Podcasts about soness stevens

A conversation with Soness Stevens - voice actor, writer and stand-up comedian, who has been the voice of anime character Hello Kitty, written for TEDx talks, and made her debut appearance at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2024. Stevens shares stories from her creative journey, how living in a car as a child with her mother shaped her writing and performing, the sense of community at a beachside town in Japan, and her love of skateboarding and surfing.

Communication is central to connecting with others.  But it isn't always easy, especially for empaths and sensitive people.  You may avoid sharing if you are afraid of being judged or you just want to avoid conflict.  In this episode, I wanted to explore how to develop the tools and the courage to speak your truth and use communication for connecting.  Today, Christina is talking to Soness Stevens,  a head speaker coach for multiple TEDx events, who is revealing her approach to creating connection with others, whether you are talking with your partner or to a room full of people.  In this bonus-sized episode, they talk about how communication can be healing and consciousness changing, and a path to compassion.  You'll  also hear about the courage to be imperfectly yourself, and opening up to share about the real and raw things in life.  The things that aren't necessarily pretty, but need to be shared.   About Soness:   Soness Stevens is the Head Speaker Coach for multiple TEDx events, and has coached over 140 TED & TEDx speakers.  She represented Japan for TED Worldwide and is a 4-time TEDx speaker.  Soness has a weekly nationwide broadcast TV show on Communications and is an Associate Professor of business presentation skills at YNU.  She's a 6-time Cicero speechwriting winner going up against presidents and Nobel prize winners.  You may have seen her on NHK TV and Fox TV Japan or heard her as the official English voice of Hello Kitty.   www.YourSpeakingJourney.com About Christina: Christina Wooten helps you access the wisdom and support of the Spirit World to elevate your life.She is a Certified Psychic Medium and Reiki Master Teacher.  Christina is the owner of Sedona Medium and co-host of Modern Life and Spirit podcast.She offers Psychic Medium Readings, Soul Readings, and teaches how you can start communicating and receiving messages from your Spirit Guides - through her programTo Connect with Christina Wooten, Certified Psychic Medium to increase your intuition and connect with the other side, visit www.SedonaMedium.comFind today's show notes and links to Tedx talks at www.SedonaMedium.com/single-post/truth>>>>>>Please rate, review, and subscribe to your support, be informed of new episodes  and stay connected with the conversation

Chino welcomes TED speaking coach and fellow comic Soness Stevens to the pod. Soness talks about how she found her way to the TED stage, what it took to get there, and how she helps other people do the same. She also tells Chino about her early days in Japan, what it's like to do stand up in Tokyo, and what it's like to be a foreigner in Japan. Chino and Soness also bond over their shared experience as immigrants and their love for coconuts. Like what you hear? Then support Chino while you shop! Affiliate links can be found at linktr.ee/chinosupersized See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On The Town With Tanya & Tedx Speaker/Coach and Comedian, Soness Stevens chats it up with host Tanya Cooper about all things to Tedx and International Comedy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tanya-cooper/support

“Walking On Spectrum, a funny and eye-opening glimpse into life with autism by the online globetrotting comedian and spoken word poet, Juliana Heng. If you are curious or you know somebody who walks on the spectrum, check out their show and support the arts. I watched it during the first run on The ADELAIDE FRINGE View 2020 in May 2020 and was blown away by their work. Juliana is a positive light that comes out of these dark times.” says Soness Stevens, Comedian / Emcee / Voice Artist / TED Speaker. “Walking on Spectrum” was voted : ~ “Most Inspiring Work” at The Asheville FRINGE Arts Festival 2021, ~ “Best Comedy” & “The Borderlands and Beyond Award” at the Tucson Fringe Festival 2021.   https://www.mxjulianaheng.com https://www.facebook.com/julianahengcomedy Instagram @mxjulianaheng

Jake, Chris, Soness and Ralph make you laugh with jokes about pick up lines, bad themes for restaurants and more.

