Every once in a while, something happens that really matters. Something that will define at least the next chapter of your journey – perhaps it’s a conversation with a client, a meeting with a visionary or a major event in your personal life. Below, you’ll find some very insightful folks sharing defining moments from their journeys.

Ming Wang

As depicted in the film “Sight” (angel.com/sight, based on my autobiography “From Darkness to Sight”), I was doing research to reduce corneal scar in my blind orphan child Kajal. I wanted to do research on fetus (who does not scar) but I also want to protect life. Read more>>

Kenny Mitchell

April of 2020 I met my one of my best friends and firefighter Tom Showalter for lunch off of interstate 95. Due to Covid 19, we had to either cancel the lunch due to not being able to eat inside anywhere, or we could just go to a outdoor rest stop. Read more>>

Jen Rubinetti

All my life I’ve been fascinated by those who had the power to heal. Doctors, therapists, spiritual healers, kinesiologists, acupuncturists…. you name it, I thought of them as special and gifted, but never envisioned I could play in the same fields that they did. Read more>>

Lisa Lu

I remember the moment that changed my life like it was yesterday, the moment I realized the trauma bond I was stuck in had less to do with the narcissist who discarded me and more to do with my childhood trauma and that’s when my true healing journey began. Read more>>

Yashi Carrington

It was my dream to host a virtual summit. The thing is at the time, I had no idea what that subject matter would be. I had simply found a summit about working from home (this was pre-pandemic) when I was searching for a way to be at home with my daughter in 2018. Read more>>

Valerie Dornema

As a nurse practitioner and educator with a doctorate in nursing practice, I’ve always been passionate about teaching and guiding future nurses. Read more>>

Sue Hannibal

My first step in this new calling as a healer, (which I had still not embraced completely), was taking Reiki training to the master level. Read more>>

Laura Cannon

I lost my husband to cancer when I was a 27-year-old oncology pharmacist in training. Like so many of us who have experienced grief, I felt like I had just been dropped off at a destination I never intended to go to, was unprepared for, and with no idea how to navigate my way back. Read more>>

Tim Salley

A defining moment for me was realizing that even as an Air Force veteran and public health nurse, I face the same barriers to quality and effective healthcare as my patients, such as physician or appointment availability, accessibility, and cost of care. Read more>>

Patricia Avalos

My story on how I got here started long ago. My mom battled with a mental illness and I saw the many challenges she faced. My mom died right when the practice opened. I dedicate all I do to honor her memory. Read more>>

MoNique Holland

My teaching career was with dedication, challenge, and ultimately, self-discovery. It began with a full-time teaching role, with passion. A shift came when I took on the rewarding challenge of teaching English as a Second Language (ESL). Read more>>

Brianne Rucker

I would say the first defining moment in my life was being introduced to music at the age of 6. I grew up in a small town in Ohio and naturally going to Church was an almost everyday occurrence. Music ran in my blood. Read more>>

Kierra Sarfo-Kantanka

I have always been passionate about the performing arts. My love for theater was nurtured through the magnet programs at Rainbow Elementary, Norland Middle, and Michael M. Krop High School in Miami, Florida. Read more>>

Aryan Garg

For sure! I still remember stepping into a memory care unit for the first time last April. A staff member was giving me a tour and somehow, entering this area – their home – felt confidential. Read more>>

Harley Larson

I worked as a restaurant manager for many years in a few different states. In 2020 my daughter passed away from suicide. I took some time off to focus on my family and candlemaking. Read more>>

Catalina Mejia

In 2020 I should have been full of joy after my Dad was finally declared cancer free. I had moved to the US to help pay for his treatments back in Colombia and God had finally given us the greatest gift. Read more>>

Takenya Millhouse

During the pandemic the Isolation and fear of the unknown cast me to have a complete Nervous breakdown. I was on suicide watch for 3 years. Everything came crashing in on me I was physical hospitalized in the phyc ward 9times in 3 years.  Read more>>

Shannon Yeager

For many years, I juggled having a full time corporate job and being a wellness practitioner. After giving birth to my little one, I quickly realized I couldn’t do it all. Read more>>

Kelly Vogel

My career has been an ever evolving journey 1st as a certified massage therapist, private yoga instructor, Craniosacral therapist, Declutter coach, Somatic guide, Sound healer. Read more>>

Lola Fox-Rabinovich

In the spring of 2003 I was a young mother and a software engineer dealing with the typical stressors of raising two young daughters and working full time. Read more>>