Shari Teigman shared their story and experiences with us recently and you can find our conversation below.
Hi Shari, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to share your story, experiences and insights with our readers. Let’s jump right in with an interesting one: What do you think is misunderstood about your business?
That it’s just mindset.
That it’s just strategy.
That it’s just about helping people “feel better” or “do more.”
What I actually do is liberation work.
People come to me when they’ve outgrown the rules they once thrived by, whether in life or business, and are ready to build something that finally fits who they actually are, not who they were taught to be.
It’s not surface level clarity or templated growth hacks.
It’s a full-blown identity level upgrade.
And that kind of work isn’t neat. It’s not always pretty. But it is powerful. It’s deep, fast, electric, and irreversible. The results look like reinvention, but really? It’s a homecoming.
So yes, there’s strategy. There’s high performance. There’s bold business acceleration.
But all of it is rooted in permission, identity, and unlearning what’s no longer yours to carry.
That’s the Maverick way.
And it’s wildly misunderstood until you experience it.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m a mindset performance coach and creative business strategist for Mavericks- the bold, brilliant humans who are ready to stop performing success and start living it on their own terms.
After walking away from the life I was told I “should” want, I built a global business helping others do the same. I work 1:1 at a high level with founders, creatives, and rebels who are ready to reinvent, rewire, and reignite how they show up in life and business.
What makes my work different?
I blend deep identity work with strategic firepower so it’s never just mindset, and it’s never just action.
It’s the art of becoming who you were always meant to be, with no apology and no compromise.
I’m not here to fix people. I’m here to wake them up.
Right now, I’m working on a few exciting things:
A Maverick-style journal for people craving more than just motivational fluff
My global workshops helping people blow up the boring blueprints they’ve outgrown
And continuing to coach and consult the boldest minds in the game to go even bigger — not for the sake of scale, but for self.
This brand is not a brand. It’s a rebellion.
And I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Thanks for sharing that. Would love to go back in time and hear about how your past might have impacted who you are today. What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
My Baba.
A Holocaust survivor of eight concentration camps, and somehow still the kindest, most loving human I’ve ever known.
She taught me what true strength looks like – not the loud, armoured kind, but the quiet, unwavering kind that chooses love over bitterness, grace over resentment, and dignity even in the face of devastation.
She shaped how I see myself because she showed me what’s possible when you don’t let the worst of the world define you.
She proved that softness is a superpower. That joy can be reclaimed. That survival isn’t the end goal… living fully is.
My fire, my boldness, my refusal to settle or shrink? That’s her legacy in me.
I carry it into every room I walk into and into every life I help change.
What did suffering teach you that success never could?
Suffering cracked me open in places I didn’t even know were sealed shut.
It burned away the pretending. The perfection. The performing.
It forced me to face the parts of myself that success could’ve easily let me avoid — the ones I tried to outrun, outwork, or out-shine.
Suffering taught me how to hold myself when nothing made sense.
How to find beauty in the breakdown, not just the breakthrough.
How to rebuild not from grit alone, but from grace, the kind that doesn’t need to prove a damn thing to anyone.
Success? It gave me momentum.
Suffering gave me meaning.
It taught me who I actually am when the curtain drops and the world goes quiet.
And that woman, the one who crawled through the dark and still chose to light torches for others?
She’s the real win. Every time.
So a lot of these questions go deep, but if you are open to it, we’ve got a few more questions that we’d love to get your take on. Is the public version of you the real you?
Yes.
But she’s not all of me.
The public me is the woman who’s done the work. Who turned pain into power and turned that power into purpose.
She’s bold, unapologetic, rebellious in all the right ways and that’s not a performance. That’s earned.
But the private me?
She’s softer. She still doubts. She still grieves. She still needs reminders that she’s allowed to rest and receive, not just rise and roar.
I’ve worked hard to make sure my brand isn’t a costume. That what people feel from me online or on stage is real — just maybe with a bit more mascara and better lighting.
So is the public me real? Hell yes.
She’s just one chapter of a much deeper story.
And I’ve stopped apologizing for being all of it.
Okay, we’ve made it essentially to the end. One last question before you go. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
That I made them remember who they really are.
That I didn’t play by the rules, and I didn’t ask anyone else to either.
That I loved hard, told the truth louder than was comfortable, and lived every inch of my life on purpose.
I hope they say I wasn’t for everyone but I was unforgettable to the ones who were ready.
That I left people braver than I found them.
That I cracked them open, not to hurt them but to free them.
And I hope someone says:
“She didn’t just talk about becoming. She became. Over and over again. Until the very end.”
Because that’s what I’m here for.
Not the performance. Not the polish.
The becoming. The liberation. The legacy of bold aliveness.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.shariteigman.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shariteigman
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shariteigman/
Image Credits
Vicki Head
so if you or someone you know deserves recognition please let us know here.
