What is Sunlit Strategic Anyway?
That’s a great question! And by the time I answer it, I will have evolved, and therefore Sunlit Strategic will have evolved too.
But it’s worth taking a crack at explaining, and, even if for a fleeting moment the description is true, it will have been documented here. I’m currently sitting on my front porch under the October 6, 2025 full moon, the Harvest Moon, and perhaps it’s the perigee, the fact that this supermoon is at its fullest and at its closest proximity to Earth, that I feel the pull to write - to create - to begin to share my tale with the unfolding clarity that is being revealed to me.
At the heart of Sunlit Strategic is me, Kim Brown. Not so long ago, I would have said that creating Sunlit Strategic was in conjunction with a new identity that was being birthed, with unstoppable force, despite my attempts to maintain my corporate shell, my protective armour; protecting me from the unknown consequences of showing, or perhaps unleashing, my divine feminine energy.
Having spent years trying to fit in to male-dominated workplaces, I would put forth my objective mind, in front of my intuitive heart, and I was beginning to pay the price, mentally and physically, for not being authentically me. So to saythat Sunlit Strategic was forged from a new identity would be wrong - it has actually been a reclamation of the person that I used to be, and who I was meant to be - a chiseling away of hardened layers that have been plugging the holes and filling the cracks formed by my soul screaming to shine through.
Kim Brown, Founder & Chief Luminary at Sunlit Strategic on Writing Retreat in Tuscany, May 2025
As a child, I was quite meditative. I didn’t sit cross legged in the same position for hours on end - it was more of a soft gazed meditation in Nature. Maybe watching the clouds roll by, watching an ant venture up and down blades of grass, or watching the power lines flow up and down, from pole to pole, on long car rides.
I have always been a seeker - a seeker of knowledge and the truth, and why things work the way they work, and are the way they are. It was never in a mechanical sense though. I didn’t know the term at the time, but it more pertained to the physics of things, even the quantum physics of things as I formed abstract theories, thoughts, and scenarios on my surroundings.
My family wasn’t particularly religious or spiritual, so perhaps it was the logical next step that I started Engineering Physics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. All this to satisfy the strong desire to get at the source, the strings, and the fractals upon fractals of curiosities - and of course the satisfaction gained from the fleeting moments of lightning bolt clarity. I like to say that Eng Phys is learning about the things that you hold in the palm of your hand and inspect. It’s a deep dive into the probabilities of things, big and small, as above so below - quite abstract - and even more abstract when getting into the quantum.
On the practical plan, this education set me up very nicely; that coupled with a Master in Business Administration degree, to have a very successful career in the nuclear industry at one of the world’s largest nuclear generating stations. I was extremely fortunate to be able to work with incredible people, with incredible minds, and work in close proximity every day to the splitting of countless atoms to produce an astounding amount of energy.
And yet, despite all the positives, I had always felt like a caged bird. I needed someone and something to come by and lift the latch to the cage door; to let me soar in ways that my soul scratching at me to remember. That someone was my friend Lori and that something was Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the natural healing system from ancient India that is still prominent in the East today, and if my predictions are correct, it’s only going to take off even more in the West. Then, the catalyst that came along to shake the cage enough for me to spread my wings was Covid-19. Very early into the first lock down, I was sent into a deep, rapid period of self-reflection and evaluation of my purpose and occupation in life, and the idea of Sunlit Strategic was crystallized.
After spending nearly a year out of the workforce to simply be and spend time with my three young children, Sunlit Strategic was on its way. It started out with me doing what I knew best: working in the nuclear industry as a strategic advisory consultant. I broadened my horizons, met so many more incredible people, with incredible minds, and had the opportunity to work more broadly in the clean energy space, including fusion technology which mimics the workings of the Sun (the connection to my company name was never lost on me).
And yet, I was still feeling a pull - a pull in the direct of something ancient and timeless. It was like my soul was beckoning me to continue to converge on my purpose. Over time, and with the experience of working with an Executive Coach, I began to complement my consulting work with the call to be in further service to others. In time, I have trained and been qualified to become a coach myself, and have created content, workshops and events that are weaving in the aspects of ancient wisdom that intersect with what we are experiencing in our modern world.
The various sources of ancient wisdom have laid blueprints for living that many of us have forgotten. It doesn’t take long to make connections to modern science and facets of modern living; these connections are what constantly pull me in the direction to keep creating and sharing, and raising the collective consciousness together. Like I said, Sunlit Strategic is evolving as I am evolving, and let’s just say - I’m just getting started.
With sunshine and gratitude,
Kim
