Every once in a while, something happens that really matters. Something that will define at least the next chapter of your journey – perhaps it’s a conversation with a client, a meeting with a visionary or a major event in your personal life. Below, you’ll find some very insightful folks sharing defining moments from their journeys.
Mylira Green
There was undoubtedly a defining moment in my professional career, and as you read this, my desire is it inspires you to keep pressing on. In 2021, at the tender age of 27, I secured a high position as a Program Director for a prominent non-profit in my local area. I was entrusted with a community program that had pathed the way for so many others for twenty years but was now facing red. My task was to provide CPR to what appeared to be a dying program. Read more>>
Quintin Veasley
When I started Streets Calling Bike Club DC back in 2020 I had no idea the immediate impact that I made in the DMV community. I literally put a flyer in a group chat that I am apart of and 15 people came. The next week it doubled and the week after it tripled. It was amazing to see the impact. Read more>>
Skip Work
Ironically, my defining moment did not come to light until after my professional career was exterminated. My aha moment came to fruition after, “I fell into a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down and the flames went higher… and it burned, burned, burned.” Read more>>
Maurice F Martin
The moment that shifted the trajectory of my career was indeed one of the events that shifted the trajectory of my life. I woke up one morning thinking it would be an ordinary day. I logged onto my Facebook account and I had the worst experience a person can have. Read more>>
Jennifer Smith
I have had my license since 1999, however, after having children, I decided to take some time off work and focus on raising my two daughters. When they were older and more independent, I entered back into the workforce, eventually landing a job with a large insurance company in their psychiatry department. The hours were long and taxing and took a lot out of me. Read more>>
Elizabeth Kerrick
I discovered Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) while grieving after the sudden loss of my brother in December of 2000. During this difficult time, TCM led me to Shiatsu. I was was sent into the worst physical, and emotional pain. The grief was unrelenting and I realized that it cannot be rushed. Read more>>
Nazie Spurrier
In Feb 2020 I opened my wellness studio B’More Wellness Studio in Ellicott City, MD. My vision was a space for my psychotherapy practice and a space for other health, beauty and wellness practitioners to serve our clients. A little over a month later, the world shut down due to an unprecedented global pandemic. Read more>>
Breanna Nwakamma
2020 was a pivotal year for a lot of people. Having to stay at home could have either been a good thing or a bad thing for you. I just had my second child and was into my second year of teaching. I was overwhelmed with postpartum and too add, I had to figure out how to teach my classes via zoom with limited amount of resources. Read more>>
Gina Moffa
As a grief and trauma therapist, I was under water during the pandemic. Before Covid-19 came, there was a study done that estimated that 57% of Americans were currently experiencing grief. That means every other person you see is greiving–– and, yes, “is” grieving in the present tense; grief never truly goes away. Spring of 2020, Covid increased that number, bringing loss to millions more doorsteps. Read more>>
Caitlin Lipscomb
Before starting Physical Therapy school, I had only ever worked with kids — I was a nanny, I coached youth soccer camps, and I volunteered for various organizations assisting children with special needs. When I got into PT school, all I wanted to do was work as a pediatric Physical Therapist. Read more>>
Gina Schneider
My early career dream was to become a singer-songwriter. With no money for college, I worked and attended a community college. I took courses in music, drama, dance, and general education requirements. I auditioned for a working band and got a steady professional singing job in a nightclub. Read more>>
Erin Good
On February 20, 2022 I blew my left ACL and MCL while skiing. I am generally an object in perpetual motion, so the forced stillness was absolutely terrifying as I could no longer (literally) run from a lot of life stuff I had previously avoided through outdoor pursuits. Read more>>
Susanne McMurry
When the pandemic hit in 2020 I was working in corporate governance at a real estate investment company. As the world shut down and we were home 24/7 I began to realize the long hours and stress of Corporate America were not serving me. Read more>>
Anita Dereen
As many that in the wellness industry, I want to be a service to people that needed and we’re looking for a better way to deal with chronic pain. I started my career in 2013, and within two years I met Mr Jeff. He was a former military man with spinal and hip reconstruction and in spite of the intrathecal pump for pain. Read more>>