The Relevant Speaker Podcast

Episode 32: From Pain to Purpose: How Chronic Pain Led Me to the Stage as a Keynote Speaker with Douglas Scherer

In this episode, Douglas Scherer shares his powerful journey from battling chronic pain to becoming a keynote speaker dedicated to helping leaders navigate the intense stress that comes with leadership. Douglas opens up about his personal struggles with pain and how it reshaped his perspective on resilience, mental health, and leadership. He discusses the vital connection between physical and emotional well-being and offers insights into how leaders can manage stress, maintain their mental clarity, and lead with purpose in high-pressure environments. Tune in to hear how a difficult personal journey turned into a mission to support and empower leaders to thrive under pressure.

Episode 31: Bringing In Your Audience with Mike Domitrz

Relevant Speaker intern, Andie Bennett interviews Hall of Fame speaker, Mike Domitrz. Mike and Andie have a great, in depth-in conversation on how to make speeches more interactive and create audience engagement. Mike is a respect and relationship expert and brings that knowledge to the stage, but he also is a phenomenal speaker and shares valuable advice for anyone and everyone is the speaking business. Mike gives amazing guidance regarding your website, addressing liability and finding what fires you up.

Episode 30: Fine-Tuning Your Craft with Michelle McCullough

Relevant Speaker intern, Andie Bennett interviews speaker, researcher, author and entrepreneur, Michelle McCullough. Michelle is a master at honing a story into something spectacular and she shares her process on how to craft your stories to reach their full potential and effectiveness. This is a great episode for anyone in the speaking business to help perfect their craft.

Episode 29: Helping Teens Reach Their Mental Potential with Cameron Redford

In this episode, Julie Lee, the Head of Coaching at Relevant Speaker, sits down with recent graduate, Cameron Redford, to discuss his speaking platform geared towards helping teens overcome the obstacles that often hold them back from reaching their full mental potential. Cameron opens up about the common challenges faced by teenagers in today's fast-paced, pressure-filled world and how he can relate. Throughout the conversation, Cameron shares his own story of overcoming mental health challenges as a youth and the difference it's made in his life and his ability to succeed. "I am the happiest person I know," he says. Julie and Cameron discuss how speakers can use their platform to inspire and motivate teens, making this episode an essential listen for anyone working with or supporting the younger generation.

Episode 28: Dream Bigger with Alyson Van Hooser

Relevant Speaker intern, Andie Bennett, has a conversation with absolute powerhouse Alyson Van Hooser. Alyson shares her amazing story that has brought her to be a keynote speaker, leadership expert and author. She shares her contagious mindset and how to level up no matter what your goals are. Find out more about Alyson at https://vanhooser.com/keynotes/alyson-van-hooser/ [https://vanhooser.com/keynotes/alyson-van-hooser/]