We’re looking forward to introducing you to Kristen Shea. Check out our conversation below.
Hi Kristen, thank you so much for joining us today. We’re thrilled to learn more about your journey, values and what you are currently working on. Let’s start with an ice breaker: What do the first 90 minutes of your day look like?
After spending most of my life in the corporate hustle, I now prioritize a slow, quiet morning. My mornings start with some form of prayer/connection to God. Then I have my matcha and begin to open into my day a little more, reflecting on what I am grateful for, what I am excited about, and what I am currently creating. At this point, I am still only half awake, so I get a lot of insights and inspiration if I let my mind wander through it all.
I like to pull a few Oracle cards to tap into the energy of the day and set intentions. I will then do breathwork or journal to move energy and get into alignment, I take a 30-60 minute walk, and then get ready to start my day.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
My name is Kristen Shea, and I’m the founder of Break Free & Be Seen, a transformational movement and visibility brand devoted to helping people overcome the fear of being seen, reclaim their identity, and rise into unapologetic expression, leadership, and purpose.
My background is a unique blend of corporate strategy, public relations, and spiritual healing gifts. I spent years building and scaling companies, running PR campaigns, and helping others rise, all while hiding my own gifts. After walking away from a toxic family dynamic and career, losing everything I thought defined me, and starting over at 37, I finally began the journey of rebuilding a life aligned with my soul.
Today, I blend strategic visibility coaching with channeling, energetic healing, and deep identity work. Through my courses, group programs, and content, I help others liberate themselves from societal expectations, codependent patterns, and subconscious limitations, and instead rise with clarity, confidence, and conviction in who they are and why they’re here.
What makes my work unique is that I don’t just focus on strategy or mindset; I guide people through full-spectrum soul liberation. Visibility isn’t just about being on camera. It’s about being seen in your truth, your voice, and your light. And that’s the work I lead.
Right now, I’m focused on expanding Break Free & Be Seen, launching my podcast, and building a global community of soul-led leaders who are ready to stop hiding and start rising.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What’s a moment that really shaped how you see the world?
One moment that shaped how I see the world was the day I walked away from everything I thought made me me, my family, my career, my identity.
I remember standing in my apartment, surrounded by silence that felt deafening. I had no job, no title, no one clapping for me, no one validating the choice I had made. I had spent my entire life being the responsible one, the successful one, the one who held it all together, for everyone else. And now… I had nothing and no one, which was incredibly freeing but also incredibly scary. In this, I realized I had no idea who I was.
In this moment, I realized that most of the world is operating on a false identity. An identity that was shaped without our knowing by societal expectations, trauma, and conditioning as we grow up, and then as adults, we often do what we think we should be doing, we begin to operate on autopilot. So few on earth are truly tapped into who they are on a deep, soul level, and even fewer are living lives aligned with their soul because it doesn’t seem possible. But it is, when we step out of the program, even just for a brief moment.
Since then, I’ve seen everything differently.
Now, I look at people and I don’t see their roles, I see their truth under the surface. I see the masks they wear, the wounds they carry, the brilliance they’ve been taught to suppress.
That moment, where I lost everything, was actually where I found God, found myself, and found the path I’m now walking with others: the path of soul liberation.
What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
I was a lifelong codependent people pleaser, and that was the wound that defined the first 36 years of my life. It began in childhood, before I even knew what was happening.
I was constantly shape-shifting to be what everyone needed me to be, the fixer, the achiever, the responsible one. I knew how to read a room before I knew how to hear my own voice. I based my worth on being useful, on being chosen, on not being a burden. And deep down, I didn’t really know who I was outside of what I could do for other people. I was terrified that if I weren’t needed, I would be abandoned.
It all came crashing down when I realized I had built my entire life, including my relationships, career, and even my identity, on roles that were never truly mine. Walking away from the codependent systems I was raised in meant walking away from everything familiar: family, work, validation, the version of me everyone loved. In that, I had to face my biggest fear: losing everyone and everything. Because when I wasn’t in service, when I prioritized myself and set boundaries, it did result in abandonment, as those relationships, although lifelong, were built on my false identity of people-pleasing and codependence.
But when you face what you fear the most, it no longer has power over you. It was a moment when I began to rediscover myself, and I embarked on a deep healing journey, ultimately creating a life that reflected who I truly am at a soul level. To discover who you truly are means you have to look at every wound, every story, everythign that you are holdign in your subconcious and begin to purify it all. It’s a deep process, but it’s also the most liberating process.
I think our readers would appreciate hearing more about your values and what you think matters in life and career, etc. So our next question is along those lines. What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
I’m committed to helping people liberate themselves from the fear of being seen, not just online, but in their truth. I know what it’s like to build a life, a career, even an identity, from survival. I know the shame that comes with having to start over. And I know how terrifying it feels to share your voice when you were taught it was safer to stay small.
However, I also know that visibility, when rooted in truth rather than performance, is a portal to freedom. To be seen is to be who you truly are, to be who you truly is to heal every wound, rewrite the stories, and uncage the parts of you that have been hidden way or put on the back burner for a more convenient time – when we do this, we get to live the life of our dreams.
This isn’t just a brand for me. It’s a lifelong mission. I’m here to dismantle the old systems of shame, silence, and self-abandonment and help people rise in their voice, their leadership, and their power. Whether it takes a year or a lifetime, I’ll help people find their way back to who they really are.
Before we go, we’d love to hear your thoughts on some longer-run, legacy type questions. When do you feel most at peace?
I feel at peace when I am in the present moment, just being. When nothing is going on, all is quiet, and I am fully connected to myself.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://quantumkris.mykajabi.com/be-seen-community?preview_theme_id=2161968182
- Instagram: @thekristenshea
- Linkedin: Kristen Shea
- Other: TikTok @thekristenshea
Image Credits
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