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Hey, what's on my friend? Grant Baldwin here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. We are excited

and honored that you are joining us today. Today we're going to talking with one of our students who's gone through a couple of our different programs, talk about her speaking journey. Before we get there, if you haven't checked out our free speaker fee calculator, make sure you stop by and check that out. you can find it over at my speaker fee.com. Again, that is my speakerfee.com. We have people who ask all the time,

what should I charge as a speaker? Well, to be honest with you, it depends. There's a lot of variables that go into it. And the answer that it depends is not the best answer. I'll admit. So we put together a free tool, free calculator where you can answer a couple questions and it gives you a kind of a range of what you should be charging as a speaker. So again, totally free. Go check it out over at my speaker fee.com. All right. So today we're going to be talking with Kendra Dahlstrom, who again, like I mentioned, has gone through a couple of our programs in the past year, year and a half. We're talking about her speaking journey, how she gained traction early on, especially how she balanced work and home life while having a successful

corporate job and building her speaking business. We talk about how she added in consulting

and coaching to her work. We talk about how she recently transitioned to quit her job.

And let's talk about how she made that transition. We also talk about some of the iterations

and transitions that she's made over time as she's tried to figure out her lane and figure out

what makes the most sense for her in building and growing her speaking business. So a lot to get to

today. I know sometimes it's fun to hear from speakers who have been at it for decades and have

years and years of experience, but I also like sharing the stories of people

who are just getting started, who are maybe where you are, maybe a step or two ahead of where

you are and learning from them, learning what's working for them to get the ball rolling in this

current day and age. So a lot of good stuff from Kendra. So let's get right into it. Here's our

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