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When your business demands more than your body can give, what do you do? In this episode, I sit down with Taina Brown—personal and professional development coach, somatic facilitator, and strategy whiz—for a powerful conversation on sustainable business practices, values alignment, and how Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown transformed the way she leads.

After a health crisis forced her to pause her business entirely, Taina reimagined everything. From redefining what success looks like to exploring what it means to lead like a flock of starlings, this episode is a masterclass in adaptation, curiosity, and values-first entrepreneurship.

If you're a creative service provider rethinking how to structure your business in a way that supports you—not just your clients—this one’s for you.

Topics:

• Navigating a full business pause due to a health crisis
• How Emergent Strategy helped Taina rebuild her work around rest
• Breaking free from toxic individualism in entrepreneurship
• Tiny rebellions: Redefining professionalism and challenging white supremacy in business
• 3 lessons Taina would tell her past self about running a business

You can find Taina at:

Website: ifthenand.org/tainambrown

LinkedIn: /in/tainabrown

Podcast: Messy Liberation

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Emergent Strategy:Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown

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