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.

Cassandra Herbert

Undoubtedly, a pivotal moment that altered the course of my professional journey occurred in my late twenties. At that time, I found myself entrenched in a cycle of unhealthy dietary habits, consumed by an insatiable craving for sugar. Read more>>

Libby Skolnik

I would say it was several small moments that culminated together. The First: I was in the hospital with my 2 day old newborn daughter after a beautiful but traumatic birth experience. Read more>>

Sonya Montoya

As many often do, I found myself in a place in life working in corporate america, living the life society deems appropriate feeling unsatisfied and out of place. Read more>>

Hope King

Reflecting on my path as a birth and postpartum doula, three significant moments have truly defined my career: Firstly, as a child, I was lucky to assist my grandmother, who was certified in early childhood education. Read more>>

Kristy Schena

I am a speech language pathologist. I was working in a local hospital and was responsible for doing my own insurance checks for outpatient pediatric therapy. Read more>>

Shaunta-Maé Alexander

My defining moment was when I had been paralyzed for two and a half months and became fed up with allowing my disabilities to hold me hostage of the life I knew I deserved. Read more>>

Jessica Garland

My entire life I have suffered from anxiety and depression. Throughout the years, I had used many different sources to help support my mental health. Read more>>

Melissa Winkler

The defining moment of my career was in May 2022 when I started my own private practice named Hyacinth Healing Center, PLLC. Read more>>

Ashley Ludman

The defining moment for me was actually catalyzed by the recession in 2009. I was the founder and co-owner of a yoga studio in Wilmington, NC. Read more>>

Jamil Rivers

My defining moment was a series of moments that crossed from my personal life into a new professional life. At age 39, I was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic breast cancer that had spread to my lungs, liver, and other places in my body. Read more>>

Faviela Parrilla

The defining moment for me was in 2017, when I came face to face with grief, when I look back at the time frame between 2015 and 2017, is when I can see that every level of my life was being towered at that moment. Read more>>

Satara Carr

My pivotal moment unfolded during my junior year of college’s spring semester. A year after Hurricane Katrina hit the panhandle, I was offered the internship of my dreams as an aspiring journalist/newscaster. Read more>>

Lekeya Lee

I faced challenges as a single mom, overcoming separation, and relocating to a new state while working mutiple jobs. Through my spritual journey, I found inner peace, incorporated daily practices like affirmations and journaling, leading to a more focused and postive life, both personally and professionally. Read more>>

DYSHEA UPSHAW

The defining moment in my life was: I was in my 9th year as a New Jersey State Correctional Officer and I was out on my 3rd or 4th suspension due to my documented stalker called up to SID and left an anonymous tip that I had a phone in an outside tower (all officers who worked outside towers took their phones with them, and it’s not a law stating officers can not have them, but it is frowned upon). Read more>>

Emily Edlynn

I hit a professional crossroads in 2016 when we moved our family of five from Denver to Chicago for my husband’s job. For ten years before that, I had worked in busy children’s hospitals as a psychologist on medical teams. Read more>>

Lisa Happ

Hello I am Certified Divorce Coach, Narcissistic Abuse Coach, and Brainspotting Therapist.  With a deep understanding of the complexities of divorce, narcissistic abuse, I provide compassionate support and guidance to help my clients reclaim their lives and thrive after divorce and narcissistic abuse. Read more>>

Hilary Burton

At the time of starting my practice, I had been a Pediatric Occupational Therapist for about 8 years. Working at an outpatient therapy clinic, I continued to see the same patients for the same things for years. Read more>>

Renee Jones

I was teaching high school, and I loved it, but there was something not quite in place — not that I could name it. I enjoyed talking about grammar, literature, and writing, but I most enjoyed talking with students about their lives and challenges. Read more>>

Andrew Viselli

May of 202. My marriage crumbled under betrayal, lack of communication, distrust, and resentment. I had 2 options. Get off the couch, and look in the mirror. Own my shit and make some changes, or DIE. Read more>>

Carrie Levine

The year was 2006 and at some unmentionable time, my pager sitting on my nightstand beeped. I felt irritated to have my sleep interrupted. Read more>>

Shir Eyal

I started dancing at the age of three. In high school, I majored in dance, and afterward, I continued my training at “the Jerusalem Dance and Music Academy” as a dancer and dance teacher. Read more>>

Katelynn Devinney

The defining moment for me was when my mom underwent a mastectomy to save her life. She was donated this zip up sweatshirt with pockets that another breast cancer survivor had sewn into the inside, to hold the drainage tubes that are put into place during recovery. Read more>>

Natacha Nelson

My life has had too many lessons to identify one situation. The single most important overall lesson is that Our Feelings & Emotions are our gift, a way for us to connect with Life. Read more>>

Brenda Wollenberg

My defining moment can in three “fork in the road” steps. 1) As a busy mid-20s year old social worker, involved primarily with adolescents falling between the cracks of the Ministries of Education, Attorney General, Mental Health and Family and Children’s Services, I was a very unwell social worker. Read more>>

Lacey Johnson

There are two. The first was four or so years ago when my daughter was 5 months old. I popped her into her bouncer and was preparing to mix her baby food when I received an acceptance from O, the Oprah Magazine (now Oprah Daily). Read more>>

Ricardo Johnson II

Through a host of very fortunate and well times events I found early professional success. That success, was candidly earned through the projection of my potential not a reflection of my ability and certainly not of my efforts. Read more>>

Adriane Pickering

There was definitely a defining moment in my career, honestly I believe I have had a few. I think my first defining moment was coming to the realization that I was that I had and gift and that, that gift could be used to help someone else. Read more>>

Sheryl Green

For many years, I ran a content writing company. When COVID hit, all of my clients disappeared on the same day! I pivoted, becoming a full-time employee of the animal rescue where I’d volunteered and been a board member. Read more>>

Leah Chester

In truth, the field of massage therapy is bursting with defining moments. More often than knot (pun intended), clients seek out the profession of massage for a variety of reasons; relaxation, decompression, feelings of despair, loss and confusion. Read more>>

Dorothy Tannahill-Moran

When I enrolled in my first Sound Therapist program it wasn’t to become a Sound Therapist. In fact, the idea of starting up another business as I was winding down my coaching business wasn’t something I was interested in. Read more>>

Alyson Mcwilliams

One of the most defining moments for me was when I realized I am not my story. I am not the little girl with the learning disability that can’t be taught. When I finally let go of that.. everything changed. Read more>>

Melissa Linder

The defining moment struck unexpectedly in my mid-40s, shortly after earning my Master’s in Healthcare Administration (MHA). Read more>>

Trudi Roscouet

In 2010 I changed my career direction – one from the 9-5 financial sector to the fitness industry. I went to the UK to qualify as a Level 3 PT on a 3 week residential course. Read more>>