In this episode of the Bring Your Big Energy Podcast, Stacey sits down with Toby Brazwell — sales leader, speaker, community advocate, and author of The Empowerment Chords — for a powerful conversation on connection, confidence, and authentic leadership.

With more than 15 years of experience building high-performing teams and mentoring leaders, Toby shares how confidence is not something you’re born with, but something built over time through preparation, listening, and genuine connection.

Drawing from his journey in music, sales leadership, and even a City Council campaign, Toby reveals why confidence is truly a team sport — and how investing in yourself and others creates stronger relationships, deeper trust, and lasting growth.

Together, Stacey and Toby explore:

• Why connection is the foundation of leadership and success

• How preparation and listening strengthen confidence

• The role of community in personal and professional growth

• How to build authentic confidence over time

• Why helping others strengthens your own resilience

If you want to lead with greater confidence, communicate more authentically, and deepen your connection with others, this conversation will inspire and equip you.

Key reminders from Toby:* Confidence is built over time.* Confidence is a team sport.* Why you? Why not you?

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On this episode of Bring Your Big Energy Podcast, I’m joined by Elana Merzin — marketing and social media designer, founder of The WildHERness Collective, and a woman who sees the world through color, healing, and connection.

This is a powerful conversation for anyone who has ever felt too sensitive, too intuitive, too creative, or too different for the systems they were trying to survive inside.

With over 15 years in nonprofit and Jewish communal spaces,

Elana opens up about burnout in impact work — the kind that hits your body, your spirit, and your sense of identity. What happens when the work you care about deeply starts to consume you? When your empathy becomes exhaustion?

We talk about:

• Burnout in mission-driven spaces

• Creativity as medicine

• Reclaiming your inner child

• Neurodivergence as a strength

• Why community is essential for healing

• The courage it takes to show off your gifts instead of hiding them

Elana shares how the pandemic became a turning point — leading her back to art, to stillness, and ultimately to founding The WildHERness Collective, a space designed for wildly creative, empathetic women in impact to reconnect with their purpose.

If you’ve ever felt like your sensitivity was a liability instead of a superpower — this episode is for you.

Big Energy isn’t about being louder. It’s about being fully expressed.

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In this episode of the Bring Your Big Energy Podcast, Stacey sits down with Beverly Cornell—Founder of Wickedly Branded and creator of the Brand Magic Method—a colleague and friend of 30 years.

Beverly supports women-led service businesses (coaches, consultants, creatives) who are doing all the “right” things, yet still feel disconnected from their brand, overwhelmed by visibility, or unsure how to clearly express what they do.

Together, Stacey and Beverly dig into why real growth doesn’t come from pushing harder or chasing trends—it comes from alignment.

In this conversation, you’ll hear:

• Why branding is identity work (especially for women)

• How to simplify visibility by choosing one platform and going all in

• The “next 4–6 steps” approach to building momentum without burnout

• Practical ways to repurpose content so you’re not constantly starting from scratch

• How self-trust changes everything: your message, your confidence, and your business

If you’ve been feeling like your business has evolved but your brand hasn’t caught up—or you’re tired of performing for the algorithm—this episode is for you.

Connect with Beverly + Wickedly Branded:

Website + newsletter: wickedlybranded.com

Podcast: Marketing Magic in the Messy Middle (available on all podcast platforms)

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