I am a microcosm of all the possible justice, liberation, pleasure and honesty in the universe, and I act accordingly.
- Adrienne Marie Brown

anti-racist Leadership & Inclusion Coach of the crossroads
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I’m Sharyn.
 
I’m a gutsy coach, leader, artist, speaker, writer and witch.

I believe that glass ceilings were made to be shattered and that it is up to each and every one of us to disrupt and dismantle the systems of oppression that seek to hold us back from equity, inclusion, freedom and liberation.
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​Gutsy for Life.
​Mama. Biracial. Bisexual. Anti-Racist and Anti-Bias Disrupter. 
Leadership & Inclusion Coach.
Social Entrepreneur. Artist. Trauma-Informed. Anti-Capitalist.
Writer. ​Conscious Leader. Witch.
My pronouns are she/they.
 
​I centre BIPOC. Black Lives Matter. Aboriginal Lives Matter.
 
​My spaces are TERF and SWERF free zones (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist and Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminist).
 
I welcome all people who are aligned with my values and ethics to my work. All identities and gender expressions are welcome here. 
 

​Not for the faint of heart, my work is truly transformative and dives deep into social justice, spirituality and personal sovereignty.
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Born during a Dark Moon, my approach is highly intuitive and instinctual. 
​I have a wealth of knowledge and learning gained from trauma, transition and personal transformation.
 
I combine my superpowers with my understanding and knowing of being at the threshold of new beginnings, crossroads and transitions. 
 

I am a pathfinder working in the shadows to empower others to bravely transform, reveal, unravel and source their creative power and potential.
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• I work as a consultant and coach to clients in the coaching, spiritual entrepreneur, creative and wellness industries on anti-oppression, anti-racism, personal empowerment, inclusion and conscious business strategy supporting them to cultivate an anti-racist identity and to grow inclusive and socially aware businesses that support and elevate Black, Indigenous & People of Colour and all marginalised identities.
  
• ​I created Formidable Voices, a social impact and events movement that funds future projects to primarily uplift BIPOC coaches, creatives and entrepreneurs to speak their truth, take up space, value their superpowers and leave a meaningful legacy that sustains them.
  
• I created The Formidable Framework of Unpack Your Privilege to Formidable Business + Inclusion teaching my anti-oppression and anti-racism framework in workshops, coaching circles and leadership programs.
  
• In 2018 I compiled the Reading and Resources for Activists list, an extensive resource of social justice writings, tools and education (only available to clients, patrons and my students) and in 2020, the Formidable Impact and Inclusion Toolkit.
  
• I disrupt spiritual and entrepreneurial spaces with my#dearselfstyledguru letters and #gutsyrealtalk series. I have constantly called for better representation, equity and inclusion for Black, Indigenous and Women of Colour and spoken out on whitewashed and white-dominant (appropriated) spiritual practices, leaders, events and spaces.
  
• My book Becoming Gutsy and Formidable will be published in 2021 by The Kind Press.
  

THIS IS WHAT HAS PREPARED ME FOR THIS WORK...

I am an eternal student in the areas of social justice, social change, metaphysics, energy work, creative healing arts, tarot, priestessing, coaching, ancestral work, holistic counselling, systemic constellations, youth mentoring, emotional intelligence, intersectionality, identity, social change, ancestral healing, akashic records and trauma-informed practices.
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I am a qualified Life Coach having completed my studies with Beautiful You Coaching Academy. I have qualifications in Indonesian Language & Culture, Youth Mentoring, Business Studies and Advertising. I have studied Holistic Counselling and Systemic Constellations. I am an Unfolding Your Life Vision Licensed Facilitator. I am a Reiki Level 2 Usui Ryoho practitioner. I also bring with me 24 years of corporate experience & professional development in advertising, publishing and communications, people management, legal writing & research and contracts law management across projects upwards of $1 billion in engineering, shipbuilding and defence environments integrated with a decade of personal growth, writing and speaking, priestessing skills, energy medicine and conscious business space holding, coaching and strategic consulting skills.
 
My work is about going deep into the shadows, remembering and reclaiming wholeness through sovereign and gutsy soul work and taking people on soul journeys to their real and raw truth.