I really think today's guest is a really special human. She's incredibly kind and bubbly, and it's pretty hard to have a frown around her. Not that I've ever been around Soness Stevens, I mean she lives in Tokyo, Japan, but I have been speaking with her for quite a while, and every interaction has been awesome. I can't think of anyone who has said anything but glowing things about her, except her ex-husband, and screw that guy. She host writing sessions for other comedians all around the world, has done TED Talks, and is a well respected voice over actress. Needless to say that there is a MASSIVE amount of content out there she has created for you to consume. Also, if you are a comedian, make sure you check out her Stand-up Writing Mastermind Group, the one time I participated because I had a story I was kinda stuck on, I got farther than I had in 3 months, in just 30 minutes. So, enjoy! Stand-up Writing Mastermind TED Talks and Coaching Soness's Instagram Home of the Rhino S.J. Network Audible Trial --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adventuresofalbinorhino/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adventuresofalbinorhino/support

This week Deece goes international as he talks with comedian and voice of Hello Kitty, Soness Stevens. They talk life in Japan, how comedy is different in other countries, unsanctioned V.O. work, the appropriate noises to make when viewing art, and more.

In todays episode we speak to Soness Stevens, an American who came to Japan to master Japanese and then head over to Harvard. Turns out she loved it there, it took her on such a journey that she conquered, voice over, talent, Ted talk and is now making it as a comedian in Japan. Follow this episode, as it shows what can happen when you go with the flow. To find out more about the Marvins world podcast you can reach us on Spotify at https://spoti.fi/3gvhosj , Apple podcasts at https://apple.co/2YSGAD6 and Youtube at https://bit.ly/2VDKXzK. If you would like to find out more about me and my latest projects, you can reach me on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, Youtube on riceandchips1.

Christy Miller joins the show to display her talents as not only the strongest comic in NYC physically but comedically also. Aaron, Soness and Oscar try to battle it out with premises like Misunderstood moments in history, lines you won't hear in a court room and they even go after the producer with titles for James Mac's Biography.

Soness Stevens, Will Gardiner and Emily Paige all play a comedy game to see who's better at dealing with Dr. D. Produced by James Mac from Headspace and Timing Comedy.

Soness Stevens... how do you explain this human representation of positivity... and she's bloody funny too! Take a day off woman! Listen and learn. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thesinkgirls/message

Soness is a TED Global & 3-time TEDx speaker. She is the founder of Your Speaking Journey where she is a coach to over 115 TED & TEDx speakers. She is a published academic in 3 peer reviewed journals, a communications researcher and practitioner. She is the author of Japan's first multi-media textbooks used in the university system and she practices zazen meditation in her local temple. She also has a Communications TV show on NHK TV and FOX TV and she is the official English voice of Hello Kitty.

In this episode of the Boomtank Business Show, I interview Soness Stevens a leading, international TED Talk Coach living in Japan. Her Japanese clients have a 100% acceptance rate to TED and TEDx talks in Japan. Her global clients have a crazy high TED and TEDx talk acceptance rate of 85% for talks around the world.This interview is for those of you interested in public speaking and perhaps even, giving your own TED or TEDx talk. Ted speakers are chosen if they offer a unique perspective and/or fresh new idea to the world. Soness says Chris Anderson, largely viewed as the founder of TED Talks, believes “Everyone has an idea worth spreading.” What's yours?  In this interview, Soness takes you through the “5 Wise Why’s” to figure that out. This is highly valuable TED Talk coaching. We cover a lot of ground. Keep in mind, TED Talks are not here to build your brand and business. They are not a pitch. They exist solely to promote ideas. That said, an understandable byproduct of giving a TED Talk is the resulting launch effect it can have for you, your brand, your business and potentially your speaker career, if that’s a focus for you. - Tune in and enjoy! - www.boomtank.com        

