#168: Gina Molinari: Finding Confidence and Clarity

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Gina Molinari is an online marketing strategist and public speaking Coach. She helps people confidently communicate themselves and their businesses, so they can make a massive impact with their work.<span class= "Apple-converted-space"> </span> Her unique background</span> <span class="s2">as a classically-trained singer.. gives her an edge with helping people communicate with confidence.</span> <span class="s1">She is a graduate of the Facilitator in Training program through Next Level Trainings and obsessed with personal and professional development. </span></p> <p><strong>What sparked your passion for communication?</strong></p> <p>Gina’s original dream from a young age was to be an opera singer. For the longest time, however, she was on the fence about turning her passion for singing into a profession. She truly loved performing—she just couldn’t imagine doing it for a living. Gina got to the point where she realized that she needed to reevaluate her life plan. She tried tackling the <em>business</em> side of the arts by pursuing a Masters Degree in Arts Administration. Even here, however, Gina <em>still</em> felt as if she didn’t belong. At this point, she decided that she had to take a step back and discover what satisfied her on a deeper level beyond singing or the arts. After a lot of soul searching, Gina came to the conclusion that her true passion was <em>communication and connection</em>. She loved influencing others by sending <em>meaningful</em> messages. Singing certainly did that; but for Gina, the sense of fulfillment she experienced was less about the performance and more on how it impacted her audience.</p> <p><strong>How did your interest in communication and connection lead to your becoming a coach?</strong></p> <p>Now that Gina had discovered her true passion, she dug deeper and realized that she loved the psychology of language underlying human communication. She found satisfaction in uncovering deeper meanings within other people’s conversations by honing in o