236 - Bear Hébert - How To Earn A Living Without Dying From Capitalism (Yes, Really!)
“I just think it's so possible to do business in a way that is liberatory and exciting and generative and not just following the old scripts.” - Bear Hébert
Capitalism sucks. But living beyond this suffocating system is difficult if you struggle to comprehend how you’ll make a living in a liberated society. This episode is an invitation to jump despite that confusion. Ask the basic questions! Get stuff wrong! And connect with people who love to share their revolutionary wisdom.
Bear Hébert helps folks get a little bit more free via their work as an artist, anti-capitalist business consultant, and social justice educator. They help tiny business owners build thriving livelihoods while sidestepping the traps of capitalism. Fun fact: Bear’s side gig is teaching men+ how to unlearn patriarchy! Bear has been self-employed since 2014, so you know they have the street cred to offer advice. Our conversation delves into the guilt, shame, and inaction that often accompany upward shifts in economic status (a capitalist trap, btw). We also chat about navigating personal reckonings amid a major regional crisis, thriving despite painful childhoods, and embodying an anti-capitalist ethos IRL.
“That particular feeling of ‘I know the world needs this, but the world doesn't know that [it] needs this’ was, like, so much of the way that it felt inside my business, inside my work for a long time,” says Bear, recounting their earliest days as an anti-capitalist business consultant. “I just kept talking about it, even when people were like, ‘That's stupid!’” But the more they showed up in that radical, daunting space, the more Bear attracted like-minded rebels needing guidance.
So, what does an anti-capitalist biz coach do? Bear works with clients who want to be in business without conceding to capitalism. They help folks unlearn internalized systems of oppression and change their harmful personal narratives around productivity. Bear also helps their clients create space for collective care counter to our culture’s prevailing individualism.
Bear busts through the bootstrapping myths that many of us have inherited. You know the one: If I just work hard, I’ll be okay. Bear doesn’t sugar-coat the challenges of shedding that logic. Instead, they support clients who are learning to hold space for the world as it is now and eschew the zero-sum game of chasing profit at all costs.
Radical? Aspirational? Possible!
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MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
An Anti-Capitalist Guide To Pricing Your Work
NARM - NeuroAffective Relational Model™
Legacy Of The Heart: The Spiritual Advantages Of A Painful Childhood
GUEST CONTACT AND BIO
Bear Hébert(they/them) is an artist, anti-capitalist business consultant, and social justice educator. Self-employed since 2014, Bear helps tiny business owners build thriving livelihoods while sidestepping the traps of capitalism. Their side gig is teaching men+ how to unlearn patriarchy. They believe that relational work is real work, and emotional work is movement work; they're trying to help us all get a little more free.
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