The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast with Tracie Root
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. --- 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, two teenagers, and their dog, balancing family life with her passion for empowering women.
Episodes
🎙️ Welcome to Season Two: Your Business, Your Rules
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Welcome to Season Two of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast! In this solo episode, Tracie Root sets the tone for the year ahead with a powerful reminder: your business gets to be built your way. Inspired by a real conversation inside The Gather Community, she explores what happens when we let go of “shoulds,” stop chasing trends, and start creating from ...
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As we close out Season One of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, host Tracie Root reflects on a year of courageous conversations, bold decisions, and real stories from real women. With 30 episodes released in 2025, this season became a powerful reminder that meaningful change begins when women choose themselves and take the next right step—often before they feel fully ready.
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In this energizing conversation, Tracie sits down with Lia Allen—entrepreneur, community builder, and networking powerhouse—to talk about the bold decisions that reshaped her life and business. Lia shares her “immigrant-to-impact” origin story, the career pivot that saved her health, how she built a thriving business from her skills (starting with transcription and virtual support), and the b...
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In this feel-good (and wildly practical) conversation, Tracie sits down with Mary Lummerding—Chef Mary + cooking coach—to talk about the real reason so many people avoid the kitchen… and how to change that without turning cooking into another “should.” Mary shares how she helps clients fit cooking into their actual lives, why “enjoyment” is the missing ingredient, and how a simple playlist can turn...
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In this powerful episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie Root sits down with Santa Cruz community icon Clara Minor of Minorsan Self-Defense & Fitness. Clara shares her origin story—growing up with entrepreneurial parents, launching her first business in Alaska during the pipeline days (yes… Wild West energy!), and building a decades-long legacy in martial arts and fitness.
The bo...
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What happens when a single mom in “hustle + survival mode” gets asked one simple question—“What would happen to your daughter if something happened to you?” In this episode, Tracie sits down with Sharda Ryan of Wealth Design Group to talk about how an “accidental” entry into finance became a purpose-driven career helping women create clarity, confidence, and real security with their money. Sh...
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In this powerful conversation, Tracie sits down with Donya Fahmy, Alchemist-in-Chief at Sustainable Health Solutions and creator of Dropwise Essentials. Donya shares her long, bumpy “healing journey”—from years of chronic symptoms and frustrating dead-ends in traditional care to reclaiming her personal power and finding real relief through natural solutions. You’ll hear how essential oils bec...
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What happens when your kids drive away… and you suddenly realize your entire identity just shifted? In this heart-opening episode, confidence coach and Confidence in Bloom podcast host Tina Spoletini shares how an “almost empty nest” moment sparked her reinvention—and how her work evolved from styling outfits to helping women rebuild self-trust, quiet self-doubt, and truly bloom into their ne...
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What happens when a “recovered corporate misfit” merges her inner geek with her spiritual heart—and turns it into a movement? In this episode, Tracie sits down with Diana Concoff Morgan, Conscious Digital Impact Strategist and author of The Whole Heart Social Media Success Formula™, for a truth-telling, permission-giving conversation about visibility. Diana shares how corporate culture nearly...
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What happens when life asks you to hold everything—a demanding career, caregiving, grief, big transitions—and you finally choose yourself? In this powerful episode, Tracie sits down with Kat Mitchell (Master Transformation Coach, NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, and energy-work guide) to talk about the bold decision that changed her path from corporate tech to deep inner work. Kat shares her...
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In this powerful and deeply human episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, host Tracie Root sits down with Jen Vertanen, Chief of Staff at a health-tech startup and founder of We The Unruly. Jen shares the bold, vulnerable decision that reshaped her life, her marriage, and her relationship with herself.
Through an honest conversation about identity, healing, leadership, and community, Jen reveals...
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What does it take to uproot your life, step into the unknown, and create a thriving global community of women entrepreneurs? In this episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Elle Ballard—founder of the Women of the World Network, abundance mentor, author, speaker, and advocate for authentic living. Elle shares her bold journey from Kazakhstan to the United States, bui...
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What happens when you trade the safety of corporate life for the creativity of entrepreneurship? In this inspiring conversation, award-winning portrait photographer Suszi McFadden shares how she transformed her lifelong love of photography into a thriving business that empowers women to feel strong, beautiful, and unstoppable. From her leap out of tech to her signature, client-centered portr...
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In this inspiring episode of The Bold and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie is joined by Julie Marty-Pearson—podcaster, coach, storyteller, and founder of the Podcast Your Story Podcaster community. Julie shares her deeply personal journey from burnout and uncertainty to freedom and fulfillment through podcasting. Tune in to hear how losing a “dream job” led to finding her true calling, why storytelling h...
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In this solo episode, Tracie peels back the curtain on one of the biggest myths holding people back — motivation. Spoiler alert: motivation isn’t something you wait for — it’s something you create. Listen in as Tracie shares how taking imperfect, bold action fuels momentum, which in turn, builds motivation. If you’ve ever caught yourself saying, “I should really…” — this episode is your wake...
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In this soulful and deeply inspiring episode of The Bold and Brilliant Podcast, host Tracie Root welcomes the radiant Carrie Asuncion Helms, intuitive coach, human design guide, and Queen of Your Destiny. Together, they explore how bold decisions, deep inner work, and conscious resilience lead to personal power and purpose-driven impact. Carrie shares her journey from burnout in corporate HR...
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In this heartwarming and eye-opening episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, host Tracie Root is joined by parenting expert and coach Elisabeth Stitt, founder of Joyful Parenting Coaching. With a lifetime devoted to children—from early babysitting gigs to years in the classroom—Elisabeth shares her powerful journey from passionate teacher to impactful parenting coach. Her story is a testa...
In this episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, host Tracie Root dives into a dynamic and meaningful conversation with sustainability-driven business leader Carolyn Pistone. As the founder of Clear Blue Commercial—a certified B Corp that integrates environmental consciousness into commercial real estate—Carolyn shares her journey from high-rise corporate life to running a mission-driven company that proves busine...
🎙️ Episode Title: A Bold Decision from the Heart with Michelle Walters
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In this episode of the Bold and Brilliant Podcast, host Tracie Root sits down with Michelle Walters, marketing coach, clinical hypnotherapist, speaker, and author, for a conversation about following intuition, creating momentum, and boldly shifting careers. Michelle shares how a single moment of inspiration—a novel!—led ...
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