The Tori Nook Talk Show

The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Hosted by Tori Nook, commercial real estate CEO, founder of Anchor Retail, author of Intuitive Certainty, and spiritual practitioner, this podcast explores the inner work behind outer achievement. Through candid, grounded conversations with founders, executives, investors, wellness leaders, and personal development voices, the show goes beyond the highlight reel to unpack the decisions that shape a life. The pressure, doubt, faith, sacrifice, and turning points that define true success. This is a space for higher thinkers who want to bridge intuition and strategy, faith and execution, ambition and alignment. Each episode offers perspective-shifting insights and practical takeaways you can apply immediately in business and life. If you’re building somet

The Tori Nook Talk Show is a business podcast hosted by Tori Nook, with 36 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Melina Cordero: The Winding Path from CBRE Research to Leadership Coaching

  Aug 31, 20261h 22m

  Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Melina Cordero, former real estate executive, speaker, facilitator, leadership development advisor, and founder of P20 Leadership. After building her career inside commercial real estate, Melina shifted her focus to helping organizations and leaders build stronger communication, trust, and inclusive cultures, with a major focus on helping women in commercial real estate become stronger leaders. Melina was born in Washington, D.C., raised outside the city and later in New Jersey, and grew up bilingual in a bicultural Puerto Rican household that valued curiosity and reading. She studied urban studies and international development in grad school, focusing her thesis on the shopping mall explosion in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her early career wound through market research, a mobile data startup that closed suddenly, and then CBRE, where at 28 she became global head of retail research. She later stepped into leading CBRE's retail investment sales and capital markets brokers, the only woman and the only non-former-broker in that role, after her predecessor Mark Bratt put her name forward as his successor. They discuss the power of sponsorship, why almost no successful CRE executives have a straight-line career path, splitting her time between Mexico City and D.C., leaving corporate to found P20 Leadership, her CRE Women's Leadership Lab and the Speak Up program, and the number driving her mission: female representation in commercial real estate's C-suite has moved just one percentage point in the last ten years. Topics covered: Growing up bilingual in a bicultural Puerto Rican household Studying shopping mall development in Sao Paulo, Brazil Early jobs in market research and a mobile data startup Becoming global head of retail research at CBRE at 28 Leading CBRE's capital markets brokers as the only woman The power of sponsorship and being put forward as a successor Why career paths are rarely a straight line Splitting time between Mexico City and Washington, D.C. Leaving corporate to found P20 Leadership The CRE Women's Leadership Lab and Speak Up program Why the C-suite gender gap has moved one point in ten years Changing what leadership looks like, not lowering the bar ⸻ Connect with Melina Cordero Website: www.melinacordero.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinacordero/ Programs: CRE Women's Leadership Lab, Speak Up ⸻ Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

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  Alreen Haeggquist: Breaking Generational Trauma, One Case at a Time

  Aug 24, 202658 min

  Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Alreen Haeggquist, founding and managing partner of Haeggquist & Eck LLP, recognized as one of the best law firms in America. For more than 23 years, Alreen has dedicated her career to standing up for people who have experienced sexual assault, sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other workplace injustices. She is also the author of Fired Up: Fueling Triumph from Trauma, and founder of the HAE Fired Up Foundation. Alreen grew up in the San Fernando Valley in a household with an abusive father and a mother who stayed silent. She moved to San Diego for UCSD, then attended Cal Western School of Law, discovering in college that education could be her way out. After realizing criminal defense work only made her sad, she spent five years at a class action firm before launching her own firm in 2008 with just $5,000 and no clients, at a time when woman-owned law firms were rare. She and her co-founder worked out of their home, reinvesting every dollar back into the firm, and slowly built it into a 25-person team. They discuss why she never marketed at first, believing good work alone would bring clients, until she realized survivors didn't know she existed as an option, the case against Trump University, having a survivor advocate on staff to help clients process trauma, the emotional toll of writing her book and reliving suppressed memories, why releasing the book meant exposing her family's secret, breaking generational trauma for her daughter, and why her advice to her younger self is simple: start sooner. Topics covered: - Growing up with an abusive father and a silent mother - Discovering college as her escape and path to law school - Realizing criminal defense work wasn't her calling - Five years at a class action firm before striking out alone - Starting her firm in 2008 with $5,000 and no clients - Learning that clients can't find you if they don't know you exist - The case against Trump University - Having a survivor advocate on staff to support clients emotionally - The emotional toll of writing and publishing Fired Up - Why releasing her story meant exposing her family's secret - Breaking generational trauma for her daughter - Final advice: start sooner and take action ⸻ Connect with Alreen Haeggquist Website: alreen.com Book: Fired Up: Fueling Triumph from Trauma Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alreen-haeggquist/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alreen/ ⸻ Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

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  Tracey Watts Cirino: From Cutting Hair to Coaching Entrepreneurs on Their Voice

