The Bold & Visible Monologues
A Ted-Style Stage for Women’s Transformational Stories
Our signature experience
There has never been a more important moment when our voices have been needed on this planet.
Celebrating The Bold & Visible Monologues 2023, our pinnacle sold-out event at The GRAND Theatre in Calgary. The storytellers wowed the audience. After months of hard work, they brought their deeply personal stories forward as ART and created a sacred space for transformation.
Our personal stories hold the power to connect us to our shared humanity in these polarizing times.
You can watch the replay and learn more about our storytellers below.
Our featured storytellers
November 18, 2023
KIM ALEXANDER CURD
Writer | Paradigm Shifter | Spiritual Therapist
Circles of Love
Kim is a writer and spiritual therapist. She explores questions that open passages for the betterment of all life committed to revealing who we are is love.
Working with the energetic discoveries of our time, her mission is to influence the fulfillment of the grandest expression of love for the planet and humanity. Kim lives with her beloved people and animals on a rewilding farm.
SHERRI GREEN
Business Owner | Healer | Intuitive Guide
Beloved
Sherri’s gift of healing and transformation was ignited by the Aloha Spirit of Maui, where she lived for three decades. She has spent over forty years studying and practicing mind, body, and spirit modalities, including acupuncture, bodywork, and energetic healing. Sheri believes in the resilience of the human spirit. Through her Coal to Diamonds program, Sherri supports others to connect with their inner flame of transformation and awaken their limitless potential.
Eddy aguilar
Mother| Friend | Wife
Limitless
Eddy Aguilar is a dynamic and multi-faceted individual who brings together her roles as, mother, wife, immigrant and dedicated professional in the banking industry with her deep love for music and her vibrant Latina heritage. As an immigrant, her journey has been marked by courage and a relentless pursuit of a better life. Leaving her homeland Colombia behind, she embarked on a new chapter in a new country her new home Canada, with a vision of building a brighter future for herself and her family. Her most cherished role is that of a loving and dedicated mother. Despite her demanding full-time job, she has always made her children a priority, creating a loving and nurturing environment for her family.
LORI GITANJALI RIVERA
Performer | Teacher
Transformational Leader
Circling Around
Lori Gitanjali Rivera is a singer, actor, and teacher of meditation and yoga. Lori leads transformational retreats where she guides people to find their true, creative, and joyful expression. She lives in Santa Cruz, California with her wonderful husband and their pets.
Melissa Jeng
Life Coach | Entrepreneur | Writer
Living in the Bubble
Melissa brings her compassionate coaching skills and over 35 years in the medical industry to her own venture, Opulent Soul Coaching. She created her practice from a deep desire to serve family caregivers. Melissa brings a uniquely rounded perspective to the family caregiver journey with her experience as a lifetime patient and a medical professional. In overcoming her own caregiving struggles of isolation, guilt and grief, she discovered the 4 Ps of caregiving: Perspective, Purpose, Privilege, and Passion. Melissa helps family caregivers find their 4 Ps and guides them as they travel from overwhelm and a sense of obligation to feeling amazing and supported in their unique journey. With a passion for writing, her first book focuses on navigating the various pillars of family caregiving.
STella Brookes
Paradigm Shifter | Entrepreneur | Coach
Made for This
Stella believes that to be alive now is to be the version of the soul that all the others have worked towards.
We have a sacred duty to get our act together and do what we came here for.
As a specialist kinesiologist, workshop facilitator and coach, Stella is an innovator in the world of energy and consciousness. Her work has been described as pioneering and paradigm shifting.
Stella unapologetically encourages those she works with towards radical self-responsibility.
sharleen gatcha
Changemaker | Purposeful | In Pursuit Of Wholeness
The Butterfly Effect
Sharleen has been on a life-long journey of personal growth and development. After spending most of her life focused on pleasing others and disappearing herself, she spent time in self-discovery to better understand and appreciate her own self-worth. She learned for herself that if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change, and she is enjoying the empowerment that comes with being bold and visible! Although her journey has been one of many ups and downs, Sharleen believes the Universe is always supporting and guiding us in the right direction and toward our true purpose. She is a values-driven and energetic leader in the energy sector, now putting one foot in front of the other instead of racing to the finish line. The game of life is not meant to be won; it is meant to be lived joyfully and in full colour. Sharleen enjoys working with other women to help them see their true value and potential and believes that all women are Unapologetically Worthy.
