STYLE YOUR LIFE INTERVIEW
Tell us a bit about your background, both work and education. How did you come to find your true passion?
I’ve been in evolution and discovery since birth like all of us but I really kicked it up and dove inward and into spiritual work back in 2010. You can read more about my beginning and the start of my entrepreneurial pursuits over on my website, if you are curious. I’ll be completely real with you, these last four years have not been easy! There has been a lot of ups, more downs and plenty of dark tunnels. That is life. It is constantly happening all around us – some of it just is out of our control or we just don’t see it coming. Yet, I believe everything I’ve gone through, all the cards I’ve been dealt up to this point happened for a much bigger reason. The universe knew I was strong and I would get through it all. I’ve discovered more and gone through more shifts and awakenings in the last five years than probably my entire life thus far. I have experienced many “births” and “deaths” throughout everything. Not actually speaking but you get what I mean. I’ve gone through more reinventions of both myself and my business than I can count. Socially, I have been in every possible social clique and spent a ton of money on clothes, shoes, alcohol, cigarettes and clubs in my early 20’s. I was hiding from myself. I never fully knew who I was, what I actually loved or what I wanted to be. I had a big desire of “fitting in” and being liked yet I also deep within never believed I was worthy or that I was good enough.
I know what it’s like to be completely broke and struggling yet I also know what it’s like to be in success and thriving. I’ve gotten a wait list of clients in 24 hours and single handedly created, built and led one of the very first telesummits (Rocking Confidence) with 20+ key thought leaders. I’ve also launched offerings with no sign ups (multiple times). I’ve invested a lot into myself and my business. From masterminds, websites, self help courses and books, shamanic healers, photo shoots…I don’t regret a dime or a second of any of it. The first mastermind and BIG investment I made broke me open. It changed me and started my desire for more and it was the beginning of my business.
I’ve found love and I’ve also lost love and endured heartache from both friends and lovers. I’ve moved more times than I can count on one hand in these last four years and been in and out of corporate day jobs. I’ve been at shitty jobs paying 10 dollars a hour to amazing jobs. I’ve been a manager and a subordinate. I’ve been fired, laid off and employee of the month. I’ve traveled, laughed, cried and learned more in the last four years than I ever thought was possible. I finally feel like I am me. I finally feel connected to the world as I should. I feel whole. All of these lessons I learned from all the ups and downs and detours presented to me from the Divine are more powerful than all my schooling (BA in Communications + MBA in eCommerce + Certified Health Coach – Institute for Integrative Nutrition for the curious along with being a Reiki Healer) and they all are appreciated with the highest praise. In the present moment I turn to gratitude. Gratitude for shaping me into this amazing being of light writing you. The journey I’ve been on thus far has been profound and one for the books. I can’t possibly get all the lessons, all the emotions and the experiences out onto this little web page! This is just a taste of me, my journey and why I’m “qualified” to guide you. I’ve dabbled a lot. I’ve shed. I’ve let go. I’ve found the light at the end of every dark tunnel. I’m still evolving and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I am here to shed my light to you so that you in turn can shine YOUR light. Know this dear one – Everything and Anything is possible.
After reading about what it means to us to #StyleYourLife, how do you style your life? How do you customize it and make your life for you?
I just love the idea and concept of #StyleYourLife!! It shows us and reminds me that we are co-creators of our lifestyles. We get to choose what we say yes and no to. With this in mind, I style my life by truly letting my soul shine brightly and always am connected to Source and truly believe in the truth of the energy vibrations. After years and years of trying to discover who I am I finally have learned how to let my true soul come out – come out and shine. I no longer worry about what others think, of being accepted, I no longer try so hard to be liked, appreciated, respected, accepted and so on. At first, I had to dare to shine myself, my truth and find my beauty my confidence and now years later this work has taken on a much deeper meaning. IT’s truly about the soul. Its about being ourselves fully. Without worry. Just being ourselves and that is what I’m here to do. I’m here to not only teach how to feel safe in being yourself and letting go of all worry and fear. I’m here to teach you how to tap into your soul, your essence, the true meaning of why you are here on this Earth in this physical body. I want you to set your soul on fire. Find your soul, find your light, find your beauty, find your passion, feel beautiful inside and out and feel empowered and strong and confident and safe in letting your soul shine and living a FULL joyous life. Life is our chance to shine, sparkle and play. I say let’s celebrate!
