Episode 66: Shedding Labels & Owning Your Story with Justine Evirs

Justine Evirs is a  business consultant, Stanford University Graduate School of Business alumnus, and Navy Veteran. She teaches women executives & entrepreneurs to create consistent revenue models and business plans. As the Owner & Creator of her signature 12-week programs, Courage to Create and Courage to Lead,  Evirs teaches leaders to trust their instincts and use creativity to create values-based organizations and solutions for worldwide social problems. As the Founder of The Paradigm Switch (TPS) she helped to raise over $500,000 in donations and led over 40 volunteers during her time as President. She also flexed her grassroots community organizing and nonprofit leadership skills during a three-year tenure at Bunker Labs, a nonprofit that helps veterans and military spouses start businesses. She is a frequent speaker and podcast guest, and is the mother of three children. She lives in Burke, VA.Visit her website hereFollow her on InstagramIn this episode, our host Kelly Fitzgerald Junco, speaks with Justine about her journey into recovery, her quest to become a therapist and help others, as well as the many labels  - veteran, mom, bisexual, biracial, rape survivor -  she wears and sheds, and how she started to truly own her story.Justine also details her tumultuous life and everything women have had to endure in silence in her new memoir F*ck This: Permission Granted to Own Your Story. The SHE RECOVERS FOUNDATION is a grassroots movement and non-profit public charity with a community of women in or seeking recovery from substance use disorders, behavioral health issues and/or life challenges. This lifeline organization connects women through its virtual platforms and in-person community networks, provides resources and supports women to develop their own holistic recovery patchworks, and empowers them to thrive and share their successes. All efforts are designed to end the stigma and shame often associated with recovery so that more women may heal and grow.SHE RECOVERS has launched a partnership with BetterHelp to provide accessible and individualized mental health therapy to those seeking healing.We are honored to offer our listeners a 35% discount on the first month of therapy at  BetterHelp until December 31, 2022. Register at betterhelp.com/srf.  SHE RECOVERS is grateful to BetterHelp for making a $30,000 donation in support of our mission in 2022.Find out more and donate here: https://sherecovers.org/