2019-05-21
1 小时 0 分钟Alexei Vernon is on a mission to empower people to find and share their voices, especially women.
At an early age after being sexually abused, she spoke up and saw the power of her voice to make a difference.
Then, about four years or so later, arriving at school in the old school, full on braces and headgear, her classmates cruelty to her really led her to kind of go quiet for a lot of years until she discovered an outlet for her expression in ballet, where she not only studied on full scholarship at the Pacific Northwest Ballet school, she also began to turn out to the world, rediscover different forms of expression, and teach and speak more publicly.
In high school, that led her to also share her story about her abuse in a public way.
And something in her realized that telling her story allowed her to be of service to others and that speaking made her come alive.
So she picked up that torch and ran with it, becoming Miss Junior America.
And we talk about that in our conversation, actually, and how she really feels about it and why she ended up even sort of pursuing it, landed herself a college scholarship, laid the foundation for work in speaking, advocacy and empowerment.
Now, branded a, quote, moxie Maven by President Obama's White House Office of Public Engagement for a pretty unique and effective approach to women's empowerment, Alexia is.
She's really sought after speaking coach, corporate communication and presentation skills consultant and trainer.
And she's the founder of Something called the Spotlight speaker accelerator and Spotlight Speakers Collective and the author of a new book called step into your moxie, which is a rally cry to amplify your voice, your visibility, and influence the world.
Super excited to share this conversation with you and be sure to keep tuning in to our special second weekly episode this month as we introduce you to new musicians and singers and songwriters and performers every Thursday throughout the month of May.
Super excited to bring this to you.
I'm Jonathan fields, and this is good life project.
I'm always fascinated by the journey that brings somebody to a place where this is the work you're doing in the world.
Where'd you grow up?
Los Angeles and then the Pacific Northwest once my parents divorced outside of Seattle.
And what kind of a kid were you?
Oh, my God, if you guys could see the smile across her face, it's almost like, where do I go with this?
I was a walking dichotomy because I had these moments where I was painfully shy and awkward.
And I talk about this a little bit in the book.