The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root
The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root
Podcast Description
Are you ready to take bold action and live a life of brilliance? Join speaker, coach, author, and community builder Tracie Root on *BOLD And Brilliant*, where she shares solo insights and interviews with inspiring women entrepreneurs who’ve made daring decisions to shape their careers, lives, and businesses.In each episode, Tracie dives deep into the transformative power of bold decisions—whether through her own reflections or candid conversations with her guests. Every interview features one core question: *“What is one bold decision that created the path of what was next?”* These stories of resilience, risk-taking, and transformation will inspire you to leap into challenges, step out of your comfort zone, and take bold action in your own life.Whether you’re looking for motivation in your business, personal growth strategies, or just a dose of encouragement, *BOLD And Brilliant with Tracie Root* will spark the courage to dream big, act boldly, and live brilliantly.---About Your HostTracie Root is a speaker, coach, author, and community builder who helps solopreneur women make bold, decisive actions to create the business and life they’ve always wanted. After a personal tragedy that left her a single mother of two toddlers during the 2008 housing crisis, Tracie rebuilt her life, ultimately leaving her corporate career behind for a journey of fulfillment, adventure, and joy. As the founder of The Gather Community, she guides women entrepreneurs across the country in taking bold steps toward success. Tracie lives in Santa Cruz, CA, with her husband, two teenagers, and their dog, balancing family life with her passion for empowering women.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of personal empowerment, entrepreneurship, and bold decision-making. Specific topics include strategies for overcoming adversity, embracing self-love, and building communities that uplift women. Notable episode examples revolve around the inspiring journeys of guests who have taken bold steps in their careers, such as Karen Robinson discussing trauma recovery and Gina Coviello emphasizing self-love as a transformative practice.
Are you ready to take bold action and live a life of brilliance? Join speaker, coach, author, and community builder Tracie Root on The Bold and Brilliant Podcast, where she shares solo insights and interviews with inspiring women entrepreneurs who’ve made daring decisions to shape their careers, lives, and businesses.
In each episode, Tracie dives deep into the transformative power of bold decisions—whether through her own reflections or candid conversations with her guests. Every interview features one core question: *“What is one bold decision that created the path of what was next?”* These stories of resilience, risk-taking, and transformation will inspire you to leap into challenges, step out of your comfort zone, and take bold action in your own life.
Whether you’re looking for motivation in your business, personal growth strategies, or just a dose of encouragement, The Bold and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root will spark the courage to dream big, act boldly, and live brilliantly.
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About Your Host
Tracie Root is a speaker, coach, author, and community builder who helps solopreneur women make bold, decisive actions to create the business and life they’ve always wanted. After a personal tragedy that left her a single mother of two toddlers during the 2008 housing crisis, Tracie rebuilt her life, ultimately leaving her corporate career behind for a journey of fulfillment, adventure, and joy.
As the founder of The Gather Community, she guides women entrepreneurs across the country in taking bold steps toward success. Tracie lives in Santa Cruz, CA, with her husband and two teenagers, balancing family life with her passion for empowering women.
What if the success of an event isn't determined by the food, décor, agenda, or perfectly executed logistics—but by how people feel when they're there?
In this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie talks with Master Event Design Consultant, Speaker, and bestselling Author Marinda Freeman about designing experiences with intention.
With more than four decades in events, including serving as Executive Director of Martha Stewart Catering, Marinda has learned that every gathering—from coffee with a friend to a conference with thousands—is an opportunity to create connection and community.
Tracie and Marinda explore the “energy bubble” we create when people gather, why welcome and ease matter more than ever, and how event professionals can intentionally create experiences that help people reconnect.
What You'll Learn
- Why every event should begin with intention, not logistics
- How the energy of the people creating an event affects the guest experience
- Why no person or role at an event is unimportant
- How to create an atmosphere of welcome, ease, and connection
- Why connection is especially important as people relearn how to gather
- How Marinda's 15 event principles can apply to creating almost anything in life
- Why clarity and non-attachment can work together
Actionable Tips
Decide what you want people to feel. Before planning what will happen at your event, consider the experience you want to create. Your intention influences everything that follows.
Remember that everyone matters. From your guests to your volunteers, vendors, speakers, and staff, appreciation creates a ripple effect throughout the entire experience.
Create connection intentionally. People may need more help feeling comfortable gathering and connecting than they once did. Build welcome and ease into the experience rather than assuming connection will happen on its own.
Memorable Quote
“Every event is about creating connection and community, and isn't that why we gather?” — Marinda Freeman
BOLD Moment of the Episode
Years into her event career, Marinda was driving across the Golden Gate Bridge on her way to produce an event for thousands of people when she asked herself:
What if I could produce events from a more spiritual standpoint?
That question changed how she approached her work.
Marinda began exploring the universal principles underneath successful events, starting with the belief that there is no unimportant person or part to the whole. She intentionally focused on making everyone involved feel appreciated and discovered that the energy spread throughout the entire event.
Those ideas ultimately became the foundation of the principles she now teaches through her speaking, consulting, and book.
About Marinda Freeman
Marinda Freeman is a Master Event Design Consultant, Speaker, and bestselling Author with more than four decades of experience designing conferences, festivals, fundraisers, product launches, corporate meetings, community events, weddings, and more.
Drawing on her experience as Executive Director of Martha Stewart Catering and nearly three decades as a licensed Spiritual Counselor, Marinda combines strategic planning with a deep understanding of hospitality, human behavior, and guest experience.
She is the author of Everything Is an Event: A Step-by-Step Guide Creating Memorable Occasions for Today’s Lifestyle with 15 Principles Revealed.
Today, Marinda helps organizations, businesses, and event professionals move beyond managing logistics to intentionally designing experiences that foster connection, community, and meaningful outcomes.
Connect with Marinda
Website: https://marindafreeman.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marinda.freeman
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marinda.freeman/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marindafreeman/
Email: [email protected]
One Final BOLD Reminder
Whether you're creating a conference, a meeting, a dinner, or coffee with one other person, you're creating an experience.
Start with intention.
Ask how you want people to feel, how you can help them connect, and what you want to bring into the space yourself.
Because everything is an event.
Connect with Tracie
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