Ep 82: What Every Woman Needs to Hear Before She Shrinks Her Voice Again with Julie Cross

July 21, 2025

82: What Every Woman Needs to Hear Before She Shrinks Her Voice Again with Julie Cross

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Did you know your silence might be teaching the next generation to shrink too?

In this episode, you’ll learn how the way you show up, not just what you say, shapes your influence, your impact, and the legacy your voice leaves behind. It’s time to stop editing yourself and start speaking with unapologetic power.

Jacqueline sits down with Julie Cross, a powerhouse who not only lights up stages but teaches others how to do the same. With over 25 years of experience, Julie has seen firsthand how speaking with authenticity and emotional resonance can create lasting change. 

This is more than just about speaking. It’s about reclaiming your voice and owning the legacy you’re leaving. If you’re ready to stop shrinking and start owning your truth, this conversation will leave you fired up and ready to step into the spotlight – because the world needs more women like you to show up, loud and proud.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

  • Maximise the “small stages” to elevate your impact (03:49)
  • Use emotional storytelling to connect and resonate with your audience (08:30)
  • Balance vulnerability and authority to engage and inspire (12:16)
  • Overcome subconscious barriers that limit your stage presence (17:13)
  • Employ mental rituals and self-talk to centre your message (20:26)
  • Develop an energetic presence that commands attention (29:49)
  • Harness storytelling in challenging moments to create influence (31:52)
  • Navigate the messy middle to build deeper authority and relatability (35:50)
  • Understand how your performance shapes future generations of speakers (46:17)

This episode is for any woman who’s ever been told to sit down, be quiet, or tone it down – and is finally ready to take the mic back.

QUOTES

“Use your voice. The world needs you to show up. You are enough – just because you arrived.” – Julie Cross

“We use our voice not just in what we say, but in what we do, and how we move through the world.” – Julie Cross

“Women often don’t realise the slow build-up – the moment we start adjusting. We think we lose our voice all at once, but the truth is, we don’t notice it’s gone until much later.” – Jacqueline Brooker

RESOURCES

ABOUT JULIE CROSS

One of the most inspiring keynote speakers in Australia. She combines powerful insights into human behaviour with practical strategies that leaves audiences with powerful tools for living their best life and setting a higher standard in all aspects of their existence.

Whether she’s presenting to five or 500, her message resonates on a deep level, enabling her presentations to have residual effect and lasting impact. 

We have speakers that deliver the systems, the information, the knowledge, the statistics, the methodology and the bottom line, and that is great, we need that, however…

Julie takes it to the next step and connects the information in our heads with the inspiration in our hearts. Emotion creates motion and that is where the action happens. Delegate’s will takes action when they feel empowered to do so, and after experiencing Julie Cross, they are empowered to do so!

Julie Cross’ qualifications and expertise stems from an early start in the workforce and through gaining a diploma from the university of “real life”.  Julie has taken responsibility for her own personal development while coping with personal and professional challenges, many of which she shares during her powerful and moving presentations.

Julie has 25 years speaking experience and the growth have her business over that time has been through word of mouth recommendations which speaks to the powerful affect she has on her audiences.

WHERE TO FIND JULIE CROSS

WHERE TO FIND JACQUELINE BROOKER

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