The Badassery — Abby Raphel

Badassery is properly defined as A CONVENING OF BADASSES. You heard it here first, kids. I made it up. And it sounds goood!!!

Badass is defined as.... Noun: North American informal Behaviour, characteristics, or actions regarded as formidably impressive: "few of us can attain her/his level of badassery."

YEP. These folks are BADASSES and I'm honored to know them and call them friends.... They are my tribe, my team, my community. And they are smart, kind and generous. You need to know them, too. They have amazing gifts to offer the world.

So, friend....welcome to THE BADASSERY!!!! xxx, Abby

Simone Nicole McGurl Simone is a kick-ass business woman, social enterprise advisor and friend.  Her presence draws us in and she delivers unbelievable results.  I met Simone at a conference...she was speaking and I couldn’t wait to con

Khe Hy Khe is the creator of RadReads- a global community dedicated to self-exploration and honoring that we're all perfect in our imperfections. He's a huge fan of uncomfortable introspection, which is truly brave and is shifting the norms of th

Deb Perkins Deb is the Co-founder and CEO of Cat Perkins shoes, a fashionable and functionable convertible shoe company.  She brought her vision from idea to market in record time.  Deb lived in Spain for a year with her triplets…. Yes!

David Roeske David has climbed Mt. Everest two times (once without oxygen), he speed-runs the Empire State Building for fun, and placed 42nd in the adult mens class for the NYC Marathon.  He cooks amazing pies.  All of this as a vegetar

Emily Fletcher Emily is the founder of Ziva Meditation, a school for high performance and learning meditation, mindfulness and manifesting.  She has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and on The Today Show. Emily’s spirit is

Tiffany Danae Thompson Tiffany is a singer-songwriter and leads NYC’s Gen Next Chapter, a community of change-making CEO’s.  When you meet Tiffany, her generosity and kindness of spirit bring you as much as her loving smile.  Not to men

Jana Flynn Jana is a fine-artist and graphic designer- her work is to manifest creatively what is ethereal, two dimensional and linear.  She is my creative visual partner and muse that brings all the ideas to visual life... and connects to t

Alex Porterfield Alex is the ultimate boss-babe-badass-manager. She leads all of us to “Get ‘Er Done.”  Her full time work is at Cornerstone Talent Agency, placing their Tony, Emmy and Oscar nominated clients in their next role.  Her sid

Many more Baddasses are coming soon. We've just launched AbbyRaphel.com and they are such Baddasses that it takes time to convene everyone... even virtually! So stay connected here and look out for Blog & Instagram posts featuring these Baddasses! THANKS!