Sherhara

Sherhara Burrell, TEDx speaker, leadership presence expert, and the woman corporate America books when their leaders need to own a room. Hey, I’m Sherhara!

I know you may be at work stealing seconds to improve yourself or you may be burning the midnight candle trying to squeeze the most into your day-- gettin’ your hustle on. Wherever you find the time to put in some extra work I'm glad it brought you here. You’re reading this to get to know me. This is about learning why I’m qualified to help you transform your public speaking skills. You want to he

ar that I’ve graduated from an accredited university, CHECK! Received my masters, CHECK! Worked with Fortune 500 companies, CHECK! Coached top-level execs, CHECK! Quit my corporate job and now I’m a full-time entrepreneur making big bucks teaching the world what I do best! Well that last one isn’t completely true. In fact, my most notable achievement...I’ve never worked a 9-5!! I’ve always been determined to do what I love and live extremely well. I’m doing that and I am blessed to help others do the same. Here’s the deal:

I never had a “regular” job and I’m proud to say that I spend majority of my days hosting a live game show for a big name company! It pays me nicely and I travel the country with some lively, loving, and good-looking people! The other days, I’m helping people like you accomplish the following:

1. Walk into a room, speak eloquently and leave a lasting impression.
2. Get people to pay attention when you speak and have them hang on your every word.
3. Motivate and inspire the people around you. I’ve helped a lot of ambitious folks fight through their communications challenges and each time I was overjoyed to see them empowered. And I’ve helped myself. I was a girl trying to be an actress and now a woman using my words to do what I love --- And that’s taking what God has given me and making someone else’s life better (not just my own). Even with a natural gift of gab I’ve practiced to improve. I share my practices so others can say what they feel to do what they love. On the personal side, I reside in Chicago and I am a newly essential oil addict. My life goal is to speak Spanish fluently and wake up and 6am consistently! I also have a book coming out soon: “Spit Don’t Swallow, How to say what you feel to do what you love”

06/15/2026

Before you can own any room, you have to sit with the uncomfortable spaces inside yourself.

Own your voice.

Own your wins.

Own the parts of you that feel uneasy.

The room follows.

06/13/2026

No script, no polish, no performance is going to create the kind of connection that your real energy does.

When you show up with something authentic, people feel it.

That's what makes you memorable.

06/09/2026

Are you exhausted from over-preparing, over-compensating, over-explaining?

I get it. If you're anything like me, you want to be ready. I always say when you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready.

But we work so hard to prove our worth and prove why we belong in certain spaces that we start to underestimate the power of just our presence.

Your presence is plenty. Your experience was the preparation.

Your wins, the times you've fallen short, that's the preparing. It's already there with you. You just have to trust it.

Sometimes we have to sit still and really get comfortable with what being in our own presence feels like. You don't have to be exhausted or overcompensate. You just have to be still.

How do you remind yourself that your presence is enough? Share your thoughts in the comments 👇

👋 I'm Sherhara. I guide leaders through the inner work that makes them unforgettable in any room. If you're looking for a speaker for your next event, let's chat.

06/07/2026

You're not actually in the room. So how are you supposed to own it?

With more leaders working hybrid or fully virtual, the proximity bias is real.

You're not getting the same face time, but you still want to be memorable, build trust, and create real relationships.

Here's a simple method to carry into every Zoom call, every phone conversation, and every in-person moment too.

1️⃣ Experience: Connect back to a real, enjoyable experience before you show up.

2️⃣ Emotion: A good experience naturally evokes emotion, and emotion is what makes you feel real to people.

3️⃣ Energy: That emotion turns into the energy people feel through the screen, and energy is what facilitates connection.

Real recognizes real.

What people are recognizing on the other side of the camera is your energy, not your polish.

So before your next virtual meeting, stop searching for confidence.

Connect to a moment that brings you alive, and let that energy do the work of closing the proximity gap.

How are you showing up differently in your virtual meetings these days?

Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments👇

06/05/2026

You've been chasing polish when the real power is in knowing exactly what you want to say and where you want to take people.

People don't remember how refined you were.

They remember how clear you were.

06/01/2026

Dry promotion. Have you heard of it?

New title, new role, new responsibility, but the dollar signs aren't matching.

And it's not just about you.

It's something systemic happening in the workforce right now.

We all want to show our worth, and sometimes we work and overwork to prove it.

But there's a fine line between showing your value and being taken advantage of.

The fix isn't working harder.

It's making sure your output doesn't outshine you.

Talk about your wins, achievements, and metrics as frequently as possible.

Try this prompt in meetings and lunch conversations: "I'm proud to say..." and then name the thing you just accomplished.

People will start to see you, not just your output.

Have you ever found yourself in a dry promotion situation? Share your thoughts in the comments 👇

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👋 I'm Sherhara. I guide leaders through the inner work that makes them unforgettable in any room. If you're looking for a speaker for your next event, let's chat.

05/30/2026

Have you ever walked out of a meeting replaying everything you didn't say?

The moment you bit your tongue.

The split second you told yourself, "nah, I'll wait."

The conversation where you had something valuable to share but held back, then watched someone else say it instead.

It's easy to label that as a communication problem.

It isn't.

When you hesitate, when you hold back, when you feel like there was more you could've put on the table, it's because you weren't trusting yourself in that moment.

Something in you whispered that you didn't know enough, hadn't done enough, weren't ready enough, and you went quiet.

So the real question isn't "how do I become a better communicator?" It's "what doubt, insecurity, or mistake is getting in the way of me trusting myself?"

Because if you're missing the moments to share your perspective and not showing up the way you want to in conversations that matter most, the work isn't more polish or more preparation.

It's building the muscle of self-trust, so when the moment comes, you actually take it.

What gets in the way of you speaking up when it matters? Drop your thoughts in the comments 👇

05/28/2026

You don't need another credential, another rehearsal, or another reason to belong.

Everything you've experienced, every win and every lesson, is already with you.

Trust it.

05/26/2026

How do you own a Zoom room when you're not actually in the room?

With more of us working virtually or hybrid, the proximity bias is real. You're not getting the face time, but you still want to be memorable and build trust.

Closing the proximity gap comes down to three things:

1️⃣ Connect back to a real, enjoyable experience

2️⃣ Let that experience evoke genuine emotion

3️⃣ Let that emotion become the energy people feel through the screen

Real recognizes real, and that energy is what makes you memorable, even virtually. Before your next call, stop searching for confidence and connect to a moment that brings you alive.

How are you closing the proximity gap in your virtual meetings? Would love to hear your thoughts in the comments 👇

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