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.

Susan Hannifin MacNab

My career as a grief and trauma educator happened quite by accident. I had no intention of becoming immersed in the world of helping individuals heal from profound loss. I was completely content with my chosen profession. Twenty years of working as a teacher and social worker on behalf of children, youth, and families had been extremely fulfilling. But life has a way of shifting things. Sometimes the shifts are monumental. Sometimes they alter the course of life. Sometimes they propel one to take action. Read more>>

Laura Prentice

I had been attending births as a doula for a few years when I got the opportunity to work at a birth center in the Rio Grande Valley. I taught childbirth education, wrote grants, and attended births. Simultaneously, I was learning about autonomous, woman-centered birth outside the medical system, also known as freebirth. I got really excited about the number of women giving birth on their own terms and in the safety and comfort of their own homes. Read more>>

Rick Merritt

The Defining Moment If were to be honest, there are several defining moments in my life that lead me to the path of emotional and psychological wellness. I grew up in the 70”s in the southern state of Louisiana. I come from a close net family of dignified black men and women with a strong sense of cultural pride. We didn’t cross boundaries of cultural divides simply because there was no interest to at all. Read more>>

Joan Leafman

In 2012 my beautiful 27 year redheaded daughter was diagnosed with advance breast cancer. She valiantly fought this disease for three years but lost the battle. On January 2, 2015 my life changed forever. During her illness, when hope was low and reality was high, Corbin asked to be remembered by how she lived, not why she died. She was a true humanitarian. Read more>>

Sonali Kukreja

Everything happens for a reason. The job I was in, didn’t fulfill me. I knew I was not doing justice to it, and I had to get out of it. What happens then? Covid hit and all of us got furloughed. That was it. That was the moment, and I knew it was my sign. I didn’t know then what I was supposed to do next, but I knew that was the end of that chapter. Read more>>

Yoga Your Way LLC

The formation of Yoga Your Way has been a defining life changing journey for my partner Heather MacKay and me. Heather and I are about as different as two people can be on the outside. Heather is an experienced Yoga Practitioner who had practiced yoga for over 20 years when we met. I was a career executive and not very active. We bonded over our love for the water and giving back to people. Heather helped me on my yoga journey and she truly was the inspiration to get me to be the person I am today. Read more>>

tara jae

When looking at my career path, there were many times where I thought I was off the path and in the fields completely distracted with everything but what I thought I was supposed to be focused on. Back in the day, I was a curator within the arts field. Traveling to do shows that represented artists of color, lecturing in art classes nationally and internationally. Read more>>