Megan Bruneau is a therapist, entrepreneur and podcast host with over 12 years of counseling behind her back. She is known for being transparent about sharing her own story of eating disorder, anxiety and perfectionism. Through her writing and speaking, Megan has created a platform where she shares stories of challenge, shame and failure (her own and today’s top entrepreneurs) on a personal and entrepreneurial level. Her mission to empower you to like yourself, follow your dreams and make it big.

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In this conversation, we discuss:

• Megan’s journey from a licensed therapist to being an entrepreneur, a coach, a writer and a speaker
• How she juggles it all and how she plans to scale
• The relationship between spirituality, entrepreneurship and personal development
• Managing anxiety and depression
• Her discomfort with being perceived as an influencer
• Redefining being an influencer
• Her experience with the diet culture and weight loss messaging on social media
• The importance of viewing social media critically
• Seeing beauty in the mundane
• How Megan got 3,500 followers overnight after Melissa Hartwig mentioned her
• Bringing compassion and normalcy into social media
• The mistakes she made that prevented her Instagram growth
• How she became a MindBodyGreen contributor
• How she moved to New York
• How perfectionism may be holding you back in your life and how to move forward
• Why positive thinking doesn’t always work and what to do about it

 

Mentioned in this episode:

• Megan’s podcast, The Failure Factor
• Mark Groves @createthelove
• Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff

Connect with Megan Bruneau:

• meganbruneau.com
• @meganjbruneau
• Facebook

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