Soness Stevens asks “Why does the world need to hear your message?” A TED speaker and TEDx Head Speaker Coach, Soness unlocks what it means to connect with an audience. She offers valuable tools and speaking tips as well as personal stories and together we dive into “speaking is healing.” Simon Sinek is famous for asking “What’s your ‘why’?” Soness helps us see that you have to go beyond that in order to create and deliver a successful TED talk. You need to drill down to the universal truth. Soness shares how the “Wisdom of the Five Whys” is a great place to start. “Speaking is healing because you’re listening,” says Soness. We explore reciprocity and the powerful interplay between speaker and audience. A presentation is about being present in that moment. The best TED speakers have rehearsed over 200 times so they can be truly present and truly connect in a mindful, compassionate way that becomes an example of love in action. Successful communication and meaningful connection rely on understanding that people will listen once they feel they have been heard. We also explore how communication begins within and how it’s the internalized voices of our caregivers that influence that inner monologue. Soness shares how growing up with a mother who suffered from mental illness crafted who she was as a speaker and as a listener. And we go deeper… Soness helps us understand how presenting her own TED talk created a beautiful opening with her own mom and how it created ripples of communication and connection well after she left the stage. “Speaking is healing” helps open up this conversation for everyone - even those who are not focused on applying to TEDx right now. Learn more about Soness’s Step on the Red Dot program at http://www.yourspeakingjourney.com/. She invites you to email her about your interest in this intensive speaker’s training program: soness@yourspeakingjourney.com Have you ever felt heard? https://youtu.be/m_JbDMrP4UY and that talk about the rice cooker: https://youtu.be/xkEIeCKh3X8

