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The art of public speaking with authentic and meaningful storytelling can change and even save a life. Learn how to get up on a big stage and share your important message through the lens of award winning director, Tricia Brouk.

She shares her personal experience of being on big stages all over the world and interviews people who talk for a living and gets them to reveal their secrets on how to become a successful public speaker and have lasting legacy.

Tricia has put thousands of speakers onto countless big stages. Guests of The Big Talk have included Stedman Graham, John Lee Dumas, Hap Klopp, Darieth Chisolm and Farnoosh Torabi among others.

Oct 6, 2023

Today, you’re getting another glimpse into The Big Talk Academy Virtual Showcase.
These game-changing speakers from my signature program each have an important message to share.

 

I know you will walk away fully inspired seeing how these change makers, influential voices, and thought leaders are making a difference in the world.

 

This week’s episode features Cherryl Cooley and her talk, “Love After Oprah: How I Learned to Navigate ‘Mother Hurt’.”

 

Cherryl is a literary creative and narrative expert whose work has appeared in Poetry & Essence magazines, the Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and numerous anthologies and literary journals. A native North Carolinian, she lives, loves, and works from Woodbridge, Virginia, just south of Washington, DC.

 

In this talk, she explores:

  • The legacy of silence that shaped her while growing up

  • Her appearance on The Oprah Show where she openly discussed her family's tradition of silence and why she had to break it

  • What a mother blueprint is and why it’s important

  • The power of intentional communication to mend and transform relationships



More from Cherryl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blue_hura/

 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherryltcooley/

 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cherryltcooley/



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