I am happily married, we just celebrated our 14-year anniversary. I am a Mom. Josh, my husband, and I have two boys, 12 and 10. I am a dog owner. We have one mini-poodle puppy dog. We live in a Spanish-style home nestled in the Preserve Mountains in an active community just north of downtown. We love using the mountain as our backyard where we regularly hike, run, and walk our dog. We enjoy all the unexpected encounters with our active neighbors – and our equally active wildlife creatures – along the way.

I am a SoCal gal, born and raised with a family who gave an overabundance of love and attention to my brother and me. I graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1996 and was quickly introduced to the real estate industry, where I still remain. I earned my career. I started as an assistant to a top producing real estate agent in Beverly Hills, transitioned to being a solo real estate agent, and moved into operational management. Merely 6 years later, I was catapulted into an Executive position for two of the top-10 real estate franchises in the world. 8-years ago I made the decision to leave my corporate life…

  • Today, I am CEO and managing partner in a thriving indy residential real estate brokerage.
  • Today, I am owner and partner in a budding online training company designed to help indy brokerages around the world.
  • Today, I passionately dedicate time to create content for this site – my blog – stephaniegshares.com.

What you do not know from the above data points is the important mushy-middle. I was adopted and struggled to find my identity. I had two miscarriages before I had one successful birth. I barely survived the worst economic downturn in our history. I was unhappily married before I was happily married. After temporarily de-prioritizing my children to build a start-up company, I fought to rebuild connection with my family.

8-years ago I achieved everything I wanted and yet I discovered that I was not wholly satisfied or happy. Throughout these pages, I will dissect, explore, and share my journey to a new world in the hopes that you design your own.

1973

Was born and adopted
Grew up in San Fernando Valley

1986

Started a clothing line at 13 recycling army clothes into skirts and shirts with best friend, Melissa

1989

1st job as telemarketer (lasted less than one week)

1990

2nd job in a high-end retail store (where I first fell in love with fashion)

1991

Accepted to University of California and Berkeley

1996

Interned in the film industry (the rumors are true)

Discovered real estate as an intern

1998

After two years of assisting, got licensed in real estate

Became solo indy agent

2003

Moved into a corporate role as Regional Trainer and later, Director of Education

2005

Met Josh

Moved to Phoenix, Arizona

Stepped into an International role supporting 550 real estate franchises all around the globe

2008

Married Josh

2009

First son, Dillon, was born

2011

Second son, Jonah, was born

After two children and six years of intense travel, shifted to a local real estate brokerage operations role

2014

Left corporate real estate to build a boutique residential real estate brokerage startup

2016

Had everything I wanted, but too often deprioritized myself

Found mental coach

Started on the journey to reprioritize and rebuild myself from the inside out

2017

Survived Phase 1 in the startup, now named North&Co

Was named COO and Managing Partner

2018

Established Indy by Design

The idea of StephanieGShares is born

Celebrated 10-year anniversary with Josh

2022

Launched StephanieGShares

Started Title Company, Magnus 100

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