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The Brave YES of Creating in the Dark Valley of Irrelevance
Do you feel as if you are traveling through the dark valley of irrelevance some days as you try to build an audience for your work? Several years ago, I quickly grew a Facebook page to 35K...
10 Brave Business Moves I’ve Made in 10 Years of Entrepreneurship
Do you ever wonder what the next risk is going to be for you in your business? Are you ever curious if you are doing enough? Today, I'm sharing 10 of my own...
8 Ways to Operationalize Joy in Your Business
Joy is important and necessary for PEOPLE LIKE US. People like us who are meaning makers, conscious, feminist, justice-oriented know that we don’t want a capitalist business model. We don’t want to...
The Brave Yes of Choosing Joy in Your Business
So many entrepreneurs come to me feeling like there is more for them that they have more to give, but their capacity is maxed out and they can't figure out what their next step is, what their Brave...
10 Courageous Shifts to Make to Feel 10 Times Happier in Your Business
I believe everyone entrepreneur and creator deserves to feel joy. Not just happiness. Not just success. But pure, wildly abandoned RADICAL JOY. I'm rejecting this idea that we must silo our joy in...
How to Untangle Your Self-Worth From Your Bank Account
Your self-worth isn't found in your bank account. Or anywhere else for that matter. It's time to unlearn some of the ways you feel enough as an entrepreneur. Have you have ever felt like you're not...
5 Prompts for a Soulful Mid-Year Review for Creative Entrepreneurs
Running a business is not just about money — it brings meaning and purpose to our lives.To be #BusinessBrave means we pour our heart and soul into what we offer, how we offer it and who we serve —...
3 Paradoxes of Money Making for Conscious Entrepreneurs
One of the key elements of being a stress proof entrepreneur is being resilient. And to be resilient you have to take extremely good care of yourself in mind, body and spirit -- including your...
Do You Need to Get Business Brave?
Today, I'm talking about what it means to be business brave. Let's get business brave. This is a concept that came out of a coaching call that I had, where the coach was really asking me okay, what...
How to Brave Up Your Mindset for Business Growth: Signs of a Brave Yes CEO Mindset
The BRAVE YES CEO mindset is the backbone of my business coaching and mentoring program. This is a big chunk of the work that I do with my clients who want to make more clear, brave business...
Why You Shouldn’t Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway and What to Do Instead
In the weeks and months after I began a deep dive into my Personal Fear Story -- and this was this was several years ago now -- I was doing a lot of reading on how to be more courageous. At the...
What’s Your Brave Yes Business Mission?
A Brave Yes CEO Mindset is a part of what it means to be #businessbrave … but the thing is that a Brave Yes, when it’s not trivialized, is often a rare occurrence. When you look back on your life...


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