What does it mean to Crown Yourself

What Does It Mean to Crown Yourself?

After over 300 episodes of the Crown Yourself podcast, Kimberly Spencer finally answers the question she’s asked hundreds of guests:

What does it actually mean to Crown Yourself?

In this deeply personal episode, Kimberly Spencer shares the origin story behind the Crown Yourself movement, the philosophy of sovereign leadership, and the transformational mindset shift that changed her life after burnout, business success, and self-abandonment.

This episode explores conscious business growth, manifestation, servant leadership, personal responsibility, and why your dreams may actually be a divine assignment—not a random desire.

[00:00] The Question Behind the Crown Yourself Movement

What Does It Mean to Crown Yourself?

Kimberly Spencer (host):
What does it mean to crown yourself?

After over 300 episodes, I have asked this question of hundreds of guests on the Crown Yourself podcast. Crown Yourself has been a high-performance business coaching company for the past decade.

But what does this saying—“Crown Yourself”—actually mean?

Well, for me, as the founder of Crown Yourself, I came up with this idea as I was sitting on the couch in a little Airbnb.

Let’s backtrack.

What does it mean to Crown Yourself?

I am Kimberly Spencer, international TEDx speaker, certified high-performance business coach and visibility strategist, founder of Crown Yourself, and CEO of Communication Queens.

And in this podcast episode on the Crown Yourself podcast, we are leading the conversation on what it takes to be a sovereign leader with a servant’s heart.

And that is ultimately what Crown Yourself is all about.

After over 300 episodes of the Crown Yourself podcast and asking hundreds of leaders what it means to crown yourself, I finally figured—why not come out of the closet and share what that actually means for me as the founder of this company?

[02:00] The Burnout That Sparked a Conscious Leadership Revolution

From Business Success to Holistic Success

Kimberly Spencer (host):
When I started Crown Yourself back in 2015, this concept was truly a divine download.

I was sitting on the couch in 2014 in our Airbnb after being bought out of my e-commerce company.

I was on my honeymoon.

We had literally signed the buyout agreement three weeks before I got married.

And I remember wondering:

“What do I do when I get back?”

I didn’t want to go back to teaching Pilates, which was my first business. I had a private Pilates studio in LA.

I didn’t want to go back into e-commerce.

I had already been a successful indie screenwriter. One feature film that I co-wrote—Bro, starring Danny Trejo—had been picked up by Lionsgate and Netflix.

I had experienced success.

But I had also experienced the challenges that come with running a business and having partnerships where there’s a mismatch of values.

During my time with my e-commerce company, I was dealing with so much stress that my hair was falling out.

I had gained weight.

I was waking up at 3AM with night sweats and panic about customer emails.

And after being bought out of that company, I realized:

Business should be more holistic.

I didn’t want a successful business at the expense of my health.

I didn’t want a successful business at the expense of my marriage.

I wanted a life that was thriving and firing on all cylinders.

I wanted something holistic.

[04:00] Self-Worth, Body Image & the Moment Everything Changed

The Beauty Pageant Story That Became Crown Yourself

Kimberly Spencer (host):
I had been in beauty pageants as a teen and young adult in my twenties.

And there was this moment during Miss California in 2010.

At that point, I had gone through a ten-year battle with bulimia.

But by 2010, after years of teaching Pilates and rebuilding my relationship with my body, I had completely recovered—without psychological or medical intervention.

I remember walking out on stage in front of 4,000 people and eight faceless judges during the bikini competition.

And for the first time in my life…

I was totally in love with my body.

Totally proud of who I had become.

And in that moment, I realized:

I didn’t need the validation of those judges anymore.

I had crowned myself.

Fast forward to 2014.

I leap off the couch and say, “Crown Yourself!”

And my husband goes, “What’s that?”

And I said, “That’s the name of my company.”

He asked, “Well, what do you do?”

And I said:

“Something like Marie Forleo.”

I had no plan.

No roadmap.

No idea what this would become over the next decade.

I didn’t know it would become a global coaching brand.

I didn’t know it would impact thousands of lives.

