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.
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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 and two teenagers, balancing family life with her passion for empowering women.
Episodes
41 episodes
Finding Quiet in the Noise: Healing Burnout and Reconnecting with Yourself with SuperKate
🎙️ Finding Quiet in the Noise: Healing Burnout and Reconnecting with Yourself with SuperKateEpisode SummaryIn this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with the delightful and deeply insightful...
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Being BOLD in a Quiet Way with Tracie Root
🎙️ Being BOLD in a Quiet WayEpisode SummaryIn this heartfelt mini-episode, Tracie Root explores a different perspective on courage. So often, we associate boldness with big personalities, dramatic decisions, and fear...
Stop People-Pleasing and Start Choosing Yourself with Anna Hanael
🎙️ Stop People-Pleasing and Start Choosing Yourself with Anna HanaelEpisode SummaryIn this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Anna Hanael—speaker, healer, certified hypnotherapist, and p...
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Brilliant Doesn't Mean Burnt Out with Tracie Root
🎙️ Brilliant Doesn’t Mean Burnt OutEpisode SummaryIn this solo episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie Root shares an honest and deeply relatable conversation about burnout, ambition, boundaries, and redefi...
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Actualizing Your Best Self: Healing, Growth & Bold Reinvention with Elizabeth Ormes
🎙️ Actualizing Your Best Self: Healing, Growth & Bold Reinvention with Elizabeth OrmesEpisode SummaryIn this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with psychotherapist and entrepreneur Eliza...
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Reclaiming Your Voice & Showing Up Authentically with Elaine Williams
🎙️ Reclaiming Your Voice & Showing Up Authentically with Elaine WilliamsEpisode SummaryIn this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with longtime friend and community member Elaine Williams...
Get Speaking Gigs Now: Turning Your Voice Into Clients with Leisa Reid
🎙️ Get Speaking Gigs Now: Turning Your Voice Into Clients with Leisa ReidEpisode SummaryIn this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Leisa Reid—speaker, author, and founder of Get Speaking...
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Get Seen, Trusted, and Paid: Stepping Into Your Expert Authority with Christine Blosdale
🎙️ Get Seen, Trusted, and Paid: Stepping Into Your Expert Authority with Christine BlosdaleEpisode SummaryIn this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Christine Blosdale—The Expert Authori...
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From Identity to Impact: Choosing Yourself with Urmi Hossain
🎙️ From Identity to Impact: Choosing Yourself with Urmi HossainEpisode SummaryIn this episode of The BOLD and Brilliant Podcast, Tracie sits down with Urmi Hossain—author, speaker, finance professional, and advocate ...
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Your Business, Your Rules with Tracie Root
🎙️ Welcome to Season Two: Your Business, Your RulesEpisode SummaryWelcome 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: ...
Gratitude for Season One! with Tracie Root
🎧 Episode Summary: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...
Create a Life That Feels Like You with Jen Vertanen
🎧 Episode Summary: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...
Be Seen: Visibility Creates Opportunity with Kat Mitchell
🎧 Episode Summary: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 Mitch...
Success Without Sacrificing Yourself with Diana Morgan
🎧 Episode Summary: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 Imp...
Grow Your Business Through Genuine Relationships with Tina Spoletini
🎧 Episode Summary: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 Spolet...
Turn Life’s Challenges Into Your Greatest Strengths with Donya Fahmy
🎧 Episode Summary: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 jou...
Use Your Story to Create Greater Impact with Sharda Ryan
🎧 Episode Summary: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 ...
Resilience Is a Superpower with Clara Minor
🎧 Episode Summary: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 sto...
Choose Courage Over Comfort with Mary Lummerding
🎧 Episode SummaryIn 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...
Design a Business That Fits Your Life with Lia Allen
🎧 Episode Summary: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...
Dream Bigger Than Your Doubts with Elle Ballard
🎧 Episode Summary: 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...
Lead with Heart and Creative Resilience with Suz McFadden
🎧 Episode Summary: 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 ...
Permission to Shine in Your Next Chapter with Julie Marty-Pearson
🎧 Episode Summary: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...
