Trauma-Informed Business Coaching
for brave survivors & entrepreneurs
Choose Your Own Adventure
Pick whichever your heart desires or book a meet-n-greet!
A La Carte Sessions
sliding scale $75-$300, via Zoom
Bravery Coaching is your chance to get 1-on-1 attention with our founder, Emily Ann Peterson. You'll gain a new perspective on your courage while she helps your feats of bravery feel like a total breeze!
These sessions are perfect if you're seeking regular support or preparing for a product launch, large campaign, creating templates for endless ease, or enduring a really overwhelming season of bravery.
Recurring Sessions (most popular!)
$185-$400 monthly, via Zoom
Recurring clients of The School of Bravery get access to the following awesomeness on a month-to-month or annual commitment:
- 1:1 coaching; monthly or weekly
- drop-in group coaching; twice monthly
- book club meetings; as desired!
- weekly office hours; via online forum
- plus, additional discounts!
Tidying Sessions
sliding scale $50-$150, via phone
Feeling like you're gonna drown? Do you need some tidying before things feel easier?
A Tidying Session is just that. You tidy up your business while I tidy up my home! You get 45 minutes via phone to tidy up your biggest (or most annoying) brave business questions & conundrums.
It's simple: choose your price, then schedule and show up for your session via phone!
5 reasons I might be uniquely qualified to be your business coach:
Hi, my name is Emily Ann Peterson. I help my business clients learn to harness the long-term effects of their traumas. We pour all that chaotic, frazzled, hot mess into their personal practice of daily bravery—building a sustainable, holistically supportive business. And we have fun doing it too!
- I've got book smarts with degrees & credentials
- I've got street smarts with IRL business experience.
- I'm a survivor of trauma and I still live with the effects from it.
- I wrote a book about bravery. (see above point)
- Fun Bonus Fact: To this day, I've never had a 9-to-5 job.
Business + Trauma?!
Trauma comes with mental, physical, emotional, and financial effects that are often long-term or even permanent. It can take an extremely long time for a survivor to acknowledge that they experienced trauma and even longer to understand and repair the damage.
In the meantime, a trauma survivor's gotta still keep the lights on and pay the bills!
Entrepreneurs are *already* at risk for:
- depression
- self-worth issues
- chronic anxiety & panic attacks
- addiction
- ADHD
- bi-polar disorder
- hypertension/heart disease
- joint & circulation problems
- sleep disorders, insomnia
- vision-related problems
- migraines
- sexual or erectile dysfunction
- hormone suppression
Trauma can increase an entrepreneur's risk for:
- kindling (exponentially escalating mental health crises with progressively less extreme triggers and shorter periods of time between crises... uh, yikes.)
- hypertension/heart disease, diabetes, obesity
- stroke, cancer, autoimmune diseases
- addiction, self-medicating, self-numbing
- chronic anxiety & panic attacks
- sleep disorders, night terrors, insomnia, hyper-arousal
- easily agitated or angered, extreme startle reflex
- disassociation, over intellectualizing, monotonous voice, spacey
- cognitive disfunction, poor memory, trouble speaking
- excessive or inappropriate guilt
- intrusive thoughts or memories, flashbacks
- obsessive and/or compulsive tendencies
- self-injury, self-harm, high-risk behaviors
Sources: National Center for Biotechnology Information, World Psychiatry, PsychCentral
Three Things I Believe...
- your business doesn't have to feel triggering, overwhelming, and scary.
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your business can support and empower your continued recovery from trauma.
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the tool of commerce has the power to help dismantle systems of oppression & cycles of trauma.
Who might be a good client-match for business coaching?
YES, PLEASE!
My personal and professional experience makes me best suited to work with business owners & freelancers who suffer from the lasting effects from high-control environments, or religious trauma. If you own a business and one or more of the following is true then, of course, you're invited to schedule a Meet-n-Greet.
- You're a survivor of trauma, abuse, coercive control, undue influence, whistleblowing, or high-control environments.
- Mental health professionals often refer to these as:
- Adverse Religious Experiences or AREs (aka Religious Trauma Syndrome or RTS) such as: cults, high-control groups or fundamentalist spiritual communities.
- Adverse Organizational Experiences or AOEs such as: multi-level marketing companies (MLMs), direct marketing groups, abusive bosses, or whistleblower situations
- Adverse Religious Experiences or AREs (aka Religious Trauma Syndrome or RTS) such as: cults, high-control groups or fundamentalist spiritual communities.
- Mental health professionals often refer to these as:
- You're a former member of...
- an adverse religious group like Scientology, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Christianity, Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Moonies, or another high-control sect or new age group with undue influence.
