Listen "Awkwardly Weird with Shelley Brown"
Episode Synopsis
Shelley Brown is a mindfulness educator and speaker best known as the creator of Weird Girl, a series of humorous essays written about real-life experiences.
Born and raised in Chicago, she graduated from DePaul University and served over 25 years in corporate America, practicing the fine art of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, public-private transitions, acts of God, performance reviews, KPIs, workplace cultures, and more.
In 2014, Brown faced her greatest challenge when she suffered a serious spinal injury. After a lifetime of fitness that included 25 marathons, six ultra-marathons, and countless half-marathons, she found herself living with impaired mobility and chronic pain.
The incapacitating injury coupled with shifting circumstances at work took a toll and began to hold Brown captive in a persistent state of anxiety. With marathons and global meetings now in her rearview mirror, Brown studied the dynamics between psychology and stress and trained her mind to embrace the art of mindfulness to help find balance and restore meaning to her world.
Now living life with gratitude and joy, Brown provides corporate America with customized mindfulness workshops and retreats aimed at effective goal setting, planning, and productivity.
Besides her dog and boyfriend, Brown’s greatest joy is creating art and inviting people from all walks of life to allow their inner weird and join what she affectionately calls our collective humanness of weirding.
Please follow and support Shelley online at www.weirdgirlsrock.com
instagram: @weirdgirladventures and @theglueisdrying
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleybbrown/
Get merch, join a course and more! Check out all the ways you can support this show and host at: https://linktr.ee/OwnYourAwkward
For more information on how you can Own Your Awkward with Andy Vargo, check out https://www.awkwardcareer.com/
#author #weird #funny #inspiration #awkward #motivation #womensempowerment #empoeringwomen #writer #books
Born and raised in Chicago, she graduated from DePaul University and served over 25 years in corporate America, practicing the fine art of mergers, acquisitions, downsizings, public-private transitions, acts of God, performance reviews, KPIs, workplace cultures, and more.
In 2014, Brown faced her greatest challenge when she suffered a serious spinal injury. After a lifetime of fitness that included 25 marathons, six ultra-marathons, and countless half-marathons, she found herself living with impaired mobility and chronic pain.
The incapacitating injury coupled with shifting circumstances at work took a toll and began to hold Brown captive in a persistent state of anxiety. With marathons and global meetings now in her rearview mirror, Brown studied the dynamics between psychology and stress and trained her mind to embrace the art of mindfulness to help find balance and restore meaning to her world.
Now living life with gratitude and joy, Brown provides corporate America with customized mindfulness workshops and retreats aimed at effective goal setting, planning, and productivity.
Besides her dog and boyfriend, Brown’s greatest joy is creating art and inviting people from all walks of life to allow their inner weird and join what she affectionately calls our collective humanness of weirding.
Please follow and support Shelley online at www.weirdgirlsrock.com
instagram: @weirdgirladventures and @theglueisdrying
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleybbrown/
Get merch, join a course and more! Check out all the ways you can support this show and host at: https://linktr.ee/OwnYourAwkward
For more information on how you can Own Your Awkward with Andy Vargo, check out https://www.awkwardcareer.com/
#author #weird #funny #inspiration #awkward #motivation #womensempowerment #empoeringwomen #writer #books
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