What is your name?
Kelley Tyan
What is your title?
CEO
What is your business name?
PRAY LEAD EMPOWER
What is your website URL?
www.kelleytyan.com
What is your Instagram handle?
@kelleytyan
What is your LinkedIn URL?
linkedin.com/in/kelley-tyan
Where are you based? How did you end up there?
I’m based in Shrewsbury, MA, where I was born and raised.
Tell us more about your company! What do you do and what pushed you to start?
I’m a faith-fueled keynote speaker, author of Addicted To The Climb, podcast host, and a sought-after Christian coach for women in health, faith, mindset, and personal development. With over 20 years of leadership experience, I help women live boldly, overcome challenges, and become courageous leaders at home and in the workplace.
I’m a breast cancer survivor, a 4X National Bikini Champion, and have been featured on ABC, iHeart Media, and in publications like Oxygen, Link2Us, Aspiring Magazine, and Thrive Today. My mission is to equip ambitious women with Biblical principles, prayer, and the right tools to live courageously. I’ve created four businesses aimed at empowering women through coaching and mentorship in business, faith, and fitness.
What is your definition of success? How do you know when you’ve reached it?
Success is waking up every day in gratitude for what God has given me. I feel fulfilled when my family is happy, healthy, and thriving. I have reached this sense of success and continue to build upon it.
Tell us about your most transformational moment as an entrepreneur.
After losing my mother six years ago, I leaned deeply on my faith. Integrating that faith into my business transformed everything, giving me clarity, purpose, and strength to lead and inspire other women.
What was one of your biggest challenges in business?
Battling breast cancer while leading a fitness business was incredibly challenging. I had to summon immense courage and strength to keep climbing higher, leaning on my faith and community for support.
How do you handle the harder days? The struggles? Those moments when you feel like giving up?
I turn immediately to God, knowing I can overcome any challenge with His guidance. I draw strength from my faith and my past experiences of climbing out of rock-bottom moments.
How has being a Boston Business Women Inner Circle member positively influenced your life + business?
I love being part of this community. Surrounding myself with ambitious, like-minded women who are also expanding their capacity is incredibly inspiring and motivating.
Tell us about your most proud moment in your career.
Launching my first book was surreal, and the excitement continues as my second book releases in December. Seeing my vision come to life as an author is an indescribable joy.
Who is the woman behind your business? What does she like? How does she spend her free time? What does she value?
I’m deeply in love with my family and cherish time with my husband and close circle of friends. I prioritize health and fitness, working out five days a week, and I value faith, family, and then business, in that order. I enjoy meaningful connections, adventure, and living life fully.
What makes you stand out from others in your field? What do you do differently?
I am a woman’s biggest cheerleader. I listen with intent, provide accountability, and create spaces for women to feel truly seen and heard. I believe no one succeeds alone, and I bring women together to support and uplift each other.
Where can we keep up with you? What social media platforms do you use the most?
LinkedIn is my main platform, followed by Instagram.