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September 5, 2026

Brandma’s House Documents the Five-Year Development of Brand Behavior™

Archived Clubhouse room scripts, a federal service-mark filing and later frameworks trace the work from Brand Ego to a Founder-centered business discipline.

Archived Clubhouse room scripts, a federal service-mark filing and later frameworks trace the work from Brand Ego to a Founder-centered business discipline.

Intellectual Property

Press Release

September 12, 2026

Brandma’s House Launches Brand Behavior Bullshit Detox™ Self-Diagnosis for Founders Stuck in Recurring Bullshit

Brandma’s House launched the Brand Behavior Bullshit Detox™ Self-Diagnosis, a $350 guided experience combining five private N.A.G.™ video sessions with a diagnostic workbook. Created by Phyllis “Brandma” Williams-Strawder, the resource helps Founders collect behavioral evidence, interpret recurring patterns, identify Brand Behavior Fallout™, and build a 90-day plan for changing what keeps producing the same bullshit.

Brandma’s House launched the Brand Behavior Bullshit Detox™ Self-Diagnosis, a $350 guided experience combining five private N.A.G.™ video sessions with a diagnostic workbook. Created by Phyllis “Brandma” Williams-Strawder, the resource helps Founders collect behavioral evidence, interpret recurring patterns, identify Brand Behavior Fallout™, and build a 90-day plan for changing what keeps producing the same bullshit.

Intellectual Property, Founder Behavior

Press Release

January 27, 2026

Phyllis “Brandma” Williams-Strawder Releases Archetypes & Attitude, a Noir-Styled Exploration of Founder Behavior, Identity, and Cultural Power

The first book in Brandma’s “& Series” reframes brand archetypes as lived cultural forces shaping how Founders behave, lead, and relate under pressure.

The first book in Brandma’s “& Series” reframes brand archetypes as lived cultural forces shaping how Founders behave, lead, and relate under pressure.

Books & Publishing

Press Release

December 14, 2025

How a Shame-Coded Label Hides Discernment, Boundaries, and Integrity Under Pressure

Reframing attitude as a signal rather than a fixed personality trait. It examines how discernment, boundary responses, overload, and integrity under pressure are often judged through outward demeanor and mislabeled when they aren’t packaged with enough warmth, reassurance, or emotional labor.

Reframing attitude as a signal rather than a fixed personality trait. It examines how discernment, boundary responses, overload, and integrity under pressure are often judged through outward demeanor and mislabeled when they aren’t packaged with enough warmth, reassurance, or emotional labor.

Founder Behavior

Essay

November 5, 2025

Content Checkpoint Challenges Business Owners to Make Their Content R.E.A.L.™

Brandma’s House continued its 101 Workshop Series with Content Checkpoint, a working session created and facilitated by Phyllis “Brandma” Williams-Strawder. Presented through the League City Regional Chamber of Commerce’s In the Know Series, the workshop used R.E.A.L. Content™ to help business owners assess their messaging, strengthen consistency, and create content that connected across platforms without becoming chaotic or performative.

Brandma’s House continued its 101 Workshop Series with Content Checkpoint, a working session created and facilitated by Phyllis “Brandma” Williams-Strawder. Presented through the League City Regional Chamber of Commerce’s In the Know Series, the workshop used R.E.A.L. Content™ to help business owners assess their messaging, strengthen consistency, and create content that connected across platforms without becoming chaotic or performative.

Intellectual Property, R.E.A.L. Content

Workshops & Programs

October 13, 2025

You Don’t Fit, Fake, or Give a Fck* Challenges Founders to Stop Folding for Approval

Phyllis Williams-Strawder challenges business owners to stop folding themselves into borrowed expectations and build from their own identity, authority, and strategic contribution.

Phyllis Williams-Strawder challenges business owners to stop folding themselves into borrowed expectations and build from their own identity, authority, and strategic contribution.

Books & Publishing

Press Release

October 1, 2025

Brand Behavior Audit Starts Brandma’s House 101 Workshop Series

Brandma’s House opened its 101 Workshop Series on October 1, 2025, with Brand Behavior Audit, a hands-on session created and facilitated by Phyllis “Brandma” Williams-Strawder. Presented through the League City Regional Chamber of Commerce’s In the Know Series, the workshop used Brand D.R.I.P.™ to help business owners examine the distinction, resonance, identity, and positioning signals influencing how their brands were perceived.

Brandma’s House opened its 101 Workshop Series on October 1, 2025, with Brand Behavior Audit, a hands-on session created and facilitated by Phyllis “Brandma” Williams-Strawder. Presented through the League City Regional Chamber of Commerce’s In the Know Series, the workshop used Brand D.R.I.P.™ to help business owners examine the distinction, resonance, identity, and positioning signals influencing how their brands were perceived.

