.
Speaker:We are again, working together.
Speaker:So it was an opportunity, but it was
Speaker:a special opportunity because launching this network, I
Speaker:needed to choose who I was going to
Speaker:launch with.
Speaker:You can't launch a network all by yourself.
Speaker:Well, you can, but then you're the only
Speaker:person on the podcast.
Speaker:Well, that's really embarrassing.
Speaker:So I needed to find people that I
Speaker:liked that I wanted to launch with and,
Speaker:you know, work with and figure it out
Speaker:together with, because this is an adventure for
Speaker:me too.
Speaker:So I, yeah, I just, I went through
Speaker:my clients who I knew were interested in
Speaker:podcasting.
Speaker:I went through my clients who I knew
Speaker:should be doing a podcast, even if they
Speaker:hadn't mentioned it.
Speaker:And also friends and people that I knew,
Speaker:and I made a short list of, I
Speaker:think, I think I made a short list
Speaker:of seven and five said yes.
Speaker:So that was pretty amazing.
Speaker:And Tif was definitely on the, well, obviously
Speaker:you were on the short list, but you
Speaker:were right up there, right up, right up
Speaker:there on the short list.
Speaker:Because we'd already, and we'd already kind of,
Speaker:we'd had a prototype already because we did
Speaker:a couple of live streams because I was
Speaker:thinking, damn, I got to get Tif doing
Speaker:a podcast and she wasn't taking any of
Speaker:my hints.
Speaker:So, so what I did instead was I
Speaker:invited her to do a few lives with
Speaker:me on LinkedIn.
Speaker:And we had such a great time doing
Speaker:that.
Speaker:I thought that would make it an easier,
Speaker:an easier sell for you to do your
Speaker:own podcast now, because you could tell that
Speaker:you could do it.
Speaker:I am chuckling, but I want to, if
Speaker:I had a drink of water and do
Speaker:the spit take, because that is the first
Speaker:time I have heard you say that.
Speaker:Like, that's why we did the lives on
Speaker:LinkedIn.
Speaker:I thought they were so great.
Speaker:And then we didn't do them anymore.
Speaker:And I was all like, I'm so sad.
Speaker:Well, we're not doing them anymore.
Speaker:Then she brought this opportunity again, another once
Speaker:in a lifetime.
Speaker:That's why it's like, is it once in
Speaker:a lifetime?
Speaker:It's whatever that opportunity happens in your lifetime.
Speaker:You just feel it feels right.
Speaker:And it feels great.
Speaker:And I don't know if I had mentioned
Speaker:to you at some point, I did want
Speaker:to actually have a podcast, but I didn't
Speaker:know what that entailed.
Speaker:But guess what I thought it entailed.
Speaker:I thought it entailed a lot of stuff
Speaker:I don't know how to do.
Speaker:So I don't know if I can do
Speaker:it.
Speaker:Probably can't do a podcast.
Speaker:And I tried before and it was just
Speaker:too hard.
Speaker:And then I just didn't do it.
Speaker:And it's not that I gave up on
Speaker:it, but it was certainly in the back
Speaker:burner.
Speaker:And then you just brought it right to
Speaker:the front and said, and now that as
Speaker:we're talking, I, of course, we'll try to
Speaker:incorporate why I feel this is how we
Speaker:have a great day.
Speaker:You know how to have that positively great
Speaker:day.
Speaker:Well, here's the deal.
Speaker:It's really nice to have consistent times with
Speaker:people who are helping you uplevel, grow, stretch.
Speaker:Maybe there's a little bit of struggle.
Speaker:Maybe there's a little bit of, I don't
Speaker:know if I could do this.
Speaker:Someone who has your back and Danielle, I
Speaker:can tell you absolutely has her clients back.
Speaker:Like you go to bat, you are there
Speaker:in ways that I, I just, I still,
Speaker:to this day, I'm so impressed with and
Speaker:I really appreciate it.
Speaker:And it just means so much.
Speaker:And the only reason that I, I can't
Speaker:tear up at this moment is because I
Speaker:just start bawling.
Speaker:And then the whole rest of this would
Speaker:be like, I love you so much, but
Speaker:it's true because having a great day, truly,
Speaker:I just feel it's the key of C
Speaker:and I like saying that.
Speaker:Cause I kind of just thought of that
Speaker:during the season one, but I really like
Speaker:it.
Speaker:And for me, the key of C, the
Speaker:one is connection.
Speaker:You want to be connected to your great
Speaker:day.
Speaker:If you want to be connected with people
Speaker:who help you stay connected to having a
Speaker:great day.
Speaker:And once in a while, I'll admit Danielle
Speaker:has told me some things gently guided me
Speaker:or flat out said things.