"My deep emotional struggle has been a secret, hidden behind the façade of dependability. I’ve been busy making sadness wrong and I was not sure how to talk about it." Exposing the Cracks that the Light May Come In Hey guys this Sarah Mastriani-Levi and I wanted to take a few minutes to speak to you from my heart about what's been happening with me, about what's been going on with my podcast and what’s been occurring in my business over the past few months. I usually don't share a lot of personal stuff on this platform. Although, most of you know that I will share personal anecdotes from time to time to support your processes. But this time, I wanted to let you know a little bit about the authentic and human side of what's been going on lately. I hope it will encourage you and give you support that you're not alone in what you're going through. These past few months have been tough for me emotionally, psychologically, physically and spiritually. I have felt like I’ve gone through some challenges that have happened, if for no other reason, then to slow down my pace. For all of you, who personally know me, being an extremely driven, overachiever has been a trademark of my personality for the majority of my life. But something has happened… maybe lots of some things…that have begun to shift my perspective. In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew did some massive damage to my community, and much of the Southern East Coast. We caught the brunt of the storm. We were evacuated from our homes and forced into a “Hurri-cation mode”. Much of my business is online, so fortunately I could operate it from “the cloud” and the hotel where we were staying. However, while we were away there was a massive energy shift that happened in this area. For me, trees are like souls, and coming back to the storm damaged area was shocking, to say the least. Now nearly five months later, we are still seeing FEMA collecting fallout debris from the storm. As you may imagine, hundreds of thousands of trees were erased from the natural landscape. It felt like a spiritual emptying out, almost as if there were volunteer souls that bowed out, in order to allow space and light, for new energy, to come into the area. All in all, that would be a really positive thing, but simultaneously there seems to be a grieving process, both of the people and of the land for the changes that have happened and continue to evolve here. There's a heavy energy, and what feels like opposition to a lot of the new energy that is flowing in. Being an empath, I'm very sensitive to this. Honestly, it has caused me to lose my rhythm a little. It has toyed with my productive abilities for my business, and otherwise. All of this has challenged me spiritually and emotionally throughout these past several months. It has caused me to question my relationships and whether I am in the right location or not. The election season has been overwhelming, surprising and divisive. So much of what I never believed could happen, has…everyday seems like a new surprise, a new twist, a new turn. I feel constant fear and unease in the current political environment. I feel like I’m walking on egg-shells not to accidentally mention my opinion in the “wrong company.” Much of what’s around me believes differently, and I can’t for the life of me wrap my mind around it or support it. I keep asking myself, “is there a chance I could be wrong?” but cannot seem to understand how I could ever think or feel the opposite of what I do. I can’t understand what others are supporting. Strangely, nearly every project that I had started before October has not come to fruition. That is totally unlike me because I love efficiently finishing projects, more than just about anything else. In addition to all of that, every single project that I tried to launch over the past few months has sent me mixed messages with constant snafus and delays. Nearly every lecture that I was invited to speak at, has had a great reaction online, only to be followed by people who don't show up. That was after the fact that they told me personally that the message and topic I was sharing were excellent and important. My podcast, which has brought me so much joy, suddenly went through a shift too. The recording software stopped working for all PCs. I shifted to another recording software to record four important and powerful conversations with Jay Wong, Selena Delesie, Kelly Harrell and Toku McCree, only to discover on each one that my voice was barely audible (in spite of successful test runs). This really shook me up, not just on the technical level of why did this only work great in the test run, but also it was a huge embarrassment considering I had been waiting for months to talk with each of these people. It sent me spiraling…trying to find technical solutions. I also sunk deep into an energetic rabbit hole of questions regarding the value of my voice and why the universe was stopping it from being shared, on what seemed like every front. Was my antenna aimed at the wrong audience? Was I sharing a message that wasn't welcome? Was what I have to share not of value? During the following 2 months, I worked to create a program to launch during the last two weeks of December, along with a mastermind course. I designed it so people could read more and sign up on line, on my website. During the third week of December my website “white screened,” so not only  no launch…no one had access to my website for 10 days, as I gathered all of the parts. Essentially, I was invisible. I scheduled lectures to do an in-person of these programs. Again, tons of interest…and no one showed up. I have lost my mojo and my desire to explain myself to people, locally. Especially those who are not willing to pay $30 for a workshop that could create a healthy lifestyle change and heal what they are suffering from…but alas… that doesn’t come in a bottle or pill. I feel like I’m always swimming upstream and I’m tired. Tons of questioning and self-doubt ensued, as I pushed forward in my creative process. Perhaps I just needed to wait for the stars to fall into alignment for my message to be clear? What did I need to change? How could I possibly feel so connected on some levels and so utterly unheard? It even brought into question the worthiness of the work that I am doing. Although I know that this is a common phenomenon creators go through in the creative process (a.k.a. “the thrash”). I still was full of questions. I felt stuck in the rubble and not sure how to begin to rebuild. I have gone through a very difficult and depressed couple of months. My deep emotional struggle has been a secret, hidden behind the façade of dependability. I’ve been busy making sadness wrong and I was not sure how to talk about it. I am so thankful for the joy my kids and my work bring me in the moments between my relentless questioning. I have felt alone on my journey. I have been in the sad state grieving, within my soul, that may not be so different than the trees that were broken and uprooted. I have felt extremely challenged as a single-mother. My kids see their father 1-2 times a year for 10 days. He lives abroad. I do my best to be the support system of two parents, but