Marilynn Joyner has spent much of her professional life creating access where she saw a gap. In this episode, Kimberly and Marilynn discuss how that instinct shaped Her Workplace and eventually pushed Marilynn further into entrepreneurship. They unpack what Marilynn has learned about asking for introductions and continuing after rejection, along with why face-to-face connection remains central to how she leads. Marilynn also shares how she is building Fund Her Network as a step toward her long-term goal of investing in women-led companies.

• How Marilynn turned her experience in corporate America into the foundation for Her Workplace
• Why access has become a core theme across the businesses she is building
• What entrepreneurship has taught her about asking, fundraising, and hearing "no"
• Why creating your own rooms through events and private gatherings can increase visibility
• How thinking 10 years ahead is shaping Marilynn's next business moves

Marilynn Joyner: marilynnjoyner.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marilynn-elise-joyner/
Her Workplace: herworkplace.com
Fund Her Network: fundhernetwork.com

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Kimberly recently audited every personal and professional development purchase she's made since 2013, digging through three old email accounts and her Google Drive folders. The total came to over $250,000.

In this unscripted solo episode, she shares what that audit revealed about why she still feels stuck, the four-part process she's using to close the gap between where she is and where she wants to be, and the Steve Harvey exercise that has her writing down 300 things she wants from God.

In This Episode:

• Why Kimberly took an unplanned break this summer and what she was sitting with
• What investing over $250,000 since 2013 taught her about her actual problem
• The 4-Step Manifestation Process she's uncovered
• The Steve Harvey exercise rooted in James 4:2 and where Kimberly landed on her list of 300 (watch the video here: https://youtu.be/DlMAIYd7-J4?si=4uwv3ha4K5LqRf42
• What Kimberly is committing to as she works through this next phase out loud

"Make your vision so clear your fears become irrelevant." Kerwin Rae

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A quick heads-up: this episode discusses grief and the loss of a parent.

This week marks one year since Kimberly lost her mom, and in this deeply personal solo episode, she opens up about what it's actually taken to grieve and run a business at the same time. Kimberly shares the eight things that have helped her keep showing up over the past year — from reducing her schedule to therapy, asking her doctor for help, and learning that reduced capacity is still capacity. For anyone in the "sandwich generation" caring for aging parents, anyone grieving right now, or anyone who's ever wondered how you're supposed to keep working when your heart is heavy, this one meets you where you are.

In This Episode:

• Why "time off" hits differently as an entrepreneur — and Kimberly's honest take on being "fake offline"
• Reducing her schedule down to two client-facing days and protecting space to simply feel
• Leaning on weekly and biweekly therapy as an unfiltered sounding board
• Talking to her doctor and why she believes there's no shame in getting help ("you don't have to raw dog your grief")
• Apologizing to friends, telling people where she really is, and letting them show up for her
• Giving herself permission to rest and "rot" without guilt
• Drawing on "mom energy" from the women and community around her
• Understanding that every emotion is normal — and journaling to get to the root instead of the surface
• Her bonus lesson: make things easier on yourself, and don't always trust your feelings when you're grieving, because your feeling isn't always the fact

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It's Kimberly's birthday — and she's celebrating with her most personal episode yet. In this solo conversation, recorded with handwritten notes and a whole lot of nerves, Kimberly opens up about the dissonance she's been feeling between the vision she has for her life and how she's actually been showing up. From playing small in her corporate days to realizing she's built a "penitentiary" of perfectionism as an entrepreneur, she gets honest about the fear, people-pleasing, and perfectionism that have kept her hiding. As she turns 39 — on Episode 139, no less — Kimberly declares this her year of facing her fears out loud, and she's inviting listeners along for the journey through her brand-new Substack, Fear Means Go.

