Quiet Messenger is for the deep feelers, the sensitive rebels, the neurodivergent introverts with something BIG to say. Adria Sophia -- TEDx Speaker, Guide for Quiet Leaders, Messaging Weaver -- will help you tap into the message that moves you, embrace intuitive marketing in integrity with your values, and use your voice to share your truth clearly and courageously to call in your people and your next level of impact...without needing to change who you are. Uncover your unique way to show u ...
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We have a tendency to underestimate quiet leaders. Or we assume anyone successful ISN’T a quiet leader. This hit home for me when my friend Ashley Looker said she wanted to come to my Gathering of Quiet Leaders. As an Empowerment Coach, Mindfulness Teacher and Journaling Expert for ambitious over-achieving humans, Ashley’s got 11,000+ followers for…
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207. Soulful Creating & Transmitting the Energy of an Offering with Ahava Shira
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When we choose to take our work deeper and bring others into it, some inquiries arise: How do we create offerings that forward our message and mission, that are thought leadership, personified? How do we share in ways that help people feel our offering and that light our fire and keep it burning? And when what we’re creating is so potent and felt, …
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We are made up of those who came before us, and the story of our lineage (which doesn’t have to be blood relatives) may hold clues for how we want to show up. Ancestral work can be a way to understand our own voices and can be healing for us and our leadership, helping us show up as fuller, more rooted versions of ourselves. For quiet leaders, ance…
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The final step in rekindling your work is to SHARE it. To be leaders and create ripple effects, we can’t stay in our creative caves. Our work needs to live out in the world in order to do its magic. But this step doesn’t just “happen” when you’re someone who may rarely feel ANY nudges to share publicly. Episode 205 of Quiet Messenger is dedicated t…
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204. Express the Soul of Your Work (Rebranding & Photoshoot)
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After a season of following the sparks of inspiration, my creative fire was rekindled. I was finally ready to create again. Exploring what this work artistically and creatively wanted to become turned into a many-month process. We often get advice but wonder how to apply it, especially as quiet leaders that don’t see that many leaders out there lik…
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If we don’t want to do business + leadership the way it’s always been done, we can’t keep using the same tools. Traditional planning aims for what you already know. But what if we want to end up somewhere different…and we don’t yet know what that looks like? Here’s what happened on my biz sabbatical when I let following the sparks of inspiration be…
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Think of a plant that’s been in a pot that’s too small for too long. It’s grown as much as it can in that container. When you give that plant a bigger pot, its roots grow deeper and spread out to take up more space. Until finally you start to see fresh growth above the soil. I was like that rootbound plant that had outgrown its pot. And going on sa…
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Do you ever feel resistance to sharing and super OVER the way things are done? Uninspired and out of alignment with your work? Funky that your business hasn’t caught up to your values? In the past decade, I’ve learned this is usually a cue that I’ve outgrown my current business. In this episode, I share… A framework for rekindling fire in our work …
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Many of us view being consistent and reliable as a badge of honor. It’s natural and inevitable in the productivity culture we live in. But what if we redefined consistency? What if we recognized that consistency isn’t a rigid thing? That it’s about continuing to show up and giving yourself what you need to do that. AND what showing up looks like mi…
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199. The Highly Sensitive ADHDer - Neurodivergence in Quiet Leaders
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This is for you if you’re neurodivergent, suspect you are, love someone who is, or are simply ADHD-curious. For years, I suspected I was neurodivergent, that my brain worked differently than others. BUT I thought of ADHDers as bold, rash, outspoken and disorganized risk takers with overflowing energy. I, on the other hand, was a careful, shy, sensi…
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Your way is likely not loud. It may not be shouting on a loudspeaker at a protest or posting a polarizing opinion on social media. But that doesn't mean it isn't activism. In case the word “activism” has you thinking this isn’t for you, let me remind you that as a Quiet Messenger, you’re an activist. You are speaking on behalf of a message that nee…
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I'm back! And I'm not alone. (goes hand-in-hand with this episode) An idea that stuck in my head for months was bringing on a co-host for a season. I knew if I had a friend I was co-creating with, it would be easier to show up. I didn’t realize at the time that I was employing the technique of body doubling. Enter Kat Frogosa, past client, friend, …
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196 A Persona vs Messaging that Feels Like *You* with Kat Frogosa
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Do you ever feel like there’s a certain way you need to sound to be heard online? An empath with a rebellious streak, Quiet Messenger Kat Frogosa is a natural-born nurturer with major resistance when being told to do things a certain way. If it doesn’t feel good deep down in her bones, she’s not doing it. She had seen so many women — especially bur…
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195 Neurodiversity, ADHD & How “Differences” Connect with Sarah Hennessey
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Sarah Hennessey is a Sustainability & Wellness Coach supporting self-identified female misfits who are looking for a sustainable and alternative twist on living a truly healthy life. As someone who was too shy to speak in school growing up, Sarah spent most of her life definitely not seeing herself as a Messenger. When she started her business as a…
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Popping in with a quick note on my Messenger Mastermind – what it’s all about, why I do it, how it supports Quiet Messengers – since we’re in final enrollment for the January cohort! The Messenger Mastermind is an intimate circle of sensitive, introverted women leaders who like cozy spaces for connection, growth and processing and who want to feel …
