From Tech Entrepreneur to Artist: Redefining Success, Achievement and Self Worth with Shirley Yang Crutchfield
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Has achievement become too connected to your self-worth? You'll want to hear this! This week, I'm joined by Shirley Yang Crutchfield, an internationally award winning artist whose powerful, gold-leafed works draw on art history, fashion, contemporary heroines and her own entrepreneurial journey. Our conversation dives deep into the healing + transformative power of the creative process, including the exact moment art saved Shirley during a season of major change and grief. We talk about her identity evolution from entrepreneurship to motherhood, to now becoming a master of her craft without feeling the need to optimize achievement over fulfillment. If you're feeling lost or disempowered, this episode will connect you back to your spark, undo old patterns no longer serving you, and own your inner goddess!
HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 Say hello to internationally award winning artist, Shirley Yang Crutchfield!
03:05 How does the creative process bring out your power?
06:45 What makes art so commemorative of who we are?
10:05 How to master any craft that you resonate with.
14:05 What is the healing power of art + tapping into your creativity?
18:55 The role grief plays in the healing and creative process.
20:35 How to undo old patterns of achievement.
26:50 What is the best way to invest in your personal growth?
29:40 What to do when you're feeling lost or don't know who you are yet.
31:40 How to reconnect with yourself after seasons of change.
36:00 The story behind our collaborative art piece.
40:55 How do you turn your journey or your story into art?
46:15 How to support Shirley's art (+ potentially get a piece of your own!)
48:50 Celebrating Shirley's Powerhouse moment of pausing and allowing herself to celebrate.
RESOURCES + LINKS
Learn more about Shirley HERE!
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Join the waitlist for the 2026 Powerhouse Women Event HERE!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | After I sold a company, after building everything I thought I wanted, I felt worthless. |
| 0:06.0 | I just didn't know who I was anymore. |
| 0:09.0 | And I decided to pick up the paintbrush again. |
| 0:11.0 | I think the creative process can be so healing. |
| 0:14.0 | Your words were that art saved you. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm not optimizing for achievement. I'm optimizing for fulfillment. |
| 0:21.6 | But I'm not achieving anything. |
| 0:23.6 | That's the point. |
| 0:24.6 | When you don't achieve, you allow yourself to feel other things. |
| 0:28.6 | You create these beautiful works of art capturing powerhouse women in 24-carat gold. |
| 0:36.6 | I look at what this woman has become, not just their achievements, |
| 0:41.7 | but their evolution. Do they get up again? Because to me, that's the modern icon. You asked if I would |
| 0:48.1 | be interested in collaborating on a piece. And the very first time that I would see what you created would be live on camera. |
| 0:57.0 | So exciting! I'm not peeking, I promise. |
| 1:00.0 | Now you can open your eyes. |
| 1:02.0 | Three to one, our house is! |
| 1:07.0 | If you are someone who has been through a journey of realizing how achievement has become |
| 1:15.2 | too intermingled with your self-worth, you're going to really resonate with my guest today. |
| 1:19.8 | She's someone who I feel like when we connected, there's so many parts of our stories that |
| 1:24.6 | mirrored one another. |
| 1:25.6 | It's probably the reason we connected as deeply as we |
| 1:27.7 | did. But I'm joined today by Shirley Yang Crutchfield. She's an internationally award-winning |
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