KELLY KOERPEL
Heart Centered Coach| Community Builder |Event & Retreat Creator
Red Paper Heart
Kelly's ability to bring people together in deep connection is truly inspiring. She infuses heart and soul into everything she does, from planning events to officiating weddings and coordinating memorable gatherings for loved ones and friends. Kelly's passion for working with people and creating meaningful experiences for others have led to the expansion of her ceremony design business into a travel retreat and coaching company, providing clients with purposeful adventures and the opportunity to embody a deep sense of love and connection within themselves and within the world.
Jil Mcmahon-bazant
Facilitator | Creator | Phoenix Whisperer
It Goes Like This
Jil is a passionate adult educator with an irreverent sense of humor who loves helping people grow in life and business. As a cultivator, she skillfully guides founders to become successful business owners and has helped launch over 300 micro-businesses in Calgary. Having risen from the ashes of multiple life-altering events Jil is gifted at helping people and organizations navigate difficult transitions. She believes that everyone is resourceful, resilient, and creative beyond measure. Her mission is to help others tap into those resources to create meaningful and magical lives and businesses.
Special Guest Vocal performer
Angie is a Neuroscientist and local Calgary recording artist who creates brainwave-controlled music. She is best known for controlling the world’s largest analog synthesizer, named Tonto, using only her thoughts and a brainwave headset! Angie loves helping people learn how to manifest their dreams by harnessing the power of their brains, biofields, and quantum physics through her flagship program The Shift. Angie is a graduate of the Bold & Visible Breakthrough program, and she took the stage with her powerful story in 2022.
More featured storytellers
SIRI SHABAD
Vocal Alchemist| Somatic Synthesizer Dream Enabler
Freestyle
As a spiritual psychologist and embodiment coach, Siri offers visionary guidance for individuals to reconnect with their true selves and the sentience of the Earth and all life; through embodied presence and empowered voice, Siri encourages people to open themselves to the resonance of life and co-create a new paradigm on the planet. According to Siri, the greatest contribution that one can make to the world is to receive oneself first and foremost. It's showtime!
TRACY TRITTLE
Executive Coach | Writer | Global Advocate
GiGi and Me!
Tracy, a visionary executive coach, global advocate, corporate strategist, and writer, inspires people to unleash their extraordinary potential and live life beyond the ordinary. She is a passionate advocate for global peace, drawing inspiration from the Alaskan wilderness where she lives. Tracy's expertise in holding space for transformative growth has helped countless corporations and individuals achieve their full potential. She is an energetic way finder and guiding light for the future.
khera defamie
Executive Coach | Writer | Global Advocate
Leader of My Life
French coach, living in Paris. Deeply convinced that the world would be happier, safer and much more peaceful if there were a parity between men and women at the highest level of decision making. Her mission is to empower women in an innovative program for feminine leaders in corporate France.
Clare keany
Entrepreneur | Speaker | Recovery Coach
Out of The Closet
Clare has led a full and adventurous life. She has lived in three countries and, for the past 38 years, has been on a healing journey that has led her to gaining a degree in Spiritual Psychology and becoming a Life and Addiction Coach. She previously had a successful career supporting C-Suite executives in the advertising industry, which gave her an insight into the challenges corporate executives face when challenged with their own mental health issues and addictions. Clare has an indomitable spirit and has turned her childhood challenges into blessings. Her passion is to help people uncover and discover the precious gem which resides within. Her life experiences, wisdom and sheer grit for the truth, has given her the ability to hold sacred spaces for people from all walks of life.
About Bold & Visible
We are a launching pad to catapult female founders, business owners, leaders, coaches and professionals into greater levels of authentic self-expression and impact in the world!
As women find our true voice and step out of the shadows, we will generate a groundswell of positive transformation.
YOUR STORY MATTERS
The number one way to own your voice, connect with any audience and have a massive impact is to tell a really great story. YOUR story.
Owning and embodying your personal story is the foundation for building trust and influence with those you serve - AND - cultivating inner confidence to unleash your voice and get truly VISIBLE.
In fact, all of your feminine leadership presence and wealth building ability rests in your story.
Through your story you will distinguish yourself from the rest of the market and develop authority as a go-to thought leader in your space.
"When you know your story, you know your value in your bones!"
MEET CALLIE
CALLIE B. ELWAYNS, FOUNDER & CURATOR, BOLD & VISIBLE
Women's Transformational Leadership Mentor
Building on over two decades as a corporate leader and CEO, Callie B. Elwayns founded BOLD & VISIBLE, where she offers life-changing programs and mentorship to catapult women into bold new levels of leadership presence, visibility, and business success.
Founder and Curator of the Bold & Visible Monologues, a TED-style stage for women's transformational stories.
Creator of the Somatic Transformational Story Method®
Business Leader | Executive Presence Coach | Somatic Voice & Movement Educator