- an adverse organization like Dave Ramsey Solutions, Tony Robbins Research International, NXIVM, Vector Marketing, Scentsy, LulaRoe, HerbaLife, AdvoCare, MetaboLife, Young Living, Equinox, Amway, Avon, Rodan + Fields, etc.
- an adverse religious group like Scientology, Mormonism, Jehovah Witnesses, Christianity, Catholicism, Evangelicalism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Moonies, or another high-control sect or new age group with undue influence.
- You're seeking a safe/sustainable exit from an adverse/high-control group...
- and you're financially dependent upon them but don't know how to get out.
- You're labeled by others or yourself as...
- Exvangelical, Ex-Mormon, Post-Mormon, ex-missionary, ex-pastor, ex-hun, etc.
- a "suppressive person", SP, heathen, disfellowshipped, excommunicated, shunned, sinner, etc.
- whistleblower, snitch, "not a team player", devil's advocate, etc.
- You're actively deconstructing or reconstructing your core identity and/or faith...
- hopefully with guidance from a licensed mental health professional, counselor, or therapist.
- hopefully with guidance from a licensed mental health professional, counselor, or therapist.
POSSIBLY... LET'S TALK!
I might be the right coach for you if you own a business and one or more of the following is true... Just mention this when you schedule a Meet-N-Greet.
- You're a survivor of sexual misconduct/violence, domestic violence, abusive relationship or you have a hostile, or potentially scary ex-partner.
- You're another kind of brave survivor (childhood trauma, cancer, war, gang, tragedy, prison, etc.)
- You're a questioning or hesitant member of a spiritual community or high-control group.
- You're a pastor's kid (PK), missionary kid (MK) or grew up in the homeschooling community.
- Something else on this page resonates with you. :-)
100% NOPE.
There are countless outlets for sadistic/masochistic entertainment. The School of Bravery is not one of them. Please seek disappointment elsewhere if one or more of the following is true...
- You desire to financially or otherwise benefit from the direct promotion of a religion, cult, high-control group, or multi-level marketing company.
- You're a proud promoter of products, businesses or business practices that are racist, ableist, homophobic, fatphobic, misogynistic, xenophobic, or culturally appropriative.
- You're not vaccinated against COVID-19 or refuse to wear face masks because you do not trust professional institutions backed by peer-reviewed scientific research, such as the World Health Organization or internationally accepted medical licensing boards.
Other A's for Your Q's
Who's your favorite kind of business client?
- survivors of trauma
- the alphabet mafia (aka LGBTQIA+)
- anti-racists & anti-capitalists
- sex-workers & body-positive peeps
- neurodiverse, creative misfits
How would a client get the best results from coaching?
- have time/capacity to slow down for the biiiiiiiig picture
- be willing to bring a box of tissues (just in case!)
- enjoy throwing spaghetti and confetti
- be fed up with "fake it 'til you make it"
What is your coaching superpower according to clients?
- "sensitivity to navigate me around spiky subjects and feelings"
- "generating ideas, next steps"
- "making easy action plans"
- "straight talkin' with a smile"
Coaching sessions, what are those like?
- "emotional spelunking for treasure"
- "cozy virtual space"
- "a rare combo of inspiration & practical execution"
Clients Are Saying... (More Testimonials & Case Studies Here)
“Emily Ann is a straight-talker with a smile. Finding your voice is not an easy thing. Self-promotion is even stickier. Put the two together and, if you’re like me, you’ve created the perfect storm of overwhelming. Emily has a rock-solid understanding of all things self-promotion, as well as an uncanny ability to break down even the most intimidating hurdles into manageable action items.
If I am working with someone, I don’t want to just get sweet-talked. I wanted someone who is insightful AND unflinchingly honest, even if it means calling me out on my own self-sabotage - whether it’s denial, procrastination or emotional roadblocks. I know that I can count on Emily Ann to tell it to me straight. And usually, she smiles while she does this, which of course means I don’t even catch on at first to how she is totally calling me out. I love this.
This makes me get to the heart of the matter so much more quickly, whether it’s honing in on the goals of a project or trying hard to see something through to the end. If I need a hand zeroing in on a goal or needing a plan as to how to break down a project into manageable action items, I call Emily Ann.”
“I joined The School of Bravery after Emily Ann gave me a website audit. I was so excited, inspired, and motivated that it was really a no-brainer. I enjoy the format of the masterclasses and the opportunities to be interactive. But the book club was probably my favorite because I'm an author and love books, and I enjoyed getting other perspectives on the readings and activities. I've discovered a whole new creative outlet from the book club!" "Doing brave things is easier now because I can recognize when I'm procrastinating, resisting or just plan scared.”
Still Not Sure? Schedule a Meet-n-Greet!
Let's get to know each other with a super-chill chat via Zoom!