The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Finding Quiet in the Noise: Healing Burnout and Reconnecting with Yourself with SuperKate Episode Summary In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with the delightful and deeply insightful SuperKate—a somatic life coach, world-renowned hugger, and former "Do-It-All-I'll-Sleep-Later" woman—for a conversation that so many high-achieving w...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Being BOLD in a Quiet Way Episode Summary In this heartfelt mini-episode, Tracie Root explores a different perspective on courage. So often, we associate boldness with big personalities, dramatic decisions, and fearless action. But what if some of the most courageous things we do happen quietly? Drawing from her own experiences of loss, reinvention, entrepreneurship, and commun...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Stop People-Pleasing and Start Choosing Yourself with Anna Hanael Episode Summary In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Anna Hanael—speaker, healer, certified hypnotherapist, and pattern-breaking expert—for a powerful conversation about self-trust, people-pleasing, intuition, and personal transformation. Anna shares her remarkable journey from...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Brilliant Doesn’t Mean Burnt Out Episode Summary In this solo episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie Root shares an honest and deeply relatable conversation about burnout, ambition, boundaries, and redefining success. Drawing from her own experiences as a high-achieving Gen X woman, entrepreneur, and community leader, Tracie explores the pressure many women feel to c...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Actualizing Your Best Self: Healing, Growth & Bold Reinvention with Elizabeth Ormes Episode Summary In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with psychotherapist and entrepreneur Elizabeth Ormes for a deeply honest conversation about healing, resilience, identity, and the courage to reinvent yourself. After nearly 30 years working in mental health...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Reclaiming Your Voice & Showing Up Authentically with Elaine Williams Episode Summary In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with longtime friend and community member Elaine Williams—video performance coach, speaker, comedian, and bestselling author—for a deeply honest conversation about confidence, visibility, healing, and reclaiming your voice...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Get Speaking Gigs Now: Turning Your Voice Into Clients with Leisa Reid Episode Summary In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Leisa Reid—speaker, author, and founder of Get Speaking Gigs Now™—to talk about how public speaking can become one of the most powerful ways to grow your business. From her early days in communication and higher educatio...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Get Seen, Trusted, and Paid: Stepping Into Your Expert Authority with Christine Blosdale Episode Summary In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Christine Blosdale—The Expert Authority Coach™—to talk about what it really takes to get seen, trusted, and paid for what you already know. With a background in media, broadcasting, and personal brandin...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ From Identity to Impact: Choosing Yourself with Urmi Hossain Episode Summary In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Urmi Hossain—author, speaker, finance professional, and advocate for women’s empowerment—to explore the powerful journey of identity, belonging, and self-leadership. From growing up as a third-culture woman in Italy to building a...

Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Welcome to Season Two: Your Business, Your Rules Episode Summary Welcome to Season Two of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast! In this solo episode, Tracie Root sets the tone for the year ahead with a powerful reminder: your business gets to be built your way. Inspired by a real conversation inside The Gather Community, she explores what happens when we let go of “shoulds,” stop cha...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: As we close out Season One of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast , host Tracie Root reflects on a year of courageous conversations, bold decisions, and real stories from real women. With 30 episodes released in 2025 , this season became a powerful reminder that meaningful change begins when women choose themselves and take the next right step—often before they feel...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: In this energizing conversation, Tracie sits down with Lia Allen —entrepreneur, community builder, and networking powerhouse—to talk about the bold decisions that reshaped her life and business. Lia shares her “immigrant-to-impact” origin story, the career pivot that saved her health, how she built a thriving business from her skills (starting with transcriptio...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary In this feel-good (and wildly practical) conversation, Tracie sits down with Mary Lummerding—Chef Mary + cooking coach —to talk about the real reason so many people avoid the kitchen… and how to change that without turning cooking into another “should.” Mary shares how she helps clients fit cooking into their actual lives , why “enjoyment” is the missing ingredi...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: In this powerful episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast , Tracie Root sits down with Santa Cruz community icon Clara Minor of Minorsan Self-Defense & Fitness . Clara shares her origin story—growing up with entrepreneurial parents, launching her first business in Alaska during the pipeline days (yes… Wild West energy!), and building a decades-long legacy...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: What happens when a single mom in “hustle + survival mode” gets asked one simple question— “What would happen to your daughter if something happened to you?” In this episode, Tracie sits down with Sharda Ryan of Wealth Design Group to talk about how an “accidental” entry into finance became a purpose-driven career helping women create clarity, confidence, and r...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: In this powerful conversation, Tracie sits down with Donya Fahmy , Alchemist-in-Chief at Sustainable Health Solutions and creator of Dropwise Essentials . Donya shares her long, bumpy “healing journey”—from years of chronic symptoms and frustrating dead-ends in traditional care to reclaiming her personal power and finding real relief through natural solutions....

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: What happens when your kids drive away… and you suddenly realize your entire identity just shifted ? In this heart-opening episode, confidence coach and Confidence in Bloom podcast host Tina Spoletini shares how an “almost empty nest” moment sparked her reinvention—and how her work evolved from styling outfits to helping women rebuild self-trust, quiet self-dou...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: What happens when a “recovered corporate misfit” merges her inner geek with her spiritual heart—and turns it into a movement? In this episode, Tracie sits down with Diana Concoff Morgan , Conscious Digital Impact Strategist and author of The Whole Heart Social Media Success Formula™ , for a truth-telling, permission-giving conversation about visibility. Diana s...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: What happens when life asks you to hold everything —a demanding career, caregiving, grief, big transitions—and you finally choose yourself ? In this powerful episode, Tracie sits down with Kat Mitchell (Master Transformation Coach, NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, and energy-work guide) to talk about the bold decision that changed her path from corporate tech...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: In this powerful and deeply human episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast , host Tracie Root sits down with Jen Vertanen , Chief of Staff at a health-tech startup and founder of We The Unruly . Jen shares the bold, vulnerable decision that reshaped her life, her marriage, and her relationship with herself. Through an honest conversation about identity, healin...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: What does it take to uproot your life, step into the unknown, and create a thriving global community of women entrepreneurs? In this episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast , Tracie sits down with Elle Ballard —founder of the Women of the World Network, abundance mentor, author, speaker, and advocate for authentic living. Elle shares her bold journey from Kaz...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: What happens when you trade the safety of corporate life for the creativity of entrepreneurship? In this inspiring conversation, award-winning portrait photographer Suszi McFadden shares how she transformed her lifelong love of photography into a thriving business that empowers women to feel strong, beautiful, and unstoppable. From her leap out of tech to her s...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: In this inspiring episode of The Bold and Brilliant Podcast , Tracie is joined by Julie Marty-Pearson—podcaster, coach, storyteller, and founder of the Podcast Your Story Podcaster community. Julie shares her deeply personal journey from burnout and uncertainty to freedom and fulfillment through podcasting. Tune in to hear how losing a “dream job” led to findin...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: In this solo episode, Tracie peels back the curtain on one of the biggest myths holding people back — motivation. Spoiler alert: motivation isn’t something you wait for — it’s something you create . Listen in as Tracie shares how taking imperfect, bold action fuels momentum, which in turn, builds motivation. If you’ve ever caught yourself saying, “I should real...

Send us Fan Mail 🎧 Episode Summary: In this soulful and deeply inspiring episode of The Bold and Brilliant Podcast , host Tracie Root welcomes the radiant Carrie Asuncion Helms , intuitive coach, human design guide, and Queen of Your Destiny. Together, they explore how bold decisions, deep inner work, and conscious resilience lead to personal power and purpose-driven impact. Carrie shares her jou...