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.

Brian Garcia

The main steps that I had to take when it came to starting my own practice, was interesting. When I started Ayurveda School, I developed many friendships with many classmates and the staff practitioners. One of the practitioners, Naomi Boas, offered me an opportunity in her own private practice. She had a client at the time that was undergoing very severe health issues for most of his life and needed help. Read more>>

Charree’ Graham

In the years leading up to creating Living in Truth, I had left my full-time job of 8 years to complete my internship for graduate school and experienced a life transition in multiple areas of my life. I had been working within the child welfare system as an investigator and chosen to pursue my Master’s in Social Work with a goal of eventually working as a therapist to assist those experience various traumas. Although I prepared for life without consistent income and benefits, I was humbled within the first month of not having a job when the AC unit in my house went out. Read more>>

Kassandra Plambeck

When I began Massage school in 2021 I went into the program knowing I wanted to start my own business as a Massage Therapist. I had previously worked in administrative positions where I was able to see the ins and outs of what it took to run a wellness business. I also would often go see healing practitioners who were one-person shows. They each inspired me and gave me the confidence that I too could do the same thing when I started my career. Read more>>

Leah Sonaria

My story begins with me trying to figure out how to tell my story. In 2019, I went through a dark night of the soul; an unexpected upheaval that changed my life forever. I had an 11 year relationship go down in flames right after we purchased our first home, and the yoga clothing company I poured everything into for 7 years was failing. I was unhealthy, unhappy and overworked, looking for a way to get myself out of a mess of my own making. Read more>>