How Independent Coaches Can Help Move the Sheconomy™ Forward
- 5 days ago
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By Pat Schultz
I listen with absolute attention whenever Hanna Olivas, Co-Founder of She Rises Studios, talks about the Sheconomy™, a term she herself has trademarked. I want to help. I want to be part of this global economic force powered by women’s participation, ownership, and influence across every sector.
Throughout the world, these women are reshaping economies—not by waiting for permission, but by creating new models of value, leadership, and collaboration.
Yet for this potential to be fully realized, women need more than access to opportunity. They need the inner permission to take it. That’s where independent coaches play a critical role.
Rewiring the Inner Economy
Many women over 40 grew up with cultural messages that discouraged ambition or equated success with selfishness. These messages often live in the nervous system as patterns of self-doubt or under-earning. Neuroscience shows that beliefs are simply reinforced neural pathways, not immutable truths. When we help women recognize that their hesitation or guilt around success is learned—not innate—they can begin to rewire those beliefs.
Coaches who integrate mindset and neuroscience can guide women to update these mental “operating systems.” Through awareness, repetition, and emotional engagement, new neural pathways form—ones that support confidence, visibility, and wealth creation. Each woman who expands her capacity for self-belief adds strength to the Sheconomy™.
Coaching Beyond the Individual
While coaching often starts with personal transformation, its ripple effects reach far beyond. When a woman finds her voice, she begins to lead differently. When she learns to regulate her nervous system under pressure, she influences more effectively. And when she builds her business from a place of alignment rather than fear, she models a sustainable way of succeeding for those who come after her.
The Sheconomy™ depends on women building ecosystems, not silos. Coaches can foster collaboration over competition—helping women connect resources, share audiences, and amplify one another’s impact. Each partnership creates a stronger economic and emotional network that challenges the traditional, zero-sum definition of success.
Redefining Power and Profit
For generations, the language of business has been shaped by masculine paradigms—control, competition, scarcity. The emerging Sheconomy™ offers a different model: one rooted in cooperation, empathy, and abundance. Coaches can help women redefine power as influence rather than dominance, and profit as purpose in motion.
This shift isn’t just ideological—it’s practical. Research shows that companies with more women in leadership outperform their peers in innovation and long-term profitability. When women integrate emotional intelligence with strategic vision, they create cultures of trust and resilience that translate directly into business results.
Coaching accelerates that process by helping women align their inner clarity with external action.
The Role of the Independent Coach
Independent coaches are uniquely positioned to move the Sheconomy™ forward because they operate outside of rigid corporate systems. They can model new ways of working—collaborative, intuitive, and human-centered. By running ethical, values-driven businesses, coaches demonstrate that it’s possible to be both profitable and principled.
Every invoice sent, every partnership formed, every stage stepped onto contributes to a new narrative: that women’s economic power is not niche—it’s necessary.
The Bigger Picture
When women elevate themselves, communities rise with them. Studies show that women reinvest up to 90% of their income into their families and communities, compared to 30–40% for men. So, every time a woman raises her rates, negotiates her worth, or launches a new venture, she’s doing more than changing her own life—she’s fueling a larger global shift toward equity and sustainability.
The Sheconomy™ isn’t a trend. It’s a transformation—and coaches are the catalysts who help women embody it.
As independent coaches, our work is not just about helping clients reach goals. It’s about helping them remember their power, expand their capacity for impact, and contribute to a world where women’s success is no longer the exception but the standard.
When women thrive, economies don’t just grow—they evolve.
And that evolution begins within.
Through personalized coaching, Pat Schultz helps women over 40 transform their fears into actionable steps, leading to greater freedom and success in their personal and professional lives.
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