This looks like supporting my clients to:

• Fully express and share their truth and story, including all the messy and uncomfortable parts (seeya, perfectionism)
• Commit on all levels — heart, mind, body and spirit — to finding themselves and becoming who they’re here to be
• Go all in, fully invested, inspired, motivated and maybe afraid, but always with an open heart.

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I’ve spent a lifetime seeing, reading and personally experiencing the pain of racism and trauma

It means I deeply know, the resilience, tenacity and inner strength it takes to 

• unearth, 
• go the distance and 
• navigate the road ahead.

I’m here to support you as you do this too.
 
My top 5 Clifton Strengths are: Ideation, Input, Relator, Intellection and Activator. I'm great at connecting and coming up with ideas, collecting information and researching, building close relationships with others, I love deep and meaningful conversations and I help people turn thoughts into actions.

My style is a combination of coaching, mentoring, facilitating and co-creating

I have discovered that my gifts are about lighting the way and guiding others so they can live their lives on purpose. I help people find their path, their truth and themselves and most importantly, liberation through self-expression, self-awareness and self-trust.
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​It all began with Gutsy Girl in 2012. Since 2015 I have facilitated as a Coach of the crossroads, mentor and sacred space holder. I welcome all people to my work and spaces. I centre the most marginalised through my work. 
 
I write my truth and share personal stories and writing for my exclusive community on Patreon.
 
I believe in sovereignty and being an active participant in life.

IDENTITY AND ANCESTRAL ROOTS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY WORK.
​SO HERE’S MORE ABOUT MINE

I’m 44 years old. I’m the first generation Sydney-born only child of migrant parents. My Mum is Chinese-Indonesian from Java, Indonesia and my Dad is Northern Irish from Belfast. My parents migrated to Australia from their respective countries. My Dad arrived in Sydney by ship in the 1960’s 3 days before his 17th birthday, alone. My Mum arrived by plane in the early 1970’s aged in her early 30’s speaking little English. It’s always on my mind that had the then-White Australia Policy not been abolished, I wouldn’t exist. Neither of my parents finished high school and they worked for over 20 years in the same jobs in manufacturing and aged care until redundancy - Dad, due to workplace injury when I was 14 and Mum’s redundancy due to aged care facility closure and retirement at age 62. I grew up working class. I identify as biracial Asian.
I am the only biracial person on the paternal side of my family.
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I BELIEVE...
I believe in social justice and supporting enterprises providing services to people in need. I support social enterprises and not for profit organisations that provide aid to asylum seekers, Indigenous literacy and education and homeless people. I believe in anti-capitalist principles and dismantling bro culture and manipulative marketing tactics.
 
I am a Fire Dragon in Chinese Astrology (coming from a maternal lineage of Tigers, Dragons and Snakes), Enneagram 4, Human Design Profile 2/5 Hermit Heretic and Kolbe A Index 7-3-6-3 (an uncanny talent for coming up with unique strategies, prioritising opportunities and the unknowns in complex problems. I thrive when quantifying an opportunity and prospecting for ways to enhance it).
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THE SACRED LAND I LIVE ON...
​I reside on the stolen lands of the Turrbal people, the Aboriginal Nation in the city known as Brisbane, Queensland. Sovereignty was never ceded. This land is, and always will be Aboriginal land.
Residing between two mountains on the outskirts of the city, I connect with nature daily and am surrounded by trees and bird life. Crows and tawny frogmouths are my usual visitors.


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​Sharyn Holmes is a leadership coach, consultant, speaker, writer and the Founder of Formidable Voices, Their work dives deep into social justice, spirituality and personal sovereignty. She works as a consultant to clients across the spiritual, online business, coaching, creative and wellness industries on anti-racism identity, creating inclusive spaces with integrity & conscious business strategy. They bring 24 years corporate experience in legal and defence contracting, publishing and communications industries. They teach via leadership circles & immersive group experiences, in-person events and virtual classes on soul, sensitivity, strategy, social justice, writing, creativity and effective communication. Their book Becoming Gutsy and Formidable will be published by The Kind Press in 2021.

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