As an outsider, breaking into an industry can often seem like an impossible challenge and so we reached out to some very generous folks who agreed to share their stories of how they broke into their respective industries.
Gloria Palma
I created my job and my path in the field of healing. I began by offering Healing Meditation at a local, spiritual learning center in Redondo Beach and ascension healing spirals at Hermosa Beach. Within a few months, I realized a huge demand for understanding the spirit world. I published my first book “Life Shift Session“ in 2014 then began facilitating workshops from the book. In 2020 I created an online eight week Academy and I am in the process of building a Healing Center here in the Southbay. Read more>>
Holly Rachels
I grew up in a small community in the Texas Panhandle. The nearest big “city” was 60 miles away. This meant that all the medical care for our community was done in the near by county hospital. My aunts worked there my entire life. One of my aunts pushed me to do a clinical internship there during physical therapy school and apply for a scholarship to pay for part of my schooling in return for committing to work for the hospital after graduation. Read more>>
Melinda Bekos
I started college as a dance major but an injury had me taking a few quarters off. I decided I’d take an elective anatomy course to learn more about my body. This was back in the day of actual papers and people in the registrar’s office, and somebody made a mistake admitting me into the cadaver anatomy course for physical therapists. Read more>>
Lori Lenhart
I graduated with my BSN from the University of Florida in 2006. I then worked as a Trauma/ICU nurse for 3 years while obtaining my Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Florida in 2009. I have been practicing as an Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner in Pinellas County for the last 14 years. Read more>>
Kelly Ghweinem
My first therapy job after grad school was at a detox and continuing care clinic in Manhattan. I had just moved to New York City the year before and was working a full time job as a social work supervisor for an at home agency. Knowing that it was time to focus on my clinical work, I decided to look for a second job as a therapist. Read more>>