Today we’d like to introduce you to Rachel D. Greenwell

Hi Rachel D., we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.

I got here by messing up a lot. I know that sounds crazy to say…but it’s true. I have a sordid past and sure have been through my fair share of trials and tribulations. My story consists of a girl who came from a divorced household, lived on food stamps & other government programs, and began showing signs of mental illness at age 7 when I developed an OCD/anxiety disorder that was left untreated until I became an adult. I self medicated with substances since I was old enough to get my hands on things like alcohol and pills. The mental illness coupled with trauma and a lack of order in my home was the perfect combination of fuels to ignite a personal hell of inner turmoil that I lived in for about 12 years.

I had a spiritual awakening on Oct. 13th 2014 that I liken to the iconic “lightening bolt” moment of God striking one down. As wrathful as that may sound, it was the most loving cosmic event I could have ever imagined. A power greater than myself finally saying “enough is enough”. It was like tough love from the whole universe forcing me out of delusion and into conscious awareness of my problems. In an instant I gained clarity of my past and how my actions impacted myself and others. I was also shown a future preview what was to come if I didn’t change and the limitless pathways I had to choose from.

I fully surrendered in that moment. I said yes to the God’s will path for my life–the one where I was of divine service to the world and fearlessly went after my souls purpose to attempt to fulfill my highest potential in this lifetime.

I threw myself into treatment, therapy, support groups, & attended a school of metaphysics. I took the space and the time needed to recover on all levels and was dedicated to a strenuous physical workout routine and daily deep meditation practice where I expanded my conscious contact with God to the greatest lengths I could manage.

I began working as a volunteer to help others using the knowledge that I had obtained from earthly and spiritual sources. I gave back what had been given to me in support groups and mentored others. I began utilizing the internet to reach as many people as I could. My intention was so pure. All I wanted to do was awaken other to the beauty and truth that I know knew about life & spirit. I had answers to how to navigate what I like to call “the human condition” and live a happy life and I was on fire to transmit that information to anyone who would listen.

I learned to listen to the Still Small Voice of God and take direction without Question when spirit spoke to me. I did this everyday and allowed myself to act as a humble vessel for God’s love to enter the world. I prayed a prayer daily for God to work through me to help others.

However, the one most important factor is that I had to learn these things for myself. Anything good I wanted to give to others I had to first know. Anything I wanted to exude I had to first BE. So I embarked on the divine journey into my own soul to learn to love myself wholly and fully so that I could give out the most love to the world. God walked me through an uncharted spiritual path to learning my true worth and value. This journey would later become know as The How to Wear a Crown Program.

Next thing you know, I became a published author of How to Wear a Crown: a practical guide to knowing your worth, the creator of the How to Wear a Crown program, and humbly received the title of The Soulful Self Worth CEO from my online community.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?

Spiritual journeys are never easy. They are well worth it, but never easy. Creating a business and a brand like mine is also not a small feat. But again, beyond worth it and very rewarding the entire way. All the things I’ve been called to do since my spiritual awakening were challenging. During times like these where I’m being interviewed about it, I just sit and reflect about it all and how I got here and it’s difficult to even express in words the full capacity of what I’ve been through. The magnitude of how I have been transformed, molded, made by God into who I am today is just mind blowing. I feel like it doesn’t do it justice to say it this way and it’s a bit cliche’ but it’s the phrase I typically use so I’ll use it here today as well: “It took blood, sweat, & tears” to walk this road.

Some of the struggles that made the read so bumpy would be:

1. People not believing in you- to be given a vision by God and choose to bring it to fruition here in the physical world you must believe in it absolutely. You also have to fully understand that nobody can see that vision but you. So most of the time you will be believing in it by yourself, making sacrifices that no one understands why your making them, and exerting a lot of effort into something that is seemingly fruitless listening to everyone around you put in their 2 cents about how you should be focusing on something else or doing it differently. The advice here is to tune out everyone else but the voice of God. If I would have allowed humans to guide me rather than God I’d be somewhere I hate, surrounded by people I don’t like, doing things I don’t want to be doing rather than living the life of my dreams surrounded by love and limitless hope. Just believe in yourself and trust God even when you don’t see any tangible proof yet. It is safe to trust the vision.

2. “Real Life” gets in the way a lot- we are people and we have to eat, pay bills, take care of our kids. and stuff like that. Having a God given vision and committing to a spiritual purpose and mission isn’t the most convenient thing to do. I had to write my book typing with 1 finger on broken laptop while breastfeeding my infant son for most of it’s creation. That is not ideal scenario I know (he he). When you think of an author writing a book you might envision some scene on a movie with the serious author in some beautiful cabin with an old timey type writer and foggy mountain view with ample privacy and silence and his publishing team waiting on the manuscript to do all the work for him the second he types the last word. That’s not how it happend for me. I had to push myself to get back up out of the bed when I was dead tired to hit my word count goal for the day after tending to the baby and cleaning the house while I was in constant fear of how was going to live after recently getting fired from my dead in job in my local community mental health organization. And when I was finished writing, I had to figure out the wild world of self publishing. It was my only option. There was no team to help me. I did it on my own and depended on the kindness of my friends and family to be my editors using my manuscripts I had printed at Staples. It’s funny looking back, I cant even believe I made it through it until the end.

3. You’re own inner conflict will mess with you everytime- now, if external reality isn’t getting in the way then you’re still going to be up against your own internal reality. When you’re going after something that feels big…it makes you feel small. The imposter syndrome creeps up and you will start with the self defeating & limiting thoughts. “Who do I think I am?” ” I should just quit before I fail miserably and end up disappointed” or “Oh God, what will they all think about me for trying to do this?” The mind is powerful and our thoughts can either support shifting us into the most rock solid faith you’ve ever had or assist you in spiraling down into a deep dark pit of depression. Just combating my own negative self talk each day as I worked toward my goals is probably one of the biggest struggles that make the road feel bumpy.

