We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tanya Jane a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Tanya thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
My Mission is to help big dreamers & high achievers create extraordinary success, and level up in every area of their lives.
I truly believe that with the right mindset, and the right support anything is possible. This is why I created my mindset coaching company Elevate 88, which is focused on strengthening your mindset to achieve your goals at your highest level, and live the life you’ve always wanted.
The story behind my mission is my own personal journey of pursuing my big dreams. I’m originally from Sydney, Australia, and I moved to Los Angeles when I was 19 by myself, to pursue my childhood dreams of being a professional dancer, and I am so grateful to be able to say I got to live that dream for the past 11 years.
Through living the big dreamers lifestyle for nearly 12 years now, I know what it takes to turn dreams to reality. The courage, the faith, and unwavering belief in yourself, is all mindset, and this is why I am so passionate about my mission with Elevate 88.
Tanya, 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?
Ofcourse, my name is Tanya Jane, I am the CEO of Elevate 88, and I live in Los Angeles. I started my company in January of 2022, and built it to a 6 figure business within the first year, we are now a multi 6 figure business in less than 2 years.
How Elevate 88 came to be was because I went a long time believing that you had to struggle, hustle, and sacrifice if you want to achieve greatness.. so that’s exactly what my reality reflected back to me. Yes, I was living my dreams, but I was constantly anxious and overwhelmed, which led me to a point where something needed to change.. my mindset!!
In June of 2021 I invested in mindset coaches, and mentors to begin learning how to elevate my mindset to work for me, not against me, and my life changed fast!
I went from struggling to pay my $800/rent to driving a brand new Mercedes in 8 weeks… This was the beginning of my whole life leveling up!
Seeing how quickly my life evolved is why I am so passionate about what I do, and why I created Elevate 88.
My clients sign up to work with me for 2 main reasons. They are ready to level up in all areas of their life (career, relationships, money, and quality of life), or they have a very specific goal they are wanting to achieve by a certain time and we work on the mindset they need to make it happen… sometimes it’s for both reasons!
Everyone’s journey is so different, which keeps my job as their mindset coach really exciting. My clients all have different goals, and are all at different levels in life, but the one thing they have in common is how ready they are to give themselves the life they truly want, and it’s an honor to be a part of that journey with them!
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
Yes absolutely!
There are a lot of similarities in starting a business and pursuing the dance industry.. Both industries require 100% commitment, and 100% of your success is unknown..
You have to be a specific type of person to choose a lifestyle like that. This is the only life I’ve ever been interested in living, and these are the people I understand the most.
When I moved from Australia to Los Angeles at 19 to pursue my dreams, I did the move by myself, and had no family or friends here. It required me to create a life from scratch, figure everything out on my own, be resourceful, and extremely resilient. Now thinking back to that decision It sounds crazy to have done that, but in my opinion crazy is what creates magic ;)
Resiliency to me is being able to sustain your belief in yourself and your dream even in times of the unknown. The way I view the unknown now is with the perspective of Yes, I don’t know if it’s going to work out.. but also it could be better than I ever imagined.. and that’s a risk I’m willing to take ;)
I will always choose the riskier option because I prefer to have the POSSIBILITY of extraordinary, over certainty in mediocre.
The realm of the unknown was something I used to fear, and it’s now the realm I love to play in, coach in, and create in!
We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?
I love this question!!!
The BIGGEST lesson I had to unlearn especially being a high achiever who loves to see my hard work pay off was:
You could take all the action steps required to achieve your goals, and STILL NOT achieve your goal!.. Because it’s not ALL about what you do.
Your mindset and energy are fueling these actions. So if your mindset and energy is low, negative and frustrated, no amount of action can overcompensate for that. You will attract what you’re a match to, always.
So instead of making the focus what else can I ‘DO’, shift the focus to raising your belief and energy in your goal, and then go out and take all the action you want! If you do this, I can almost guarantee you’ll begin to experience life differently.
I speak a lot about this concept in my podcast ‘Big Dreamers Bible’, which is streaming on all podcast platforms if you are interested in diving deeper into your mindset to pursue big dreams at a high level.
For anyone who is at a point in your life where you know you’re not living at your fullest potential and are so ready to take your life to the next level, send me a DM on IG @thetanyajane as I would love to hear your story, and gift you with a free mindset masterclass to support you in this incredible journey to creating the life you truly want!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.thetanyajane.com/elevate88
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetanyajane/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/477365434131458/
- Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-jane-9486501b0
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Elevate88
- Other: Tiktok – https://www.tiktok.com/@thetanyajane Elevate 88 tiktok – https://www.tiktok.com/@itselevate88
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