I’ve been a mental health therapist for about 17 years now, specializing in working with women, children, and trauma. I loved being a therapist and being able to help my clients. But it felt like something was missing in the trauma treatment I was providing. Many of my female clients were so bogged down and exhausted from their day to day stresses, they really weren’t in a place mentally and emotionally to be able to do this intensive trauma work.

There was something missing…only I didn’t know what it was at the time.

I continued working in trauma, and being a hard-working, high-achieving mental health clinician, within a couple of years, I was promoted to Clinical Director at the agency for troubled youth I had been working at.

While this was an amazing career opportunity, it also took its toll. I was so overworked at my 60 plus hour per week, always-on-call, new position; where I would come home after a long day only to do more work.

It wasn't long before I started experiencing some health concerns. After seeing multiple doctors, I was eventually diagnosed with Sjogren's Autoimmune Disorder, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, and Adrenal Fatigue. Pretty scary stuff, right?

Not to mention the strain it put on my marriage and friendships, since I was constantly at work (whether I was physically there, mentally there, or most often, both).

However, it was these health crises that caused-ACTUALLY FORCED-me to make a change.

As tough of a decision as it was, I ended up quitting my job.

I went to work for a counseling agency that taught and encouraged this thing I'd never heard of…self-care.

Little did I know I was getting ready to embark on the most important and life changing path I'd ever been on.

I started learning what self-care was. I began slowing down and reprioritizing where I was spending my time and what was important to me. I learned about functional medicine and holistic health.

And sure enough, I began to heal and feel better. My sleep improved and that constant brain fog I'd had for years began to lift. I was so much more present in my relationships, especially with myself and with my husband. I began to have fun again and really felt like my old self again.

Yep, I was hooked!…

Once I had established my own self-care practice and saw the remarkable positive changes it had in all aspects of my life, it finally hit me.

Self-Care was THE missing piece all along!

It felt so great, I decided to become a certified wellness coach through the International Association of Wellness Professionals (IAWP). I went on to become an IAWP Master Level Coach and a Master Group Coach Leader and have been able to coach and mentor IAWP students from all over the world!

What an honor and an amazing personal and professional journey it’s been! (If you're interested in starting a career in wellness, check out this free webinar on “The 5 Essentials to Start a Career as a Health & Wellness Coach").

In 2017, I excitedly began my own counseling and wellness coaching business, thinking once I hang that “OPEN” sign, I’d have clients basically lined up at the door.

While I did have some success, it always seemed so hard and so overwhelming. And while I did learn some business principles and strategies in my wellness coaching program, I didn’t feel as educated, prepared, confident, or successful in my business as I would’ve liked.

Here’s more what my business and my days looked like back then:

·  Trying to create, run, and “market” 5 different programs yet never fully funneling out any one of them.

·  Being too scared and confused to niche down because I had this “I want to serve everyone” mentality; in essence, I was really serving no one.

·  Making uber long to-do lists of everything I needed to do in my business and then completely overwhelming myself so I’d piddle around or do all the easy, unimportant stuff that I felt competent in, but that never moved my business forward.

I was feeling exhausted, frustrated, and disappointed in my lackluster results; like I was putting in SOOOO MUCH WORK, but barely had ANY clients to show for all my efforts.

It had me questioning myself and if I really COULD create the kind of successful coaching business I desired: one where I earned 6 figures, WHILE also working 30ish hours a week (cause back then it was more like $20k PER YEAR while working 50+ Hours per week!!!

I had SO much to learn, at the time, I didn’t really understand marketing, particularly online marketing, how to attract my ideal clients (or even who my ideal client was), how to create and fully funnel out my signature system or create premium coaching packages, or how to gain consistent clients and income in the online space.

Basically, I was a newbie and didn’t have the strategies, systems, or procedures in place to create my dream business. I was working way too hard and seeing little results. It was a pretty frustrating time, and quite frankly, I felt STUCK!

Can you relate?

That all started to change as I completely immersed myself in online business and marketing books, podcasts, webinars and summits, individual coaching programs, and group coaching programs.

I became obsessed with learning and trying out everything I was studying.

I invested around $35,000 to work with some of the best mindset and business coaches and learned SO MUCH!

And guess what happened?

I started gaining immediate traction and clarity and seeing results!

I gained clarity around my niche: working with female health and wellness coaches to help them release the mental blocks and fears keeping them stuck (like I had to do myself) and learn and consistently implement sound business and marketing strategies that will allow them to create and scale the online coaching business of their dreams.

I absolutely LOVE working with health and wellness coaches that are currently going through their coaching certification, who have recently completed it and are just beginning their business, and those looking to scale or pivot their online coaching business.

I no longer feel scattered, confused, and overwhelmed in my business and that has been a GAME-CHANGER! Actually, I can confidently say, a LIFE CHANGER!

I want you to feel how I NOW feel in my business:

·  Confident and clear on who I serve and the amazing results my clients get.

·  Focused and effective as I now have structure and checks and balances in my schedule and clear goals that guide everything I do so I always know exactly what I need to be working on.

·      Super productive, accomplished, and proud of myself at the end of the day for all the “big rocks” I completed or made progress on that day.

·  Passionate and inspired by the work I get to do each and every day and the awesome clients I can clearly help

·  Work life harmony, as I work less hours but get more done so I have much more time and energy to spend with friends and family, to do the things I love like cooking, reading, exercising, and traveling.

What was once overwhelm and feeling stagnant has now been replaced by income, impact, and sheer excitement and creativity around supporting my clients to get their own amazing results!