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.

Hannah Lebron

My job as an Esthetician and spa owner is to solve our clients skin care concerns, educate them on their skin and build a at-home regimen and treatment plan to achieve and maintain results. The best advice we’ve given a patient is to keep it simple. Skin care doesn’t have to be confusing and anything that is confusing, we’re here to educate and simplify it for you. Read more>>

Andrea Ptacek

When we step into new territory, we get uncomfortable. I’m sure you can think of a time when you felt way out of your element as you stepped into a new role, new opportunity, new relationship, or new season of life. I’ve not only felt this myself numerous times, but I’ve also had the privilege of supporting my clients through their own uncomfortable life transitions like starting a new school, stepping into adulthood, growing a business, recovering from a health crisis, and rebuilding after a divorce. Read more>>

Polly Heil-Mealey

We are always cognizant that people have budgets. As such, we have supplements for every price point. Obviously, the purer the supplement, the higher the price. Once I was asked by a client why I had so many different products. I explained about the price point. She looked at me and pointed her finger in my face and said: People pay for what they want, and beg for what they need. It really made me think about how we were approaching our clients. When people are ready, they invest in their health. Read more>>

Fatimah Esfahanizadeh

Advice can be such a loaded word. I feel half the time we are fed (or give?) advice in a very unsolicited way. Growing up kids needs it, don’t they? Then as you get older and learn over the years in life, school, college, grad school it becomes something you have to filter extensively. People will give you advice with you don’t want it, withhold it when you need it, and then tell you the disempowering “you should…….” phrase. Read more>>

Nathan Peterson

The best advice I give to ANYONE that comes through my office is to live in uncertainty. Don’t figure everything out. Choose to focus only on what you have control over. When we are anxious or stressed, we are trying to figure out the future or the past. Teach the brain to be okay in the middle. We do this by continuing to give our brain answers like, “maybe, maybe not.” or “Okay, that’s a thought”. Ultimately, it keeps you in the present moment and enjoying what’s around you. Read more>>

Stefania Mogollon

In Real Estate and in life, PREPARATION and expertise are everything, therefore my main advice is: BE PREPARED and always work with a specialist (in ANY area or project that you may endure). I always have a consultation with my clients where I explain in detail the step by step of the process, whether they will buy, sell or rent. Sometimes, simple and not “harmful” actions can ruin everything. I’ve seen many times when uniformed buyers acquire new cars or make a large purchase (for their moving) before closing. Meaning, they complicate the closing of their house or simply lost the entire transaction. Read more>>

Wendy Hutchinson

The best client advice I offer is to always remain aligned in your choices and decisions and follow your heart. Often people get caught up in doing what other’s expect of them at their own expense. This can look at pursuing careers because of pressure from their parents, perhaps staying in relationships or situations they have long outgrown, or holding onto limiting beliefs that no longer serve them. There are patterns and programs that are generational and cultural and often religious that form core beliefs that don’t align with our personal truths, but we adopt them as our own even if they don’t resonate. Read more>>

 Jen Martinsen

I have one client story that I think is a perfect example – I will call her Sheila. She was one of my favorite clients to work with because she was brutally honest, fun, and her transformation was so significant. When she came to me, she was doing all the things we hear that you should do to be healthy. Honestly, most the women that come to me are too! Sheila was working out regularly, mindful of what she was eating to manage her weight, and home cooking most of her meals, although she struggled to make one thing for the family and another meal for herself. She also went gluten-free, based on her doctor’s recommendation. Read more>>

Daniel Palacios

Be patient with yourself, but don’t use that as an excuse to avoid making progress! Change takes time, especially when it comes to behavioral changes. Humans are creatures of habit and it takes a daily intentional effort to become someone who is apt to quickly decide to try new things! Start with small, simple changes to your daily habits to optimize yourself and build momentum. That could be as simple as going to be 15-30 minutes earlier and waking up 15-30 minutes earlier daily. But you have to start somewhere, and the little changes over time will make a big difference in the long run. The encouraging part here is that the human body is very adaptable and positive changes don’t have to be a painful arduous process. Patience and consistency are the key! Read more>>

Lindsay Elizabeth Preston

One of my favorite client stories is from a woman who I’ll call Kristy. Kristy hired me at age 39. She had had wonderful success in her career and friendships but still hadn’t found the right guy to start a family with. At the beginning of us coaching together she was dating a man who she liked and thought could be the right fit. In time, as we coached together to dig into what SHE really wanted in a partner, it was shown he wasn’t. Read more>>

Holly Lockett

This one was hard for me to answer because I had no real way of knowing so I asked a few of my clients to answer it for me. Here are some responses. I fall back on and use your comment to me of “take a deep breath and remember that this situation, this moment in time, this stressor is TEMPORARY. It’s awful and hard right now, but it is temporary. It will pass.” I cannot tell you how many times I have been wiping up shit or sitting in a hospital and I hear your voice in my head say that. Read more>>

Jennifer DAmato

Tammy came to me after years of yo-yo dieting and feeling like a failure because she regained the weight she had worked so hard to lose. She had been doing this off and on since her high school years and was afraid of letting others see her in her current state and only felt her value came from her size and
looks. She also shared that she rarely, if ever, felt her body signaling hunger and fullness. I walked Tammy through the 10 principles of Intuitive Eating and we addressed self talk and body image issues.  Read more>>

Jana Spillers

that there may be a myriad of underlying hormonal and metabolic factors contributing to low milk supply. As lactation professionals, we always preach frequent and complete emptying of the breasts to facilitate increased milk production. However, although that is most often the solution, it may not always be enough. Many women turn to galactagogues (herbs and supplements to increase milk supply) but these may not be sufficient or even appropriate for the situation. With permission, I will detail one such client case. My client reached out to me with profoundly low supply and was producing approximately 30 ml (1 oz) per day at 4.5 weeks postpartum. I met with her in my office to assess the baby’s feeding ability and take a thorough maternal and infant health history. Read more>>

Teresa Guglielmo

After many years working as a coach and trainer, I have found that one major piece of advice rings true. That is, you have to find what works for YOU. Many clients come to me thinking that they need to do things a certain way, or should be doing better in certain areas, but we quickly determine that they may be trying to fit their lives into a certain mold, instead of creating their own wellness plan that supports their lifestyle. While of course we can all make certain adjustments and changes that may not be initially easy per se, it’s much more effective to treat lifestyle change as an experiment as opposed to a rigid set of rules. Read more>>

Warren Ifergane

Many believe hard money lenders are here to take advantage of borrowers that find themselves in bad situations, only for them to foreclose on their property in predatory lending schemes. While there may be a few unethical lenders in this regard, this falsely depicts the industry as a whole. CERTAINTY OF EXECUTION & SPEED Hard money and private money perform a valuable service for real estate investors: they provide liquidity in a timely fashion where other sources of cash cannot. For instance, if you try to get a mortgage from a conventional bank, they may take two months to do so—if they even pull through. Read more>>

Natalie Kusturic

As a therapist I am constantly seeking ways to help clients see themselves and their lives through the lens of the present rather than the past. This is a challenge for those who face anxiety daily. I had a client who had extreme anxiety. Every morning he woke up fearful of what could go wrong. Despite his anxiety he had a successful career and was in a loving relationship. However, his anxiety blocked his ability to see the good in his life. It was as if he acknowledged all the positive elements of his life they would disappear. Read more>>