Can you tell us a bit about what’s in store for your future?
So much! The future is so bright for me and for you dear one! Life is our chance to shine, sparkle and play. I say let’s celebrate! In the near future, I will stepping fully into what all of my evolution has led me to. I have embarked on what it is that I am meant to do in service for women. This month on March 21st, I will be hosting a #sisterhoodday circle (local to Chicago ). I invite you to join women around the world in celebrating and embracing the power of sisterhood. Get all the details at www.sisterhoodday.com and then if you happen to be in Chicago you can use the map to find my details! Sisterhood has literally changed my life. I deeply believe in women empowering + supporting women so it would be an honor to bring you into my sacred space on this global sisterhood day! The lovely heartfelt creator of this so powerful and much needed celebration is my beautiful first ever mentor Nisha Moodley back when I just started on the path smile emoticon it is so exciting to see her continued heartfelt expansion and for me to reflect at how far I, too, have come
I am fully committed to wrapping up my first book this spring/summer. I will be leading workshops and Shine Your Soul Retreats and continuing to be a SoulSpirit Guide along with being the facilitator of my sacred virtual sisterhood, The Soul Sister Society. I am serious about women SHINING their souls, being themselves fully and feeling confident inside + out while celebrating and living fully.
Do you have any tips/tricks to share with aspiring women in business and fellow female leaders?
I would say my number one tip is to truly embrace and trust YOUR process. Know that everyone is on very different paths and we all learn and evolve at different speeds. We must know that while we really want our businesses to take off at rocket speed and for our leadership to be recognized – this is a journey. Over the course of mine, I’ve had so much that I had to uncover, heal and discover about myself. The same will ring true for you! Know that if you are passionate and this is your deep rooted purpose and calling, everything is going to unfold and present itself to you. Remember that we were all born with nothing but love and we all have a gift. It is truly about slowing down and tuning in and doing the necessary healing and work on yourself first.
With this in mind, another thing that I feel needs to be shared is to stop the comparison game! It’s all so easy to get stuck and sucked into this ego based game. With so much social media in our faces constantly it is easy to start getting down on yourself or to doubt if you are doing enough or why things aren’t happening as it is for x.
It is also crucial to invest in quality girlfriend time to nurture your soul. This means getting off from behind your computer and phone. I’ve learned how important it is to create and allow for just play and having girlfriends that you can count on without the business stuff running your connection and conversation.
What does it mean to be happy, to you? Can you share 5 tips to happiness?
Happiness is a choice we make daily! Happiness to me is being myself fully, doing what I love surrounded by people I adore and in sacred spaces. We choose how we wish to feel and show up and yes, react to difficult less than perfect situations. Make the choice to find happiness in small doses. Start experiencing your experiences!
Move your body through a walk, cardio, yoga + Nourish your body with healthy delicious foods and drinks.
Journaling
Give Gratitude and Exude Positivity
Choose who you surround yourself with!
Meditate (I love this one “Attitude of Gratitude” led by Yogi Bhajan
How would you advise other women to take control of their careers and customize their lives in all aspects?
Failures and bumps in your life do not mean it’s the end for you! In my upcoming book, “Embracing the F Word – Using Failure As Fuel” I will be sharing more in depth on how I have been able to get past multiple “failures” and moments of despair and frustration.
You can choose to drive in the face of fear and leave the past and failure in the dust and leave it in the rear view. The big trick for me was to finally come to terms with the past and find the lesson, the bigger reason, the grace (read all about finding your grace here) in these darker moments. I can now finally see that all those mistakes, all the failures and all the struggle and dark, hard times happened for a reason. I had to endure all of it so I could be of service to YOU.
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