Intellectual Property, Brand D.R.I.P

Workshops & Programs

September 1, 2024

Phyllis Williams-Strawder Challenges Personal-Brand Marketing in I’m Not Here to Fix My Face

I’m Not Here to Fix My Face rejects the commodification of people through personal branding and positions the personal brand as the cornerstone of a larger, structured branded house.

I’m Not Here to Fix My Face rejects the commodification of people through personal branding and positions the personal brand as the cornerstone of a larger, structured branded house.

Books & Publishing

Press Release

May 7, 2024

Phyllis Williams-Strawder Tells Entrepreneur: Ditch the Elevator Pitch and Own Your Crazy

In a Restaurant Influencers conversation published by Entrepreneur, Phyllis Williams-Strawder explains why brand loyalty grows through honest conversations rather than polished pitches and why Founders leave money on the table when they refuse to build from what makes them distinct.

In a Restaurant Influencers conversation published by Entrepreneur, Phyllis Williams-Strawder explains why brand loyalty grows through honest conversations rather than polished pitches and why Founders leave money on the table when they refuse to build from what makes them distinct.

Brand Leadership

Interview

November 22, 2023

How To Use Strategy In Personal Branding (Ghetto Country Brandmother)

Phyllis Williams-Strawder joins Stephen Houraghan to discuss her move from barbecue to brand strategy, the relationship between personal and business brands, and the internal work required to claim a stronger professional identity.

Phyllis Williams-Strawder joins Stephen Houraghan to discuss her move from barbecue to brand strategy, the relationship between personal and business brands, and the internal work required to claim a stronger professional identity.

Founder-First Strategy

Interview

October 13, 2023

Branding, Boundaries & Bullshit Rejects Cookie-Cutter Personal Branding

Branding, Boundaries & Bullshit challenges cookie-cutter personal branding and argues that business owners can build strategic, recognizable brands without surrendering their individuality, authority, or personal boundaries.

Branding, Boundaries & Bullshit challenges cookie-cutter personal branding and argues that business owners can build strategic, recognizable brands without surrendering their individuality, authority, or personal boundaries.

Books & Publishing

Press Release

October 1, 2023

Phyllis Williams-Strawder Discusses Personal Branding Beyond Logos on Learn Speak Teach

In conversation with Ben Albert, Phyllis Williams-Strawder explains why personal branding extends beyond logos and perception and how the Ghetto Country Brandmother® became a strategic business asset rooted in her lived identity.

In conversation with Ben Albert, Phyllis Williams-Strawder explains why personal branding extends beyond logos and perception and how the Ghetto Country Brandmother® became a strategic business asset rooted in her lived identity.

Founder-First Strategy

Interview

March 27, 2023

How do you go from BBQ to Branding w/ Chris Do

In one of her most-viewed interviews, Phyllis Williams-Strawder joins Chris Do to trace her evolution from Mrs. Mista and a multimillion-dollar barbecue business to the Ghetto Country Brandmother®, showing how brand strategy helped her build around the person she had become.

In one of her most-viewed interviews, Phyllis Williams-Strawder joins Chris Do to trace her evolution from Mrs. Mista and a multimillion-dollar barbecue business to the Ghetto Country Brandmother®, showing how brand strategy helped her build around the person she had become.

Founder-First Strategy

Interview

October 14, 2022

Phyllis Williams-Strawder Confronts the Bitch Named Fear at Bend Design 2022

In her Getting Lost on the Way to the Entrepreneur’s House keynote, Phyllis Williams-Strawder personifies fear as a bitch named Stephanie, drawing her mouth in the palm of the hand before choking her silent. The talk challenges entrepreneurs to stop following borrowed paths and trust themselves enough to diverge.

In her Getting Lost on the Way to the Entrepreneur’s House keynote, Phyllis Williams-Strawder personifies fear as a bitch named Stephanie, drawing her mouth in the palm of the hand before choking her silent. The talk challenges entrepreneurs to stop following borrowed paths and trust themselves enough to diverge.

Founder Behavior

Keynote

September 27, 2022

Balance Is Bullshit Challenges Solopreneurs to Make Decisions That Matter

Balance Is Bullshit rejects the idea that solopreneurs can, or should, give every demand equal time, energy, and attention. Phyllis Williams-Strawder reframes balance as intentional decision-making, challenging business owners to determine what matters, release what does not, and stop sacrificing themselves to the performance of having it all together.

Balance Is Bullshit rejects the idea that solopreneurs can, or should, give every demand equal time, energy, and attention. Phyllis Williams-Strawder reframes balance as intentional decision-making, challenging business owners to determine what matters, release what does not, and stop sacrificing themselves to the performance of having it all together.

Books & Publishing

Press Release

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