Episode Summary:In this episode, Shawn talks about how Embracing a Brave YES Mindset has served her well for 10 years as a full-time entrepreneur and business owner and everything you need to know about what it is and how to tap into it -- and why.Insights from this Episode:--What is a Brave YES Mindset-- What is a NO Brain?-- What is a YES Brain?-…

Upleveling is Messy.This was a popular post I put up on Instagram.It flopped on LinkedIN — like everything does.But this podcast episode is about upleveling.What does that even mean?It means to doing the hard work to get YOU or YOUR BUSINESS to the next level.It means you have hit your upper limit — or your business has -- and THAT's what this epis…

So this week I want to talk about I want to start actually a series on the visibility blockers that I had talked about previously and I'm going to go further and further into each of them in this 10-part series.The first one that I'm gonna talk about is feeding the algorithms.One of the biggest blockers that we actually have to wrestle with is the …

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 proposing here today that can help you transform your business, and very possibly your life.And I'm also going to touch on an aspect of the Hero's Journey…

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 meeting -- and connecting with -- new fans, new followers, new potential clients, new customers, the more money you're going to make, the more authority you're goi…

BRAVING THE BUSINESS ARENA -- FREE MASTERCLASS: https://shawnfink.com/masterclass/Fear is always the star.I'm in a situation right now where Fear wants to be the superhero of the story.I refuse to let it.I don't believe in feeling the fear and doing it anyway -- that doesn't work for me or people like me who are highly sensitive and aware of emotio…

Let’s face it, being a biz owner is like 90 percent being scared shitless. 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 calls them — is terrifying and then gets easier and easier and easier.And yet being brave and visible -- and taking up space in your industry -- is …

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 Entrepreneur’s Freedom Trifecta that I talked about recently …The simple truth — the one thing I want you to know is … mindful progress and Brave YES impact are …

>>>> Join me for the upcoming Design Your Bravest Business Year Yet! https://shawnfink.com/bravest-year-yet/Are you the bottleneck in your one-person business?When the Big Vision doesn't pan out. When to blame yourself, your circumstances or your strategy for not achieving your business goals?If life keeps knocking you down, blaming yourself for yo…

Are you chasing the wrong business goals?I'm talking about designing a business and creating goals around The Entrepreneur's Freedom Trifecta, three types of freedom that will give you your power back! Read all about The Entrepreneur's Freedom Trifecta here: https://shawnfink.com/are-you-chasing-the-wrong-business-goals/…

Welcome to The Brave YES Business Show! In today's first Brave YES Short -- a 10 minute episode -- I am talking about the following ... --- The rebranded NAME for this podcast -- The WHY and, most importantly, the HOW behind the change-- Why Body Wisdom is essential in business-- What it means to step into your power-- What the name change means fo…

Today's episode is dedicated to the entrepreneur who is trapped in the Bootstrapping Fallout -- the one who is trying desperately to save money but coming up against so many obstacles to grow your business.My hope with this episode is that you will start to take yourself and your work more seriously by starting to see how vital it is to know where …

Are You All In On Your Business? by Shawn Finkبقلم Shawn Fink

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 followers.Those days of growing fast and reaching thousands of new fans in a single day are no longer a given.If you want to stand out and make a bigger impact wi…

Today I'm sharing my own stories of risk-taking in my decade of entrepreneurship.Each risk, some big and some small, was worth it -- and each one had their own level of scary attached to them. Not only do I share what each of these 10 brave business moves were, but I also tell the story behind each one. Some of the stories are hilarious. Some are n…

Get your FREE Weekly Financial Wellbeing Check-In Ritual download here: https://shawnfink.com/financial-checkin/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 run our business as usual.We want more YE…

Doing business as usual where boring reigns. My people — and if you are listening I assume you are my people — my people don’t want to do biz as usual. Why?Because life is short and we went into business not just for flexibility and independence but for creative freedom. To do business our way. To make our own rules. And I’m all about helping my cl…

GET THE FREE FINANCIAL WELLBEING CHECK-IN RITUAL HERE: https://shawnfink.com/financial-checkin/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 good enough because you’re not making enough money or becaus…

