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

Nadine, appreciate you joining 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.

Some find their purpose in desperation or inspiration, for me I feel like I have always operated from a place of desperation. Desperate to get out of depression, desperate to find purpose, desperate to find passion, desperate to be more financially sound, you name it I was desperate for it. As crazy as it may sound rock bottom has become one of my favorite places to be because the only way you can go is up, and I have to admit I’ve been there many times. In my health, my mental, my finances, my life! Sometimes we feel that the pain is to painful to move forward, but then you find this little flicker of light inside of you to give it another try, to not give up. Nadine means hope, and I have lived off of hope.. I share this because I want to speak to the person who is a little like me. My story hasn’t been easy, but even through the hard times Ive had a mustard seed of faith and I always believed that life will get better & it wasn’t all for nothing. When I started my business I was coming out of a dark time of life after losing my year old daughter due to a drunk driver. I became a mom to 2 other kids, a wife, and working as an insurance agent, but I was far from fulfilled. I decided to start working on myself physically with eating properly and nourishing my body. That step opened up a door to an entire business in the health and wellness industry. I have been able to use my story and relatability to help people all over the world. I believe that there are too many people faking the funk, and I use my real life experiences to let people know that even through the hurt, they can completely transform their own lives and change many peoples lives in the process. Most recently I became a single mom, and that came with its own set of challenges. I always say if I didn’t have the healthy mindset that I am my biggest project mind, body, and spirit I wouldn’t be where I am today. I get to wake up everyday in purpose, live out a passion, be present with my children. Even with challenges I have found myself, and I am always going for the next best version of me… and you should too!

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.

I silently watched a woman around my age in the health and wellness industry for 3 years. She seemed like an every day person that was getting amazing results, that I secretly wanted. She was relatable, and from my city. It wasn’t until she had a baby, and got to stay home with her and not miss one moment while creating an impact on others, that I decided I want to do this too. I was scared to dream too big, because I was scared of failure. I was doing the corporate career as the safe option, but I decided it was time to step out of comfort.

I reached out to her and she started to mentor me. She gave me a meal plan, work out plan, accountability, and advised what supplements I could use for my desired results. I started to share my journey through my Instagram that was at 300 followers of close family and people I knew. I went on to losing 30lbs in 6 months and 10 pants sizes within a year. People started to ask what I was doing, and when I told my mentor she said, “Nadine, you can create a business!” I thought to myself, Me? No, not me? but she assured me I could, and that I had nothing to lose and everything to gain. That little bit of encouragement changed my life forever. I started to offer coaching to my followers when it came to their health and wellness goals. I offered Body Transformation Challenges with a small payout to the best transformations. Before I knew it I grew my page to 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k, and now currently at 21k followers and I grew my business from there. My clients stories became a lot like mine, they got results, and then I taught them how to create a business out of it., Within 2 years I had left my corporate job. In year 3 we took this business and put it into a cafe setting selling Protein Drinks and Energizing Teas, which my team of total boss babes also did in different city and states. Not only were we helping people all over the world, but we became major pillars in our communities when it came to health and wellness.

Today those smaller Body Transformation Challenges we ran, are now paying out over $10,000 a month to 10 winners, and the goal is change 1 million lives when it comes to their health and wellness. I don’t want people to see wellness as a number on the scale, but as a daily task they GET to do, to better themselves. To feel whole. That no matter what they are facing in life, they have control because they are in control of themselves.

I take my work very seriously, and I work with people who are ready to go after what they desire. I ask my clients to be open with me about their lives, what they are facing, the highs and lows so I can guide them through their journey. It’s bigger than a meal plan, and work out plan. I also understand that some clients are on the fence, so I recently launched a Free 5 Day Body Slayer Challenge, where potential clients get to get a sneak peek into what its like working with me, so they can make a confident decision before investing their time and money with me.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Most recently I became a single mom after a 15 year relationship. Life as I knew it completely changed. We have two children together ages 12 and 9, I decided to choose myself and get out of a situation that no longer valued me, so I packed mine and my kids clothes and I left the life we knew and moved back into my parents 40 minutes from where we were building our life and where my storefront was. I had so many emotions and hurt running through me on a daily basis, I had to make the hard decision to close my storefront, and somehow I had to stay strong for kiddos. I felt like I had taken 10 steps back in life, and truthfully I felt like I had the word failure written across my forehead.