I just knew I had a name and a mission.

[06:00] The True Meaning of Sovereign Leadership

Why Your Dreams Might Be a Divine Assignment

Kimberly Spencer (host):
What Crown Yourself became—and what Crown Yourself means to me—is really the idea of sovereignty.

Think about a sovereign head of state.

From the moment they are born, they are raised with the expectation that they are meant to rule.

That is their divine ordinance.

Their mission.

And I started thinking:

What about the dreams on your heart?

What if those dreams were placed there for a reason?

What if your vision is actually a mission?

What if the goals you feel called toward are not random desires—but divine assignments?

Imagine if we treated dreams with that level of reverence.

Imagine if a child said they wanted to be an astronaut and instead of doubt, they were met with preparation.

Support.

Training.

Mentorship.

What if we treated ourselves that way?

[08:00] Stop Shrinking Your Vision

How to Train for the Life You’re Meant to Lead

Kimberly Spencer (host):
If you want to become a bestselling author, stop surrounding yourself with people who tell you it’s hard.

Surround yourself with authors.

Get mentorship.

Join masterminds.

Train for the life you say you want.

If you want to become a multimillion-dollar founder, stop calling yourself “just a small business owner.”

Small language creates small vision.

Sovereign leaders prepare for the mission they are called to carry.

That’s what Crown Yourself means.

But where we have to be careful is with plagiarized programming.

Sometimes we chase dreams because other people told us we should want them.

That’s where people lose themselves.

That’s where people abandon their truth.

And Crown Yourself is about reclaiming that truth.

[11:00] Servant Leadership & Using Your Gifts

Why Your Talents Are Meant to Serve

Kimberly Spencer (host):
To crown yourself means stepping into servant leadership.

It means using your gifts and talents in service.

Your gifts are called gifts for a reason.

And it’s your responsibility to use them.

I love the Spider-Man line:

“With great power comes great responsibility.”

If you are gifted with certain talents and abilities, you don’t bury them.

You use them.

You leverage them.

You serve with them.

If you’re holding back from fully leaning into your gifts, then you’re not actually crowning yourself.

Because those gifts were placed in you for a reason.

You were placed here to fulfill a mission in this lifetime.

[13:00] Conscious Leadership & Personal Responsibility

Crown Yourself as a Daily Practice

Kimberly Spencer (host):
Crown Yourself is not about ego.

It’s not about looking down on others.

It’s about recognizing:

“I am sovereign, and so are you.”

It’s about helping others rise too.

Every person you meet is the main character of their own story.

And when people get trapped in people-pleasing or conditioning or limiting beliefs, it becomes our responsibility as sovereign leaders to model another way.

To remind people who they truly are.

And Crown Yourself is not a one-time moment.

It is a daily practice.

A daily decision to remember who the heck you are.

To remember who you were placed on this planet to become.

To take ownership of your mission.

To consciously create your reality.

[15:00] Manifestation, Conscious Creation & Rising Into Your Reign

You Are Not a Victim of Your Circumstances

Kimberly Spencer (host):
To crown yourself means you are no longer a victim of your past or your circumstances.

You are consciously claiming your power.

You are co-creating with divine consciousness, God, Source, the Universe—however you define it.

And you are here to fulfill your mission.

That is your purpose.

And there will always be another mountain to climb.

Another Everest.

Another level.

But there will also be guides lighting the path.

Helping you rise into your reign.

That is what it means to Crown Yourself.

[17:00] The Collective & Final Takeaways

Rise Together Through Sovereign Community

Kimberly Spencer (host):
If you’re listening to this episode and realizing:

“I need a community where I can fully be seen as the sovereign I am…”

Then come join our Reign Together Collective.

This is our monthly coaching membership where we actively straighten each other’s crowns.

Where we support each other.

Champion each other.

And rise together.

And if you loved this episode, make sure you hit subscribe so you never miss an episode of the Crown Yourself podcast.

Thank you so much for being here.

And remember:

Go out there and create a body, business, and life that rules.

Because today…

You Crown Yourself.