The Living Your Legacy Podcast
Keira Brinton on Turning Pain Into Purpose and Stories Into Legacy
Tue, 04 Feb 2025
Keira Brinton, founder of JOA Publishing and Mosai Network, is an accomplished entrepreneur, five-time author, and TEDx speaker dedicated to helping others share their stories and build impactful businesses. In this episode, she opens up about her personal struggles with fear, financial hardship, and even suicidal ideation, detailing the pivotal moment when she chose to eliminate fear from her life. That decision led to incredible business success, allowing her to generate millions in revenue and transform the lives of aspiring authors and entrepreneurs.Throughout the conversation, Keira discusses the significance of taking bold risks, particularly her "burn the ships" moment, which marked a turning point in her career. She also emphasizes the power of books in leaving a lasting legacy and shares her vision for supporting women in business. Additionally, she speaks passionately about her mission to create suicide prevention centers, providing much-needed support for those struggling with mental health. Keira’s story is a testament to resilience, vision, and the power of believing in one's purpose.CHAPTERS02:35 – Overcoming Fear and Finding Purpose04:54 – The "Burn the Ships" Moment07:21 – Building a Multi-Million Dollar Business from Nothing09:45 – The Power of Books in Creating a Legacy11:58 – From Survival to Impact: Shifting Perspectives14:20 – Helping Women Reach Financial Independence16:05 – Suicide Awareness and Creating Support CentersCONNECT WITH KEIRA:https://www.mosainetwork.com/https://www.joapublishing.com/IG - Keirabrinton
Chapter 1: What was Keira's pivotal moment in overcoming fear?
I had a very critical moment in my life where I almost committed suicide. It was a really dark time for me. When I chose to live, I became a new person and I felt this call.
passionate about helping people share their stories and change the world with their message.
I was stuck. I was stuck in a lot of fear. And I think this is a place that entrepreneurs get stuck in, right? It's like we make all these wild decisions and we follow our dreams and then it's like the end of the road. And I chose to delete fear out of my body. Like fear had no place inside of me. I made $200,000 in a month. I made $700,000 in six months.
And then since that day, I've made $1.9 million. And that moment, burning the ships, changed my whole business. For 20 years, I struggled with almost daily suicide ideation. And...
Chapter 2: What does the 'Burn the Ships' moment mean?
i'm alive and not only am i alive but i'm living my best life ever if someone's listening and they think they're never going to get to a stage where they can impact people at a grand level and leave a legacy and they can't make that much of an impact and maybe they don't believe in themselves just yet what would you say to them Hello and welcome back to another episode of Legacy Makers Podcast.
Today we have one of our amazing cast members and the season host, Kira. Welcome to the show.
Chapter 3: How did Keira build a multi-million dollar business?
Hello.
So excited to have you here and dive into your legacy. Let's just kick off for anyone that doesn't know who you are. Tell us a little about you.
Chapter 4: What role do books play in creating a legacy?
Yeah. So my name is Kira Brinson, and I'm the founder of JOA Publishing, the founder of the Mosaic Network, which is a business school for women. I'm a five-time author. I have a TED Talk, but I'm a single mom of five kids, and I love helping people write their most important books, building the businesses that are going to go out and change the world with their message.
Good. So, you know, I know your backstory. You've come from a lot, done a lot, doing a lot, right? And I think, you know, maybe just for people listening in, it sounds like you're very established and you're doing all these amazing things, but maybe it wasn't always that way, right? Which they'll find out in the full episode.
Chapter 5: How can we shift from survival to impact?
So can you give people a minute summary of your journey and story to get here?
Yeah, it's not been an easy journey, right? It's been filled with a lot of risk, a lot of fear, and a lot of miracles. So I would just say I was a massage therapist for 20 years.
and i had a very critical moment in my life where i almost committed suicide it's a really dark time for me when i chose to live i became a new person and i felt this call and the call led me to build a publishing house and to write books and then it soon led me to helping authors write their books
Chapter 6: What strategies help women achieve financial independence?
and now build their businesses great and let's explore that a little because i know there's a key part of the episode where you explain you know 18 months ago or a couple of years ago life didn't always look this way can you can you uh just summarize that moment
Yeah. So 18 months ago, I was running an event in Arizona and I had $5,000 left in my bank account. It was only a few months after my marriage had ended. It's the first time I'd ever had to financially provide for five kids plus an employee, like all these employees. And I was stuck. I was stuck in a lot of fear. And I think this is a place that entrepreneurs get stuck in, right?
Chapter 7: Why is suicide awareness crucial for mental health?
It's like we make all these wild decisions and we follow our dreams. And then it's like the end of the road. And this was my burn the ships moment. And I don't have family that has money. It's not like I was like, well, I'll just call Aunt Sue. Like nobody was coming to save me. And that moment made me burn the ships. And so I took a loan from Stripe.
Okay.
And that was to pay my employees. And I chose to delete fear out of my body. And that decision, like fear had no place inside of me. I made $200,000 in a month and I made $700,000 in six months. And then since that day, I've made 1.9 million. And that moment burning the ships changed my whole business.
So what does this burn a shit moment mean, right? I mean, I love the concept. I know what it is, but if people are listening and they don't, let's break it down.
So burn the ships is there is I don't even know what the story is, but I think somebody said it was Columbus and they moved to find the new land and he burned all the ships so no one could ever go back. Right. And so the burn the ship moment for me is like I knew right then because it was this moment because I was a massage therapist for 20 years.
I was like, do I just give up all of my businesses and go back to being a massage therapist? Like, I'm sure I could pay the rent and buy food. Or do I take a chance like two feet in with everything that I've spent years building? I'm going to take this loan and I'm going to run like hell. And that was it. Like I burned the ships like there was no going back.
There was never the door had been sealed.
Well, and I think, you know, it's such a great concept because for entrepreneurship, it's a defining moment and pretty much every entrepreneur has gone through it.
And, you know, I think it's actually so important for building a legacy, too, because I always teach you can't have anything extreme in life, like, you know, high achiever, like winning a gold medal or, you know, starting a charitable organization that changes the world or a business that changes the world. if you haven't risked it all many times.
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