I wanted to give up on everything, because there was a big part of why I was doing what I was doing was for my family, and I wasn’t completely ready to face that I had to redirect my energy. There were a lot of changes that happen within our family in a very short period of time, and my focus went from helping clients and being this burst of inspiration to people, to needing to focus solely on my kids, our situation, and what our next move was. So many times I wanted to give up, owning a business seemed almost impossible.

I love my parents and forever grateful for them opening their home to my kids and I, but I had grown so much as a person that it was so hard for me to see myself back home. My kids and I shared one bedroom, and slept on a queen size bed for 11 months together. I had to show up to my store or social media to inspire others to want to work on themselves, all the while I was breaking to deeply inside. I didn’t want to show up, so many times between customers at the store I would sit in the stock room, and just cry. I wanted to crawl into a dark hole until this season passed. I don’t know your belief system, but I heard God tell me.. Get up Nadine, Get up & go create your life.

I am still navigating this season of life, but I am happy to say that I haven’t and will not be giving up. Since closing the store I have restored my presence on social media, my creativity is coming back to life. I have grown my customer base around the world. I realized that even though I had to close my store, that didn’t end my business, out of that one store many stores were opened, many peoples lives were changed, and it gave me everything I needed at that time in my life. Social media has always been faithful even with the constant changes in algorithms.

I don’t know if you can relate to a hard season in life, but what I have come to realize is that life will pull you back to a place where you can recreate your life the way its suppose to be, with experience, knowledge, and have the right people who deserve to benefit from your greatness, and it will rocket launch you exactly where you are destined to be.

People will leave you, turn on you, say mean things to you but you have to be so confident in who you are, that no matter what is happening around you, dont give up on what you know you are called to do. I’ll never forget being called a loser right before I left, that comment lives rent free in my head, but I also use it as motivation to prove to myself that I am far from it.

The last 15 months have been a rollercoaster, but the tears are almost non existent, the hurt has subsided, and I’m excited to embark on this next journey as Nadine Maldonado a mom of 2, your relatable online wellness coach & business mentor. Most importantly I’m proud I never gave up, because it has shown the two most important people in my life, my kids what resilience looks like.

Also we have moved out of my parents home, and we have a beautiful home to call our own, that was a huge goal I checked off, and we have many more we are in the process of achieving.

Training and knowledge matter of course, but beyond that what do you think matters most in terms of succeeding in your field?

You are your greatest project. If you are not growing as a human being, then you are slowly allowing all of your potential to die. My daily routine is pretty consistent on what I do to personally grow myself. Take care of my mind, body, and spirit.

Personal Development is key, learning a new skill or way of thinking. It is easy to get into stinking thinking, but personal development has helped me to get out of those negative mindsets and back on track. Jim Rohn is one of my favorite online mentors.

Nourishing and moving my body is extremely important to success, and it’s not just because I need to keep up a certain way of looking to sell my services. Honestly, through this divorce process I’ve gained a few pounds, and I’m ok with that cause I know that I am still giving my body the good stuff. Exercise is more than just a result for me, its therapy. I feel so mentally heavy when I don’t work out. Have you ever taken out your frustration on the squat rack or in a HIIT class. It’s a whole different level of working out.

Build your faith in what you believe in. For me its God, I remember when I opened up my first store front, and I would say to God, “I don’t know why you think I am qualified to do this, but if you are going to put me in it you are going pull me through it!” Right before my marriage ended, I asked God to take complete control of my life and to remove anything that wasn’t meant for me, to expose what I needed to see to get to the next stage of my life.. Well if you are going to ask be ready to receive. I have never felt truly alone in this journey because of the people God has placed in my life to walk with me. I sit with God everyday, I cry, pray, lament, thank, and plan with Him. Sarah Jakes Roberts is one of my favorite people to listen to, to understand God’s plan a little better.

I realize if I get lazy in one or many of these areas I am extremely off balance mentally, physically, and financially.

Contact Info:

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