We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Gwen Dittmar. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Gwen below.
Hi Gwen, thanks for joining us today. What was the most important lesson/experience you had in a job that has helped you as a business owner?
I was speaking at an event today and I was reminded how much my other career in clinical research taught me about how we discover our next steps for optimal health and healing. I learned how to run experiments, collect data, and how to assess if a treatment approach’s benefits outweigh the risks. I also learned that you cannot run an experiment to see if something works for you unless you apply that approach 100%
One of the biggest challenges I see for a lot of clients is giving a new approach to a problem less than 100% and feeling like it’s not working for them. What’s more powerful than forcing yourself to do something 100% is to be honest with yourself about what you are willing and unwilling to commit to. It’s about the frequency of your commitment that drives your actions, and actions drive results.
I find when clients are connected to why they want to make a significant change in their lives, they are 100% committed to taking whatever action is necessary to make that change their reality. A majority of my clients find the trauma-informed lens that I used, as well as meditation, breathwork, somatic, energy, nervous system, mindset work to bring balance and wholeness into their lives and their goals.
Gwen, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?
I am a coach, teacher and mentor for successful and spiritual professionals who want to use everything in their human experience as an opportunity to heal, learn, and expand.
I integrate a Master Degree in Spiritual Psychology, Professional Coaching Certification, Quantum Human Design Certification, Breathwork Healer Certification, Usui Reiki Master and Shamanic Energy Medicine Practitioner Certification, as well as 23 years in pharmaceutical and biotech research. I am also sober 19 years and bring a multitude of challenges and triumphs to the work I do with my clients.
I have traveled to the other side in a near death experience at 14 years old and guide myself and others to live life from the knowing of what is beyond the human realm. I have moved through the depths of high-functioning addiction and know the path to surrender and peace. I have created success climbing the corporate ladder and I know what it feels like to walk away from it all to follow my soul’s calling. I have also courageously chosen the journey of divorce and single motherhood to honor my heart’s knowing.
I provide a monthly membership that includes Breathwork, Akashic Records, Expert Workshops, bonuses and discounts. I also work with clients using Breathwork, Akashic Records, Human Design, Shamanic Energy Medicine and Coaching. If you are interested in learning more or experiencing my work, I also have the Beautiful Grit Podcast with live coaching and healing sessions for you to follow and interviews with incredible experts in the Health, Healing, Consciousness and Entrepreneurial realms.
I love bringing practical and ethereal solutions to clients to access their human revolution and soul evolution with grounded and regulated nervous systems, clean and clear mind, healed and open heart, with connection to something greater than you and your soul’s purpose.
How did you build your audience on social media?
One of the most important lessons I have learned over the years of being someone who knew nothing about branding, marketing, building a business, or social media community, is that building a business or social media audience is more than marketing and numbers. To me, social media is an opportunity for creative expression and authenticity, boundary setting and regulation, service and heart connection. In order to create a sustainable business and social media community, I first support my clients in embodying their unique energetic blueprint because we each have an innate gift, strength and purpose to bring to the world. Next we focus on ensuring their health and nervous system are regulated, and that they have grounding practices which bring them back to the Earth and Higher Power. Last, how to balance taking aligned action, with deep connection and service as the intention, that is fun and joyful.
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
I believe each of us has a unique purpose in this lifetime, as to why our soul chose this unique time, lineage, and experiences. Over the past five years I have been in a beautiful and gritty initiation through the lens of Human Design and Shamanic Energy Medicine that offered opportunities to heal, learn and expand. Since leaving my 18-year career in pharmaceutical and biotech research I experienced financial strain, losing my mother to cancer, a separation and divorce, the pandemic and online school with two small children while my business exploded and while this was an incredible gift, it also created stress and ultimately burnout. I spent the next three years tending to a myriad of health conditions, custody and co-parenting challenges, a complete loss of all our belongings due to toxic mold and a rebuilding of our home and life. Each of these experiences were extremely challenging and happened one after another and many simultaneously. There were many times where I didn’t know if I would make it through yet another set back or rupture. But I am so grateful for all of the tools from my Masters in Spiritual Psychology, certifications in Coaching, Breathwork Healing, Breath Coaching, Human Design, and Shamanic Energy Medicine, because each provided a layer of healing, growth and expansion that I am now able to use to serve others.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.gwendittmar.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gwendittmar/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gwencoach
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwen-dittmar-96a2025/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChdNVcm2V7OWWgsMOlaAOig
- Other: Expansion Membership: https://gwen-dittmar-consulting-inc.mn.co/plans/343263?bundle_token=d343122feea261ab67df97367b685a12&utm_source=manual
Image Credits
Headshot is Daniela Rey All other shots with Gwen and Group are Hylah Hedgepeth