We were lucky to catch up with Jessica Daniels Harrison recently and have shared our conversation below.

Jessica, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you share a customer success story with us?

You kept telling me that I needed to become a Certified Life Coach, I honestly thought you were just being nice. I didn’t think there was any way in the world that I could coach someone else through life’s problems.

You asked me the final time if I was ready to take the class and told me that I was already doing the work and just needed to “trust God and go forth,” I knew it was part of my assignment to complete this certification. I am so glad that I trusted you and God. This class has been so eye opening and has stretched me beyond what I thought I could do. My cohort was perfect and I felt so comfortable with my classmates, which is what I needed. Coach Jessica, you are such an educator. I loved how you would respond to our questions with a question to make every moment a learning experience. I also appreciate you being down to earth and keeping it real with us. While going through the class, I realized becoming a Certified Life Coach is part of what I was missing to feel like I was fulfilling my passion/purpose of helping people. I am so glad you recognized my love for people and my desire to help people. I am forever grateful for the confidence you have had in me to do the work and be successful.

The work that you and Coach Tory are doing is a gift to the Kingdom and I am so glad that I was able to learn, grow, and become a Certified Professional Life Coach under the Harrison Institute. ~D.H.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Coach and Author Jessica Daniels Harrison is a purpose influencer and empowerment expert who holds people accountable to themselves, God, and purpose. She is the Co-Founder and COO of The Harrison Institute, a premier go-to organization for speaking, training, and developing corporate, family, and relational leadership needs. Jessica is also the CEO of She Is Me, LLC. Most recently Jessica published Dear Sis, -A coaching journal for the busy woman.

Jessica’s love for God, His people, and healthy families have caused her to build a platform to empower, strengthen and equip any person who desires wholeness from the inside out. Jessica uses her bubbly personality to set the stage to enlighten, facilitate change and drive people to believe in themselves and their families while pushing one another into the purpose and plan God has already laid before them.

Jessica graduated from North Carolina Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She later obtained her Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Concordia University. Among many other accomplishments, she is a member of the distinguished sorority Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc; Jessica became a certified life coach through BreakPoint Coaching Collective to add to her knowledge and training.

What’s been the best source of new clients for you?

The best source of new clients has been word of mouth. We believe in service with integrity and through this we have gained repeat clients as well as family and friend referrals.

Can you tell us the story behind how you met your business partner?

My co-founder and business partner is my husband, Tory D. Harrison, Sr (Master Coach). We met in the ladies room! When I met my husband, he was cleaning the bathroom in the building where I worked. I remember walking in and kind of startling him (and myself) from the door. I looked at him and said “sorry!” He looked at me and said “no problem, ma’am. I’ll be done in 2 mins!” So, I slowly walked out of the bathroom. I remember thinking OH MY WORD HE’S CUTE! I remember paying attention to him when he worked. I had NEVER met anyone that took so much pride in their job. I’m thinking “who is this guy?” Why is he cleaning these buildings with his head held ALL the way up!? See it wasn’t about WHAT he was doing but rather HOW he was doing it! Outside of how incredibly attractive I thought he was I was drawn to the way he worked. It has been the combination of both our work ethics, grit, discipline, and a lot of prayer that birthed The Harrison Institute. The Harrison Institute was founded on the pillars of God, Family, Love, Community, and Leadership.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.theharrisoninstitute.com
• Instagram: theharrisoninstitute
• Facebook: The Harrison Institute
• Linkedin: The Harrison Institute
• Twitter: @harrisoninsti

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