it’s just me. I attempt to hold it all together and be what my kids need: physically, mentally and spiritually. They are my number one priority. I feel so happy when they are happy…but lately they have been sad too. Lonely and feeling unconnected to their peers on different levels. I try to hold space for their processes. I feel guilty for feeling jealous of happy families that have two active and loving parents. There is a strangeness in the foreign realization that there are actually couples that enjoy spending time with their partners and families. I feel ashamed to admit that every picture I see of others participating Father/daughter dances tears my heart in two, and brings tears to my eyes. There is no one to play with them on the weekends like their peers’ fathers do. There is no one else around to sign permission slips or to stay home with them should they need to. There is no one else to spilt the driving with when all four kids have activities in four different locations, all at the same time. Who do stay to cheer on…how do you divide yourself? This parenting thing is a one woman show…My commitment and intensity haven’t really left space for anyone else to join me on this journey. Not that I wouldn’t want it. However, no one seems to be able to dependably show up or keep up, as I would need for them to, to be a part of our lives. This too has been a generator of sadness and solitude. I can’t just will myself out of the situation. This past weekend I had a strange wake-up call. I was tired. It was 22:00 and the kids were doing their thing, as I was starting to wind down for the night. I went upstairs to say goodnight only to find a big mess, primarily from one of my kids. It was not just in the bedroom, also in the shared family room. There was a box under the craft table that had a couple hundred crayons dumped on the floor. A clear message that it didn’t matter to whomever dropped it. I was annoyed they had fallen and not been collected…I decided I would bend down and pick them up and not escalate with my volume and discourse on the subject. What followed was the most asinine, unintentionally self-inflicted injury that I have encountered to date. Generally, I have awesome spatial perception and orientation, but this night was definitely different. I bent down quickly, focusing my gaze on the dumped crayons and swiftly caught my forehead on the blunt of a straight back wooden chair. I heard my skull crack from the intensity. I found myself on the floor with the kids all around me, scared and wanting to be helpful. At first I saw stars, and then realized that I couldn’t see out of my right eye. I was worried and in pain. I questioned how this happened and what it symbolized… What am I not seeing that’s right in front of me? Where am I banging my energy because I am trying too hard or too fast?  And yes, I realize that I’m addicted to understanding why? but the message was there: Slow down. Rest. Zoom out. Go into the quiet. Soften up the process. Stop pushing so damn hard. Drop the harshness of the drive. It’s not helping you to move forward. Listen to the Universe’s rhythm, rather than trying overpower it. Take care of yourself. There is no one else who will take care of them. Parenting has been and always will be my top priority. Second to that is serving others and creating impact through my work. I have been struggling to know how and when to share about what I’ve been processing for a couple of reasons. The first is that, as a coach, it is not a great feeling to be totally vulnerable and to talk about personal difficulties. The second is the realization that life is series of cyclical hero’s journeys that you may or may not choose to embark upon…and it’s grueling and emotionally difficult to describe the most difficult part of the process while you are in the midst of it. You can see a diagram of the stages of the hero’s journey in the show notes, if you are not familiar with Joseph Campbell’s work. Diagram of the hero’s journey  It is so much easier to share when you are on the other side of an endeavor and you can be encouraging and remind others the arduous tasks of personal development are indeed, worthwhile. When you are at the bottom, lonely, and deep in inaccessible solitude, it is often difficult to see the end. If you’ve been through it or something like it before, then you probably know that there will be an end, but the inability to be more than a player and a witness to your process becomes overwhelming. There is no set timeline. I often think of the TED talk by Jill Bolte Taylor, wherein she describes going through a stroke, as a neurological and stroke researcher. She talks about recognizing all of the steps of what was going on…she understood it all, yet she still had a stroke and had to deal with the ramifications of it.  Click here to listen to the TED talk with Jill Bolte Taylor I also know… that when you choose to play the game…this game of personal growth and development… you are the one in the arena, subject to anything and everything that may come up…everything you could or couldn’t predict. I am reminded of this excerpt of Theodore Roosevelt’s speech "Citizenship In A Republic" delivered in Paris, France on 23 April, 1910. It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.  I am voluntarily in the arena…I choose to remain there. It’s not easy. I signed up for the advanced course. I’m here to make a difference…I’m here to create impact. I push forward…not knowing where it will take me. I recall the words of Zig Zigler, “Go as far as you can see; When you get there, you’ll see further.” From a spiritual perspective, I know that everything is as it should be. I know that timing is just a human illusion. Yet, from a very human perspective…I often struggle. I know that I do not have to give up on my dream to create impact, to generously give back, to have a voice that matters. I just have to relinquish the timeline that I have connected to the process. I know that I cannot truly accept the “call to adventure” if I have placed my own timeline on the journey. Albert Einstein’s words remind us that “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” I have realized that everything I want to create and share couldn’t possibly come to fruition on the timeline that I created months, years…or even decades ago. Everything has shifted with divine timing that was and is beyond my control or comprehension at times. The strangeness of the past few months has also brought a different level of podcasts and expression due to my partially inaudible recordings. Over the next four episodes you will hear a different vibe than you may have become accustomed to. As my voice, either wasn’t recorded, or was recorded in limited capacity, I will be featuring excerpts from the greatness of conversations with Jay Wong, Selena Delesie, Kelly Harrell and Toku McCree. I have been waiting to bring them to refinement and release, until I was clear on how to explain what had happened. The goal of my podcast is multi-faceted and remains the same. As a coach, I want others to hear these amazing conversations that I get to experience. I believe that they are valuable, impactful and important. I honor every one of the guests that I have had on, and will have on in the future, for sharing their amazing stories and messages. I think the second and primary reason for the podcast’s creation was to give a platform for the voices that are often heard only in private conversations… to show that emotional intimacy is not only an achievable goal… it can happen in one conversation…in one moment…in one synchronized breath. I feel like I would be robbing others of the opportunity of learning something great, along with me, if I did not share these messages. I wanted to offer them my gratitude for the work they are putting out in the world, inspired by Thich Nhat Hahn’s quote of “How can I love you more?”