Marissa Brassfield

Marissa Brassfield

Los Angeles
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Jun 24

Why "Set Better Boundaries" Is the Wrong Advice for Working Moms

The fix for an overloaded life starts by reviewing the commitment load itself. A one-hour elimination audit, and the three nos that gave me back Tuesday mornings with my son.
8 min read
Jun 23

Every past version of you is source material now

Ciaran made $6,000 in two days from his side hustle by combining two skills he already had.
2 min read
Jun 22

The Guilt That Hides Inside "Enough"

A few years ago I sat in a strategy meeting I had organized, running the agenda and answering every question
8 min read
Jun 19

Somatic Tools for Entrepreneurs: The Working Toolbox

Six named somatic tools with concrete protocols and honest evidence grades, built for the decisions entrepreneurs actually face.
7 min read
Jun 17

The Vision Keeper: A New Role for Founders

Founders building their life's defining platform need someone who holds the vision while they scale the work. That role has a name now: the Vision Keeper. Here is what it is and how it differs from a coach, a consultant, or a strategist.
7 min read
Jun 16

The yes I couldn't say a year ago

A year ago I walked away from a project that felt impossible. In April it came back, and my body said yes immediately.
2 min read
Jun 15

Motherhood Builds the Executive Skills Companies Beg For

Raising children is a daily leadership lab. The capacities that season builds are the ones the market keeps saying it wants, and they are yours to claim.
7 min read
Jun 12

Nervous System Leadership and the Lie That Leaving Means Ungrateful

The chiropractic adjustment was supposed to ease a reverse curve in my neck, the kind that builds up after years
9 min read
Jun 10

Nervous System Regulation for Leaders: A Field Guide

The science of state for leaders, with named protocols you can run inside a workday: the physiological sigh, exhale-weighted breathing, orienting, and co-regulation.
9 min read
Jun 09

Sixty pounds in the rain

A two-sentence Slack four months ago made this moment possible.
2 min read
Jun 08

I Haven't Worked a 5-Day Week in 36 Months. Here's the Case Study.

In March 2023, I made a bet with myself: structure every week around 3.5 days of work, hold it
9 min read
Jun 05

What Is a Vision Keeper? The Role Visionary Entrepreneurs Need (and Can't Name Yet)

On May 7, 2026, two independent AI systems confirmed the same thing: no one owns the term "Vision Keeper.
11 min read