We recently connected with Alexis Mitchell and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Alexis, thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about how you went about setting up your own practice and if you have any advice for professionals who might be considering starting their own?

I started my own practice almost one year ago. It was a challenging time, as I completely started from scratch with few resources and no experience having my own business. The biggest step that I had to take was overcoming my fear of failure and embracing the unknown. A major challenge that I experienced was dealing with myself and pushing past limiting beliefs. I had to see myself being successful and have faith that no matter what, God would supply all of the resources I needed. My greatest advice would be to get a mentor! Surround yourself with people that have been where you are trying to go.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

My name is Alexis Mitchell and I consider myself to be a Wellness Entrepreneur. I currently have my own faith based private therapy practice (Holding Space Therapeutic Collective, PLLC.) and an emerging holistic health and wellness brand (360 Total Wellness, LLC). I got into the wellness industry through a series of different life experiences and ultimately a belief that it is my divine calling. I have a history of being a natural helper, beginning as early as the age of 11. I had a passion to serve others in my community, especially those of disadvantaged populations. This led me to the field of social work, where I began to work with homeless and severely mentally ill persons. I then discovered that many of those that I served lacked appropriate mental health treatment and eventually landed in a community mental health agency where I provided one on one and group counseling for several years. During that time, I discovered a myriad of chronic health conditions that plagued the people I served, ultimately limiting their quality of life and in some cases ending their lives prematurely. I began to wonder about how the social determinants of health and the impact of factors like poverty, lack of access to healthy foods, and generational trauma were having on their overall health. This motivated to go back to school to further my education and I most recently completed a health coaching program to become a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, addressing physical, mental, spiritual, and social dimensions of health and wellness.

The services that I currently provide in my private therapy practice are individual therapy and pre-marital counseling. As a therapist, I specialize in helping young professional christian women address issues with perfectionism, self-doubt, and limiting beliefs so they can show up as the best version of themselves and be who God created them to be. (@holdingspace_tc)

My health and wellness brand is fully online and will offer motivation, inspiration, and encouragement through newsletters, social media content, community events, and group health coaching. As a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, I help women who have struggled with weight loss and self-esteem to achieve their health and wellness goals by offering accountability and easy ways to have a healthier life. (@360totalwellness)

I want to help the client’s I serve to achieve overall wellness in every aspect of their lives, helping them to find true fufillment in the miracle of life we have been given.

How did you put together the initial capital you needed to start?

Initially, I used money from my personal savings account to pay for start-up costs. I also got some donations from one of my mentors.

Can you tell us about what’s worked well for you in terms of growing your clientele?

FAITH AND MARKETING! Word of mouth, spreading the word about my business, connecting with local referral sources, and most of all…..lots of prayer and believing God that the right people would be attracted to my business.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.360totalwellness.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holdingspace_tc/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-mitchell-85267878/