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

Alright, Nar thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Risk taking is something we’re really interested in and we’d love to hear the story of a risk you’ve taken.

The biggest risk I ever took was trusting myself to navigate life the way I did, despite the turbulence, the noise, and every obstacle thrown at me.

It was a risk because, honestly, what did I even know? Who was I to trust myself that deeply? Something in me chose to follow my own voice instead of the fears and projections of other people.

I didn’t know much back then. I can admit that. Yet, I always knew enough about myself to trust the decisions I made and that risk — choosing my own judgment over everyone else’s doubts — is the reason I’m here today.

Nar, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I always knew I wanted to be a coach. I just didn’t know the “industry-approved” way to enter the field — and honestly, I didn’t care for it. I didn’t want to follow a script or wait for permission. So I did what I do best: I built my own door.

I wrote my first book, The Boss of Me, as a declaration. It wasn’t just a book — it was my marketing strategy, my calling card, and my proof of concept. I wrote it with the intention of being hired for my coaching services, and it worked exactly the way I planned. A reader found it, resonated with it, reached out, and hired me in 2020. That moment officially launched my coaching career. That’s when Coach Nar stepped onto the scene.

My brand is built on clarity, honesty, and zero-excuse transformation. I help people get out of their own way — spiritually, emotionally, mentally, and practically. My clients come to me because they’re tired of dancing around their truth and ready to confront the patterns, fears, and stories that keep them stuck. I’m not the coach who comforts you into staying the same. I’m the one who tells you the thing you’ve been avoiding and then helps you rebuild from a place of alignment.

What sets me apart is simple: I lead with truth, not trends. I don’t coach from a script. I coach from lived experience, discernment, and a level of self-awareness that I had to earn the hard way. My work blends spiritual intelligence, emotional grit, and straight-line accountability. No fluff, no theatrics — just change you can feel in your life, not just your journal.

I’m most proud of the people who’ve trusted me to guide them — the ones who walked in overwhelmed or disconnected from themselves and walked out with a backbone, a vision, and a completely different relationship with their own potential.

What I want people to know about me and my brand is this:
I don’t create better versions of you.
I reveal the version you buried under fear, survival, and other people’s expectations.

That’s the heartbeat of my work, my writing, and every space I lead. Coach Nar isn’t a persona — she’s the part of me that refuses to let people live small.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

Resilience is my middle name. Just kidding, it’s Renee — but let’s not get distracted. What is resilience to me? Resilience is adaptability. And that, for the record, is my extremely profound trait: adaptability. I also have very thick skin and I endure experiences that test me, shape me, and lead me into the next version of myself — a version I don’t fight, I welcome with open arms, whether she’s soft, sharp, or somewhere in between. Resilience is not regretting who you’ve become, who you were forged to become, and still looking forward to who you’re going to be. It’s not about fighting the process. Resilience isn’t resistance, it’s restraint.

Now I know what you’re thinking… is she using ChatGPT to answer these questions? And the short answer is no. The long answer is I “hired” AI as my editor-in-chief. Big difference. I don’t ask robots for thoughts — I already have those. I just let it clean up the commas when I’m busy being brilliant. I’ve used Plus, I was a nerd before Silicon Valley made it trendy. English was my favorite subject in school. I’ve written three books so far on my own and I’ve self-published because I don’t need any permission — and resilience is knowing you don’t have to ask permission to be yourself.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

I was the owner of a high-end nail salon, while simultaneously drowning in severe marital problems — and, of course, my business was tanking right along with it. Which makes perfect sense now, but when you’re actually in the storm, you’re not out here analyzing root causes — you’re just looking for shelter. You’re thinking survival. Everything else becomes excess weight.

Those moments teach you how much unnecessary fat you’re carrying in your life — emotional, physical, financial, relational — and when push really comes to shove, the question becomes: what can you physically grab with two arms and take with you when you have to run?

I realized I was no longer effective in my marriage because there was no compromise. No team. No partnership. My family had abandoned me years before my marriage even fell apart, so by the time it did, I was already in full survival mode. And survival mode doesn’t negotiate — it moves.

So I made a decision. I sold my business at a loss in three days. Three. Days. No drama, no “maybe,” no closure ceremony. I just walked away. I left everything behind. Literally. I didn’t even take my laptop — left it right there in the salon. I grabbed clothes and my babies. That was it. Everything else got packed into a suitcase for me to pick up “later”… which, you already know, is code for never.

After that, I went straight into the cannabis industry. No transition period. No soft landing. Just me, instinct, and momentum. And that’s where I met my new husband… also named David. I know.

How much time do you have for this question…?

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