Speaker:And I'm like, I think one of my
Speaker:favorites I'd like to share with everybody.
Speaker:And when she you've said, you've got to
Speaker:make a decision because I up until a
Speaker:certain point, I was just so awfully, I
Speaker:love waffles, but you should eat them.
Speaker:You shouldn't be them.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:I should not be a waffle where I'm
Speaker:like, maybe this, maybe that.
Speaker:And thank you, Danielle.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:Just it's saying, taking that declaration, make a
Speaker:decision.
Speaker:You can always change it, but you have
Speaker:to make a decision.
Speaker:It's been a very long time since someone
Speaker:has said that to me.
Speaker:And you said it in a way that
Speaker:was direct and loving and all the things.
Speaker:And I'm so grateful that I, I just
Speaker:thought, okay, I will start to take direction.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:I'm going to start to make decisions.
Speaker:And I appreciate that.
Speaker:I would, I would love to jump in
Speaker:here if that's okay, please, please.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:Because you said something a little, a little
Speaker:while back, I'm going to backtrack a tiny
Speaker:bit.
Speaker:You said something about how, you know, we
Speaker:have a lot of fun together and, but
Speaker:it's also challenging.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And for me, I think that is essential.
Speaker:It is really difficult to master any sort
Speaker:of skill if it's always hard, you know,
Speaker:because you're not going to do it because
Speaker:it's unpleasant.
Speaker:It's not fun.
Speaker:Why would you do it more?
Speaker:Why would you do it?
Speaker:So creating as much fun and as much
Speaker:play in a process that is inherently difficult,
Speaker:like public speaking or inherently scary, I think
Speaker:that's where the magic happens.
Speaker:Because if we're not having fun, if we're
Speaker:not enjoying the process, if we don't have
Speaker:each other's back and we're not, we're not
Speaker:giggling and you know, all that stuff, doing
Speaker:the difficult stuff becomes impossible.
Speaker:So having that mix of levity, it doesn't
Speaker:make, it doesn't undermine it.
Speaker:It's not about distracting from the pain.
Speaker:It's about allowing yourself to embrace the pain
Speaker:through laughter.
Speaker:You know, we're humans.
Speaker:We do this very human thing where we
Speaker:like to mix emotions together.
Speaker:And there's a very big difference between playing
Speaker:the fool to distract from the lesson and
Speaker:using the pain or the challenge of the
Speaker:lesson to create fun and to create joy
Speaker:and silliness and play.
Speaker:And those are two very, very different things.
Speaker:And you do this very well, Tif.
Speaker:And I think this is extremely important.
Speaker:And there was something else I wanted to
Speaker:say.
Speaker:Ah, oh, and as a theatre kid, I
Speaker:really feel this and especially doing this podcast
Speaker:network because we did this whole thing in
Speaker:a month.
Speaker:And it was a challenge.
Speaker:It was a challenge for all of us.
Speaker:It was especially a challenge for James and
Speaker:I to, we had many sleepless nights getting
Speaker:deadlines, but it was so fun.
Speaker:It was so much fun because we had
Speaker:this deadline, we're all coming together.
Speaker:It wasn't, you know, it's not brain surgery.
Speaker:If we don't hit the deadline, no one
Speaker:dies.
Speaker:So there was that.
Speaker:But also we all really wanted to hit
Speaker:it because we were so close.
Speaker:And the way the group came together, that,
Speaker:that reminded me of my theatre kid days
Speaker:when you're all, you're like, oh, we've got,
Speaker:we've got a week to put this production
Speaker:on and the costumes aren't ready and the
Speaker:lights aren't ready.
Speaker:And I don't know my lines.
Speaker:And how's this all going to happen?
Speaker:And then somehow it just magically all comes
Speaker:together at the last minute.
Speaker:And somehow on opening night, everything is amazing.
Speaker:And it kind of felt the same way.
Speaker:This, this podcast launch, this network launch rather,
Speaker:the network launch felt like putting on a
Speaker:play.
Speaker:And that opening night was amazing.
Speaker:And it just, it gave me something special.
Speaker:So thank you for being part of that,
Speaker:Tif.
Speaker:And for everyone who was part of it,
Speaker:I'm indebted to you all.
Speaker:I thank you so much because I love
Speaker:to be a part of this network and
Speaker:yours is the Inspired Speaker podcast.
Speaker:I hope I'm saying that right.
Speaker:Did I get it right?
Speaker:And we also have Surfing Your Edge and
Speaker:The Guiding Parent and Awakening Women on the
Speaker:Rise and also Evolving with Elle.
