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Imprint: Brown Books Publishing Group
BISAC: Business & Economics / Leadership
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 184
Publication Date: April 14, 2026
ISBN-13: 9781612548456
Dimensions: 6” x 9”
US List Price: $16.95
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AUTHOR BIO
Rhonda Swan is a globally recognized business strategist, best-selling author, and fierce advocate for women's empowerment. As CEO of the Unstoppable Branding Agency-a woman-owned, 85% women-run firm-she leads one of the top-ranked PR and branding agencies for entrepreneurs. Swan was also named a "Woman of Diversity to Watch" by Forbes. Rhonda is also the visionary behind the Women Gone Wild book series, creating a global platform for women to share their stories and rise together. Rhonda's mission is to elevate the voices of purpose-driven leaders so they can scale their brands with impact, authority, and authenticity.
CONTRIBUTER BIOS
Ranked as #1 of the "Top 27 Female Entrepreneurs Changing the World" by Inc. Magazine and one of the "10 Business Titans to Watch in 2024" by Maxim, Jules Schroeder is a musician and visionary on a mission to inspire people to create a life by their own design. Jules is the founder and CEO of Unconventional Life, a transformational educational and events company that hosts five-day life and business accelerator programs for entrepreneurs and creatives worldwide. Schroeder got her start as a contributor to Forbes in 2016, writing for Forbes Under 30 and hosting and running the top-ranked podcast Unconventional Life, which features the stories of millennials following nontraditional paths. Unconventional Life has since released nearly 400 episodes, reaching millions of people from over seventy-five different countries and becoming a global community of like-minded individuals. Beyond her entrepreneurial ventures, Schroeder is an esteemed event designer, two-time TEDx speaker, real estate investor, speaker, best-selling author, and high-level business consultant.
Mary Butaye is a brand strategist, somatic coach, and co-founder of Pink Lemon Agency, a digital marketing company she runs with her two sisters. With a professional circus artist background, she brings a rare blend of creativity, precision, and emotional intelligence to her work. She is known for helping purpose-driven entrepreneurs align their brand with their body, integrating nervous system regulation and somatic coaching to unlock authentic expression, clarify messaging, and scale sustainably. She lives in Brussels, Belgium, with her husband, dog, and sweet baby boy.
Hilary DeCesare is a best-selling author, award-winning peak performance coach with twenty-five years of experience, and host of the top 1.5% podcast ReLaunch to a Rich Life. Named one of Success Magazine's Top 10 Coaches of 2025 alongside Mel Robbins, Hilary masterfully blends neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and business expertise through her signature 3HQ™ framework (aligning your Head, Heart, and Highest Self) and transformational experiential events, empowering leaders to fully unlock their potential. As a former Silicon Valley CEO featured on ABC's Secret Millionaire, Hilary is known for her approachable, intuitive, and authentically refreshing style, specializing in helping ambitious professionals shift from feeling stuck to confidently ReLaunching into their Rich Life.
Kayla Elderkin is a digital marketing expert, seven-figure entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of multiple online brands, including The Digital Hub and Business Building Besties (BBB). In just fifteen months, she went from a burnt-out nurse and single mom to a self-made millionaire, building a thriving business during her children's nap times. Through her programs, Kayla has helped over 4,000 students launch and scale profitable online businesses. Known for her magnetic energy, real-talk mentorship, and no-fluff teaching style, her students consistently credit her with transforming their confidence and results. With a social media audience of 600,000+ and features in USA Today, Harper's Bazaar, and LA Business, she's a sought-after mentor for creators, aspiring entrepreneurs, and moms ready to rewrite their story.
Jeannette Fuentes is the Broker/Owner of RE/MAX Top Producers, CEO of California Diamond Escrow, and the founder of Real Estate in Heels-a movement dedicated to empowering women to lead boldly in life and business. A powerhouse in the real estate industry, Jeanette has grown her brokerage from just three agents to over 320, earning recognition in the Real Trends Billionaires Club and ranking among California's top five RE/MAX brokerages. With over a decade of experience across real estate, escrow, lending, and asset protection, Jeannette is known for her results-driven leadership and passion for elevating others. Through workshops, retreats, and mentorship, she helps women entrepreneurs build thriving businesses while staying grounded in purpose, faith, and self-worth. Jeannette leads with vision, integrity, and the belief that true success includes abundance in every area of life.
