We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Joslyn Farray Pierre. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Joslyn below.
Alright, Joslyn thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. If you had a defining moment that you feel really changed the trajectory of your career, we’d love to hear the story and details.
The defining moment in my professional career came from a rock bottom moment of deep scarcity and feelings of not-enoughness. I had moved from my regular fixed-income job and homeland to another island to build my ideal career and business. Unfortunately, it was far from how I imagined it to be and everything around me except my physical health and appearance, appeared to have crumbled. It started with me playing small to be accepted, This was quickly followed by a lower standard of living, and I couldn’t accept that my standard of living had dropped. and my friendships were different. I felt slighted in many ways by my associates and I allowed it to quickly spiral down, leaving me financially broke, and feeling spinless like a worm hurrying away from a shoe that was ready to crush it. Thank heaven that rock bottom moment helped me to discover the truth of who and what I am. After much soul-searching, and self-care. I called it Sacred Self Care, I realized that I am my money”, and that money didn’t define me. That my net worth was different from my self-worth and I am the one who got to define myself and walk in the truth of exactly who I am and the gifts I could share with the world. It’s from there I truly began to embrace the truth of who I am. I began to regain my confidence and poise, own my power, and learn how to walk daily in authenticity without apology. whether I had a negative bank balance or millions in my account, I decided to remain true to my authentic self and do the unique work that only I alone can do.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
It is my desire for women leaders to be unapologetic about being their authentic selves, accept their intuitive brilliance, navigate successfully their career or life transition, rock bottom moments, or embark on their self-love journey and be the lady who’s ready to feel refreshed, restored and whole, living a lifestyle of joy and fulfillment.
Below is my personal story.
I struggled with acceptance of who I am to the core. I was always holding back, trying not to outshine or make anyone uncomfortable. I was a leader, and I held many leadership positions and titles. I felt like a queen and had the outward persona of a queen, however, at my highest self, Goddess Joslyn, I was struggling to accept my divinity and greatest. I subconsciously accepted the myth that I was not good enough and didn’t have enough to fully own and walk in my power. I felt I didn’t have the status symbols, so who was I to be that person I felt on the inside, displaying the true essence of who I am and what I am. I didn’t only hide my inner being but I sometimes hid my healthy eating and lifestyle practices, to make others as comfortable as possible. So, although I knew I was a queen and a powerhouse, I refused to step into it fully. I was that lady who would “tow the line” I would be myself with the few I thought accepted me then dim my shine for others. I was miserable. I felt underestimated, overlooked, undervalued, a pushover and not living up to my full potential as a leader. I was becoming restless, and insecure and settling for relationships, jobs, and things that were far from my value system. I was losing myself and the qualities that I held dearly. My social graces, spiritual etiquette, and beauty routines were slowly eroded. I was becoming a wimp, afraid to set boundaries and be. My inside was eating away, if I didn’t do something quick I would just be a shell. Accepting the status quo for my life affected my healthy eating habits, brought my finances to rock bottom, and overall healthy lifestyle unclear. My mindset was whacked. I slowly started to add unhealthy foods to my life, give in to cravings, and accept the martyr mentally, that I should be everything to everyone but myself.
In that state, I left my full-time job to pursue my passion and purpose, holistic health coaching. I was very excited about helping people to create the lifestyle they’ll enjoy. However, I experienced lots of setbacks and it left me wondering why I was doing the thing I love and devoted most of my time to but still struggling. It was during the hurt and introspection I finally got to realize, I didn’t fully embrace who and what I am. I was going around in circles and sabotaging my success. I allowed fear of “who do you think you are “to rule my life and stop me from doing the necessary things to keep me grounded and successfully building a profitable business.
My insecurities and self-doubt coupled with the limiting mindset fostered by my environment left me with a failed business, in debt, homeless, penniless, and desperate. I was in one of my life-threatening rock-bottom moments.
From this particular rock bottom moment, I finally realized I had to stand up for myself. I had to own my power, I had to awaken my authentic self. I had to set boundaries and show up with gusto not only for myself but other ladies in leadership roles and their families.
