Robin Shear

Robin Shear is a joy coach, keynote speaker, author, and founder of Joy To The World Coaching. She is on a mission to help depleted givers feel good so they can give from a place of fullness and lead effectively again. If you’re a depleted giver, this term will resonate with you instantly.

Robin is a sought-after speaker who delivers fun and engaging messages, with her signature presentation being “Burnout Buster: How to #Feelgood Fast.” Attendees often declare they have never laughed that much at a conference, and they walk away inspired to take action that enriches their lives. Several audience testimonials are found at joytotheworldcoaching.com.

Robin is a Whole Person Certified Life Coach through the International Coaching Federation (ACC). She is a member of the Advanced Writers and Speakers Association. She was designated as a Global Presence Ambassador by Parenting 2.0, an international consciousness movement that promotes proactive education for life skills. Robin is frequently a featured expert in media stories and on podcasts and radio shows. She was recently interviewed in The Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, and Psychology Today, among others. She loves to get her hands dirty and has volunteered with The Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, Compassion International, and Amigos for Christ. She and her husband have two married children, who with their spouses, make up "The 6-Pack." However, their goldendoodle, Molly rules the family.

Sharing her exuberance was natural for Robin until she faced several hidden health issues and her zest for living became a choice. As a result, her first book, Messy Joy: How Joy Can Begin Before Your Difficulties End, answers the question: What if joy can be present in your mess? If you’re hurting, you’ll feel inspired as Messy Joy takes you through Robin’s story of clinging to God and choosing joy during her darkest days… days you might not expect a joy coach – a life coach helping others find joy – to experience. Robin secretly feared her life was falling apart and carefully concealed her nightmare, much to the detriment of herself and others. Now she is inviting you to know about her lowest moments, and how God used them for incredible joy that couldn’t have been possible otherwise. Messy Joy will inspire you to look for God’s hand working in your own life, no matter what you’re going through. As you become more aware of God’s presence, you’ll discover new ways of viewing your circumstances and learn how to choose joy in the trenches, without having to wait for your difficulties to end first.

Reading Messy Joy will teach you the difference between happiness and joy and how to invest your precious time in the one that builds resilience when life knocks you down. Mastering this key strategy has the potential for lasting life transformation, but Messy Joy is full of additional exercises, tips and over 200 journal prompts that will help you feel more like you, despite the curve balls that life throws. Messy Joy is a fabulous small group study guide.

Messy Joy provides heartfelt and even humorous accounts of fighting for joy during a 4-year span of Robin’s life which encompassed starting a business, being diagnosed with PTSD after 16 years of night terrors, making 26 distinct attempts at healing from chronic pain, putting life on hold to recover from a traumatic brain injury that took 21 times longer to heal than expected, and more. She lets you into her inner dialogue as the expert who taught the importance of choosing joy, struggled to do it at times, questioned God’s call for her vocation, and learned helpful truths as a result. The Lord spoke very clearly during an especially intense period of despair, and you’ll be privy to the specifics He shared about His love, because they apply to your life as well. Most of this was unknown to the world… until now. Why? When you find out, it will feel like Robin is speaking directly to your heart.

Messy Joy is filled with the exact practical, applicable, and surprisingly fun strategies that worked for Robin and her joy coaching clients… and they can work for you. If you believe you can only be joyful when you finally have it all together, this book will motivate you to choose joy now. You will be able to implement simple steps immediately to add joy to your life, no matter what you are facing. One quick read could help you move from feeling helpless and alone to hopeful and heard. Indeed, joy can be present in your mess!

To connect with Robin on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, search @joycoachrobin.