BoldheartReviews of boldheart.com

I learned a lot about marketing through this program and walked away with concrete strategies that helped me improve my business. Overall though, the program was regrettably overpriced for what I received, and the two-year commitment was not a good investment for me. One of my biggest concerns was the limited acknowledgment of privilege, power, race, and systemic oppression within the coaching framework. As someone whose work serves marginalized communities, I received coaching around my reluctance to charge those communities $5,000+ for a coaching container. My concern was framed primarily as a personal mindset issue: scarcity, fear, or discomfort with charging what my work is worth, without sufficient acknowledgment of the systemic realities that shape people's access to money. I would have appreciated a much more nuanced exploration of the intersection between personal beliefs, business strategy, and systemic oppression. Meetings were held over Zoom and often started at 6am, 7am, or 8am PST. I felt motivated to do all of the things the curriculum suggested were necessary to reach higher revenue, but the increase in revenue I experienced was largely a result of working more hours and working harder. That level of effort was not aligned with the heart-centered life and business I was hoping to build by joining Boldheart. After a year, I asked to be released from the contract and refunded for the remaining time. I wasn't able to get out of the contract. The Boldheart team was kind and accommodating in allowing me to take a sabbatical and I appreciated that flexibility, but the length and cost of the program did not feel justified by what it ended up being. I’m grateful for what I learned about marketing and for the strategies I was able to take away, but I would not make the same two-year investment again. I would have gotten more value from a shorter-term commitment with a more nuanced approach to systemic inequality, sustainability, and what it means to build a successful business without simply equating growth with marketing more.

There are things I like about the program. The trainings are well done and presented. The schedule is consistent and well managed. Communication is prompt and professional. Well designed program for someone who wants to do all the work themselves with little to no personal guidance or interaction from someone who actually gets to know you. When I was contacted about the program after requesting a free copy or Fabienne's book I didn't realize that the people I was interacting with were merely sales people and that once I signed up I wouldn't see them again. Which meant that all the information about my business and myself I gave them would have to be shared again if I wanted to create any kind of a relationship with the moderators of the Q&A sessions, the Pod moderator, and an accountability Partner (if I could find one). There is a difference between relying on personal responsibility and impersonal and to me the Braveheart Program is amazingly impersonal. They only care about if you show up to your monthly Pod sessions but that is only so that you don't inconvience the other members by not being there, not because they actually care about you. As long as they get your money each month they don't care have any other interest in you as a person. It is like one of those college classes with 500 people, the professor doesn't know or care to know any of the students personally. The TA's run the review sessions, do all the grading, you take your tests online, and the professor just shows up to lecture each week. So if you are completely self motivated, have the time to put yourself through the training program, show up weekly for the Q&As, and monthly for the Pods without any encouragement or followup from anyone at Braveheart. Then this is the business coaching (not that there is much in the way of personal coaching) for you.