So last night before I went to bed, I was scrolling social media as we know we shouldn’t do. It was late and I stumbled upon my friend Gail Larson’s page. Gail leads a program out of Santa Fe called Transformational Speaking. As they say don’t judge a book by its title, don’t judge this program by its title. Transformational Speaking is not about how to be a public speaker and how to command the stage and how to get your point across. It is all of the homework leading up to speaking in front of people, whether that means at work or on a stage or simply within your organization when you’re trying to make something happen.

In fact, she calls it speaking from the home zone, and that’s what her program is all about. Through a series of questions and exercises – it’s a three-day, program of very small groups – Gail takes you through a process which helps you to find your footing and to stand in your truth, whatever that truth is. It takes you into your heart space, the core of your message and the core of what you want to share. It’s absolutely beautiful.

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