The pain of this led me to seek therapy and coaching, peeling back layers of limiting beliefs. To stop looking for validation, to realize that my power is within me and not hidden in material resources. I had to accept that I was enough and permit myself to accept that I was a powerful and successful leader. I had to speak my truth and accept the call of the High Priestess, helping women to prepare and accept living healthy fulfilled lives according to their blueprint or on their terms and not the program lifestyle society taught them to imitate.
Armed with this knowledge from this dark experience and awakening, I humbly but confidently began to release, cleanse, rewrite, and powerfully lead using the wealth and wisdom of Intuitive intelligence.
I am now helping Leading ladies in leadership positions from homemakers to corporate leaders, who feel like they don’t fit in with their peers, have feelings of guilt for being successful, and are afraid to fully step into who they truly feel they are.
Ladies who are afraid to fully express their true essence as a woman, due to various societal labels or limiting beliefs such as not feeling academically qualified, not having biological babies, not feeling wealthy enough, having relationship issues, being overweight and unfulfilled, dealing with health issues, divorce and worried to name a few.
Today I stand poise and confidently helping leaders to awaken and embrace themselves to the core, regain their confidence, de-stress, clarify their diet, and thrive without apologies. You first have to get to know what and who you are, and fully accept yourself in whatever state you think you are at. You are worthy. You are valuable just as you are whether your head is screaming no, whether you are feeling laden with fear of what if, feeling that you don’t have it together, tired, feeling isolated, and unfulfilled despite your accomplishments. You can transform your life and heal. living unapologetically healthy and whole.
Professionally I am Reverend Joslyn Farray Pierre, The Intuitive Wellbeing Educator a diligent, dynamic, warm-hearted, and poise visionary; with a passion for supporting individuals of diverse backgrounds and various authority levels. I am an Ordained Minister, Metaphysician, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, an International Award Public Speaker, and Author. A proud mom of two, one since passed. As an Educator and Administrator within the Caribbean, my work spans over 3 decades in Grenada & Trinidad and Tobago. I am an Ambassador of Peace, Health, Wellness, and Well-being to several international NGOs and a Grenada Published Author Inc. member.
I founded the Intuitive Wellbeing Institute, where I teach, coach, and counsel women, youths, leadership teams, and interest groups through my Nutrition Education, Spiritual Enrichment, Self-Empowerment, and Self-Care Programs and Products. My emphasis is on helping individuals to own their power, through Sacred Self-care; from healing trauma to releasing weight; mind, body, and spirit so they can experience a lifestyle of joy, beauty, and fulfillment.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
My entire entrepreneurial journey from the beginning to the present has been a walk of resilience from navigating some crucial life-changing events and heart-wrenching stories to the battling in my mind of how an entrepreneur in my career path should appear. My beginning journey in self-empowerment and sacred self-care as an entrepreneur before I formally and professionally became an Ordained Minister, Metaphysician and Health Coach began with my story of giving birth to a brilliant and amazing baby boy, named Kwame, Kwame’s charmed, cutie-pie, adorable, obedient, and energetic zest for living coupled with being the only boy on my family side and the first of his generation on my then husband, his dad’s side was the apple of our eyes. Nothing could have prepared me or my family for the unimaginable that was to come which eventually led to the birth of my first official business ‘Kwame’s Health & Fitness Club(KHFC).’ What was supposed to be a day describing an amazing family fun site -seeing shopping and the beautiful adventure of my six-year-old Kwame, the glee in his eyes and steps as he tried to figure out the perfect plan as to how he could earn all the wonderful assortment, of Christmas toy, to the frolicking with his friends, later, reading to his adorable 5-month-old baby sister, chatting with his grandpa and driving to accomplished our regular Saturday evening routine of worship team practice, all ended abruptly with a cold spine paralyzing sound of shrieking brakes and machine on the human body., my son, sadly, he didn’t make it after the vehicular accident. What a cold and unexpected way for a loved one to pass on.
