Game Changer Interview: Hillary Dahl

Game Changer Interview: Hillary Dahl

Name of Your Business

HD Design.

How Does Your Work Enable You to Connect to and Fulfill Your Life Purpose/Passion?

The purpose of most of what I do is to reconnecting to the true and whole self. It helps fulfill my life purpose by helping others overcome their inner critic, limiting beliefs, and reclaiming your true self.

Who Is Your Ideal Client and Why?

My ideal client is someone that feels ready for change, but runs into repeating and false starts. My ideal clients gets in their head a lot but knows deep down how to motivate. My ideal clients desires to grow, wants direction but desires to do the work on their own but needs a map to get themselves there. They are my ideal client because they are a like my past self. Someone that was fed up with the fad and dazzle dazzle of the woo talk. Someone that just needed a practical and grounded way to see their issues differently. My client wants to break the cycle from their old self into their authentic self.

What Unique Offerings Do You Provide?

I provide insightful and heart felt guidance to help you navigate your situation or circumstance to find peace. I can dive deep through my modalities of energy work by reading your energy, clearly seeing the situation for what it is and helping you gain perspective to all our soul and system to feel free. However you decide to work with me whether through reiki, yoga or life coaching I will guide your energy to release in a safe and practical way to help you see things clearly. This allows you to have major break throughs where you will begin to notice your life transforming into the life you’ve always desired.

Who Was Your Role Model Growing Up? How Did That Person’s Actions Impact You?

I only started growing up as an adult in my 20’s. After years of living in a negative mindset, dealing with abusive relationships, and navigating my world from the understanding of being an adult child of an alcoholic that there was no more room in my life to suffer anymore. The day I learnt how to take a personal inventory of my mindset, observing my patterns, habits and hang ups that I decided to claim my power back. When I began to empower myself to see and experience peace, I learned how to take my stories and learn differently. Not only that to empower my mindset from the “I am not enough” to the “I am enough!” Everything changed for the better once I learned how to see myself and life differently which turned around into changing my life to take tremendous leaps. My role models are my child, who I had at 20 left me to push myself from poverty to a highly evolve me into a profitable business owner. They impacted my life to see the truth of who I was, who I came from and what I was carrying and attracting in to my life. I pushed myself through the direction that I wasn’t going to fall anymore that I was made to rise.

Favorite Place to Escape and Refuel?

I enjoy hiking in the woods, where I meditate and relax.

Top 3 Ways to Treat Yourself to Self-Care?

1. I take photos.
2. I garden.
3. I hike.

How Do You Express Yourself Creatively?

I take photos that I feel are divinely inspired by spirit.

Last Memorable Book You Read and Why?

The most memoriable book that I love is Rich as F*ck, by Amanda Frances. I enjoy this book cause it very much transformed my relationship with money. I also enjoy alot of other books but that one is currently my favorite.

Favorite Movie and Why?

My favorite movie is “What Dream’s May Come” because there is also a beautiful story with finding yourself to finding love and devotion.

“Go to” Quote or Mantra that Grounds You?

Give it to God is my go to quote.

Accomplishment Are You Most Proud of?

I am certainly proud of myself for alway pushing to find the best life for me and my child. One where we can peacefully and happily be in the present together.

Best Lesson Learned in Life So Far?

The best lesson I had that I only can control myself, and everything else just goes to God.

Advice to Younger Self?

That I am always here for you, even when you think I am not. You are doing great things, and I am so proud of you.

What Do You Love Best About Yourself (physical trait or personality characteristic) and Why?

I love my honesty and my smile.

Any Advice for Women Considering Joining the SheBreathes Collaborative?

It will be the best opportunity to gift you the life where the dreams you have come true.

Any Message You Have for Our Community?

You are never alone, for we’re always ready.

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Game Changer Interview: Erin Stephenson

Game Changer Interview: Erin Stephenson

Name of Your Business

Wellness for You.

How Does Your Work Enable You to Connect to and Fulfill Your Life Purpose/Passion?

