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

Hi Patrina, thanks for joining us today. So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?

I am an alchemist. A perfect blend of upscale free spirit hippy and street smart, hip hop loving badass. I am a loyal, committed, high energy woman with a heart for service that is not afraid to lovingly kick your ass for your own good. I have established myself as an Abundance Activator, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, financial expert, educator, retreat host, podcaster, and over all Badass Bodacious Mom. I create sacred spaces to help women break the cycle of struggle, fear, and financial scarcity, and embody a life of pure abundance.

My work as an Abundance Activator and the creation of Pure Abundance retreat in Belize was inspired by my journey of healing after the passing of my husband to suicide in 2009 and finding out that I was pregnant with my 4th child the same day. I vividly remember feeling overwhelmed, stagnant, burnt out and broken at this time; I needed a retreat, a safe space, where I could break down and be held in community, get grounded and care for myself. This was the inspiration that led me to write my best selling book “Motherhood’s Not For Punks” and it is where the seed was planted to create a space for women to come during THEIR time of transition.

Since the Pure Abundance Retreat was founded in 2018, attendees have reported leaving the 6 day 5 night experience feeling re-energized, re-imagined, the most powerful and abundance version of themselves; we have curated a community for attendees to seamlessly transfer their renewed confidence, sense of self, and sacred self- care practices discovered in the retreat to continue in their daily lives. As a company, it is our mission to help women schedule and systemize putting themselves on their calendar consistently and making “sacred self-care” a priority.

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 have a two decade career history in the healing and performing arts. What I know is that women have been programmed to be selfless nurturers and put others needs before our own. They feel like they have to be superwoman and do it all alone when the truth is, we get to prioritize ourselves and we get to curate community.

A strong support community can make the difference between success and failure. Feelings of isolation or not feeling seen and heard can breed feelings of insecurity, depression, and hopelessness.

There is nothing more fulfilling than witnessing the women who attend my Pure Abundance Retreat in Belize arrive as individuals and depart as sisters. There is a recognition, empathy, and care that women have the ability to provide to each other that is medicine to our souls.

At Pure Abundance Inc we know that you can not create a life of abundance from the same environment that created an experience of struggle, fear, and/or scarcity. You must literally remove yourself from your environment and create the space to get grounded and care for yourself.

We believe that anything that’s scheduled and systemized gets done so we provide ease-full and consistent opportunities for women to put themselves on their calendar and make their “Sacred Self Care” a priority.
Attendees have reported leaving the retreat with a renewed confidence, sense of self, sacred self-care practices that they can leave and apply once they return home, and that they uphold better boundaries upon returning to their lives.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

The passing of my husband in 2009 was the hardest thing I’ve ever experienced because I had grown up in a family of single moms. I watched them struggle with a scarcity mindset due to financial hardship, heartbreak, and bearing the burden of doing everything alone. So I had no doubt that I could survive as a single mom. My deepest fear was whether or not I had what it took to thrive beyond my tragedy

Because of this I decided I would never marry or have children because I didn’t want to have my world rocked when it fell apart. But as fate would have it I fell in love and created the picket fence life that I never wanted but fell in love with once I had it.

So when my husband passed I experienced a range of emotions including anger and heartbreak, but the overwhelming feeling was vulnerability. I felt exposed! I felt insecure about my ability to handle the finances (even though we were in the financial business) and maintain the lifestyle that my children had become accustomed to. I felt unworthy because the man I loved and put all of my trust in chose to leave me and his children. It triggered my abandonment issues( that I thought I’d healed) from not having my father in my life.

These triggers shed light on the parts of myself that were unhealed, and I saw it as an invitation to lean into my pain and really do the work. So I divorced my scarcity mindset, put down my grief, fear, and insecurity and went on a healing journey.

Not knowing that along the way I would pick up unshakable faith, courage and clarity to create the 6 Step Wisdom System that would transform the lives of thousands of women over the next decade.

My dark night of the soul essentially became the catalyst to my purpose.

What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?

My reputation and the reputation of Pure Abundance Inc is rooted deeply in integrity, consistency, attention to detail, teamwork, and customer experience. My mission, message, and work ethic has remained the same over the last two decades.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://patrinawisdom.com/ and https://pureabundanceretreat.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/patrinawisdom/ and https://www.instagram.com/thepureabundanceretreat/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrinawisdom/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrina-wisdom/
• Twitter: https://www.twittwer.com/patrinawisdom/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/patrinawisdom
• Other: https://pureabundanceinc.start.page/

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Jennie Edwards Ann Landstrom Lea Prokopowicz