Tell & Sell Your Story: How to Grow Your Audience, Impact & Income

What do you do with a course you spent a year building and never launched? Lisa Bradshaw was in the middle of launching hers when a medical crisis struck her family, then she set it aside. Receiving a text from a friend a few days ago brought it back off the shelf. In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story, Lisa shares the story behind that course, the patients, caregivers and experts who gave i...

Building something can be lonely, especially when you've been working on the same idea long enough to reach version 12, 13, or beyond. In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw talks about the people we trust with our ideas before they're finished. The ones willing to open the link one more time, offer another set of eyes, tell us the truth, celebrate the wins, and keep listening...

  What if the opportunity you're pursuing is only the beginning? A spontaneous detour during a recent van trip got Lisa Bradshaw thinking about the times in business when having a plan matters, and the times when leaving a little room in that plan can take an idea somewhere you never expected. In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa shares how a community storytelling project grew beyon...

What do you do when something in your business starts gaining momentum? Sometimes one opportunity creates a ripple effect you never could have predicted. Another may seem huge in the moment and produce a much smaller result. Both can become valuable pieces of the business and body of work you're building. In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares two opportunities from ear...

What do you do when the next thing you want to build is something you've never done before? Years ago, Lisa Bradshaw walked into a meeting hoping to land a radio show and found herself being considered for a completely different opportunity, a position that didn't even exist yet. What followed was an unexpected lesson in mentorship, accountability, and the value of having someone in your corner wh...

What if some of the hardest work in your life is also some of the most meaningful? As Lisa Bradshaw turns 55, she's looking differently at the work it took to build the life she has today and at the things that have asked the most of her along the way. From motherhood and more than two decades of entrepreneurship to major life changes, loss, love, and an unexpected new chapter, this birthday has L...

When something in your business isn't working the way you expected, how do you know what actually needs to change? It's easy to take one disappointing result and start questioning everything. The offer. The message. The audience. The idea itself. Before long, you're rebuilding something that may not have been broken in the first place. Years ago, a decision was made about Lisa Bradshaw's weekly ra...

Have you ever spent years (or any amount of wasted time) worrying about something that eventually happened, only to discover you were completely wrong about what it would mean? While visiting her hometown, Lisa Bradshaw walks past her childhood home and remembers the huge field the spanned the back yards of the entire neighborhood. Her dad always said the property would eventually sell, and when i...

What does it mean to have 95 years of stories? This week, Lisa Bradshaw heads back to the street where she grew up to celebrate the 95th birthday of a dear friend she has known since she was just 3 years old. It has her thinking about the stories we carry about the people in our lives, the stories they carry about us, and how those stories multiply across a lifetime. Who remembers the person you w...

Have you ever let someone else's opinion shape what you believed was possible for your life? This week, Lisa shares the story of a friend whose high school teacher predicted she would "be a loser her entire life." Decades later, that same student built an extraordinary career in nursing, became a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, and is now working toward her doctorate....

What does singing karaoke have to do with becoming a better speaker? More than you might think. In this episode, Lisa Bradshaw shares an unexpected lesson from a night at karaoke and explains why holding (any) microphone on stage and committing to the moment can help you become a more confident storyteller. If you've ever wondered whether you know your story well enough, worried about forgetting w...

One year ago, Lisa Bradshaw launched a podcast with four recorded episodes, a coach's guidance, and one simple commitment: show up every week. Fifty-six (56) episodes later, she's celebrating the first anniversary of  Tell and Sell Your Story by reflecting on what consistency has taught her. Not just about podcasting, but about business, storytelling, and continuing to be someone who keeps promise...

What if the opportunity you're hoping for today is actually being built through the relationships you started nurturing decades ago? In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares the remarkable story behind a Zoom meeting more than 30 years in the making. What began with babysitting a five-week-old baby evolved into a lifelong friendship built on trust, showing up, and walking...

In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares an unexpected realization she had while attending a country music festival she'd been looking forward to for months. What began as a fun weekend with friends turned into a reflection on something many entrepreneurs experience but rarely stop to examine. Lisa explores how paying attention to those quiet moments of clarity can help u...

In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares a simple story from the road that started with a small purchase and turned into an unexpected reminder about kindness, connection, and the little moments that become part of the stories we carry with us. While traveling in her van and embracing this new chapter of life, Lisa reflects on why some everyday experiences stay with us. T...

What if one of the smartest business decisions you make costs less than a lunch out with friends? In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares a recent conversation with a friend after several of her social media posts unexpectedly went viral. The conversation sparked a bigger lesson about protecting your story, your intellectual property, and the opportunities that may be wa...

What happens when you've prepared every word… and then decide to go off script? In this week's episode, Lisa reflects on her son's wedding weekend, the heartfelt toasts, the stories shared by family and lifelong friends, and the surprising lesson that emerged from it all: preparation creates freedom. After spending weeks writing and refining her wedding toast, Lisa found herself adding to parts of...

What happens when a storyteller finds herself standing inside one of the most meaningful stories of her own life? As Lisa prepares to give a toast at her son's wedding, she reflects on the chapters that led to this moment, the promise she made years ago, and the people whose love, encouragement, and presence helped shape the story she's living today. In this special 50th episode of Tell and Sell Y...

In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares one of the most important lessons she's learned after securing sponsorships, partnerships, and collaborative opportunities throughout her career: the opportunities we want often begin with a simple ask. Using a recent travel partnership renewal as a real-time example, Lisa shares how a sponsorship opportunity came together after th...

In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares a first: after 48 consecutive on-time episodes, her weekly podcast didn't arrive on time. But the story isn't really about being late. It's about recognizing when something is finished but not quite ready, trusting your instincts as a creator, and understanding the difference between meeting a deadline and delivering something mean...

This week on Tell & Sell Your Story, Lisa Bradshaw breaks down one of the most important communication frameworks she teaches inside The Story Collective: Before, During, and After. Most people prepare content. Great communicators prepare transformation. In this episode, Lisa explains why powerful communication has less to do with sounding polished and more to do with understanding the psychologic...

In this episode of  Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares what happened when the van she had dreamed about for years turned out to be a HIUGE disappointment the moment she arrived to pick it up. After selling her home in just 15 days and preparing to begin a completely new chapter of life on the road, Lisa found herself standing in the middle of one of the biggest purchases of her life f...

In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares the real story behind how sponsorships and collaborative opportunities are built over time and why most meaningful partnerships start much smaller than people think. Recorded just before leaving on an 11-hour drive to pick up the van she's dreamed about for years, Lisa reflects on how quickly life can change when momentum meets pre...

In this episode of  Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares a deeply personal moment recorded within an hour of signing the closing papers on the home where she raised her son after the loss of her husband. Reflecting on the bold decision she made years ago to move across the country during one of the most uncertain seasons of her life, Lisa connects that experience to the present moment:...

In this episode of Tell and Sell Your Story , Lisa Bradshaw shares a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most powerful exercises inside her Story Collective program: the "stage cut"—a five-minute version of a talk that becomes the foundation for a full keynote. Drawing from her signature Umbrella Story framework, Lisa explains how breaking a talk down into one core story, a strong opening, and a...