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 ... but here’s the thing.If your bank account is in a scary place, you’re not going to feel good no matter how much self-care you do.Your wellbeing requires a healthy bank acco…

My passion and purpose is working with entrepreneurs who believe greatly in making the world a better place, helping people thrive, helping the land thrive, helping systems thrive, whatever it is, but my people really want to see change and progress. So let's do that. Let's focus on how we can make money, find meaning in our work and also do our sm…

The BRAVE YES CEO mindset is the backbone of what this podcast explores.This is a big part of the work that I do with my clients. And I’m, of course super passionate about it. And it really stems from first my own experiences as a leader as somebody who really in all spaces and jobs and experiences that I’ve had in my life, I have always been someo…

We don’t just feel the fear and take our chances and hope for the best. That’s not humane — or even all that possible.We must feel the fear …ANDFeel the fear and pause.Feel the fear and prepare.Feel the fear and set ourselves up for success.Sometimes we roar through a scary moment of uncertainty. Sometimes we purr.…

A Brave Yes Mindset is a part of what it means to be #businessbrave … but the thing is that the Brave Yes, when it’s not trivialized, is often a rare occurrence. When you look back on your life you may remember handful, maybe two handfuls of Brave Yeses that you can't really draw back on as memorable events in your life.But being a wholehearted ent…

It’s easy to slip into “why bother” mode with something like this.Why bother — no one will read it.Why bother — people will unsubscribe.Why bother — it will be just left unread.Why bother — who am I to have a newsletter designed for writers? (museletter in my case)We do this for a very clear reason: You know what reason is, don’t you?Our fear of di…

As a coach for entrepreneurs, I work with my clients on the Brave Yes Journey, which is almost always about playing bigger in their work, taking up space and making bold changes for greater life alignment.I encourage my clients to set stretch-y goals — not for achievement purposes but because personal transformation happens just beyond our comfort …

What's Your Brave Yes Kryptonite?That big dream of yours ... it requires you to be what I call a courage maker.Courage makers, though, are still just human beings, not superheroes. Life circumstances will pop up out of nowhere. Your life circumstances may be exactly what’s keeping you in place and feeling stagnant and there may be nothing you can d…

{minisode} A Month Of Yes by Shawn Finkبقلم Shawn Fink

Think back to the times in your life when you said Yes — and by YES I am talking about the Brave Yeses, the kinda scary but liberating and exciting ones.Not just any yes but the yeses that were meaningful, purposeful and expansive to your life and work.As busy female founders and creatives, it’s easy to say no to ourselves.We like our noes.But I ha…

Holding More Than A Business by Shawn Finkبقلم Shawn Fink

I don’t care how long you’ve been in business, you’re in the gap.And sometimes that gap is huge like an ocean.And sometimes that gap is more like a little creek.Either way, you have to go through the mess to get to the other side. What is the gap?The gap is that learning space of where you are and where you want to be. You are standing on the cusp …

This month, I’ve been focusing on the importance of investing in your capacity as a CEO and entrepreneur — because in order to be braver, be bolder and do braver work in this world, we must have the capacity for it all.Without capacity we are left exhausted and floundering. We never set our best intentions forward when we are burned out an exhauste…

I’m a believer in Radical Wellbeing for CEOs, Founders and Entrepreneurs who are doing Brave Work.Brave Work is often your soul’s work. It’s what you were meant to do.And, it can also be doing the work you do — just very differently.Whatever your Brave Work is— maybe it’s just being more visible and taking up more space — or putting yourself at the…

Your Expansion Is Calling by Shawn Finkبقلم Shawn Fink

I want to talk about an essential part of my coaching philosophy today — the Catapult Method, which is a fun way of looking at the 3 Cs of Brave Yes CEO coaching and methodology.Two episodes ago, I talked about the goal of my work with women founders and entrepreneurs is all about the A-Factor — that focuses on alignment, audacious self-worth and a…

I’ve been paying close attention to what my body wants me to know about my word of the year — untamed. In today's SOULCAST episode, part sermon, part podcast, I'm sharing my heart on what it means for me to run my business -- and coach others to do the same -- with an untamed mindset.Learn what I'm noticing about the business world, what I'm callin…

