We were lucky to catch up with Stella Abril recently and have shared our conversation below.

Stella , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to have you retell us the story behind how you came up with the idea for your business, I think our audience would really enjoy hearing the backstory.

About 6 years ago, I dove head first into sustainable fashion. I became passionately obsessed with sharing the sustainable fashion movement and conscious consumerism. I started a podcast, created a nonprofit, and started a sustainable business coaching program. My focus was always on expanding the impact. As I journeyed through conscious consumerism, my focus shifted to consciousness all together. I found every opportunity to heal from within and then shared those healing practices with my children. I had a really hard time finding anything geared twards the entire family… Regardless, I pushed forward, sharing what I learned with my children. All the while, I kept asking myself “how can I make an even more significant impact?”. Every podcast interview, every conference, every campaign, all boiled down to this… In order to create consciousness in people, we need to heal. Sustainability is the default when we connect within.
From that point, I started brainstorming what might be the most impactful and most transformational healing process. It quickly hit me that although therapy is effective, if we combine the power of conscious healing (therapy) and subconscious healing (spiritual), it amplifies the transformation. And that’s how Sacred Roots was born.
As soon as the vision for Sacred Roots set in, I just started planning. I had never in my life felt more aligned with a vision. I resigned from my corporate position and dove head first into this assignment.
This was going to help get to the root of the lack of consciousness we are experiencing in the world. We would start with giving parents the tools they need to heal and consciously lead their children, and then we would work with kids to share the healing directly.
We launched our first online parenting program the last week in April and it has just been such a beautiful and inspiring journey so far. We are hosting our first Sacred Roots parenting support circle in Scottsdale, AZ in June and our first Sacred Seeds Healing Circles for kids in June as well.

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 been on my own personal healing journey for many years. I have experienced so many modalities of healing, including therapy, sound healing, reiki, breathwork, intentional touch, curanderismo and so many others. I had the honor of receiving mentoring from a local curandera, Paula Leeper. She taught me intentional touch and helped guide me into my own medicine.
We launched Sacred Roots Parenting program to provide a fully immersive and easily accessible program for families to have step by step guidance through healing. Parents learn the tools and mindset to experience freedom from trauma and break generational cycles through mindset and energy coaching, access to clinical therapy guidance and a number of other modalities.
We offer 1:1 private individual (adult/child) and family coaching, Group healing, and healing and support circles.
We welcome anyone who is open and ready to prioritize their healing and the future of their family.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

The end of March, I made the really tough decision to leave my corporate job and start Sacred Roots. It was one of the most terrifying decisions I have ever had to make. I had identified with the role I played in the corporate world for so long, I wasn’t quite sure who I would be without it. What I DID know without a shadow of doubt, was that this decision was the right next step for me. I felt the internal nudge that I was meant for more a while ago, but my body and mind did not fully accept the idea of releasing my job. I had emotionally attached myself to my role, my income and my status. It’s what the world tells us to do. Meanwhile, I felt this calling bubbling up and growing. The deeper I dove into discovering self, the louder the calling became. Until I couldn’t stuff it down any longer. I am constantly preaching to my children, the importance of knowing when to leave and allowing our inner knowing to guide us to true alignment, even if it’s scary. And there I was doing the exact opposite. My words didn’t align with my actions.
I had to take an honest look at what I was doing and really dive deep to figure out what came next. So I left. I didn’t know what would happen thereafter. All I knew, was that my body was telling me that the next step was to leave. So I did.
I have experienced cycles of scarcity and fear more times than I care to admit. I have to force myself to become still and tap into that inner knowing. When I do that, I know that this is exactly where I need to be.

Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?

BIG lesson this year! Unlearning the conditioning that we all receive as a child regarding being a successful adult. For a long time I equated success with my job and making a particular amount of money. I have really had to go back and heal the part of me that feels worthless without those things. A lot of my decisions were always driven by scarcity, I just never even thought about it enough to know it. I was who the world told me to be. I had a successful career. I busted my butt and showed up for work everyday. I was a model employee. I had enough money to live extremely comfortably. But I was stressed, sick and on the verge of burnout. I justified that as having a hustle mentality and good work ethic.
I really have had to go back and redefine “hustle” and work ethic. I still spiral from time to time, reaching back and grasping for my safety net.
I spend more time doing mindset and inner work than anything else because my body needs it.
I am focused on cultivating peace more than ever, as I have realized that peace is the mark of true success. It’s something I want to leave my children. It’s the new priority.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sacredroots_parenting/?hl=en
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stella.abril.1
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stella-abril-93138121/?trk=public_profile_browsemap

Image Credits
Michelle Perdue Photography