We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Misty Lucas. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Misty below.

Misty , appreciate you joining us today. Was there a defining moment in your professional career? A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?

I had spent almost two decades in the legal world, hustling in a system built on logic, deadlines, and emotional disconnection none of which left room for my own intuitive power, let alone a powerful nervous system. I was trained to override my body’s signals. Trained to keep going. Trained to succeed in spite of the pain. And so, like many high-achieving women, I did.

Until my body said, I’m out…

I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in my 30s. But let’s be clear: that diagnosis wasn’t the beginning of anything it was the consequence. The real beginning was when I realized I had no damn idea how to listen to myself. Not my body, not my heart, not my intuition. I had abandoned all of it in the name of success, survival, and being the strong one.

That wake-up call cracked me open.

And right in the midst of the pain, betrayal, burnout, and grief I remembered myself.

That was the pivot. The point where I stopped looking for answers in spreadsheets and started sourcing them from spirit, soul, and somatic wisdom. I retrained, reimagined, and rebuilt. I stepped away from the legal field that never fulfilled me and started guiding other women to remember who they are beneath the noise and reconnect to their own body and wisdom.

The wisdom?

Pain is a portal.

I learned your body is not the obstacle it’s the oracle. And the moment you stop outsourcing your power is the moment your life actually begins.

Now, I lead women especially the ones who look like they have it all back to themselves. Not to fix them, but to witness them in their wholeness. To remind them that calm is not the absence of pressure, it’s the presence of power.

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

I’m Misty Lucas. Holistic life coach. Somatic guide. Nervous system whisperer. Former Paralegal to burnout disruptor.

I spent nearly two decades in law a world that taught me how to grind, please, produce, and override every gut instinct I had in service of success. And I was successful…on paper. But under the surface? I was exhausted, disconnected from my body, numbing with wine at night, carrying the weight of everyone else’s needs, and convinced it was just the cost of being a strong woman in a man’s world.

Until my body said: Enough.

A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis cracked my life wide open. It forced me to slow down, tune in, and start listening to the wisdom I’d been bulldozing for years. That moment equal parts terrifying and Divine was the catalyst for the deep inner healing work I now guide other women through.

What do I do now?

I help high-achieving women in leadership coaches, lawyers, creatives, change-makers break the cycle of people-pleasing, perfectionism, and patriarchal pressure. I guide them back to their own inner knowing through a blend of:

Nervous system regulation

Somatic and embodiment practices

Deep mindset reprogramming

Intuitive coaching

And straight-up truth-telling (with love)

No more outsourcing power. No more proving. No more burning out.

What do I offer?

Rooted Daily Guidance – Telegram-based audio support for the woman who doesn’t need another damn to-do list. She needs grounding, reflection, and reminders of her own brilliance.

1:1 Coaching – A space for leaders to be held deeply, meet their edges, and grow beyond what’s been keeping them small.

Group Programs + Retreats – For women ready to rise together and reclaim their truth in community.

Somatic Services + Women’s Circles online and in person for those in Nova Scotia who want to reconnect to body, breath, and the Divine.

The problems I solve?

It’s not about fixing women, they are not broken. It’s about helping them remember who they were before the world told them who to be. I work with women who look like they have it all together but secretly feel untethered, overwhelmed, or resentful. They’re craving peace but don’t know how to stop performing. I help them reclaim their energy, worth, and leadership from the inside out.

What sets me apart?

I’ve lived this. I’m not speaking from theory I’m speaking from the trenches. From the boardrooms and the breakups. From the chronic pain and the spiritual awakenings. From the truth that transformation isn’t always pretty, but it is powerful.

I don’t believe in surface-level mindset hacks or spiritual bypassing. I believe in holding space and challenging patterns. I blend structure with soul. Strategy with surrender. I don’t coddle, but I do care deeply.

What I’m most proud of?

That I built a business rooted in integrity, depth, and wild truth. That my work actually changes lives. That women leave my programs not just calmer but more powerful, more connected, and more aligned with who they really are.

What I want people to know?

This isn’t just coaching. It’s a reclamation.

This isn’t about becoming someone new it’s about returning to the woman they have always been.

I’m not here to rescue women. I’m here to walk beside them as they rise.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

That my worth was tied to how much I could hold or do for other people.

Growing up, I was quickly initiated into the role of caretaker. My mother lived with schizophrenia, my father had MS, and by the time I was five, they had divorced. There was no childhood pause button. I learned to be quiet and the unspoken rule was be useful or be invisible.

I became the one who made things okay. The one who held space, cleaned up messes, translated chaos into calm. And somewhere in all of that survival, I built an identity around being needed.

That pattern followed me into adulthood like a shadow. I attracted relationships, friendships, and eventually a career in law where over-responsibility was rewarded and expected. I was praised for my capacity and always ready to take more on. And I kept feeding that story: If I just do more, hold more, care more… maybe I’ll finally feel enough.

But the truth? It was killing me emotionally, physically, and I was disconnected spiritually.

The real healing began when I realized I had nothing left to prove. That my value wasn’t in what I could do, but in who I am. That my worth is infinite, inherent, and doesn’t need to be earned through self-abandonment. In much clearer terms it was when I set boundaries in alignment with my core values.

Unlearning that belief has been the most painful and powerful process of my life. It’s a daily devotion to choosing myself, to feeling worthy without saving anyone, and to allowing space for rest, joy, and simply being.

What’s been the most effective strategy for growing your clientele?

The most effective strategy I’ve used to grow my clientele?

Being in service genuinely.

I don’t chase clients. I connect with women. I meet them where they’re at with presence, not performance. I hold space. I listen. I support. Whether it’s through a free Telegram drop, a conversation in the DMs, or someone quietly following me for months before they reach out my strategy is to be in my work every day, not just sell it.

When a woman feels truly seen, she knows if she’s meant to work with me. There’s no convincing. No manipulating. Just resonance.

And from that space, the relationship builds. I’m not trying to create a pipeline I’m building a community rooted in trust, integrity, and shared truth. I don’t want hundreds of women in my spaces if they’re not aligned. I want the right women the ones who feel the pull, who know it’s time, who are ready to come home to themselves.

That’s the real strategy: show up, serve with soul, and trust that the right people will find their way in. And they do. Every time.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.mistylucaswellness.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iam.mistylucas/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/misty-lee-lucas/