Dr. Theresa "TGo" Goss is a tech-savvy powerhouse, speaker, and legacy builder who blends code with comedy and digital strategy with soul. As founder of the NOW Honors, Squirrel Vision TV, and Media Mastery with TGo, she is on a mission to help purpose-driven misfits rise, shine, and lead without apology. Learn more at HeyTGo.com.
Missy Kelly is an award-winning entrepreneur, business leader, and community advocate. She is the co-founder and CEO of CatTongue Grips, a global leader in nonabrasive, nonslip products that prevent items, people, animals, and cargo from slipping, sliding, spilling, or dropping. Under her leadership, CatTongue Grips has become the go-to brand for high-performance nonslip solutions, serving customers across diverse industries. Missy is also the founder of Born for Impact, a high-touch mentorship and mindset mastery program designed to help entrepreneurs break through limiting beliefs, reclaim their energy, and scale with purpose. In 2023, Missy received the Women of Excellence Changemaker Award from Diversity Professional magazine, honoring women who lead with excellence and impact across business, community, and culture. Missy finds constant inspiration in the people she serves and the bold entrepreneurs she supports. She lives in Park City, Utah, with her husband, Matt, their two teenagers, and two dogs. Whether practicing yoga, hiking mountain trails, or skiing in fresh powder, Missy brings her motto-"live life, love hard, and do epic sh*t"-into everything she does.
Aang Lakey is a nationally recognized expert in inclusive leadership and violence prevention, with over a decade of experience working across military, government, and nonprofit sectors. As the founder of Increasing Consciousness, Aang is known for their integrative, equity-centered approach to leadership development. With graduate degrees in social work, human relations, and organization development, Aang's work bridges emotional intelligence, systems thinking, and social justice to drive holistic, transdisciplinary change. Through mentorship, training, and coaching, Aang empowers individuals and organizations to lead with awareness, equity, and impact.
Carolina López Saglietti is a global leader in conscious education, an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author, and founder of the Superhero Programs, the Rapid Evolution (ERA) Method, and Coach to the Kids Certification. With over two decades of experience in business, leadership, and personal transformation, she empowers children, families, and leaders to reconnect with their essence, awaken their potential, and lead with clarity, purpose, and emotional freedom. Her work blends practical tools, deep wisdom, and transformative experiences that inspire meaningful growth from the inside out. Carolina is a guide for true evolution, with a voice that is powerful yet warm, grounded yet visionary-embodying her own journey of healing, success, and conscious expansion.
Manuela Mejía Escobar is the founder of Numa Lounge and Spa, a fast-growing salon known for redefining beauty as a vehicle for empowerment. With a focus on confidence, personal growth, and self-worth, Manuela has cultivated a sought-after brand and an inclusive space where women feel seen, supported, and inspired to rise. Beyond the salon, Manuela has mentored dozens of women across industries, guiding them to launch businesses, claim their confidence, and step into lives marked by greater freedom and fulfillment. Her values-driven leadership and dedication to building opportunities for others have positioned her as a respected entrepreneur and changemaker in her field.
Reena Merchant is a seasoned leader in the tech industry, a best-selling author, speaker, and the founder of OurVoice, a platform dedicated to helping individuals reconnect with their authenticity and inner truth. With over two decades of experience managing user-experience teams at global companies including Google, YouTube, Sony PlayStation, Citrix, and BlackBerry, Reena has built a reputation for leading with empathy, clarity, and authenticity. Her signature Leadership From Within framework empowers others to lead in alignment with their values and create meaningful impact across every area of life. Reena is dedicated to creating spaces in business and beyond where people feel safe to be seen, heard, and celebrated for being themselves.