. As well as the question of how can I help others to love what you are doing as much as I do? I questioned whether I needed to redefine my business and brand identity, knowing that on some level I wanted to redefine my hustle. I have had numerous conversations trying to gain clarity. Tons of things are in the works and I have had to call on my coaches and guides to help keep me moving forward. I’m clear that 2017 is the year I desire to become completely location independent. I do deep work with inspired and creative leaders who are invested in their own spiritual hero’s journey. I provide coaching, as well as create courses and services to support their spiritual and physical health and wellness. I have five courses in the works that are launching soon including: Food and the Heroes Journey-How to Fuel Greatness (thank you Jan Black for helping me refine the concept) The Hero’s Journey Backpack Crash Course-helping others to understand what they need to have in their spiritual backpack to embark on a true spiritual journey (Riley Temple, Brian Musial and Paul Nattoli, you guys talked me through this one) I have a mastermind in the works for people who are suffering from the loneliness and isolation that often comes from being spiritual and creative entrepreneurs (Liz Scully, your guidance is unmatched on this subject) I have a year-long program called Your year of Transformation that I've been slowly building. (Peter Rossetti, thank you for your patience and helping me to realize that everything in life is just a design problem that needs a spiritual solution) I have updated my Creating a Better You program to be in alignment with the kinds of people who are a good fit for me to work with. As many of you may or may not know, all good coaches have other coaches and advisors, because they know their value and are willing to pay for good coaching. So, I turned to MY support team of coaches and friends to really try and dig deep to figure out what I needed to shift within me to create my greatest message in the world. Amongst the others, on my support team I would like to show appreciation for: Soness Stevens, my TED speaker coach, for guiding me to connect with ease and grace as I prepare my speech. Karen Wright, you have been encouraging and helped me to remember that you can't take on as much as I have as a single parent without it being hard… That it is supposed to be hard. Marika Tomkins you have reminded me that I need to continue sharing the human side of my spiritual struggles and to allow it to come out authentically. Without you, I wouldn’t have considered sharing publicly what has been going on in my life. Deborah Williams, you have kept me returning to look at the spiritual brilliance of shifting and changing money mindsets. Anthony Mattis, you continue to remind me how to lose judgment where I didn't even realize it existed, to always consider that “it's an interesting point of view that I have that point of view” and not wrap any conclusions around that. Chris Suddeth, your Energy work has been pivotal in helping me, reminding me that it's OK to express my humor and wit, as well as my sweet side. Jacqueline Friel Smith, thanks for helping me to see myself as others see me and capturing that, even when it is difficult for me to see it. Laura Petersen, your reminder that “only good will come from this” has been reassuring. Also, bringing up the question of “what am I not willing to see, that if I was willing to see would change all realities?” has be extremely helpful. Diana Babauta, thank you for your support and believing in what I do. Thank you for helping me to keep my body in a strong and functional condition. Ifetayo White, your loving grandmother energy and powerful spiritual work continues to be an inspiration. Nick Snapp, your encouragement and understanding has helped me to connect to the very pragmatic and functional side of getting things done. Your program Real Accountable is a phenomenal resource and I want to see you succeed in serving others through this amazing gift you have created. Anna Cragin your positivity and accountability have shown up and allowed me to acknowledge the achievements that I have made. In spite of the fact that my desire to accomplish things is in constant overdrive; You have helped me to celebrate the small wins. Moshe Dekel, thank you for helping to keep me healthy, seeing value in my approach to holistic medicine and guiding me when and where necessary. There have been so many others who have shown up and offered an ear, a word of encouragement, a word of advice. For all of you, I am thankful. My focus has shifted to the questions of: What if everything I’m doing and going through is exactly right? How would I approach my work differently? I lean on the words of one of my heroes Maya Angelou who said, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” I’ve been trying to be even more attuned to messages from the universe, through opportunities that present themselves. I’ve been examining where, within my spirit I have blocked the appearance of ease and grace from an outdated, limiting belief pattern that everything good needs to come through very hard work (a.k.a. the workaholics constant “fix” of validation). I am a creator and I won’t stop creating powerful tools and transformations for the amazing clients I have the privilege to work with. I am working and writing all the time, often single-handedly. I actively silence the negative self-talk, daily, to push forward while listening to the cosmic timing. Some days I flow with ease, others I feel like I must power through. But I show up. Every. Damn. Day. In fact, I’ve been sleeping in the “arena” for years. I recognize the need for surrender and I am allowing the light into the cracks. I continue from a place of deep knowing and intuitive inspiration. Rumi tells us, “the wound is where the light enters you.”   And Leonard Cohen reminds us: Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in… This is Sarah Mastriani-Levi of Mannafest Living signing off from a riff on Simple Change- Creating Impact One Conversation at a Time. Thanks for taking the time to listen.   Connect and Follow Sarah Email Website Facebook Personal Facebook Business Twitter Instagram LinkedIn     Never miss an episode of weekly inspiration from Simple Change. Subscribe now through iTunes, or Stitcher, or listen to an episode here. Simple Change Theme Music by Hani’el Mastriani-Levi Simple Change Logo by Eden Mastriani-Levi This podcast was edited by Mannafest Living