I have always been drawn to helping others. Health and wellness has always been an integral part of my life. I have been teaching in the world of fitness for over 30 years. I currently teach a wide variety of fitness classes at many different venues. From Total Body Burn classes to yoga. I host yoga and meditation workshops, and I try to inspire others to reach optimal health both body and mind. Healthy is a lifestyle. As a certified Health Coach, I am able to help my clients with the importance of nutrition and exercise.

Who Is Your Ideal Client and Why?

I have worked with young children up to seniors. Anyone trying to grow in their fitness, health and mindset skills. It is my goal to help people reach optimal health both with their body and mind.

What Unique Offerings Do You Provide?

One on one consultation, hands on healing, the power of touch, and proper form and technique skills are developed with each client. With positive energy both mentally and physically the world can be your oyster. I love to inspire others to be the best version of themselves, wherever they are in life, no matter the obstacles that are before them. Teaching others the importance of self love and self care.

Who Was Your Role Model Growing Up? How Did That Person’s Actions Impact You?

My Grandmother was always my role model. She was always happy, content, and she saw the glass half full. She taught me so many valuable lessons in life, the importance of keeping life simple. To laugh, sing, dance, and to make the very most of each day. To live within your means, and to fall in love with nature. All of which I value deeply today.

Favorite Place to Escape and Refuel?

The beach.

Top 3 Ways to Treat Yourself to Self-Care?

1. Eat healthy.
2. Daily exercise.
3. Protect and cherish both body and mind.

How Do You Express Yourself Creatively?

I love to write. I write meditations, poems, and have started writing a book.

Last Memorable Book You Read and Why?

The Secret ~ reminds me of the power of our thoughts.

Favorite Movie and Why?

The Notebook ~ I love a great love story.

“Go to” Quote or Mantra that Grounds You?

Smile your way through everything!

Accomplishment Are You Most Proud of?

Being a mother.

Best Lesson Learned in Life So Far?

Trust in God.

Advice to Younger Self?

Learn to slow down, enjoy the little things as they will someday become the bigger things.

What Do You Love Best About Yourself (physical trait or personality characteristic) and Why?

My kind and thoughtful heart. I have brightened many lives along the way.

Any Advice for Women Considering Joining the SheBreathes Collaborative?

It is such a beautiful environment where women are supporting each other. Lifting each other up, and collaborative connections are formed through each event.

Any Message You Have for Our Community?

I am very excited to grow, to learn, to continue to inspire others in this community. So thankful to have found We Breathe Wellness.

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Game Changer Interview: Jacqueline Davis

Game Changer Interview: Jacqueline Davis

Name of Your Business

Spiritual intuitive Jacqueline.

How Does Your Work Enable You to Connect to and Fulfill Your Life Purpose/Passion?

Healing allows me to connect with people and help them with whatever capacity I can.

Who Is Your Ideal Client and Why?

Anyone and everyone that can use time for themselves to relax or need a safe and loving space to release whatever is going on.

What Unique Offerings Do You Provide?

I consider myself an energy bloodhound I can smell it, taste it feel it whether dead or alive most of the time I know how to get it moving and I’m extremely intuitive as a multi Clair.

Who Was Your Role Model Growing Up? How Did That Person’s Actions Impact You?

I was very lucky to be raised by very strong independent women all who left a deep impact on me.

Favorite Place to Escape and Refuel?.

The Arnold arboretum and any place Caribbean island.

Top 3 Ways to Treat Yourself to Self-Care?

1. Nature walk to talk to trees.
2. Cruise vacations.
3. Dancing.

How Do You Express Yourself Creatively?

Baking while dancing to music.

Last Memorable Book You Read and Why?

Actually an audiobook called Women who run with wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes.

Favorite Movie and Why?

The Help, it’s everything I love in movies.

“Go to” Quote or Mantra that Grounds You?

I am at peace and I can conquer everything I want .

Accomplishment Are You Most Proud of?

Being alive and being able to smile.

Best Lesson Learned in Life So Far?

I am a badass goddess.

Advice to Younger Self?

You will be ok.

What Do You Love Best About Yourself (physical trait or personality characteristic) and Why?

My ability to be nice to everyone.

Any Advice for Women Considering Joining the SheBreathes Collaborative?

Give it a chance and really talk to people.

Any Message You Have for Our Community?

I love this group, I love being around goddesses and people who are positive. I’m so grateful for everyone that I have met.

