Stressed out. Overworked. Underpaid.

Passed over (again… and again… and again).

That’s just how it is as a woman in tech, right?

Nope. Not around here.

Here we build the skill of bravery to

stress less, work less, and then earn more.

Together.

Stressed out. Overworked. Underpaid.

Passed over (again… and again… and again).

That’s just how it is as a woman in tech, right?

Nope. Not around here.

Here we build the skill of bravery to

stress less, work less, and then earn more.

Together.

Does this sound like you?

“I’m so stressed.”

You spend too much time and energy on things that wear you down, block your creativity, and steal from your family, friends, and hobbies.

You overthink, running scenarios through your head over and over again. Even when you aren’t at work, you are thinking about work.

“I work too much.”

You work more than you agreed to when you accepted the job. You spend an extensive amount of time reworking your proposals, rewriting your emails, and resubmitting your requests.

You outwork your colleagues, remaining available at all times. You cancel plans with people or events you enjoy to keep working, even after you’ve promised yourself you won’t anymore.

“I’m undervalued.”

Even though you stress yourself out and work way more than you should, you aren’t getting the promotions or the pay increases you deserve.

Instead, you watch other people with less grit, commitment, skill, and experience leapfrog ahead. They are getting paid more with a bigger title and more opportunities and you KNOW you could (and do!) it better.

 

If you see yourself in any of these statements — and let’s be clear, you most likely see yourself in all of them — it is time for change.

You want to enjoy your career and your life. You want to work fewer hours and leave work at work, also when you work from home. You want to be appreciated and recognized with growth opportunities, promotions, and higher compensation.

But how? 

You need to build the skill of bravery.

Let’s start with a surprise:

Brave is so much more than you’ve been taught.

I mean, sure, brave can be things like running into burning building, leaping towards battle, and saving the world ala Avengers.

But that testosterone-filled, fight-or-flight driven version of brave isn’t the only or even the best form of brave.

That form of brave keeps you stressed, constantly pursuing perfectionism, and pushing yourself for more.

That form of brave forces you to overwork, because enough is never, ever enough. I mean, if you aren’t saving the universe every day what are you really doing?!?!

That form of brave holds you down, pretending to be okay while you stay underpaid and passed over.

That form of brave is fantastic for movies and emergencies but holds you back in crafting a career and life you enjoy. 

 

Brave is so much more:

Brave is crafting a career path that uniquely serves your life, supporting your every day experience while you build your legacy.

Brave is for defining clearly what you want and getting it with more ease.

Brave is asking for what you want and making decisions based on your goals, strengthens, and priorities.

Brave is disappointing others if you have to because you sure as shit aren’t going to disappoint yourself.

Brave is seeing the systems of power and choosing how you engage – or don’t – with them.

Brave is a legacy building as only you can.

permission

Brave is you.

Because – spoiler alert! – you are already brave.

Here are four truths:

1. Brave is a skill, not a personality trait.

2. You are already brave.

3. You can build your brave.

4. Bravery is the skill you need to more simply and with more ease craft your brave career with less stress, less overwork, and eventually more income.

 

Meet Your Coach

Hey! I’m Nicole Trick Steinbach

The international bravery coach. 

I am not naturally brave. I taught myself how to be brave and now I coach women, just like you, all over the world how to build your brave so that you stress less, work less, and earn more. 

I know what it is like to be successful on the outside and miserable on the inside. I get it because I lived it.

Since 2019, I have helped
my clients create results like:

Reached specific professional goals, including getting that promotion, shifting industries, relocating globally and nationally, and starting a profitable business
75% of my clients reached their goal as of the Q1 2023 client survey

Significantly decreased stress, including making decisions faster and with more ease, communicating with less anxiety, and enjoying more focus
100% of my clients reduced their stress as of the Q1 2023 client survey

Reduced working hours, most commonly reported reduction between three and five hours a week 
56% of my clients reduced their working hours as of the Q1 2023 client survey

Created salary and benefit increases as well as supportive structures to ensure their success
43% of my clients increased their income as of the Q1 2023 client survey

Other results have included:

Enjoyed first fully unplugged weekends and vacations in years (or ever), traveling to unknown and far-flung places in the world

Massively reduce debt and increased savings by tens of thousands of dollars

Redesigned lifestyle, including paid for global and local relocations, embracing a nomadic life style, and buying their first homes

Established side hustles, nurtured them peacefully, and grew them into reliable income streams

What Clients Say

Nisha Shrestha

I learned how to trust myself to know that I am good enough and that who I am is my biggest strength. I believe in myself, fully. This is my starting place and I know my career will make an improvement in the world. 