But no matter what the struggle may be, remember you just have to make a solid decision that NONE of them will get in your way. You have to CHOOSE that the outcome is that dream come true and that NOTHING and NOBODY will stop you from getting to the finish line. Especially if you have a soul led God inspired dream or mission. You just cant let negativity stop you from bringing your light into the world. It’s too important and you’re too important to let silly Earthly things keep you from what matters most. Remember, there is ALWAYS a way. God wouldn’t put it on your heart if it wasn’t possible for your to achieve it. So never ever ever give up. Just stop, pray, and allow the universe to support you in naviagting the path.

You don’t have to know the way, just trust the way, feel the way, and know that God already knows the way and that’s enough.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?

I’m known as The Soulful Self Worth CEO and as a Quantum Queen Coach. I specialize in helping women uplevel their lives in love, health, and wealth by using my signiture methadology called How to Wear a Crown where I teach women to live their lives according to just 4 simple rules. We call them the 4 Rules of Royalty in my program.

I’m known for helping women see themselves through God’s eyes as the beautiful spiritual being that they truly are. I’m known for helping women regain confidence in themselves that they lost due to trauma or helping women achieve a sense of self worth like nothing they’ve ever felt before. I’m known for helping people align with their true purpose.

Mostly, I think my work helps women achieve a dream relationship with themselves where they have true inner peace and serenity. It helps them learn to end inner conflict and love themselves truly in a way that ripples out to everyone around them.

The deeper mission behind How to Wear a Crown is to create World Worth, which is the idea that if we all learn our own personal value then it makes us happier people and we create a beautiful ripple effect in the world that spreads that beautiful love energy from one person to the next to the next and so on and so forth and eventually sweeps across the entire globe raising the vibration of the planet to that of the frequency of love therefore allowing space for a kinder more compassionate planet for our future children to live in.

Which brings me to my son. My son is what I’m most proud of. He’s such the inspiration for why I do so much of what I do. Of course I do it for me and my clients and because it’s worthy cause…but when I look at him and his beautiful little innocent heart all I want to do is take all the evil out of the world so he can grow up in a place that is nicer than the one I grew up in. I’m sure we all feel that about our kids. We all want them to be safe and happy in their future. In order to have hope that our children, and our childrens children, and our childrens childrens children all have a good planet to inhabit we have join forces and be in alignment with this higher mission and purpose together and do this work for ourselves, our families, our communities and the world at large.

But that’s not supposed to sound daunting. I know talking global mission can seem overwhelming. But it really is very simple. Just learn to love yourself. Just learn to Wear a Crown. The rest comes naturally and organically without you even having to thinki about it. Your part is just read the book and walk through online program and embody the energy. That’s it. It’s that easy.

I think this is also the thing that sets me apart. I’m not in this for money or fame or clout. I truly see a higher vision and I know for a fact that the end result goal isn’t something I’ll even get to see in my lifetime. It’s a legacy that will I will leave to my son and to the world that I have faith will make great change even if I dont’ get to be rewarded for it in this human lifetime. And that’s ok with me. Knowing that I did my part and I was obediant to God’s will for my life and giving that glory to God and not myself…..that’s enough. That is more than enough….

…and I’m grateful and happy to do it.

What’s next?

Mmmmmmm, I love this question. Especially at this point in my life. Because I have zero plans for the future. For once lol I’m usually such a goal setter and achievement oriented person but right now I’m just trusting that I’ve done all the work that God has asked me to do and I’m selling the program, selling the products, and doing the smallest amount of work possible. I have so much faith in the higher mission and I know that it’s not something that I ultimately have control over so I’m just relaxing a lot. I’m resting a lot. I’m doing the things in the program for myself and just wearing my own Crown right now. I’m enjoying having a lot of space and time because I’m not actively running in scheduled groups. I’m just selling the self paced version of the program at this moment so I can rest and rejuvenate.

I have my monthly financial goals that I want to meet because I have a business to run, but aside from just keeping up with things and maintaining what I’ve built…I’m not super focused on being productive in anyway or launching the next big thing. If I’m inspired I work or create. But if I’m not I don’t.

It’s also summer break for my kid from school so I’m taking it easy and not working much for the summer to just hang with him. I’m doing a lot of mommy and wifey stuff right now. I’m cooking and hosting playdates and things like that. I’m enjoying my summer sunshine and tanning a lot. I’m praying and meditating a lot. I’m staying in the present moment and practicing mindfulness and honoring myself on all levels.

I just released a How to Wear a Crown Divine Guidance card deck that I’m using to do these fun readings on YouTube and I’m playing and having a lot fun on social media with tik toks and reels. So being back on YouTube after a long period of inactivity and just only doing stuff for my business and brand when it feels good is the biggest change I think.

It’s really a beautiful time in my life where I feel God is just telling me to rest and heal and allow myself to merely exist.

I’m looking forward to getting as many women enrolled in the self paced How to Wear Crown program this summer and just getting to open all the feedback messages where I get to see the amazing results women are having and how much they are enjoying their How to Wear a Crown journey’s. I would also love to see more merch getting out there! I love it so much when the ladies send me pics of them wearing my t shirts and sweatshirts! That always makes my day so I seeing more book and merch sales would be super fun too.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.RachelDGreenwell.com
• Instagram: @racheldgreenwell
• Facebook: @racheldgreenwell
• Twitter: @racheldgreenwel
• Youtube: @racheldgreenwell

Image Credits

Photos are by Jill Ranae Smith including hair, makeup, photography, & editing.

Other photos are done by Larry Green with hair & makeup by Sam Ta