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This episode might seem to contradict the last. I said message clarity isn’t everything, and that what we really need is an ongoing messaging practice. That’s still true. But also, message clarity is the foundation that messaging practice is built on. That’s why I structure my Masterminds for Quiet Messengers with core content to keep generating ne…
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Ever feel like you keep getting *this* close with your messaging and then…Ugh, actually never mind, I don’t know if this is right. Or do you clarify your messaging and then lose touch with it and forget…How do I talk about this again? Is this really what people want? Two steps forward, one step back. Two steps forward, one step back. That’s because…
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A couple of years back, when the book Disrupt-Her by Miki Agrawal (powerhouse cofounder of THINX and Tushy, two startups that disrupted the taboo categories of periods and toilets) came out, I read it, thinking: “This wasn’t written for me. I’m not bold or daring or loud. I’m not a disruptor. If anything, my natural tendency is to keep the peace.” …
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Have you felt any friction, resistance, or misalignment with social media lately? I know I have, for a few years now. So many of us are questioning: I can’t keep up. I wish I could do more. Is there something wrong with me? Look at her successful life – will I ever get there? Does anyone even care what I have to say? I want to close my account – bu…
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As a sensitive leader, I can lead a 90-minute coaching call for my Messenger Mastermind and be energetically DONE. Even though it was a fantastic, connected session that brought tears and aha moments to my clients and enlivened, inspired, and fulfilled me. I’m intense. Focused. In that hour and a half, I was fully present and gave my 100%. I left n…
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When you’re a coach, the right support is key to growing your business. And when you’re a leader, the right support will help you unlock your voice and share your message with the world. I’ve spent several years leading programs for quiet leaders and a decade navigating business programs, coaches, and courses as a sensitive, introverted leader in t…
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Have you ever noticed that there’s an assumption society makes that introverts and quiet folks MUST be followers? I had an aha moment while watching Nikki Ling’s TEDx talk “Quiet Confidence: Follow the Introverted Leader” where words were put to a bias that now seems so obvious. But, you know what I’ve noticed? Sensitive biz owners are actually bor…
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If you’ve gotten a lot of solid, smart marketing advice from business programs BUT have been listening to your intuition and it’s telling you… That some of the strategies you were given don’t actually mesh for you. That what you were being told to do felt like putting on a persona. That the copy you created from that advice doesn’t really feel like…
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Often as introverts and sensitive folks in a loud, outward-focused world, we have needs that get overlooked or make us feel weak or “too much” in some way. Whether it’s a need to leave early from a social situation when we’re tapped out, or to retreat to private space to ride an emotional wave, or to have less work tasks in a day to ease overwhelm …
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A month ago, I realized that there’s a topic I’ve been dancing around with you for the last two years. That my work is for sensitive introverts. Quiet Messengers. Big feelers who like cozy spaces for connection, growth and processing. We might be vocal and spirited in the small, intimate container of our Messenger Masterminds, but putting things ou…
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Without being clear in your messaging, you can do a lot of marketing busywork that gets ignored, doesn’t build your community or doesn’t compel people to buy. YET… There’s a lot of messaging out there that is very clear but is also manipulative, selling at all costs and using unethical tactics that don’t leave customers making empowered decisions. …
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I know you’ve got a big heart and you’re SO GOOD at your work…but in order to keep doing your work, you need paying clients. That’s where being able to clearly communicate what uniquely positions you comes in. Because when you are the ONLY one qualified for the job, your dream clients will happily pay you. Not in a way that’s sleazy or manipulative…
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Okay…so let’s talk about getting crickets and what it feels like to always be chasing clients. Ugh, I know. Frustrating stuff. Want to know one of the biggest challenges I see to coaches and leaders reaching their people? First, let me say that this is not about popularity, likes or followers. It’s about really reaching your people on a deeper leve…
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If you’re anything like me, there are likely one or two TED talks that have made a big impact on you. Two for me are Susan Cain’s The power of introverts and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The danger of a single story. What do they have in common that made them land so powerfully? A clear message. But if you’re going to use your voice and share your tr…
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Today begins a brand new season of Unforgettable! A season dedicated to taking us back to the foundations of messaging. Starting with… What is messaging, really? Believe me, I’ve heard a lot of myths and misunderstandings in the past several years I’ve been leading messaging workshops and Masterminds! That it’s all about wordsmithing or dialing in …
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Closing out Speaking to What Matters: Conversations on Messaging for a More Just World, here is my personal debrief with specific aha moments and learnings I took away from each leader about how to show up for social justice in your messaging. Listen in. A Few Takeaways: You can’t slap up new inclusive messaging on your website and expect more dive…
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177 Speaking About Issues Without Co-Opting Them with Nisha Moodley
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We’re all continually learning & navigating how to share in these times which are highly polarized and where a lot of our collective trauma is at the surface. As my guest today, Nisha Moodley, points out, we’re just at the beginning of learning how to be together on the internet. And we’re unlearning + relearning how to do it in a different, more g…
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176 CIS-Centering, Pronouns and Leadership with Tamala Poljak