Sac-Nicte Yescas

Working with Nicole was fun and enriching, on professional and personal levels. She helped me do a full assessment of my career. Then helped me tap into my full potential. We identified areas of growth and strengths to create a structured and realistic plan to reach my goal in a short period of time. She is very empathetic, understanding, and straightforward. She is willing to tell you what others aren’t: where you need to grow and the harder things.

Nicole Vafadari

When I started working with Nicole, I already believed in myself. I surprised us both when I decided to change my coaching goal while we were working together. Nicole helps you answer your own big questions so that you can make bold, unexpected decisions. Now I’m more informed, more at peace with my life, and even more proud of what I am doing.

Ashley Willumitis

The conversation with Nicole actually is the thing that helped me to realize that I needed to quit my job.

I did my consult with you Nicole and a few other coaches. And I’ve always joked with my friends that you cracked me like an egg.

Ginny Walters

I think life events and also the pandemic have changed how I view feelings and how I feel feelings. And you know coaching has helped me do that a lot.

So I feel like I am living a life that is driven by my personal mission, not the mission of my employer or my job.

Dora Szasz

I got promoted more than ever, with career coaching from you. And I’m now stepping into leadership positions and creating new groups and being involved in many leadership roles.

I finally sleep seven, eight hours a night and enjoy what I do.

Nupur Verma

Working with Nicole, we set the goal more for the internal work. And as a coach, you have really helped me with that.

The good part about working with you is that you don’t provide the solutions. You just ask the questions. And all your models through those discussions over the weeks, I find my own solutions.

Amanda Burma

Since starting to work with Nicole, there’s been a nice impact. I’ve financially grown as well as grown in my approaches within my career.

I almost want to cry thinking of just the clarity it’s given me. Helping me understand what questions to ask and helped me have confidence in people

Jackie Podoll

Coaching really helped me calm my nerves and stop second-guessing. I could embrace the authenticity of who I am and what I want.

Now I know I can still be professional while being authentic and confident, without worrying that one is taking away from the other.

Caroline Santinelli

Your coaching gave me the perspective on my life that I lacked and desperately needed. My view of my personal world and professional world was myopic. Working with you helped to remind me that the lenses I had were not the only way to see my career—or my life!

Chelsea Olson

I didn’t know if I was strong enough or brave enough or courageous enough to keep going. I didn’t know if it was worth it anymore. I’m glad that I’ve been working with you and I’ve stuck with it. I set out with a goal for five years and I achieved it in 18 months.

Erin O’Leary

I don’t know how I would have gotten through the last six months of growth and working less without you. I am now curating my career and personal life, putting myself as the priority.

Susanne Mueller

Coaching helped me liberate myself from what others think about me and focus on what I think and what I believe about me. When I decided to be accountable to me, changing my entire life became so much easier. Now I’m living my dream, traveling the entire world.

1-on-1 Coaching to Build Your Brave

Clarity

We get clear on where you are, what’s holding you back, what your next goal is, and why it matters to you.

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Momentum

We build a specific plan just for you to create the skills, connections, and actions you need to reach your goal

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Accountability

We create and practice the mindset and habits you need to sustain your success and ensure you really stress less, work less, and earn more for the rest of your career, no matter what.

Women just like you all over the world used the Build Your Brave framework to stress and work less while they live and earn more.

Start to build your brave right here.

Subscribe to join other amazing women all over the world using the Build Your Brave Framework to create immediate results in your life and career. 

Start to build your brave right here.

The Build Your Brave Coaching includes: 

18 Private Sessions, 6 Months

Dig deep into your goal, remove obstacles, build skills, and embrace opportunities so that you stress less, work less, and earn a lot more. 

Minimum of 6 Group Sessions

Learn and network with powerful women all over the world building their brave to achieve and scale your results faster. We meet at least once a month.

Build Your Brave On-demand

Leverage the 15+ hours of recorded materials with an ever-growing set of resources packed with strategies, mindset tools, templates, and worksheets to deepen life-long brave skills.

Unlimited Slack Support Channel

Never slow down or spin out: post questions, concerns, opportunities, and celebrations in the shared or private Slake channels and access powerful written or voice message spot coaching as well as group support.

Ready to explore if working with me in your next step to building your brave.

 

Schedule your 60-minute, confidential consultation right now.