We asked some brilliant folks to tell us about the best advice they’ve ever given to a client and have highlighted some of the responses below.

Nanami Zaitsu

Best advice to bring peace in our lives while striving to make an impact: Read more>>

Cristobal Zarazua

As a student barber, it was rare to have a client request you for their haircut. I had a guy start coming in every week to get cut by me, I had no clue who he was but I always took care of him! One day I asked him where he used to get his haircut, to my surprise his other barber was my mentor and arguably the BEST barber in Columbus. Confusingly I asked him “What are you doing getting cut by me? I’m in barber school!” Read more>>

Joanna Dreiling

“Someone else’s choices are not your choices, they are not your responsibility. Your responsibility are your choices.” When I said this, my client’s eyes opened and you could sense softness and openness arrive within her around feeling responsible for her family’s choices and how much it was guiding her experience. She allowed this to guide her life and it helped it blossom differently without the weight of unnecessary responsibility. Read more>>

Shayan Izaddoost

One the most poignant lessons I learned about being a physician was when one of my patients, who was in the medical field told me “Try to never be a patient”. Read more>>

Katy Girlinghouse

The best advice I have ever given to a patient is to tell them to believe in themselves, trust their gut and keep looking for answers until they get them. Several people have benefitted from this advice but one woman stands out in particular. She was working with a variety of doctors who had recommended different treatments which had at best done nothing and at worst had increased her pain after every treatment. Read more>>

Adrienne Van der Valk

When people quit drinking, they get a lot of advice–from people who care, those who are fed up, and those who have quit drinking before them. Unfortunately, a lot of that advice is judgmental and outdated. Read more>>

Shantae Arline

The best advice I ever gave a client was, to give herself grace as she gives grace to other people. She came into her appointment frustrated that everything wasn’t going right . I asked her before getting in the chair “can we pray”? She said yes and after praying I gave her the advice I wish someone would have given me be grateful to yourself ❤️. Read more>>

Dani Bourdeau

As a life and wellness coach, I actually try not to “give advice”. My job and overall goal is to guide my clients to the answer within themselves by asking the right questions. However, every once in a while I come across someone who will flat out ask for my advice. In this instance, I was coaching a client to improve their health and teaching her how to better better her balance sugar as she had been previously diagnosed with pre-diabetes. Read more>>

Keea Morgan

My best advice that I would give one of my clients which I say all the time would be we are the authors of our story and the world is our oyster. I tell people with that knowing that the sky is the limit and whatever they choose and doing in life as long as they are happy. My goal is to help people to find their greatest potential and finding their their purpose on this Earth. Read more>>