INSPIRATION
10 Perks of Embracing the Brave Yes Mindset as a Business Owner
Last year, I celebrated 10 years as a creator and entrepreneur and shared 10 Courage Moves I’d made by that point. This month, I am celebrating 10 years as a full-time business owner and I’m ready...
Upleveling is Messy
Upleveling is Messy. This was a popular post I put up on Instagram. What does "upleveling" even mean? It means to doing the hard work to get YOU or YOUR BUSINESS to the next level. It means you have...
The Courage to Take Up Space On Social Media
One of the biggest visibility blockers we encounter and have to wrestle with is the algorithms themselves. How do I know this? I absolutely know this because I had a beautiful business years ago...
The Gifts of Failure for Creators and Entrepreneurs
Just how open to failure are you, exactly? When we open our eyes and see the whole picture —- maybe a week later, or a month later, or a few years later — we see that it was our failures that led us...
Discover Your Inner Heroine and Build a Thriving Business by Listening to the Call to Courage.
Today I'm going to talk about what I'm calling the Shero’s Entrepreneurial Journey. So, the Shero’s Entrepreneurial Journey is a version of the Heroine's Journey, a storytelling archetype that I'm...
What promise do you need to keep?
When I was a child, my grandmother, who we lived with for a few years and whose house I spent nearly every weekend and summer day at, used to make me swear -- a lot. Not that kind of swearing. ...
10 Visibility Blockers Stunting Your Business Growth and Success
Visibility is absolutely key in your business. If you want more success, more revenue and more sales, people need to know you exist. Period. The more visibility you have for attracting and...
Fear Less to Brave UP
Hey all! I've decided to put some energy into video lessons for the next several weeks with a new series called FearLESS Friday. I have said before that there is no reason to feel the fear and do it...
Let Them See Your B.R.A.V.E
Let’s face it, being a biz owner is like 90 percent being scared. I know because I’ve been doing this work as a solopreneur for 10 years full-time. Each new experience — or a FFT as Brene Brown...
Designing a Business for Impact — Not Toxic Productivity and Busywork
Growing a business is hard work. It takes effort. That effort should feel good — and move the needle for you so you can thrive and feel joy in the work you do. This is how we align with The...
Want to Play Bigger? Redefine Your Comfort Zone and Start Doing Hard Things
Braving the business arena requires doing hard things and fear is often the cause of procrastinating on doing what will create momentum in your business. What would happen if you were to start...
6 Goal-Setting Mistakes One-Person Business Owners Make
You started your business for the freedom it would give you and then you quickly learned that to offset that salary you once had working for someone else's company, you don't have as much freedom as...


Hello! I’m Shawn (she/her).
I am a business design strategist & courage coach for female entrepreneurs.
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