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Game Changer Interview: Laura MacDougall

Game Changer Interview: Laura MacDougall

Name of Your Business

The Wanderlust Table

How Does Your Work Enable You to Connect to and Fulfill Your Life Purpose/Passion?

Three words – Food. Flavor. Fun. As a personal chef, I can impact the lives of my clients through good nutrition, flavorful foods and taking a weight off their shoulders when it comes to meals. This nurtures my need to help people, make a difference in someone’s life, and use the talent I was born with. I have always loved to cook, but need variety in my life. Being a personal chef is the perfect job for me.

Who Is Your Ideal Client and Why?

Couples, singles retirees in search of healthy, delicious, health conscious meals with a focus on flavor, variety and color. Overwhelmed by life’s demands, bored of cooking, or simply lacking the knowledge to mix things up, my job is to take this stress for you, providing great meals, full service and bold flavor. Same goes for those who like to entertain, but don’t want to do the cooking. Enjoy your party, don’t be tied to the kitchen or grill. Adventurous eaters welcome!

What Unique Offerings Do You Provide?

Customized meals that are fresh, delivered (or prepared in home), and created from a place of expertise, love and variety. Explore the world at your own dinner table, whether the every day dinners or formal celebrations and causal backyard party. I can handle most special diets and have become fluent in substitutions to fit GF, DF, vegan, paleo, keto and other lifestyle needs. We work together to find the right fit for you, no cookie cutter menus or big chef egos here.

Who Was Your Role Model Growing Up? How Did That Person’s Actions Impact You?

My parents, my Aunt Vi who could feed an army from the tiniest kitchen. My parents taught me the whys and the no fear of being in the kitchen, as well as the never give up attitude, work hard ethics, and be kind to people quietly. Professionalism, humility and “keep going when its hard” in life will get you far.

Favorite Place to Escape and Refuel?

Anywhere away from home, filled with great food options, beautiful scenery and a calmer slower pace.

Top 3 Ways to Treat Yourself to Self-Care?

1. Gym
2. Massage
3. Pedicures

How Do You Express Yourself Creatively?

Certainly through my food! I am a terrible artist and can’t sing.

Last Memorable Book You Read and Why?

Mary Queen of Scots because for someone who isn’t big into history, her story stuck with me even years later. Her commitment to her beliefs despite great odds, her kindness to all people, and her duty to the crown made her strong, but still with a little vulnerability to those close to her.

Favorite Movie and Why?

Bird Cage as even today with 20 views already it still makes me laugh.

“Go to” Quote or Mantra that Grounds You?

Not classy but “Suck it up buttercup” because it reminds me to laugh, not take things too seriously, and to get over myself, take a breath, and figure out how to get going again. That and “Pull up your big girl panties” I have always been a tough love to myself, but the humor in these phrases takes the edge off. They are ridiculous, but effective.

Accomplishment Are You Most Proud of?

Starting and maintaining a business with no business experience. I have always worked in corporate America, so leaving that behind to take a chance on my passion in life was scary. But 15 years later, still rewarding.

Best Lesson Learned in Life So Far?

Don’t worry what others think, be true to yourself. Be the dream, the reality will catch up.

Advice to Younger Self?

Believe in yourself, go after what you want, and everyone has their own baggage.

What Do You Love Best About Yourself (physical trait or personality characteristic) and Why?

Inner strength with outer kindness and empathy. I love that my eyes change colors based on my mood.

Any Advice for Women Considering Joining the SheBreathes Collaborative?

When you are tired of the business of networking, come check out a different way to connect to others, find support amongst women and learn about so many alternative ways of looking at life.

Any Message You Have for Our Community?

Thank you for accepting me into your group, and for the support and kind words from the dinners I have done, and the encouragement for my rebranding.

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Game Changer Interview: Maureen Dermody

Game Changer Interview: Maureen Dermody

Name of Your Business

Maureen Dermody Chopra Certified Wellness Coach.

How Does Your Work Enable You to Connect to and Fulfill Your Life Purpose/Passion?