Bolder Boundaries go beyond the what’s OK and what’s not OK part of your business and are designed to protect your Brave Yes CEO role. As the CEO you know what you need to do today and what you need to grow your business. And yet the “today stuff” will take over.Your bolder business boundaries are meant to prevent that or lessen that.Today's episod…

Understanding what you want more time, energy and money for is the first piece to the puzzle of setting bolder business boundaries.These kind of stronger, bolder boundaries will give you the capacity to go after that big dream, goal or vision you have for your CEO life or business. Now, let’s talk about what’s not working related to those beautiful…

The life of an entrepreneur, business owner and CEO is not what the movies make of it.It’s a lot messier than that.Add to that if you are a mom entrepreneur with a family with chaos and uncertainty popping up all over the place, it can be a strain to move beyond survival mode in your business into thriving mode.Survival Mode often means a total dev…

As the CEO of your business, you are the Queen Bee of Your Own Boundary Ecosystem.IF you have any big goals for yourself or new habits you want to start or fun things you want to do that are going to require some energy and resources, you’re going to want to develop some Bolder Business Boundaries.This is the first of a series of podcasts to help y…

Running a business shouldn’t feel like you are trapped.Never.I help my coaching clients dig out from that feeling of being trapped in their business — or industry — by co-creating a Brave Yes Business Blueprint that gives you a clear vision of how your want to show up as a CEO who is totally aligned with your soul’s goals. This is essential to brin…

What Is A Brave Yes CEO? An Intro by Shawn Finkبقلم Shawn Fink

PLEASE NOTE -- There is an important announcement in this episode of The Brave Yes Show that I need you to listen to if you've been a longtime follower.Hey YOU! Happy Holidays to you.I’ve been enjoying a very slow final two weeks of 2021 and I can’t tell you how needed it is. It’s been a year. So I thought I’d share my own Year in Review – and a gl…

What’s ONE Brave Yes Intention you have for yourself, your life or your business — for 2022?I’m hosting a very small and FREE workshop for a select few called Your Bravest Business Year Yet for any creative entrepreneur who wants to ring in 2022 with an intention of playing bigger. If this is you, please fill out the application form in the show no…

Are you a Brave Yes Entrepreneur? Sign up for my *NEW* newsletter to get notes in between podcast episodes. https://braveyes.substack.com/?r=8g7kg&utm_campaign=pub&utm_medium=web&utm_source=copyTODAY's episode is for the entrepreneurs in our community because it's a big Brave Yes for sure. I talk about starting a business as a courageous act AND ho…

Need a coach? An accountability partner on your own Brave Yes? Let's chat: https://shawnfink.com/soul-shine/Today's episode is exploring scarcity and scarcity mindset -- what it is, what it isn't and the spiritual bypassing that has been created to solve it. AND, I share three gratitude prompts to help you heal feelings of scarcity so you can culti…

Start Your Brave Yes Discovery Deep Dive now ...https://shawnfink.com/discovery/Work with me 1:1 -- I have a few spaces for private coaching for creatives, creators and entrepreneurs: https://shawnfink.com/soul-shineHead over to the blog to read the show notes:بقلم Shawn Fink

The world is burning and what are YOU here to do about it? If that feels overwhelming, you're not alone. I dive into this idea of leading more courageously by walking you through one powerful question to consider. Get on the Brave Yes Newsletter here: https://shawnfink.com/brave-yes-newsletter/Get the full show notes here: https://shawnfink.com/lea…

Read this post and the notes here: https://shawnfink.com/are-you-limited-by-your-own-capacity-on-being-an-overfunctioner-or-underfunctioner-leader-or-changemaker/Let's chat about your Brave Yes Goals: https://shawnfink.com/soul-shine/بقلم Shawn Fink

Read the WHOLE list of 10 Types of Courage here: https://shawnfink.com/want-to-be-braver/Learn about the Brave Yes Discovery Deep Dive here: https://shawnfink.com/discovery/Find the show notes for this episode here:بقلم Shawn Fink

In my private Brave Yes Coaching, my beautiful clients — who are creators or changemakers — often talk about being frustrated that they can’t seem to make time for what matter, including their own well-being needs.But, almost always the issue is never not enough time because almost always the urgency of life has taken hold and what matters most is …