You are driven. You create, innovate, disrupt, lead, build...
You're an entrepreneur. You’re a leader.
It’s a great position to be in.
But the truth is, it can be a hard and lonely path. The things most worth doing are the hardest.
You want to do great work, without sacrificing your sanity, your family, or the passion and drive that got you here in the first place. You want to stay connection to yourself and your goals, even when you’re experiencing grief of hardship.
I'm here to help.
My superpower is finding creative ways to get you unstuck. As one of the world’s only clinical psychologists focused on the mental health of entrepreneurs, I have a unique mixture of elite research training, psychotherapy experience, and time in the entrepreneurial trenches.
I GET it.
I'm here to help you create a life and a business that you love.
Long bio
Dr. Sherry Walling is a clinical psychologist, speaker, podcaster, award-winning and best-selling author, yoga teacher, and mental health advocate. Her company, ZenFounder, provides mental wellness resources to leaders and entrepreneurs as they navigate transition, loss, conflict, or any manner of complex human experience.
Her latest book, Exit Strategy: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Selling Your Business without Regret, blends actionable advice with emotional wisdom to help entrepreneurs exit their businesses with confidence and clarity. Her heartfelt book, Touching Two Worlds, is a poetic, incisive exploration of grief and wholeness in the aftermath of loss. Her best-selling book, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Shit Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting it Run You, combines the insight and warmth of a therapist with the truth-telling mirth of someone who has been there.
Dr. Walling is an expert in trauma, stress and burnout and her research has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Traumatic Stress.
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Short bio
Dr. Sherry Walling is a clinical psychologist, speaker, podcaster, author, and mental health advocate. Her company, ZenFounder, helps entrepreneurs and leaders navigate transition, rapid growth, loss, and any manner of complex human experience.
She hosts the ZenFounder podcast, which has been called a “must listen” by both Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine and has been downloaded more than 1,000,000 times. She was also the host of Mind Curious, a podcast series exploring innovations in mental health care via psychedelics.
Her latest book, Exit Strategy: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Selling Your Business without Regret, blends actionable advice with emotional wisdom to help entrepreneurs exit their businesses with confidence and clarity. Her heartfelt book, Touching Two Worlds, is a poetic, incisive exploration of grief and wholeness in the aftermath of loss. Her best-selling book, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Keeping Your Shit Together: How to Run Your Business Without Letting it Run You, combines the insight and warmth of a therapist with the truth-telling mirth of someone who has been there.
Sherry and her husband, Rob, reside in Minneapolis where they spend their time driving their children to music lessons. She has also been known to occasionally perform as a circus aerialist.
I practice what I preach.
I’m a business owner, a parent, a wife, a traveller, an ametuer circus artist, a daughter and a friend.
I don’t always get it right. Sometimes I’m slow to respond. Sometimes I forget something important. Sometimes I miss the mark.
But I’m reaching higher, learning more, and taking time to play and enjoy these precious moments.
