We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Jalon Nathaniel a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Jalon, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to go back in time and hear the story of how you came up with the name of your brand?

My Name Is Jalon Nathaniel My inspiration for starting my business was my own healing journey and the way the business manifested itself , I deal with multiple chronic issues that keep me in pain most days . I have fibromyalgia , inflammatory arthritis , and axial spondyloarthritis. The name of my business came about after bad break up after 9 years I moved back in with my parents and naturally my hobbies I use to enjoy started back up. Years before the breakup I had began to look into herbs and different spiritual practices. I began studying tarot cards and making herbal oils but I lost touch of what I enjoyed during the toxic relationship. Not too long after I moved back into my parents is when I began to get that enjoyment back from art, tarot cards and herbs. I went through a rough spiritual journey as well all during the same time. The happiness, pain and feeling of the unknown was here and Awakened Journey was formed.

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 Business is an All natural Herbal business that provides healing alternatives with a mixture of a spiritual touch, for everyone ,of all ages and needs , who are seeking a natural way to cope with daily life stresses and pains and expand their own healing journey within themselves .

My inspiration for starting my business was my own healing journey I have tried so many different medications and rather use natural alternatives to help aid in body stiffness, inflammation, pain, stress and skin issues. I began to start researching and creating my own products and then my business manifested itself. I deal with multiple chronic issues and also have an immune disorder that keeps me in pain most days. I have fibromyalgia, inflammatory arthritis, and axial spondyloarthritis. In the process of healing myself I created bath soaks, bath tea bags and drinking teas to assist with my arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis and lack of sleep. I also created a hair oil for myself for hair thinning due to multiple medication intake. I’m very spiritual and like to make blends that are custom to my zodiac sign (astro-herbalism). I have anxiety and depression so I created a guardian oil roller that has a light carrier oil with the herbs that embody the energy of the sign that aids in anxiety, protection and mood enhancement. I have zodiac tea bags that are for the bath water, it allows you to soak your entire body and ease aches while providing a clear mind with the aromatherapy. With some of the other bath tea bags that are called: mind space and inflammation/pain. People started to notice my healing alternatives on social media because I would post my spiritual healing baths, teas & hair oil length differences. I was always making and using my product, posting what I was creating for the day, that is when the questions about the benefits started to produced orders. The more I gain customers, receive feedback and witness the changes gives me the motivation as a light worker and business owner to keep healing myself and others.

Have you ever had to pivot?

I have had a few times were I have had to pivot due to my health and surgeries. My left hand has been worked on twice while my right only once. I had tendon surgery on both hands and my left hand tendon raptured after the first surgery causing my to have to have tendon repair surgery. having went through this caused a lot of stain and hardship. I was out of work and had to rely on friends and family for daily needs and it was even harder asking for additional help to help my business afloat. Im independent and don’t like asking for help so this experience humbled me and taught me a lot about life and the people around me. What I learned during my time out of work and having to depend on others opened my eyes to opportunities and life lessons I woudln’t have learned otherwise. I was use to working 2-3 jobs at a time and running from my problems but I was forced to sit down and heal. The time I spent with my shadow self help me realize why I had to sit down, I had over worked my body to help someone else get rich all while neglecting my own healing powers & spiritual journey.

Where do you think you get most of your clients from?

The best source of new clients would have to be the marketing events I have recently started to attend. Marketing events, pop up shops, and vendor events have been my highlight for the last few months. Meeting new people face to face is different for me, I tend to be pretty shy and introverted for the most part. But these events have gave me the opportunity to connect with people all over my city/state and also explain more about my products and the benefits of herbalism.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.awakenedjourney.shop
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awakened_bythejourney/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AwakenedbytheJourney

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Tourquoise Hills