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.

Simon Deacon

It was the winter 1999. I had already taken Reiki levels 1 & 2 and was loving the energy I channeled for friends and colleagues. I wasn’t fully in the healing field yet because I was trying to make it in art gallery sales. Read more>>

Anicee Chen

My journey into holistic health began with traditional acupressure training with a master from Hong Kong, who encouraged me to get licensed. Read more>>

Gabriela Carlos

I was a junior in high school and enrolled in a program in which I was taught basic office administration tasks such as, filing, typing, answering phones etc. Read more>>