Speaker:So I have to make sure that in
Speaker:the notes, everybody's podcasts are in there because
Speaker:I am so excited for all of us.
Speaker:They want to make sure that right away
Speaker:I was like, yes, we are absolutely going
Speaker:to promote because it's so important.
Speaker:Because if I were to have one more
Speaker:point about this, that I really appreciate about
Speaker:working with Danielle and spoiler alert, I'm going
Speaker:to be talking with Danielle throughout season two,
Speaker:because there's so many other things that I
Speaker:want to talk to her about.
Speaker:And we just can't have it in one
Speaker:episode.
Speaker:So season two is going to be a
Speaker:lot of, we need a whole season and
Speaker:that's what's happening.
Speaker:I'm so excited.
Speaker:And this is a part of that connection,
Speaker:that group, that I'm going to say sisterhood,
Speaker:that you helped us create all of the
Speaker:ladies with our podcasts.
Speaker:And I'm just so grateful because talk about
Speaker:setting ourselves up to have great days.
Speaker:I was pretty impressed that we got it
Speaker:together when we did.
Speaker:Also again, Danielle, I think it was so
Speaker:awesome and funny when later on you told
Speaker:us, you said, guess what?
Speaker:It was an arbitrary date that I picked
Speaker:because we just had to pick a date.
Speaker:Otherwise, two years from now, we can still
Speaker:be talking about it.
Speaker:And there was no time for talk.
Speaker:The world needs us now.
Speaker:And we did this together.
Speaker:And speaking of, you know, we're, as I'm
Speaker:wrapping up this season with you, which is
Speaker:awesome.
Speaker:And now season two will be together, be
Speaker:even more awesome.
Speaker:We are still on a journey.
Speaker:Together, all of us in our different podcasts.
Speaker:And I think that's so tremendous.
Speaker:And we have this, we have this bond
Speaker:now.
Speaker:We have this energy that is helping us
Speaker:to sustain those, those great days, which I
Speaker:love.
Speaker:I'm just so excited because I have things
Speaker:to look forward to.
Speaker:And, and that's just means a lot to
Speaker:me.
Speaker:Thank you.
Speaker:And that was something surprising everybody.
Speaker:If I were to say, it's really fun
Speaker:to have surprises in your, in your having
Speaker:a great day means having some surprises.
Speaker:And one of the surprises for me was,
Speaker:wow, they're going to be a part of
Speaker:my future great days.
Speaker:And this is an awesome thing.
Speaker:And I'm really excited.
Speaker:And it gives me a boldness and feeling
Speaker:of responsibility.
Speaker:And it feels really great.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And I do think that that's really important.
Speaker:I think community as part of having a
Speaker:great day, as part of your, as part
Speaker:of your system.
Speaker:You know, that you maintain to help you
Speaker:to continue to have a great day.
Speaker:Cause it doesn't happen by accident.
Speaker:It's definitely from knowing Tif, I have learned
Speaker:many things about having a great day.
Speaker:And one of the things that I've learned
Speaker:is that you design it and you plan
Speaker:for it.
Speaker:And that is one of the things that
Speaker:you need to curate is a community because
Speaker:when you are alone and something bad happens,
Speaker:the only person who can pull you out
Speaker:of it is yourself and you're already having
Speaker:a bad day.
Speaker:So that's much harder to do.
Speaker:Whereas if you have a group of people,
Speaker:when you get knocked down, you can just
Speaker:call someone and say, Hey, just help me
Speaker:out.
Speaker:I'm not having a great day.
Speaker:And just that connection is sometimes enough, but
Speaker:often they have something wonderful to say as
Speaker:well.
Speaker:And this group has really, oh, you have
Speaker:supported each other in a way that I
Speaker:didn't imagine.
Speaker:It was a surprise to me, but it's
Speaker:so exciting because I did, I had this
Speaker:fantasy about creating this community and everyone's going
Speaker:to be together.
Speaker:And I do think that the short timeline
Speaker:was a huge part of that.
Speaker:I don't think it'd be as close as
Speaker:you are if I'd given you more time.
Speaker:So I do think that it was a
Speaker:very smart but manipulative decision on my part
Speaker:to create our random launch date.
Speaker:But also you have all, you all took
Speaker:the challenge, you all stepped up and not
Speaker:only stepped up for yourselves, but you stepped
Speaker:up for each other.
Speaker:And the amount of support and love I
Speaker:have seen in this group, it gives me
Speaker:hope for humanity, you know?
Speaker:I feel that.
Speaker:I do.
Speaker:Yeah.
Speaker:And I thank you because, well, I love
Speaker:that you talked about manipulation.