  Aug 17, 20261h 9m

  Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with her longtime friend Tracey Watts Cirino, a six-time number one international best-selling author, business growth strategist, and founder and CEO of Beyond Common, a coaching and consulting company based in Cleveland, Ohio. Tracey helps business owners, coaches, and creatives turn their voice into cash through her signature Voice to Cash method, refining their messaging and building profitable brands that connect with the right audience. Tracey grew up in Cleveland, got her cosmetology license at 17, and started working under her mentor Ron before she'd even graduated high school. She began traveling the world teaching advanced cut and color techniques, which eventually led to opening her own salon that she ran for over a decade with a highly trained team. They discuss selling mixtapes to her uncles at age 9, why she never set out to build a business but felt God pointing her there, believing for 40 years she "wasn't good at grammar" because of a failed ninth-grade English class before writing six bestselling books, the myth that you need 250 no's before a publisher says yes, building a publishing division within Beyond Common that has helped 13 clients become bestsellers, and how the Voice to Cash method shapes how entrepreneurs tell their story. Free gift for listeners: DM Tracey and let her know you heard her on the Tori Nook Talk Show to receive her free gift. Topics covered: Selling mixtapes to her uncles at age 9 Getting her cosmetology license at 17 and her mentor Ron Traveling the world teaching advanced cut and color Opening her own salon and running it for over a decade Never planning to be an entrepreneur, feeling God-led into it The limiting belief from failing ninth-grade English The myth of needing 250 no's before a publisher says yes Writing six bestselling books and building a publishing division Helping 13 clients become bestselling authors Creating the Voice to Cash method Why your voice is either making or costing you money Final advice: show yourself some love ⸻ Connect with Tracey Watts Cirino Website: tracywattscirino.com Podcast: Beyond Common Business Secrets Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traceywattscirino/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/traceywattscirino/ ⸻ Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

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  Linda Day Harrison: The Fax Machine, the Rolodex, and CRE's Digital Revolution

  Aug 11, 20261h 5m

  Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Linda Day Harrison, a 35-plus year force in commercial real estate and founder of The Broker List, one of the largest online communities exclusively for CRE professionals. Linda is also co-founder of the annual DNA of CRE Survey with Buildout, a leader behind the CREI Summit, and co-host of the annual Let's Get Social networking event at ICSC Las Vegas. Linda started in real estate as a receptionist in Chicago, memorizing every tenant, phone number, and voice in her buildings because there was no computer, just her memory and a desk full of Rolodexes. She worked the landlord side for most of her career, keeping buildings full by staying in front of every broker in the city. She lived through the entire evolution of office technology: typewriters without correction ribbon, DOS terminals in the mid-80s with no Windows or Microsoft, broadcast fax machines, and finally email and LinkedIn, which she joined in 2004 when it barely had a million users. They discuss the old broadcast fax system that listed available space every Monday morning, shared email addresses brokerages used before individual accounts existed, meeting tech developers who called her in as a subject matter expert, launching The Broker List as a beta in 2010, finding her first developer through a LinkedIn group post, growing from 500 early signups to nearly 11,000 today, why top brokers grab their digital footprint early, and her advice that learning to speak well is the most overlooked career skill. Topics covered: Starting as a receptionist in Chicago commercial real estate Memorizing tenants, phone numbers, and voices before computers Living through typewriters, DOS terminals, and broadcast fax Keeping buildings full by networking with every broker in the market Joining LinkedIn in 2004 before it had a million users Meeting tech developers who tapped her as a subject matter expert Launching The Broker List as a beta in 2010 Finding her first developer through a LinkedIn group post Growing from 500 early signups to nearly 11,000 members Why top brokers grab their digital footprint early The CREI Summit and Let's Get Social at ICSC Vegas Final advice: learn to speak and present yourself well ⸻ Connect with Linda Day Harrison Website: thebrokerlist.com LinkedIn: Linda Day Harrison Instagram: @lindadayharrison X: @dayharrison ⸻ Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

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  Logan Freeman: Mr. Kansas City on Attention, AI, and the Next Infrastructure Cycle

  Aug 3, 20261h 4m

  Welcome to this episode of The Tori Nook Talk Show! In this episode, Tori sits down with Logan Freeman, managing broker of Midwest CRE Advisors, host of the Kansas City Market Pulse podcast, and a LinkedIn top voice with nearly 40,000 followers. Logan and his team have completed around $450 million in commercial real estate transactions, spanning single-family portfolios, a $50 million fund, 1,500 units across four states, and 600,000 square feet of commercial space. He recently sold what may be the largest single-family home portfolio in the U.S. this year: 503 homes in one deal. Logan grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri, played collegiate football at Central Missouri, and had a brief stint with the Raiders before being cut in 2013. He paid for college making 265 cold calls a day at a telemarketing company, which taught him to separate rejection of his offer from rejection of himself. After being fired from his last W-2 sales job in 2017, he went all-in on real estate, buying and renovating 280 rental houses in 18 months before moving into brokerage and multifamily, eventually building a 10-person team doing hundreds of millions in deals a year. They discuss his growth mindset philosophy, David Ricardo's law of economic rent and why location beats vintage, tracking planning and zoning meetings to find the next hot corridor, launching his podcast nine years ago, becoming the "refrigerator magnet" for Kansas City commercial real estate, why attention is the new currency in CRE, and pivoting into powered land and data center deals. Topics covered: Growing up in Jefferson City and playing college football Getting cut from the Raiders in 2013 Making 265 cold calls a day to pay for college Buying and renovating 280 rental houses in 18 months Building a 10-person team doing hundreds of millions a year David Ricardo's law of economic rent and location vs. vintage Tracking infrastructure and zoning to find the next hot market Becoming the refrigerator magnet for Kansas City CRE Why attention is the new currency in commercial real estate Pivoting into powered land and data center deals His 5-7 AM faith, silence, and intuition routine ⸻ Connect with Logan Freeman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/livefreeinvestments/ Website: mwcreadvisors.com Podcast: Kansas City Market Pulse ⸻ Connect with Tori Nook Website: https://torinook.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/torirendanonook/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tori_nook/ X: https://x.com/ToriNook Email: hello@torinook.com ⸻ The Tori Nook Talk Show is where real conversations meet real success. Subscribe for episodes exploring how leaders build personal and professional fulfillment on their own terms.

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