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After decades as an artist and musician, Tamala Poljak decided to become a therapist because they’re passionate about working with people who have felt othered. Now they almost exclusively work with the LGBTQIA+ population and a lot with triadic partnerships, polyamory and different ways that people create family and home. Coming from a generation …
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Today we hear from Trudi Lebron, a sought-after DEI Consultant whose goals are to: Bring more Black, brown, indigenous, latinx folks and other people of color into the coaching industry, both as practitioners AND participants Help white coaches create more diversity, equity and safer spaces to bring BIPOC folks into With a Masters (and PhD-in-progr…
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If we design for the people with the most marginalized identities, the experience improves for everyone else. That’s a core belief of Kelly Diels, a Feminist Marketing Consultant who trains feminist copywriters and helps bake our beliefs into our business practices to generate money and justice. She saw that, working in the women’s empowerment spac…
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Today’s conversation is with Cher Hale, a publicist & founder who’s using her PR company to amplify the voices of underrepresented and marginalized groups. After a year of offering podcast pitching services, Cher started noticing that the clients coming to her were mainly white upper-class life coaches. They were paying her well and sustaining a go…
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Today, we’re joined by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Coach Erica Courdae in a conversation that will make it easier for you to keep speaking up ~ especially if you’re scared you’ll mess up. This is to get us into imperfect action…even that thoughtful, caring side of ourselves that second-guesses what we share and just wants to say it the “…
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Here we are, at the first episode of Speaking to What Matters: Conversations on Messaging for a More Just World. It’s my hope that this series of informal, real conversations with social justice leaders brings you at least one shift, aha moment, or breakthrough in how you want to show up. Here’s where we’ll be going & who we’ll be learning from: [1…
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Each time I have meaningful conversations with would-be messengers as I enroll my Messenger Mastermind, several shared beliefs emerge. These 6 beliefs, left unchecked, can easily keep you from expanding your impact as a Messenger. In this week’s episode, I’m going to show you how to transform those beliefs into your greatest allies so you can grow …
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You care so much. You have something to say. You’re a Messenger… Or would-be Messenger. Because even though you’re out there sharing, you still feel invisible. Ooomph. I know the pain of that. It’s noisy out there. ...And it can sometimes feel like what you say goes into a black hole... so what’s the point. Your people need to hear your message. Th…
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Two years ago, in the midst of one of my Message Clarity Challenges, Lisa Thruston realized that maybe there was more than one way to show up as a Messenger. …another way besides the outspoken, extroverted ideal held in our online business culture. (Which by the way, is also totally fine — it’s just not the only way.) >> Your message doesn’t have t…
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I know you care so much. I know you’re here to make an impact. And I ALSO know you feel this pull to speak, for your voice and your message to be heard. A lot of people in my community have at least a touch of Sensitive Soul Messenger in them. Empathic, caring, big heart… yet not sharing their message as much as they could because they second-guess…
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Anyone who’s had a bored kid (or has been a bored kid) can tell you that inspiration doesn’t come simply from having lots of time. Living in the dobervan outside Steve’s biz partner’s metalworking shop the past few weeks reminded me of that. How NOT to flow? — Force it. When you’re communicating from the soul of your work, inspiration is not a one-…
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When it comes to copywriting, there’s a lot of focus in the online business space on tactics for things like “conversion” and “customer acquisition.” I call that HEAD messaging. As in ~ it gets you all wrapped up in figuring out your copy with your head. What you’re supposed to say. I teach HEART messaging. Because… Connected copy comes from writin…
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Earlier in the summer, I told you I was taking a two-month break from the podcast. And I did. I’m writing this to the sound of forklifts and drizzling rain, from Steve’s biz partner’s metal fabrication shop in Oregon. I’ve been working from the road, living out of the dobervan with Steve and our pup. And…I love how every time things feel like I’m P…
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I’m taking an introvert pause from the podcast for the next couple months. Here’s why. Being transparent about my own relationship with my voice as an introverted leader. Deeper support from me: What’s your Messenger Archetype? Take the quiz. In this time of “social distancing,” your online messaging is key. As a Copywriter + Messaging Expert, I cr…
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The most common question I get is “Can you help me create a dialed-in elevator pitch?” That’s because at the first mention of “messaging,” people often think we’re talking about wordsmithing. It’s not about getting the words right. It’s about being a Messenger. Yes, clear, connected messaging is important for people to understand the impact of your…
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Right now, so many of us are being forced to pause, be with ourselves, and be confronted with things we can usually ignore. Liv Hadden is an author, podcaster, leader, Expressive Messenger Archetype, and one of the fiercest stands I know for what and who she believes in. And she has a hard time slowing down. (I so relate) Yet when her client work s…
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159 There’s No Perfect Way to Use Your Voice with Eff Perfect’s Jenna Teague and Ashley Looker
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Have you ever second-guessed your voice? …Said things because you thought that’s what others wanted to hear from you? …Felt pressure to do or say something as a leader because it was what you should do? Ashley Looker and Jenna Teague of Eff Perfect help women break free from the myth of perfection. I brought them on the show because… It’s time to b…
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