Speaker:My boyfriend likes to say it's positive manipulation.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:But also what a savvy business move.
Speaker:I love it.
Speaker:And also understanding the psychology of the human
Speaker:brain, it was fantastic.
Speaker:We all, it wasn't trial by fire though.
Speaker:It was just, it was a short timeframe,
Speaker:but you also gave us the tools and
Speaker:you gave us your support and you gave
Speaker:us a framework, a blueprint.
Speaker:And that is so wonderful because you know
Speaker:what?
Speaker:You can have your organic great days, the
Speaker:days that just pop up.
Speaker:There's just like, yep, it's just happening, which
Speaker:is great.
Speaker:But again, sometimes it's a challenge to rely
Speaker:on that, especially when you have a great
Speaker:project you're working on, like helping launch a
Speaker:podcast network.
Speaker:And so that's where the planning and the
Speaker:support come in.
Speaker:And I just am so delighted that we've
Speaker:had some time together.
Speaker:Is there, is there anything else that you
Speaker:would like to add about the experience of
Speaker:launching this network?
Speaker:Because I think this is tremendous that you
Speaker:are helping so many people have great days,
Speaker:not just for us who have been a
Speaker:part of this first level launch, the initial
Speaker:launch, but also all the people who are
Speaker:going to be listening to our podcast.
Speaker:I'm just so excited.
Speaker:People are already listening.
Speaker:It's very exciting.
Speaker:I know people are listening to us speak
Speaker:right now.
Speaker:Isn't that crazy?
Speaker:Oh, right.
Speaker:Yeah, no, I do think it was, it
Speaker:was a really surprising experience.
Speaker:I learned so much.
Speaker:I think we all grew a lot over
Speaker:the last month.
Speaker:I definitely grew in ways I wasn't expecting.
Speaker:I learned things that I don't think I
Speaker:would have learned if I hadn't put myself
Speaker:under pressure.
Speaker:But it was, it was wonderful because typically
Speaker:when I give myself projects, I put myself
Speaker:under way too much pressure and I don't
Speaker:have enough support and I burn out and
Speaker:I collapse.
Speaker:And this was the first time in a
Speaker:long time that I've had enough support that
Speaker:the goals were realistic.
Speaker:There was a push, but they were realistic.
Speaker:And also if we didn't reach them, I
Speaker:had a backup plan as well.
Speaker:So there was also that.
Speaker:So that was nice.
Speaker:I didn't want to use the backup plan
Speaker:for pride, but there was one, so it
Speaker:was okay.
Speaker:And there were just so many things that
Speaker:came together magically that I didn't anticipate.
Speaker:But also the big gift was that the
Speaker:five of you kind of dived in blind
Speaker:with me.
Speaker:I said, Hey, I want to do this
Speaker:thing.
Speaker:I've never done it before.
Speaker:I have a good idea of what I'm
Speaker:doing, but I know that I only know
Speaker:50%.
Speaker:You know, you know, you don't know what
Speaker:you don't know.
Speaker:And I was very aware that I didn't
Speaker:know what I didn't know going in.
Speaker:I think I planned well, but you never
Speaker:know.
Speaker:I'm anticipating a lot of challenges, unforeseen challenges
Speaker:along the way.
Speaker:This is a big experiment.
Speaker:Would you like to come and be guinea
Speaker:pigs essentially with me?
Speaker:And you were all so keen.
Speaker:It was so fun to experiment and to
Speaker:be allowed to be messy and to be
Speaker:allowed to not know what I was doing
Speaker:and to go like, Hey, I'm going to
Speaker:figure it out.
Speaker:I know what our goal is.
Speaker:I know at least 50% of the
Speaker:pieces.
Speaker:We'll figure out the other pieces on the
Speaker:way.
Speaker:As long as we keep communicating, as long
Speaker:as everyone stays flexible and stays positive, we'll
Speaker:get this done.
Speaker:And it was such a wonderful experience because
Speaker:that need to be perfect and to know
Speaker:everything before you start, that's a very strong
Speaker:temptation.
Speaker:And I very purposefully, like Christine Goad of
Speaker:Surfing the Edge says, you know, you got
Speaker:to just sometimes you just got to throw
Speaker:yourself into the deep end and see what
Speaker:happens.
Speaker:And I am not usually one who does
Speaker:that kind of thing, especially with my speakers,
Speaker:because I don't believe in shocking the nervous
Speaker:system.
Speaker:But this wasn't that.
Speaker:This wasn't throwing us into the deep end.
Speaker:It was just, I've got a challenge.
Speaker:It's a realistic, it's a big challenge, but
Speaker:it's a realistic challenge.