In deze aflevering mijn gesprek met Soness Stevens. Soness werkt met opkomende thought leaders die weten dat ze hun boodschap op een groter podium moeten presenteren, live op een podium en online. Spreken bij TED, keynotes, seminars, webinars of videos, je weet dat moet opstaan om jouw beweging te leiden.   Soness heeft gesproken bij TED Worldwide, TEDx, en in de Apple Theater. Je kunt haar zien bij wekelijkse TV shows op NHK & FOX Japan. Haar klanten zijn TED Senior Fellows, TEDx speakers. Ze helpt sprekers met wereldwijde speaking tours & ondernemers die hun inkomen met $15,000/ maand verhogen na het geven van één goede presentatie! Dit is een aflevering uit de voormalige Number One Coachbiz show die niet verloren mocht gaan. De aflevering is in het Engels. Veel plezier met het mooie gesprek met Soness Episode 88 Show Notes Je kunt met haar verbinden via Twitter @soness Soness Stevens Head Speaker Coach bij TEDxKyoto op Linkedin  Facebook Ze heeft zels een bio op IMDb als actrice.   Opvallende uitspraken die ik mooi vind in het interview: The Super Power of being visible brain holds on to painful experiences For each one negative experience you need nine positive experiences to even it out Speaking is a journey, you start today Success means enjoying where I am at the moment Write down my intentions for today There is a lot of power, but not enough empowering of introverts Sometimes it is not about the one who speaks the most loudly but about the one who speaks with the most conviction Genoemde mensen: Robert Biswas-Diener – TEDx talk Your happiest days are behind you Natalie Sisson the Suitcase Entrepreneur Gar Reynolds of Presentation Zen Jenna Soard of You Can Brand Kimra Luna Freecom Hacker Dr. Agnes Frankel the Med Rebel Susan Cain – TED talk Power of introverts Vergeet niet te abonneren op de Erno Hannink Show via iTunes, Stitcher of SoundCloud. Kun je mij een groot plezier doen zodat meer ondernemers deze podcast kunnen vinden? Geef deze podcast jouw eerlijke beoordeling en recensie. Dit helpt mij enorm om deze podcast te verspreiden. Dank je wel hiervoor. Stuur me een korte e-mail om mij te laten weten dat je dit gedaan hebt en ik stuur je een verrassing. Je kunt mij bereiken op podcast@ernohannink.nl Ik hoor graag van jou. Wil je weten hoe jij ook meer klanten krijgt met online? Hoe je met internet sneller jouw grootse doel bereikt? Vraag dan nu de Online Zichtbaar Analyse aan. Bedoeld voor ondernemers die in de B2B omgeving werken met grootse plannen. In een korte analyse snel zicht op wat je online wilt verbeteren voor meer resultaat.