Chelsea Ouimet is a digital marketing expert, seven-figure entrepreneur, and founder of the Digital Hub and Business Building Besties (BBB), where she empowers everyday women to build successful online businesses from scratch. A former nurse and mom of three, Chelsea turned to entrepreneurship during one of the most financially challenging seasons of her life. Despite multiple failed ventures, she refused to give up and went on to build a multimillion-dollar brand in under fifteen months. Today, her training programs and mentorship have helped thousands of women unlock time and financial freedom through the power of digital marketing. With over one million social media followers and more than a thousand success stories, Chelsea is recognized for her relatable approach, actionable strategies, and heart-led leadership. Her work has been featured in Harper's Bazaar, CEO Times, USA Today, Kivo Daily, and New York Weekly.
Kate Starr is a Certified Nervous System Regulation Practitioner with a master's degree in public health specializing in behavior change in women's health from George Washington University. As a Nervous System Coach, she helps ambitious, driven women overcome burnout and chronic stress through holistic nervous system regulation techniques. Through extensive research and personal experience, Kate developed her unique approach, SomaNeuro Alignment, when she noticed that many nervous system practitioners specialized in only one or two areas of regulation. Still, few had created a method to combine both psychological and physiological modalities into one powerful subconscious practice. Through her signature program, Nervous System Reset, which offers a mix of small group and one-on-one coaching to each client, Kate has helped hundreds of women relocate safety in their present reality and overcome burnout.
Hanalei Swan is a visionary artist, speaker, author, and entrepreneur who grew up traveling the world with her family, visiting thirty-six countries on all seven continents. By age ten, she launched a sustainable fashion brand that grew into a six-figure business. Today, she channels her global upbringing into fine art, including her debut collection Spiraling, which explores themes of anxiety, resilience, and self-discovery. Through every canvas, stage, and story, Hanalei uses creativity as a force for transformation, inspiring others to embrace their authenticity, take bold action, and lead from within, no matter their age or background.
Kirsty Tait, born in a small town in the U.K., is a woman who refuses to believe the impossible cannot be achieved. Traveling the world looking for magic, she has found it in the simplest of places. She is a global speaker, entrepreneur turned soulpreneur, and is the founder of Confidence in Connection, a platform dedicated to activating authentic, deeper human connection. With a passion for mentoring conscious businesses and guiding senior leadership experiences, she bridges strategy with soul to help leaders rise with purpose. Her mission: to connect people back to themselves and to each other in a way that changes everything.
Lisa Thomas is a TEDx speaker, author, and founder of Epigenetics for Global Impact. As the creator of the Soul Awakening Method™ and Inner Empowerment Matrix™, Lisa is known for helping high achievers uncover and release emotional DNA-the deeply embedded generational patterns that unconsciously shape thoughts, behaviors, and sense of worth. Her pioneering work bridges the worlds of science and healing, offering a grounded, transformational path to personal and professional breakthrough. With clients ranging from global executives and creatives to entrepreneurs and celebrities, Lisa guides individuals to move beyond inherited limitations, align with their true purpose, and create a legacy of personal and professional alignment. Her influence has been recognized by media outlets such as USA Today and Good Morning LaLa Land, and her teachings have reached audiences across stages and podcasts worldwide. Whether through her writing, speaking, or signature programs, Lisa is on a mission to help others transform their legacy by healing from the inside out.
Alena Uzhnyeva is a visionary entrepreneur, transformational speaker, and founder of I AM Creation Retreats and Alonafish OU, an eight-figure global enterprise. With a powerful personal story of rising through the ranks of international business and facing burnout at the height of her success, Alena now leads a global movement that empowers leaders to return to themselves through mind, body, and heart coherence. Through her retreats and teachings, she guides entrepreneurs, executives, and creatives to awaken their purpose, cultivate deep inner alignment, and lead with authenticity. Her work is redefining what modern leadership looks like, not driven by hustle and metrics alone but by intuition, presence, and impact. Alena is passionate about helping others remember their wholeness and step into a version of leadership that is authentic, sustainable, and transformative.