Kwame left us while I was just finishing my diploma in Fitness & Nutrition, so it was my way of celebrating his legacy by pushing through my pain to passionately pursue the dream of making the business of KHFC a reality. For me, it was not about the financial outcome but it was about the courage to get up, press on, and continue living to take care of my 5-month-old infant and husband. Kwame’s Health and Fitness Club was launched with a tiny group downstairs in my neighbor’s basement consisting of my husband, my sister, a couple of my students who I taught in public school, and my neighbor, We started with a simple health assessment and healthy meal plans and aerobics exercises. This went on until we got the opportunity to move to a family member’s stand-alone small house. I continued a full-time teaching career, while diligently building my business by showing up for the aerobics and nutrition sessions with my clients while mourning the loss of my beloved and taking care of my baby girl, husband, and myself until I decided I wanted to upscale by increasing my business services and location. That move was not successful and it eventually fell flat, resulting in not only financial but also emotional and mental strain on my family life. Immediately after a family friend contacted me to pursue a partnership in the starting of a state-of-the-art gym in our country, I accepted and plans began on the way for funding, etc, however, this too failed, and my business partner went on to start a completely different business on his own. I nursed my wounds and continued my process of healing and recovery, all the while sharing my skills in nutrition and fitness in my local church women’s group, my country’s community health initiatives, and my son’s schools. Unfortunately, my marriage couldn’t withstand all the pressure, and my childhood sweetheart, friend, husband, and relationship of over 17 years ended in a divorce. I went on to continue healing and recovery and later plunged into full-time university studies, raising my daughter and starting a new business, The workload was tremendous and I wasn’t coping well. I had to struggle to pay two rent, one for my living and the other for my business, I was constantly juggling and fighting for time and money. I was eventually faced with the tough decision of choosing between finishing my education which I valued tremendously and played a huge part in my identity and being able to cope or my Health and Wellness business at the time. I choose the latter. Being a Health and Wellness entrepreneur in my country was a novelty at the time and it was not easy doing business from home, nevertheless, I pushed through until I couldn’t anymore. I took the last bit of money the business made, paid a bit of my debt, booked a ticket to another country to take up a job, and continued in business. From my earnings, I was able to start a tiny nutrition club, that started well but demands were greater than supplies and the challenges led me to pivot quickly to change my business model which led me to where I am today. For me, it has been pure courage and determination to pursue a passion for helping people live their best lives, by releasing their full potential and living a life of joy, beauty, and fulfillment
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
The lesson I had to unlearn was that money did not determine my worth, nor define who I am and it was fine to be myself whether I had huge or tiny sums. This lesson came with a huge cost of giving away my power to people and allowing myself to spiral down by not enforcing my boundaries and entertaining value systems that were a far cry from who I am. as I transitioned from a full-time career to building a full-time brick and mortar business without loans, savings, little to no moral support and limited knowledge of what a business entails in the early 2000s. My self-esteem was shattered, penniless and homeless, at the time I felt like I had absolutely nothing. I forgot who I was, my previous accomplishments, and my giftings. My focus was mainly on the money I thought I didn’t have and my environment didn’t help any. I felt that this was what people were happy to know about and used it as a tool to keep me against me, rendering me powerless to fulfill or accomplish their desires. I lack the skills, at the time to assert myself and stand in my power. I had the persona of success, I was a success but I didn’t believe I was a success. I believed the lies of people who weren’t even close to achieving the things I’ve overcome and accomplished. I was always waiting for validation to move forward, feeling I was not worthy to do the things I did and I didn’t achieve anything. It was that belief that led me to rock bottom and it was from that rock bottom moment of emotional abuse, financial scarcity, feeling rejected, and wanting validation . I heard my inner voice saying “You and I are enough” and the earlier voice of a conversation with my daughter reminding me that we never have ‘nothing’, that we always had something I finally began to accept the truth of who and what I am, focus on the good in my life, seek and accept help and became unapologetic about myself and my success. I became my money and used my giftings to earn money in whichever positive formed it appeared with gratitude. I rewrote my story and my pain became the gateway to my prosperity.
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