When I retired at the beginning of the pandemic, I developed stress to the point of insomnia and digestive issues. I received an invite to join a zoom meeting with the Chopra Institute. I decided to go to the Chopra Institute and studied to become an Ayurvedic Health Teacher, Primordial Sound Meditation Teacher, and Chopra Wellness Coach. The work I did on myself with my Chopra Mentors during the programs was transformative. My new life of Ayurvedic health and meditation keeps me grounded, graceful and happy every day. When I’m out of balance and don’t feel this way, I now have the tools to get back to being balanced.

Who Is Your Ideal Client and Why?

A person that finds themselves not feeling like themselves due to digestive issues, insomnia, sluggishness, or unmotivated. The reason is usually what they are taking in to nourish themselves.

What Unique Offerings Do You Provide?

The Perfect Health: Ayurvedic Lifestyle program $450

This is done in three 1-hour sessions and will provide you with the basic principles of Ayurveda as well as the three primary mind-body personalities: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha. Learn how to select the most nourishing foods for your mind-body personality to maintain vibrant health, appropriate weight, and optimize digestion. Learn to practice conscious communication to enhance your relationships and help you to achieve emotional freedom. And finally, I’ll teach you to use your senses to access the power of your body’s inner pharmacy to heal, nourish, and maintain balance.

Chopra Coaching ten 1-hour sessions $1500

As a Chopra Coach I will guide you to a happy and balanced life. Through the Chopra Coaching process, you will experience deep transformation, healing, and greater self-knowledge, resulting in more joyful living. The foundation of the Chopra Coaching model is rooted in Vedic philosophy, coupled with evidence based best practices from coaching psychology. We will start with determining your mind-body personality or dosha.

My understanding of a person’s unique nature and current imbalances allows me to be more present and attentive to each client’s individual needs. I can use this knowledge to be flexible from client to client. I know how to best communicate with each client, and how to consider their dosha type while listening to and communicating with them.

I understand that through meditation all things are possible, and I will help my clients to cultivate a meditation practice or resume one if they’ve tapered off. I will obtain their individual Primordial Sound mantra, perform the Primordial Sound mantra ceremony, and teach them how to use their mantra.

The four cornerstones of the Chopra coaching model are unique exercises. These exercises will help my clients get to the core of their being. They’re essential tools to help facilitate change and align with dharma or your life purpose.

Who Was Your Role Model Growing Up? How Did That Person’s Actions Impact You?

My mother was my role model and still is. She was ahead of her time and practiced mindfulness every day. Her inner strength, focus, and grace carried her through times of some of Lifes biggest challenges. Her confidence, compassion, and humor got her through the rest of the time. I always hoped to be like her.

Favorite Place to Escape and Refuel?

The ocean or any body of water.

Top 3 Ways to Treat Yourself to Self-Care?

1. Facial / massage.
2. Coffee to Cocktails at the beach.
3. Cooking with a bottle of wine.

How Do You Express Yourself Creatively?

Cooking and interior design.

Last Memorable Book You Read and Why?

Where the Crawdads Sing; its a great of example of a girl being true to inner self.

Favorite Movie and Why?

Goodfellers – De Niro.

“Go to” Quote or Mantra that Grounds You?

I am grounded in my own happiness.

Accomplishment Are You Most Proud of?

Completing my Chopra certifications for health, meditation, and coaching. It was a lot of work over two stressful years of the pandemic and going into early retirement.

Best Lesson Learned in Life So Far?

To worry about what could or may happen is wasted energy. The power of positive thinking is a fact that we can manifest what we think we want and we will be provided with what we need.

Advice to Younger Self?

Worry and stress is not necessary. Continue to listen to your mother.

What Do You Love Best About Yourself (physical trait or personality characteristic) and Why?

I love my self-confidence. I have always believed that I can achieve whatever I want and have always thrived in a strong support system. I love to work in a team environment so never felt alone in my achievements.

Any Advice for Women Considering Joining the SheBreathes Collaborative?

Jenn Gulbrand has created a loving, supportive, and motivating environment. It’s a space that has such loving and peaceful vibes. If you are starting a business, in a business, or working on your own self-care, this is the place to be.

Any Message You Have for Our Community?

I am so grateful to all of our community and the friendships I’ve made. I’m have not completed a full year yet but feel like my life has always been connected to this Community.

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