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.

Lynn Lessell

Thank you for asking. I’ve always been a caregiver, the kid that took care of her siblings, the one who was responsible for all the chores, and ultimately for everyone else’s happiness as I entered adulthood. That’s what I was taught. There were always expectations of me and denial to have any expectations of my own. Read more>>

Selina Ramirez

I had always been afraid of failing and not having the made the right decision to leave my career to pursue nutrition. I had gone through my graduate program, starting my business, and finally talking on clients. A defining moment was when I saw my first client succeed. To actually help someone and see them happy and healthy was truly a great moment. That was when I knew I had made the right decision. Read more>>

NiyeNinu White

At the age of 3 I told my mother that I was going to accomplish 3 things. 1. Marry me a European man, 2. Become a Doctor, & 3. Be a millionaire. Now, I don’t remember saying any of these things. Completely clueless in my adult life till one day I was having a conversation with my mother about my college career choices. She reminded me of my list of 3 things I wanted to accomplish. I was so shocked! Read more>>

Tristin-Storme Redpath

Growing up I was that kid with her asthma pump around her neck. I felt so powerless and like my fate was in Someone else’s hands. From when I was diagnosed with asthma the sexual abuse in my house had started too. When I was about 14, this secret that I had been keeping on my chest for ÷9 years was finally out. As heavy as it all was, I felt lighter, like a weight had been lifted off my chest. Read more>>

Kate Kali

When I was 14 years old, I had a spontaneous realization that forever changed my life. I realized that the body, when connected with the mind, could reveal and heal just about anything. This realization led me to begin studying energy healing all around the US and I began seeing clients when I was 16. I can’t quite explain it, but I was obsessed with what I called “accessing my true self” Read more>>

Brigitta Dau

We’ve all heard of the ‘ripple’ effect. I had the privilege of witnessing one in my early 30’s that solidified my decision to support people in becoming their best versions of themselves. I was a Pilates Instructor at a local boutique studio where we worked with groups of about 4 people at a time. I loved my clients and learned so much from them over the years. Read more>>

Shameka Green

I’ve had many defining moments in my life that were often overshadowed by trauma. I’m learning to lean more into my happiness and revisiting those impactful moments. My memory is shifting me back to the moment I was recognized on Bet Soul Train Awards for my work in the community under my nonprofit, Emma’s House Inc. Read more>>

Andrea Donsky

Share A Story on a Defining moment that led you to start Morphus. I was sitting in my family room one day with my husband and I was in tears over how many symptoms, and especially hot flashes I was having…one right after the other. They were debilitating. I looked him straight in the eyes and said: “I need to figure something out like, NOW, on how to manage these hot flashes because I can’t continue on like this.” Read more>>

Tyefia Miley

“Back in 2019 on my own personal fitness & lifestyle journey I came to realize the lack of available and affordable healthy meal options in my community. So the defining moment for me was when I was hungry one day living in Jersey City, NJ and I was tired and didnt feel like cooking after a long day and working out, so I got on Uber Eats and I noticed that the options available were either not my desired cuisine, or too expensive for my liking. Read more>>

Laura Kummerle

With the consistent content I was putting online while working full time in the physical therapy clinic treating patients, I had two other business reach out regarding contract work they needed within 2 weeks of each other. Both of these opportunities were things I could not say no to, and this was the defining moment when I realized I had to reduce my hours treating in the clinic to continue be able to grow my own business. Since then, I have slowly reduced my hours in the clinic to continue to be able to expand my services and programs offered. Read more>>

Nicole Hennessy

Often in life we have opportunities to learn from an experience that otherwise just paces us by. The universe has a way of being a constant educator and we miss so many of its lessons. As a mother and a Life Coach, I have learned to find little things in our life that become learning opportunities for my children. Somehow along the way of doing this I started to learn my own lessons. Read more>>

Dr. Clive Persaud

“Dr. Persaud, we’re ready for you!” A phrase every surgeon can’t wait to hear with their name for the first time. After many years of education, training and exams, hearing that phrase means it’s your time to shine. The operating room has been prepared, the patient is positioned appropriately on the OR table, and the only thing left is for the surgeon to enter and create their masterpiece. Read more>>

Justin Dunn

I was in a therapy session with a military service member here at my school. At the time, I had been wondering if I had made the right decision to move from Colorado to North Carolina, I knew I was supposed to be here, building my horsemanship school, and providing access to people that otherwise wouldn’t have it. During the therapeutic horsemanship session the service member revealed to me that he had been contemplating suicide. Read more>>

Anabel Quintanilla

June 2013 I moved in with my fiancée and the love of my life (literally! I had been in LOVE with him since 1989) and thought I’d hit the jackpot! I had been married twice before to men who turned out to be abusive in many ways and so I thought that life would be delicious as pie from this time forward. I was wrong. I didn’t realize how accustomed I was to struggling in life. Now that I was in what Marianne Williamson refers to as a “holy relationship,” with an abundance of love, understanding, support and encouragement, I DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FUNCTION. Read more>>

Lauren Senkbeil

My life changed drastically after the passing of my friend, Dr. Kwame Firempong. At this stage in my life I had to leave my job unexpectedly and was helping plan his funeral. I made the decision to move on from my lifelong journey in medicine and that I would move forward and work on my businesses. While assisting in planning Kwame’s funeral and being around his UCLA medical school classmates, I was bombarded with questions about why I was no longer pursuing medicine. Read more>>

Ranada Dalton

I’ve had several defining moments in my career. The first one that comes to mind is my decision to become a mental health therapist. When I initially went to college, I decided to be a double major of Pre-Med and Psychology. My intent was to become an OBGYN first and later in life become a mental health therapist. I had a biology class that I really struggled in. Read more>>

Regan Tilley

In the summer of 2020, in the height of the global pandemic, I left a job as an employed, salaried physician, and opened my own Direct Primary Care practice. At the time, I was working with a friend who was a nurse practitioner, and had been her collaborative physician for a little over a year. She had been helping me with what I needed to do to get up and running, as we had planned to work together. Read more>>