We recently connected with Nneka “Nikki” Searcy-Lamisere and have shared our conversation below.
Nneka “Nikki”, appreciate you joining us today. Owning a business isn’t always glamorous and so most business owners we’ve connected with have shared that on tough days they sometimes wonder what it would have been like to have just had a regular job instead of all the responsibility of running a business. Have you ever felt that way?
I love being a business owner! Being the “boss” doesn’t come without challenges, but using my education, experience, gifts and talents to create an abundant life is extremely fulfilling. The best part of what I do is helping others when they schedule or shop with me. While “doing business” with Simply Natural, my clients and customers are actually investing in their positive health and well-being. We exchange energy, so everyone wins!
I worked a “regular” job for most of my adult life, however, I always knew that there was something bigger for me than a standard 9-5. My education and work opportunities have allowed me to gain a variety of experience that benefited me in many different environments. I’ve help positions as an administrative professional, high school teacher and youth counselor, but the best job I have ever had is working as a professional bartender and mixologist. I would never go back to an office job, and I have never stopped bartending. An exciting barroom setting occasionally becomes my “office”, and I actually enjoy going to “work” when I am booked for private functions.
When I first started Simply Natural For You, I still had to work other jobs to make ends meet. After 8+ years in business, I am thankful that I have built a solid clientele of loyal customers so that I don’t really think about having a regular job again. The freedom I have to make my own schedule, wake up when I want, take vacation when I want, take a day off when I want is priceless. Not only am I happier as a business owner, I don’t have the stress and anxiety I used to have when I worked for someone else. There is an unrealistic expectation that employees should give their all for companies who don’t give more than a consistent paycheck and a couple weeks vacation. I recognized that wasn’t for me, and it was up to me to create a life and lifestyle that catered to my best interests.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I entered into the realm of helping others heal themselves after taking myself and my family on a revolutionary journey of self-healing. I decided to do things completely different from everyone around me, including relatives and friends. There was something in my spirit that told me that if I didn’t make changes in my life, I would be headed down a path of repeating cycles I knew needed to be broken. I had to unlearn and relearn a new way of living. Once I got onto my path, I recognized my purpose and calling to “teach” others who want it for themselves. I started reading, learning, studying, and ultimately implementing new habits of affirming my body, mind and spirit, I began to practice and discipline myself according to those tenets. Now, I am fortunate to share that with people who are lead to me, ready to create a new path for themselves.
Simply Natural For You is a lifestyle that embodies cultural practices, natural resources, music & dance therapy, and a purposeful mindset. I share the resources I create with others and teach them how to take better care of themselves from head to toe. Simply Natural Miracle Mist and Royal Oil nurture and nourish hair & skin without the threat of harsh chemicals and ingredients. Simply Natural Fresh Organic Fruit juices are health-giving and taste delicious! Clients come to me for holistic services and products, and they always leave encouraged, inspired, and challenged to grow physically, mentally, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. It is a gratifying feeling because I get to be a consummate walking model of what I want to see in the world.
There is enough room for all of the healers and light workers, however there is only ONE Simply Natural For You, and I am the Creator of this movement that has reached far across the globe. I am most proud of setting the intention to spread my mission organically, and watching that intention manifest and multiply over any over. My motto and mission: “If there is something I have said or done that has helped you become better, please tell someone else.” Each day, I am in awe when I receive orders on my website from people I don’t know in places that I have never heard of. Sometimes I wonder who told them about me, and send a silent “thank you” to that person because that means someone else gets to experience the love and healing I mix in every bottle and jar.
I am extremely proud and honored by the testimonials from my clients and customers. To know that I have brought light and life to a place that may have been dark for them is surreal, amazing, and spiritually rewarding. They have all become walking models of positive energy, and they have helped me grow by continuously sending me referrals based on their results.
My brand is of the UTMOST importance to me, and I appreciate when clients and customers honor that by staying connected and true to the Simply Natural way of life. There’s no guess work because the resources that I create really work. When resources run out, there is no question, they’re coming back for the BEST thing that’s happened to them.
What’s been the best source of new clients for you?
My current clients and customers are the best source for new ones. I am a firm believer that people cannot share what I do if they don’t know what I do and haven’t experienced it first hand. Those who have actually used my product resources consistently can speak to the life changing effects it has had on them personally. They are constantly sending me referrals, which is how my business has grown tremendously in the last 8 years.
What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?
After experiencing emotional trauma as a child and physical abuse in my young adult life, I had to unlearn what I thought was “normal” in relationships isn’t healthy at all. Up until I decided to free myself, I thought that I had no choice in my happiness or my future. I had to unlearn that self care is a chore, and that living an abundant life is beyond reach for me. My familial and spiritual upbringing had me convinced that life is maneuvering between a series of stressful, unhappy, and self sacrificing moments. Reacting to life after traumatic events really took a toll on my spirit. Once I learned how to respond with a clear head and healed heart, life opened up in the most beautiful ways. Teaching my dance fitness class – Sexy Spicy Soca Jam – is what truly helped me connect with and clear those root traumas.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.simplynaturalforyou.com
- Instagram: simplynatural4u
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simplynaturalforyou