Nice to Meet You.
I'm Kris Carey.
I'm a dot connector who weaves the different parts of your life and business into a cohesive picture. I have the ability to conceptualize what you're after, then bring the attention and accountability to create it in reality. Through fun and focus, lightheartedness and doing your work, you'll approach things you want with the confidence to face and conquer challenges that have previously held you back.
Together we’ll catch up with your current self, align your business with that truth, and share your best with the world in a way only you can.
About Kris
Kris helps solo entrepreneurs and small business owners design work and lives that truly fit. With 20+ years of experience and formal training, she guides people to lean into their strengths, build around what they do most naturally, and move beyond the limits that have stopped them before. Known for blending empathy with strategy, Kris helps those she works with to reimagine their businesses—and themselves—by leaning into their humanity and sense of humor. She's been coaching and catalyzing with her own business since 2002.
She runs a community called the Solo Biz Journey, where solo entrepreneurs and small business owners share the joy and challenges of running a business while also being human, and travel the Hero's Journey together.
She muses often in her own blog, and publishes a periodic newsletter where she reflects on all things business and personal.
Kris loves facilitating conversations around growth, collaboration, and related topics, and has a knack for helping people see what's right about themselves and each other. She also speaks frequently for professional organizations and at conferences, sharing her infectious vision of what can be, and inspiring audiences toward action.
When not working, Kris debates Star Trek vs. Star Wars with her dog, Finch, while they listen to Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue for the fourth time on repeat.
People have asked me why I started my business, and there are a lot of reasons I can give:
Control over my time, flexible schedule, location independence, the chance to make a greater impact, freedom...
The truth is, though, I couldn’t NOT start my business.
Shortly after college I had the urge to do my own thing, yet didn’t have a clue what that could be or how it might happen. It was this tiny spark that kept me searching for an opportunity to make my move away from conventional employment and go out on my own. When I saw my chance, I pounced on it and haven’t looked back.
I’ve gone through my share of dark nights of the soul, times when things seemed too hard or too big, I didn’t know how, and all the other thoughts that plague those of us who choose this path. Still, here I am, figuring it out, just as you are.
I’ve seen the promise. In fact, I’m living it. One day, in 1997, sitting at a desk in a job that was sucking the life out of me, I pulled out a small notebook and wrote out my ideal work scenario. Soon after that, while cleaning out my files, I found that scrap of paper and was stunned to discover I’m doing exactly what I dreamed of, with bonuses and upgrades I couldn’t have imagined back then.
You have a dream. Dare to live it.
What Sets Me Apart
