Emily Ann Peterson: Showing Up Bravely in Your Business
At first glance, Emily’s business may seem like a niche of a niche. Given the stressors and unique mental health challenges facing entrepreneurs, I’m here for it. Through our conversation I learned so much that will not only help me show up more powerfully in my own business but also for my coaching students. If you’ve been coming up against the same blocks time and time again in your business, this episode could be what helps you get moving forward.
Can’t-Miss Moments From This Episode:
- Meryl Streep in “Devil Wears Prada” is iconic — but she’s also a pretty big jerk to her staff. Emily Ann breaks down how it’s a great example of not recognizing trauma while we’re in it (or the long-term impacts on us).
- To check your email, or not to check your email? Why does it feel like a life and death decision sometimes? Emily explains the sneaky ways trauma shows up and overwhelms you in the day-to-day of your business.
- How to figure out your pause signal: for me it’s a twinge in my shoulder. For Emily it’s a tightness in her chest. Are you ignoring or rationalizing away all the times your body is screaming at you to slow down?
- Emily breaks down my experience with a bad hire to show why, despite him interviewing incredibly well, it all went sideways after he started working for me (this goes way deeper than checklists and documentation).
- Are you brave? Answer: yes. Check out Emily’s version of bravery: it’s not only more attainable than what society might lead you to believe… it’s also more impactful when it comes to long-term positive benefits.
This one is jam-packed full of advice. Don’t miss out - listen now!
Emily’s Bio:
Emily Ann Peterson is a business coach, Certified Trauma Support Specialist (CTSS), and director of The School of Bravery. She specializes in teaching empirically-proven, value-based business tools and strategies to brave survivors of religious trauma, high-control organizations, or other kinds of abusive experiences and relational structures.
Her mission is to dismantle undue influence and coercive control through the power of ethical commerce. She believes entrepreneurs are granted a unique opportunity that many survivors never receive; the practice of resolving trauma through the day-to-day demands of business!
Peterson is also a #1 Amazon best-selling author, singer-songwriter, keynote artist, and podcast host. She builds bravery amongst her fans, students, and audiences around the world by teaching the concepts outlined in her book Bare Naked Bravery: How to Be Creatively Courageous. She is a TEDx speaker and has been featured on BestSelf Magazine, Thrive Global and Seattle KING-5's New Day Northwest.
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