Extracting Your Inner Genius with Terri Trespicio

Is it possible to go from an introverted child who wanted nothing to do with adults and the outside world to speaking on stages, working at Martha Stewart, hosting a radio show, and having a TEDx talk that has surpassed 6 million views?

Sounds like a huge leap, but that’s exactly what my amazing guest has done! She’ll tell you that even today she’s still somewhat of an introvert (and scared as hell to do things) but that doesn’t hold her back from speaking up and using her voice, both on the page and in her business as an award-winning writer, speaker, and brand advisor. 

Today on The Karen Kenney Show, we’re talking to my friend and fellow Gateless Writing Instructor, Terri Trespicio!

In our conversation, we lay it all on the table - from our childhood experiences, to life as a writer, to stepping out of the boxes that society loves to put us in, especially as women.

We also dive into what I call Terri’s remarkable ability to extract a person’s inner genius, how to “unmute yourself” in conversations with others, and why the question, “What do you do?” sends so many of us into a tizzy. Ha!

If you want to join the conversation on this topic and get some free tips on how to make it easier, to think about, talk about and share what you do, sign up here: https://territrespicio.com/whatdoyoudo

I hope you have as much fun listening to this conversation as I did having it!

KK's Key Takeaways

• We Don’t Change That Much (6:01)
• Writing As A Resource (19:37)
• Reading Versus Watching TV (21:58)
• Who Made The Rules (26:01)
• Do You Like Eating? (34:53)
• I Worked For A Wig Catalogue (41:31)
• Narrow Focus (47:21)
• When Do I Jump In? (53:36)
• Burned Alive For Speaking Up (1:03:03)
• Being Human Is An Ongoing Problem (1:12:09)
• Mentors Helped Me Lead Myself (1:16:29)
• Slick & Fake (1:26:08)
• They Don’t Give A Crap (1:32:59)

Connect with Terri:

Terri Trespicio is an award-winning writer, speaker, and brand advisor. Her TEDx talk, “Stop Searching for Your Passion,” has surpassed 6 million views, and she was named by Hubspot as one of the “Top 18 female speakers who are killing it” (she came in at #2—Oprah was #8), and one of the world’s leading creatives by Creative Boom magazine.

A former magazine editor and radio host at Martha Stewart, she has appeared on the Today show, Dr. Oz, The Early Show, The Martha Stewart Show and The Anderson Cooper Show. Her work has been featured in Oprah magazine, Marie Claire, Prevention, Business Insider, Forbes.com, and Inc.com. She’s also host and co-creator of “Making It Big in 30 Minutes,” a podcast for, by, and about the Emerson College community, where she sits on the alumni board. Certified in the Gateless method for capturing creative genius, she leads workshops and retreats all over the country to help professionals of all stripes take their stories and ideas from page to stage and beyond.

An in-demand speaker who presents at conferences across the country, she was rated the #1 speaker at Barron’s Top Independent Women Advisors Summit and How Design Live. On the heels of her first TEDx talk, she was invited to give a second, “It’s About Time We Rethink Happily Ever After.” Terri is also a stand-up comic and has performed at famous Manhattan venues including Caroline’s, Dangerfield’s, Gotham, and New York Comedy Club, and was a quarter-finalist in the She-Devil Comedy Competition.

Terri earned her BA in English from Boston College and a MFA in Creative Writing in 2002 from Emerson College, where her thesis, a collection of poetry, won the Graduate Dean Award. A finalist for the Iowa Award and Glimmer Train, her literary work has appeared in The Greensboro Review, New Millenium Writings, and The Baltimore Review, where she won first place in their 2016 creative nonfiction contest. Her forthcoming book, tentatively titled Stop Searching for Your Passion, will be published in spring 2022 by Atria Books / Simon & Schuster.

Terri’s Social Media Links:

Website: territrespicio.com

Opt-in page: https://territrespicio.com/whatdoyoudo

Twitter @TerriT: https://twitter.com/territ

FB (public): https://www.facebook.com/TerriTrespicio/

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

Instagram @ttrespicio https://www.instagram.com/ttrespicio/

TEDx Talk, “Stop Searching for Your Passion

TEDx talk, “Time to Rethink Happily Ever After”

Terri’s speaker reel: https://vimeo.com/348375185

Terri’s media reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHuDnE9wgJo

Testimonial video: https://vimeo.com/367016063

Video on creativity: https://vimeo.com/367883231

KK BIO:

Karen Kenney is a certified Spiritual Mentor, author, speaker, and the host of The Karen Kenney Show Podcast. She’s also the founder of THE NEST - an online spiritual membership & community.

She’s been a student & guide of A Course in Miracles for close to three decades, a yoga teacher for 20+ years and is a longtime practitioner of Passage Meditation. She’s also a Gateless Writing Instructor & workshop facilitator and is currently working on a memoir.

KK grew up in Lawrence & Boston, MA, and graduated from BU with a degree in Communications. She’s known for her storytelling, her sense of humor, her love of the Divine and her “down-to-earth” practical approach to Spirituality. Her signature process: Your Story to Your Glory™ - helps people transform their old stories of victimization & suffering, so they can choose Love over fear, improve their most important relationships, deepen their connection to Self, Source & Spirit, and live from a place of forgiveness, flow, freedom & fun!

A sought-after speaker, spiritual teacher, and thought leader for podcasts, shows, live events, and mastermind programs, Karen's been invited to speak & teach on various platforms, stages & retreat centers across the country, including the renowned Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.

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