{"id":642,"date":"2025-04-16T17:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sayhelloflourish.com\/?page_id=642"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:13:44","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sayhelloflourish.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"\"><em>About Me.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p data-end=\"280\" data-start=\"110\" style=\"\">Hi, I\u2019m <strong data-end=\"131\" data-start=\"118\">Pam Brown<\/strong> \u2014 a strategist, educator, and longtime wellness entrepreneur who believes the future of business is inclusive, liberatory, and aligned with purpose.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"971\" data-start=\"282\">My work is rooted in <strong data-end=\"359\" data-start=\"303\">anti-capitalist, anti-racist, humanistic values<\/strong>. I\u2019ve spent over a decade moving between roles as an <strong data-end=\"488\" data-start=\"413\">activist, professor, studio owner, health coach, and marketing strategist<\/strong> \u2014 always rooted in justice and care. Through my work as a business owner and coach, I faced a challenge so many wellness leaders know well: <em data-end=\"748\" data-start=\"629\">how to build a business that honors your purpose <em data-end=\"684\" data-start=\"679\">and<\/em> supports your life \u2014 without sacrificing integrity for income.<\/em> That\u2019s the exact problem I solved at Align Brooklyn \u2014 by aligning our systems, strategy, and sales process with our mission \u2014 and it\u2019s the foundation I now use to help other wellness leaders build businesses that truly work.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1387\" data-start=\"973\">I co-founded <strong data-end=\"1004\" data-start=\"986\">Align Brooklyn<\/strong>, an award-winning boutique wellness studio that ranked in the top 1% of Black-owned businesses nationally and top 2% of women-owned. During the pandemic, we pivoted online and built a thriving digital membership \u2014 but without the venture capital of big tech players, it became clear that our best path forward was helping <em data-end=\"1335\" data-start=\"1327\">others<\/em> build powerful, principled businesses of their own.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2144\" data-start=\"1389\">I bring a uniquely interdisciplinary lens to business building. My background in <strong data-end=\"1492\" data-start=\"1470\">cultural sociology<\/strong> gives me deep insight into how to build business cultures that are values-aligned, inclusive, and sustainable. My graduate work in <strong data-end=\"1641\" data-start=\"1624\">media studies<\/strong> focused on how people interact with technology \u2014 a perspective I now apply to designing internal systems that actually work for small teams and solo founders. I\u2019m certified in <strong data-end=\"1847\" data-start=\"1818\">digital marketing and SEO<\/strong>, with a focus on inbound, relationship-based strategies that feel human \u2014 not performative or pushy. And my early success as a <strong data-end=\"2009\" data-start=\"1975\">top-performing Corcoran real estate rookie<\/strong> taught me how to sell high-ticket offerings with clarity, confidence, and care \u2014 skills I now help my clients embody in their own way.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2432\" data-start=\"2146\" style=\"\">My work is also shaped by decades of organizing and activism \u2014 rooted in movements for economic and racial justice, and driven by the belief that wellness businesses can model the future we want to live in. <a data-end=\"2432\" data-start=\"2353\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pambrown\/\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_new\">You can learn more about my work here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"2698\" data-start=\"2434\">I created <em data-end=\"2462\" data-start=\"2444\">Path to Flourish<\/em> for wellness leaders like you \u2014 people who care deeply about their communities, their craft, and their calling. I\u2019m here to show you that you can have structure without rigidity, revenue without extraction, and success without burnout.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"\"><strong><span><em><span style=\"font-size: 51px !important;\">Join the&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 51px !important;\">Waitlist<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 23px !important;\"><span><em><span style=\"font-family: Literata; font-weight: 400;\">Path to Flourish<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 22px !important;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"> opens just twice per year.Join the list to be the first to know when applications open \u2014 and receive exclusive early access.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"\">By joining the waitlist, you agree to receive occasional emails from me about this program and related offerings. You can unsubscribe at any time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Me. 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