I value education, innovation, and foresight paired with kindness and resilience, without giving in to a fear of failure. Being afraid of failure is human – but looking fear in the face and taking on a challenge is the most important thing you can do. Through my company, Castle Sands LLC, I am a subject matter expert in management, marketing, and leadership. I also help people build and scale businesses and organizations while using actionable research, design thinking, and scenario planning. I then help those individuals and organizational leaders strategize and evaluate their own leadership potential through research, consulting, and coaching to emphasize authentic leadership development and to use business or organization management as their own expression of creativity while making money and impact.​

My teaching and consulting style for adults developed over the last 10 years as a business owner and university instructor, who built one of the first master's degree specializations in social media. Recent research has proven that my teaching increases experiential learning outcomes. I use evidence-based and promising practices to develop authentic leadership skills. When I work with you, we focus on solving the root causes of problems and coming up with innovative solutions. There are no lengthy client pitches and run-arounds, only real results. My writing has been featured in the SAP's The Customer's Edge, Birmingham Business Journal, Alabama Inc, MIT Sloan Executive Education's Innovation @ Work, Venture Beat, PR News' first Social Media Guidebook for digital marketing, AL.com's Young Professionals Millennials of Alabama study, Thrive, and The Foresight Guide. 

If you're interested in working with me on a consulting project, research, or conference presentation, please email me at 

susan (at) susanfant.com. 

I am the founder of The Stress Less Guide, a publishing company that combines marketing training with authentic leadership building. I have a doctorate in organizational change and specialize in social and emotional learning and authentic leadership development for business people, with a special interest in small business and entrepreneurship. 

With The Stress Less Guide, my goal is to help you use your time and resources wisely when facing changes and challenges in technology. I focus on helping you gain a true audience, who will support you with their time and money. Large or small businesses, non-profits, influencers, entrepreneurs, artists, we will help you amplify your content to make positive change and profit. 

Alongside learning, strategizing, and enacting digital and social media marketing management techniques, you will further develop as an authentic leader who can produce positive outcomes for your organization and most importantly find balance for yourself so you can enjoy your work and life while you reach your business goals.  

Learn more about The Stress Less Guide by clicking here or going to www.thestresslessguide.com.