Stop Playing Small: Why Being a Disruptor Is Your Superpower

Let's Talk With Che Marville

What if not fitting in was your greatest leadership gift? What if your trauma, ambition, and reinvention were all part of the same divine plan?

In this fierce and vulnerable episode of Let’s Talk, Coach Che Marville sits down with strategic business advisor, multi-business founder, and global disruptor Ashley Deland. From surviving childhood abuse to building a thriving ecosystem that supports female founders around the world, Ashley shares her extraordinary path—and how she turned silence into strategy and pain into purpose.

They unpack what it means to build your table, stop asking for permission, and lead with faith and fire. Ashley opens up about motherhood, trauma healing, navigating betrayal in business, and scaling multiple ventures while staying deeply grounded in her mission.

This episode is for every woman who knows she’s meant for more and is done shrinking to fit inside someone else’s story.

• Why disruption is a spiritual act of power

• How Ashley turned trauma and adversity into unstoppable fuel

• The difference between building a brand and becoming your brand

• How to lead with authenticity, vulnerability, and velocity

• Why multi-passionate women are the future of entrepreneurship

• Faith, resilience, reinvention—and the truth about money and desperation

• “Build your own table.”

• “It’s me against me.”

• “Money is repelled by desperation.”

• “You can reinvent yourself as many times as you’d like.”

• “Disrupting the narrative is not a negative—it’s life force.”

Ashley Deland is a strategic business advisor, investor, and visionary founder whose work spans 17+ countries and industries from hospitality to high-end consulting.

She is the CEO of Maison De Land, the founder of Business Mastery Academy (the first ICF-modelled business coaching certification for women), and the creator of Founders Haus, an ascension-based educational platform helping women scale from zero to $ 500k+ in revenue. She's also the founder of Female FoundHer, a clothing line for unapologetic disruptors, and the lead author behind the global book movement Unreserved.

Ashley has been featured in Forbes, NASDAQ, and Entrepreneur and has helped generate over $25 million in revenue for global brands.

🏆 Awards & Accolades:

• Best Female Entrepreneur in Canada - 2023 Stevie Awards

• Female Business Leader Award – Business Excellence Awards

• Top 40 Under 40 – Business Elites

• Roger’s Entrepreneur of the Year Nominee – Women Empowerment Awards

As a mother and legacy builder, Ashley leads with intention, proving that you can raise a business and a family and thrive at both.

• Website: ashleydeland.com

• Instagram: @ashleydeland

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ashleydeland

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