In This Episode:

• The elevator moment at her corporate job that revealed how long she'd been playing small
• Why perfectionism, people-pleasing, and fear of judgment have kept her hiding — even as her own boss
• The quote that stopped her in her tracks: structure precedes success
• The journal exercise that revealed she was the box standing between herself and her goals
• Why she's launching a Substack and returning to her 2011 blogging roots
• A first look at book number two, tentatively titled Fear Means Go, and why fear is at the heart of great leadership

Follow Kimberly's journey on Substack: https://substack.com/@kimberlybonline
Watch the YouTube video Kimberly references: https://youtu.be/krsobVoZVnk?si=JVT9CbbIjDW9VIny
Grab Kimberly's first book, Next Move, Best Move: Transitioning Into a Career You'll Love: www.nextmovebestmovebook.com

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What do you do when the business is successful, but you're ready for something new? In this episode, Kimberly sits down with Lauren McGoodwin — founder and CEO of Career Contessa, author of Power Moves, and content marketer at Atlassian — to talk about her decision to return to corporate after a decade of entrepreneurship without shutting her business down. Lauren gets refreshingly honest about what it actually takes to juggle a full-time job, a media brand, and three kids under five (spoiler: it's money and a village, not a morning routine). She also breaks down how public speaking took Career Contessa from a blog to a nationally recognized brand — starting with free intern workshops, landing a book deal, and eventually speaking at TEDWomen — and why companies wouldn't pay for her tactical workshops but happily paid for her keynotes.

In This Episode:

• The evolution of audience-building from the blog and RSS era to today's personal-brand-first landscape — and what Lauren would do differently if she started over
• The three phases of Lauren's speaking career: free workshops, the book that changed everything, and paid keynotes at companies like Google and Amazon
• Why tactical career workshops are a hard sell to corporate buyers — and what shift finally got her paid
• Workshop speakers vs. keynote speakers: how Lauren worked with a coach to stretch beyond her "give them three exact steps" comfort zone
• The sting of turning down speaking opportunities during pregnancy, and why Lauren keeps her basket full of more than just work
• Where to find Lauren: connect with her on LinkedIn, where she shares career advice from her own corporate diaries and the Career Contessa podcast

Connect with Lauren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenmcgoodwin/

Connect with Career Contessa: https://www.careercontessa.com/

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Episode 136: Overcoming Rejection When You're Pitching Yourself

Rejection is part of the deal when you put yourself out there — for a stage, a promotion, a client, or a new direction. In this episode, Kimberly breaks down what makes rejection different when you're the one being pitched, why it's rarely actually about you, and gives listeners a simple three-question tool to use the moment a no lands.

In This Episode:

• Kimberly shares her own experience of pitches that didn't land

• The Rejection Reset for processing a no in real time

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Kimberly Brown sits down with Jasmine Garrett — Account Director at Adobe, President of the National Sales Network South Florida chapter, and rising professional speaker — for a candid conversation recorded live inside The Visibility Shift coaching community. Jasmine shares what it's really like to build a speaking career from the inside out: starting with internal company panels, learning to bet on herself, and beginning to figure out when and how to charge for her expertise. This one is for every professional trying to grow their visibility without blowing up their career in the process.

We're going deep on:

• How Jasmine's speaking journey started — from being tapped to represent Salesforce on a virtual panel to realizing she had a monetizable skill
• The moment she knew she needed to start charging (hint: it involved a multi-day workshop request that stopped her in her tracks)
• How she decides which speaking engagements to pitch for and which ones to accept — and why purpose and ROI drive the decision
• The nuances of co-branding and protecting your platform when you're employed at a large company
• How she builds her talks — from research and storytelling to branded leave-behinds that protect her intellectual property
• Her rehearsal process and why she swears by bullet-point talk tracks over full scripts

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In this episode of Your Next Move, Kimberly sits down with Elle Petrillo — founding member of Brand Builders Group and former speakers bureau executive — for a candid, no-holds-barred conversation on what it actually takes to build a speaking career. Recorded live during The Visibility Shift Intensive, this conversation goes beyond motivation and into the real mechanics of getting booked, setting fees, and showing up with a brand that commands the room before you ever open your mouth.

In This Episode:

• Elle Petrillo shares her origin story: getting fired, going through divorce, and rebuilding her identity from scratch — which became the foundation for her personal branding philosophy
• The three reasons every speaker should pursue a speaking engagement: brand building, lead building, or income generating
• Why you should always ask for a client's budget before naming your fee — and how Elle has turned a stated $2,000 budget into a $10,000 booking
• The scrappy, low-cost ways to build a speaker kit and demo video that actually gets you booked
• Kimberly opens up about her own speaking fee journey — and why she's still working up to the number Elle keeps pushing her toward
• Why entrepreneurship doesn't have to mean going full-time, and the real story behind Kimberly's 10-year runway before leaving corporate

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