Never miss an episode of weekly inspiration from Simple Change. Subscribe now through iTunes, or Stitcher, or listen to an episode here. Soness Stevens remembers growing up with a childhood dream of being a ninja. She takes us along, with her amazing story-telling ability, from her younger years moving frequently in the US to her now home in Japan. She shares personal stories of connection with her brother Chris, her “Ninja Master.” His words of “Ninjas Never Give Up,” seemed to be the driving force that never allowed her to quit through her tough childhood…and perhaps even beyond. She offers a story of being hurt and wanting to confide in her Barbie, who felt completely unrelated-able, with her unfading smile. Soness’ spiritual path began to be evident to her following an interview for a paper products company in Florida, in her early 20’s. She saw herself walking into an industry that would lock her in a direction that did not feel progressive. After turning down a lucrative job offer, she decided to get her MBA at Harvard. For her to be able to specialize in what she was pursuing, she needed to be fluent in Japanese. This required a year’s studies in Japan. While in Japan, she became Japan’s first Feng Shui consultant, as well as the English voice of Hello Kitty. Following her realization that she needed more than a year to truly learn Japanese and the Japanese culture, Soness decided to make Japan her “always” home. She has lived there now for 20 years. Since then, Soness has built a life teaching connection and compassion through public speaking. She has a nationally broadcast television show, as well as a career as a university professor. She walks both students and coaching clients through their personal “Speaking Journeys” and teaches them how to create TED/TEDx worthy speeches. She helps them to define core thesis’ and to find value to offer to others. Soness is also a TEDx speaker and speaker coach for other speakers. As a global communicator has done multiple TEDx speeches herself. She incorporates connection and compassion to all of her lessons teaching others to recognize the “oneness” and similarities we all share. Additionally, she describes the Japanese method of “reading the air” to integrate the intuitive nature that once was so commonplace in the Japanese culture. You can see one of her talks here. She also took time to share about her latest online teaching program, “How to Create a TED Worthy Application,” helping others to get their messages out to the world. More than anything though, Soness describes her process of “teaching others to be at home with themselves.” Her heart is huge and her commitment to the success of others is to be appreciated and valued. Take a moment to listen. You will be inspired and your heart will be warmed from her truly amazing journey to where she is now. To learn more about Soness Stevens and her life changing work, please contact her via email at sonessstevens@gmail.com or on her website www.yourspeakingjourney.com. Sources Mentioned in the Podcast Your Speaking Jouney- Coaching with Soness Taoism Connect and Follow Soness Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn

If you're speaking at an event, workshop or webinar, you're going to love this episode of the Go to Girl Podcast.  I'm chatting with Soness Stevens, Coach to Ted and TedX Speakers around the world.  She's based in Japan and shares techniques on how you can wow the crowd at your next event, whether online or on stage.   Podcast #75 Show Notes Other Go to Girl Podcasts