We were lucky to catch up with Angie Kircher recently and have shared our conversation below.

Angie, appreciate you joining us today. Risk taking is something we’re really interested in and we’d love to hear the story of a risk you’ve taken.

2020 was a wild year for many, but it was also the year I hit a wall and hard. I had unrelenting anxiety that was leading to frequent panic attacks, unmanaged by medications, wine or working out. I knew I needed a change and was desperate for anything to feel better. I had the growing sense within that I was not going to stay in nursing for much longer, but had no idea of next steps. In April 2020 I quit alcohol and what unfolded was the most profound journey of inner growth and transformation. I had a spiritual awakening around that time which confirmed my need to leave healthcare, but as the breadwinner with serious scarcity mindset and no backup plan, I was terrified of what would be next. I made the leap into working on-call to give myself time to heal and figure out next steps. In that time, I hired a coach, eliminated anxiety naturally and jumped into learning how to start a business and get trained in mindset work and hypnotherapy. The ego deaths and identity shifts that occurred were nothing short of profound. I had never identified as an entrepreneur and truly felt that this was something you were either born to do…or not. I had to transcend this mindset, and fortunately my stubbornness paid off because within months of launching my business I had replaced my full time nursing income and will never look back!

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

In 2020 I hit the wall with crippling anxiety despite trying every single medication, therapy, treatment, diet and supplement. I was introduced to “subconscious reprogramming” (i.e. hypnosis) and despite having no clue what that one, I was intrigued. Hell, I had tried every single thing I could think of, why not check this out.

What I came to understand was that the subconscious mind controls every single perception, belief and value we hold – most of which are programmed into us by age 8. These beliefs are simply filters we have through which we see the world and we all have different filters depending on the influences around us at critical ages of development.

It got me wondering if anxiety was also a program since nothing else I was doing was helping. I hired my first mindset coach who was a hypnotherapist and underwent the most transformative healing experience. After spending countless years and thousands of dollars on therapy and so many other methods that left me spinning my tires, we finally hit the source of true healing – my subconscious mind.

What I never understood was that I was seeking external healing modalities for something that needed to occur within. This was also a massive catalyst to my spiritual awakening journey. Given the rapid transformation I experienced in releasing anxiety and scarcity mindset, I became very passionate about helping people in the same way I was supported. So they can transcend their limiting beliefs and elevate themselves to the life they feel within they are destined for.

I support clients with my fusion of 1:1 hypnotherapy and coaching. We address mind, body and spirit to allow for profound transformation and healing from the inside out. With my clinical background as a nurse I have a deep understanding of the neuroscience behind why this process is so effective and supported by institutions like Yale, Harvard and Mayo Clinic.. Having personally lived through and healed from countless traumas, I also understand the importance of addressing the root emotional issues beneath the surface within the subconscious mind that are key to creating deep and lasting healing.

The majority of my clients feel this deep stirring within that they are meant for more in this life, but don’t yet know how to get out of their own way. They don’t quite know how to get from where they are, to where they want to be.. Often they reflect my past struggles: anxious, over-thinkers, perfectionist, burned out, always DOING, self-sabotaging or feeling unworthy, and also tend to have financial scarcity mindset. They tend to seek natural means of healing and have exhausted all the external modalities before they finally realize that they may need to look at their mindset. Most of them are on a spiritual awakening journey and I absolutely love mentoring those who are on this path.

I support my clients anywhere from 6-12 weeks where we create high impact transformations. My goal is that they leave with the tools to become their own mindset masters.

I have 3 separate programs at this time:
A 6 or 12 week hypnotherapy and coaching program for releasing limiting beliefs, deep healing, and transformation.
As well as a 12 week Master Your Money Mindset course where we dive deep into eliminating scarcity thinking and stepping into their most abundant life.

I’m most proud of the massive shifts my clients make in such a short period of time.
I am also honored to have won in the category of Best Holistic Provider in 2023 in Woodbury, MN.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

Scarcity thinking had been a prominent part of my experience for the first 36 years of my life. Growing up we lived on food stamps and state supported insurance. I would see my mother placing extra food in napkins then storing it in her purse from buffets to eat later because money was so tight. I lived in a home where showers were restricted to save money which was such an awful experience for a young girl going through puberty.

I received the messages often that money doesn’t grow on trees, money is the root of evil and that people with wealth were corrupt. It was very apparent that we didn’t grow up on “the right side of the tracks” and it truly felt like my destiny to live a low income life. Because of the limited education my family had, college was considered the only way to make ends meet and have a life with stability.

We were also inundated with very strong messages that it was in some way “not Christian” to want money, that we need to be givers/martyrs. It was deeply embedded in me that it was a sin to “want for more” and to be grateful for what we did have.

In my late 30s when I had my spiritual awakening, I came to the understanding that I had to unprogram the idea that money was a limited resource and lean into the fact that it’s safe to desire and live an abundant life. I now understand that the tool of wealth allows me to support people in ways that I wouldn’t be able to otherwise if I were just getting by. There is no award for being in poverty and whether or not I have money is not a reflection of my character either way. Rather money is just a neutral resource that allows me to be of more service while I’m on this planet. I’ve come to understand the learn the energy of money, both giving and receiving it. There is a tremendous mindset element involved in the making and keeping of money.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

I grew up in a home that was very chaotic and dysfunctional. My parents were divorced when I was maybe 5 years old. Due to the volatility of their relationship, I did not get to see my dad often. As I entered my 30s, I started to understand it was a reflection of my mother’s mental illness. My dad unexpectedly passed away at 15 years old which threw me into a tailspin. There was so much I never got to experience with him, so much I never got to say. After that I became anorexic in an effort to have control of life and in part, because I had such horrible self-esteem. I was never shown how to cope with these unresolved traumas that compounded over time or how to truly love myself.

As I got older, this translated into different variations of eating disorders and eventually into indulging in wine a little too much. It was until my mid-30s when I finally realized the cycles I was perpetuating and that I had never truly dealt with my grief or childhood trauma.

In the midst of a worldwide pandemic, and as a frontline nurse in 2020, I had my “rock bottom” moment. I felt this deep stirring within me that there had to be more to life than suffering from crippling anxiety, frequent panic attacks and addictive tendencies that just shifted from one destructive pattern to another. On the anniversay of my dad’s death, I finally decided to release alcohol. This transformative moment led to my spiritual awakening and entrepreneur journey.

Had I not made these choices, I would still be spinning my tires as a burned out nurse. Fortunately, my career was spent in hospice, so I was able to see what a life with regret looks like and was able to take that knowledge and shift my own journey. Due to the many challenges I’ve navigated from such an early age, I have the powerful ability to help my clients because I so deeply understand what they are going through and the many unresourceful coping mechanisms we can get into that just further separate us from our emotions and the true healing our soul is craving.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.angiekircher,com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angie.kircher/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngieKHypnosis
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angie-kircher-b8717b165/