In this episode of Keeping Abreast, Dr. Jenn Simmons sits down with Broadway star, bestselling author, and master communicator Renee Marino to make the case that self-advocacy is not a career skill, it is a health act. Renee went from five Broadway shows and a Clint Eastwood film to co-hosting Tony Robbins's global summits, and every door she walked through opened because she asked.
She was the only actress in the entire Jersey Boys Broadway cast not called in to audition for the film because a middleman dropped the ball, and if she had not looked the casting director in the eye and asked for the role she was already playing eight shows a week, she would have watched herself be replaced on screen while Clint Eastwood waited for her to walk through a door she never knew was open.
This is the episode for any woman who has ever left an interaction in work, the doctors office, or in their personal life feeling dismissed and said nothing.
In This Episode, You'll Learn
Why losing your voice shifts your body chemistry toward defeat and stress, and why Dr. Jenn calls speaking up a health tool, not just a mindset
Why no agent, manager, or doctor will ever advocate for you as powerfully as you can advocate for yourself in the room
What keyboard confidence is costing women in their health relationships and why a text is almost always the wrong tool for an important conversation
The two questions to ask before hitting send on any message, post, or reply that actually changes how you communicate
What breast cancer screening looks like when the technology is built to actually show you what is there, not flatten and irradiate you
Episode Timeline: 00:00 Introduction to Renee Marino 04:10 The power of asking for what you want 06:50 Navigating Rejection 09:53 The Importance of Hard Work and Integrity 12:41 The Role of Communication in Success 15:15 The Journey to Becoming Mary Delgado 18:14 The Impact of Speaking Up 25:47 Speaking up as self-advocacy 31:39 Lessons from the kitchen table 37:37 Why she wrote Becoming a Master Communicator 40:05 The three communication homes 44:44 Balancing technology with real connection 47:47 Women, voice, and the difficult label 1:06:35 Experiencing breast screening that treats you like a person 1:12:08 Glam and Grit: an event built for real connection 1:14:45 Final thoughts and takeaways
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