Stories are incredibly powerful – their ability to teach, inspire, and create understanding is why we are so in love with storytelling. Most stories have a defining moment and so we’ve asked some of the most talented, insightful folks across a broad range of industries and markets to tell us about a defining moment in their story.
Amanda Villaveces
It may sound cliché, but the pandemic was certainly a defining moment in my career. I had started building my organization, Mental Health Lou, only a year or so prior to 2019 and assumed it would be something that gradually grew over time, since it was a side project and not my main job. Of course, in 2019 everything seemed to change. Professionally, I felt like I was thrown into the rapids; my private therapy practice was getting multiple requests daily for new clients and Mental Health Lou, Read more>>
Lyn-Dee Eldridge
Hello everyone! I am very humbled and honored to have previously been featured in Voyage MIA Trending Magazine two other times. I would like to start with where I left off in March, 2019. Please click on this link to catch up: http://voyagemia.com/interview/meet-lyn-dee-eldridge-happiness-jungle-llc/ Well, life sure did take another life changing turn and not just for me, but for all of us. We all had to figure out ways to adjust and reinvent ourselves. Read more>>
Cristy Mereles
Yes, early in my career I was working for a large organization that was providing therapy for children who were abused and neglected. I began to feel burned out and that the services I was providing were too little too late. I was pregnant at the time and made a promise to myself that when I came back from maternity leave I would do something that made a bigger impact on the lives I was working with. Read more>>
Pattie Freeman
I have been asked how I got started and what made me pick the choice of being a Hypnotherapist. In 1999 I was running my own business and I had a lot of lifestyle changes. Divorce, my mother passing and I trying to decide what I want to do in my life to make it more complete. I ended up going back to school finished my degree and also started working as a massage therapist. This brought me to sports helping athletes Being focused and getting in the zone. Read more>>
Pam Dunn
Most dreams are built on the shoulders of the people before, that built a dream. Such is the case for Your Infinite Life Training & Coaching Company and me, Pam Dunn. Bill Riedler founded Global Relationship Centers in 1975. In 1995, he became my mentor, teacher and guide through the challenging times I was experiencing all the way through to the fruition of MY dream. Bill taught thousands of us to rise up to the best version of ourselves, Read more>>
LETISHA ROYSTER
Between traditional nail school and advanced foot care training, I learned the nail industry inside out. I found there was a large segment of consumers, living with chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and other autoimmune conditions, who could not enjoy nail and foot care in standard salons due to the high risk of infections and complications from standard practices. My search for a passion became my discovery of a purpose. Since finding my purpose, I’m now on a mission to make nail and foot care inclusive again, while redefining what today’s nail spa has become. Read more>>
Brittney Witt
For me, a most defining moment in my career path was when self discovery and healing lead me back to my voice. I’ve been a licensed massage therapist for 11 years and a Reiki healer for 6. All my life I’ve seen the depth of things. My curious mind and yearning heart have always been my challenge but my gift in this life. I always have had the love to learn new things and to discover depths that haven’t been reached, especially about the things that bring me closer to my heart. Read more>>