Speaker:And I just want to be messy and
Speaker:experiment and see how far we get.
Speaker:And you all came with me and we
Speaker:got way further than I thought we would.
Speaker:And it was so cool.
Speaker:And I'm so stoked.
Speaker:I am too.
Speaker:And I, I so appreciate that you offered
Speaker:us an adventure.
Speaker:And having a great day is all about
Speaker:having adventures.
Speaker:So you don't have to know all the
Speaker:parts of this adventure.
Speaker:Just know that you're going on one and
Speaker:just be open to the possibilities of this
Speaker:adventure, which we did.
Speaker:And here we are.
Speaker:And I am so excited to say that
Speaker:I'm wrapping up season one and now season
Speaker:two is on the horizon.
Speaker:And thank you for being a part of
Speaker:that and joining me.
Speaker:And I just I can't thank you enough.
Speaker:And, and to Wendy and Elle and Tammy
Speaker:and her daughter.
Speaker:And it's just been, it's just been such
Speaker:a, and Christine.
Speaker:And what I appreciate is that.
Speaker:Oh, cause Christine does surf on the edge,
Speaker:right?
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:I just want to make sure that I,
Speaker:I want to name drop everybody.
Speaker:Shannon is Tammy's daughter.
Speaker:And Christine, okay.
Speaker:Thank you.
Speaker:Cause I was like, Oh, I just met
Speaker:Shannon.
Speaker:It's hard to keep track of everybody.
Speaker:Well, that's what, and again, here's the best
Speaker:part.
Speaker:Like in the past, we've been like, I
Speaker:can't remember if it's like, no, just go
Speaker:for it.
Speaker:Just start name and name.
Speaker:It's going to come to you.
Speaker:Thank you, Danielle for, cause I just met
Speaker:Shannon and it's just so much fun.
Speaker:And again, adventures continue and having great days
Speaker:include continuing adventures.
Speaker:And so that's why I just appreciate that
Speaker:we are on a continuing adventure.
Speaker:So although I, I am saying chow for
Speaker:now to you.
Speaker:I'm so excited that we're going to, we're
Speaker:going to pick up where we left off
Speaker:in season two, and that's going to be
Speaker:very exciting.
Speaker:So thank you for being a part of
Speaker:this journey with me, not only helping me
Speaker:create my journey, but being a part of
Speaker:this podcast with me because you're outstanding and
Speaker:I love you with all my heart.
Speaker:Well, you are outstanding and I love you
Speaker:with all my heart as well.
Speaker:And I just thought of a really lovely
Speaker:thing for me to say to say thank
Speaker:you.
Speaker:And goodbye is instead of waffling on, I'm
Speaker:just going to say chow.
Speaker:I love it.
Speaker:Thank you, darling.
Speaker:You are the best.
Speaker:And I give a big round of applause
Speaker:to Danielle Benzon.
Speaker:Yay.
Speaker:The Inspired Speaker Academy is a great place
Speaker:to get your speak on telling you.
Speaker:And the course is great.
Speaker:And this podcast has been epic.
Speaker:And I, I wanted to share in, as
Speaker:I'm wrapping up this, this first season, it
Speaker:has been so amazing.
Speaker:I have so appreciated the love and support.
Speaker:I do want to thank Danielle again, especially
Speaker:for those moments where those moments that were
Speaker:many moments where I got to feel like
Speaker:a VIP rockstar.
Speaker:I just, I felt both sides.
Speaker:I felt like the rockstar.
Speaker:I felt like the VIP behind the, you
Speaker:know, just, just all the things when you
Speaker:allow yourself to let someone give you tools
Speaker:to have a great day, that's really important.
Speaker:And that's one of the things we're going
Speaker:to be talking about in season two.
Speaker:So.
Speaker:As I try to wrap it up, I
Speaker:do want to say having a great day
Speaker:does take a bit of planning and it
Speaker:can happen organically.
Speaker:But what I especially appreciate is that when
Speaker:you allow people in your life that give
Speaker:you the tools, the opportunity, the openness, it's
Speaker:really wonderful when you let people into your
Speaker:life.
Speaker:So I would just encourage us to just
Speaker:take a moment and think of someone that
Speaker:we've let into our life that has helped
Speaker:us have great days that we, we knew
Speaker:they could, but in ways we didn't even
Speaker:think possible.
Speaker:And right now, yes.
Speaker:Closing my eyes, thinking of Danielle.
Speaker:And it is nice to take a pause
Speaker:and think of someone that you appreciate.
Speaker:And I appreciate all of you.
Speaker:And I'm really glad that we are on
Speaker:an adventure together on learning how to develop
Speaker:having a great day.
