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

Stacy, appreciate you joining us today. Can you share a customer success story with us?

Prior to working with me, one of my clients was struggling with her mental health. At that time, she was feeling depressed, and frustrated with life and the individuals in it. She’d even had thoughts of suicide and wanted everything to end. And, unfortunately, she never took her mental health seriously because of her fear of being judged, which allowed her negative thoughts and emotions to consume her life. My client was hiding the woman, the mother, and the wife that I was capable of becoming.

And after working with me for just three months, she became a completely different woman. She implemented the tools, techniques, and strategies that I provided to help her move forward successfully and combat her negative thoughts and emotions. Her level of awareness increased which allowed her to understand where her frustrations and anxiety stemmed from. She was now more willing to ask for help now to ensure that she made herself a priority, so she could show up as the best version of herself for her children, her family, and her husband, but most of all…for herself.

Today, she is taking her mental health more seriously which benefits not only herself but those who come in contact with her as well.

She provided the following feedback…”I couldn’t ask or continue to pray for a better blessing because my mind, my emotions, and my thoughts are nowhere near where they were three months ago. You were flexible with scheduling when I had issues come up and you were so pleasant and understanding. You were stern with me and had expectations for me to succeed, but you were never unapproachable or made me feel anything less than great. Also thank you so much for cheering me on and letting me know that I was doing a great job and making progress… that meant a lot and motivated me to keep going. You have gained a place in my heart and definitely, my mind, and I will always remember what a great experience this program was and how much of a better woman, mother, and wife I am.”

Stacy, 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?

Hi, I’m Stacy S. Crawley, a Motivational Speaker, Empowerment Coach, mom of four beautiful little girls, and domestic violence survivor. And I help purpose-driven women reclaim their power, ignite their confidence, and boldly share their unique gifts with the world.

Since the age of 12, I’ve always known that I wanted to be a Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, and Author (which I’m currently working on). It was just something in me that I knew early on that I wanted to serve others and inspire them to become the best version of themselves by using my gifts, talents, knowledge, and personal experiences.

And becoming a mom gave me more motivation to go after my dreams and walk in my purpose because I wanted to show my girls what’s possible for them. I wanted to be the example that they could glean from.

So, in 2019, I started my business, Ignite Her Purpose, LLC . As a Motivational Speaker and Empowerment Coach, I equip my clients and audiences alike with motivational tips, tools, and actionable strategies to ensure they take immediate steps toward living a life full of joy, happiness, fulfillment, and purpose through my private 1:1 coaching services.

Through my coaching services, I help my clients discover and overcome their limiting beliefs, release past trauma, transform their mindset, set and achieve their goals, ignite their confidence, step into their power and fearlessly walk in their purpose.

As a business owner, I’m most proud of being able to help others and inspire them to be who God’s called and created them to be.

Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?

While growing up, I experienced a lot of bullying from friends and family members. I was taunted about my weight, my appearance, how I spoke, and my personality. Going through this really broke me. I became self-conscious, my self-esteem suffered and I lacked confidence. Unfortunately, these past experiences followed me into adulthood. I questioned everything I did, became an overthinker, and didn’t believe in myself.

So, when I started my business, these experiences crept right back up. I had self-doubt, didn’t feel good enough, had imposter syndrome and my negative thoughts and emotions were having a field day. Until one day, I decided that I could no longer continue carrying around the burdens from my past. I realized that not only was it weighing me down, but it was also stopping me from walking into the fullness and abundance God has for me.

With that, I sought help from a therapist who helped me to uncover and overcome my past trauma and negative experiences. I had to do the work to retrain and transform my mindset to see myself the way God sees me. Therefore, I became very intentional affirming myself daily, speaking positively about my life and the things I wanted to happen for me personally and professionally. I began to read books that elevated my thoughts and emotions. Now, I’m saying that I don’t have negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, or self-doubt anymore, (because we all do from time to time), but I now have the tips, tools, and strategies to combat them.

I look in the mirror every day and am so proud of the work I’ve done because now I can truly say that I love everything about me.

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

The biggest lesson I had to unlearn was “perfection is key.” As an overachiever, I’ve always prided myself on getting good grades, being the best at everything I set out to do, and just having things come easy to me. However, as I’ve grown and matured, I’ve realized that perfection should not be the goal. My pursuit of perfection has kept me from doing a lot of things in life, both personally and professionally. I’ve experienced “analysis paralysis” on more occasions than I’d like to admit. But, today, I’m so glad that I’ve done the work to release the need for perfection and just give it my best because what I’ve learned is that my best will always be good enough.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://stacyscrawley.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stacyscrawley
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stacyscrawley
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacyscrawley
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/stacyscrawley

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Ronald McCray