In our conversations with thousands of entrepreneurs, professionals, and creatives we often hear the most heartwarming stories. These stories matter and they show why pursing your passion matters. When you care about what you do, you can make miracles happen for your clients, employees and other stakeholders. You’ll find some amazing stories below.
Sarah Hays Coomer
About a decade ago, I was running my first health coaching group to support women in my community. We got together every other week to talk about what we needed to feel healthy and reduce stress, habit changes we hoped to make, obstacles we were dealing with, and how we might work together to take better care of ourselves. We were a diverse group with a graphic designer, a tech administrator, a bluegrass musician, two social workers, a medical student, and a woman who ran a dog rescue organization, among others. Read more>>
Laura Fish
I’m fortunate to have a career that provides many fulfilling moments. Most recently, I worked with a veteran who saw a lot of intense combat and was suffering from intrusive flashbacks from those experiences. Read more>>
Travis Brown
A few years ago, I was running a mountain bike guiding and skill instruction program in Fayetteville, West Virginia. Our focus as a business was to introduce new riders to all aspects of cycling, focussing on mountain biking. The small town of Fayetteville is packed with opportunities for outdoor recreation. In my time living there, I noticed that most of the people taking advantage of the climbing, paddling and mountain biking were folks traveling to the area instead of people who grew up in West Virginia. Read more>>
Shaq Thomas
When i first started training i worked at LA fitness in Cypress tx , i absolutely hated it because the pay was bad mostly . Besides that i had pretty great clients and i loved the experience and great feedback , one of my favorite clients had recently lost her husband due to brain aneurysm while working out . She had a hard time getting back in the gym but decided to live out his legacy and enter the police force . Read more>>