256: RB Fast: The Advocacy Path
RB Fast is a leadership coach for schools and nonprofits based in Denver, CO. She travels the globe facilitating workshops and retreats focused on team building, strategy, and leadership growth. From large conferences to private boardrooms, RB shows up as a partner and guide for every client. When she isn't helping organizations realize their big vision, she's probably in her garden and kitchen preparing delicious food for the people she loves, including her beloved husband, Steve, daughter, Mia or snuggling her fur babies, Moe and Dexter.\xa0\nRB started her journey into motherhood as a full time student and bartender who could only afford to take 9 days of maternity leave.\xa09 days.\xa0The journey inspired her to take conscientious action to create a more powerful life.\xa0Today, she is very thoughtful and intentional in how she weaves social justice and advocacy into her parenting and her professional work with non-profits.\xa0\nListen in to hear RB share:\n\nThe value of creating your own beautiful space\n\nHer 9-day maternity leave and the postpartum depression that followed\n\nWhat life was like working as a bartender until 3:30 am and being a full-time student with a newborn baby\n\nHow she started a business by making a list of her skills and posting it to Facebook\n\nSurvival vs perfectionism \u2013 and why survival mode is way more productive and perfectionism might be a luxury you can\u2019t afford\n\nThe importance of learning and listening to others stories/experience/perspectives\n\nThe advocacy path learning/questioning/action\n\n\xa0\nLinks Mentioned:\n\nSMA Ep 234: Megan Flatt: How to Own Your Mama Advantage\n\n\nConnect with RB: Beeline Consulting\n\n\nResource: Nonprofit Board Health Checkup\n\n\nRB on Twitter\n\n\nRB on Instagram\xa0\n\nWebsite: Vote Smart\n\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices