Failing to make a move on a climb at a local crag outside of so-called Portland, Oregon, the traditional territory of the Kathlamet, Tualatin Kalapuya, Multnomah, Chinook, and Mollalas peoples.

Building Terra Incognita Media: Confronting Failure, Self-Sabotage, and Imposter Syndrome

Erin Monahan
Nov 1 · 8 min read

Since starting Terra Incognita Media my life has been a Chumbawamba song. It’s been a journey of killing my ego over and over again, making public and private mistakes, and learning major lessons. Sometimes the lessons required an easy pivot, but more often than not the lessons I have learned have been brutally life-altering…

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Erin Monahan

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Writer. Speaker. Consultant for women seeking an alternative approach to entrepreneurship. Founder of Terra Incognita Media. A libra who climbs.

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