Shelley Brown ~ No need to grab your Leggings Leaders - this isn't Yoga!

Like many, Shelley has experienced the peaks and valleys of life in the corporate world.
She has over 25 years of experience as a quota-carrying national and regional sales
professional for both private and public corporations in the hospitality and technology
sectors. She has ridden economic storms, leadership changes, mergers, acquisitions,
downsizings, public-private transitions, acts of God, performance reviews, KPIs, great
mentors, not-so-great mentors, workplace cultures with every type of morale, and many
other variables that impact one’s relationship with work.

But six years ago, she faced her greatest challenge when she suffered a serious spinal injury. The life she knew had ended and this incapacitating injury—alongside shifting circumstances at work—held her captive in a persistent state of anxiety. She was in a constant “flight/fight/freeze” mentality about her health, her career, and her future.
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How was it that she could complete a marathon, fly around the country to meet with c-suite executives of Fortune 500 enterprises, present to rooms full of strangers, and receive
accolades as a top performer—but now shake at just the thought of picking up the
phone to call a prospect?

All the podcasts and books in the world didn’t seem to help. Even the return to vigorous
workouts only provided a temporary respite.

Then, she discovered the practice of mindfulness and learned that stress is a physiological
experience—not something you can “talk yourself out of.”

She thought meditation was too passive for someone “high energy” like me. But after
experiencing the pronounced professional and personal benefits of mindfulness derived
from a disciplined, daily practice, she was inspired to dedicate her career to helping others
by introducing mindfulness practices at work.