Establishing your own firm or practice is an incredibly daunting task. From myriad of legal and regulatory hurdles to the financial and career related risks, professionals who choose to start their own firm have to overcome so much and so we wanted to reach out to those who’ve done it successfully for advice, insight and stories.

Kathleen Prasad

When I first began my Reiki practice, in the late 90’s, I was the only one I knew focusing on working with animals – everyone else in my field, including my teachers, focused on humans. I had many naysayers, who would tell me that focusing on animals was just “not done” and that training hours with various animals didn’t really “count” as experience or expertise in Reiki. Although I was also going through the conventional training with humans in my field of Reiki, I chose not to listen to the people saying it wasn’t possible to focus on animals. I found a way to follow my interests. Read more>>

Calister Bengall

I started my practice in 2009. I was working for Underground Atlanta. I was led by Spirit to put a website together. This was really a challenge because I had no idea how to do this. It took 2 days to get my website up and running. My first client was from Las Vegas, she was so impressed with the reading she called her entire family, told them all to book readings and it’s been uphill ever since. Read more>>

Elizabeth Nielsen

I started my Career off as an LPN. I knew I wanted something more or different. Being a nurse was very satisfying, but I was losing my passion for it. In 2006 I decided to make a career change and went back to school for Aesthetics. I was not sure where the industry was going to take me, but I knew I wanted to own my own business I always had an entrepreneur spirit.. After school I went on to learn more of the medical aspects of Aesthetics and became certified in Laser treatments, Micro needling, and Injections. Read more>>