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Transcend Your Business Beyond What You Think is Possible.
Building a business means building a life you're in love with.
I’d always dreamed of having a BIG career in a big city with glamour, romance, and prestige. For a girl who grew up on a farm in South Africa, that might seem like it came out of nowhere, but I knew I was meant to live in one of the greatest cities in the world.
So I worked hard, went to one of the top universities, earned a business degree in financial analysis, and moved to London (to pay off my student loan, with a side of travel) - and sort of fell into working as a foreign exchange money broker. Perfect. Right?
Then, when Wall Street called, I packed my suitcase in 5 minutes flat. I was so ready.
Fast forward several years…
I’m sitting in my Wall Street office looking around at my coworkers when it hit me: These weren’t happy people.
Between the long hours, the “entertaining,” the drinking, constant one-upmanship, and aggressive tactics, there wasn’t room in our careers for real relationships - with friends, partners, and even children. The environment, with its constant yet subtle sexism, didn’t feel good. And I realized that the BIG career I’d worked so hard for didn’t even align with my natural strengths or values.
I wasn't happy either.
So, on a cold February morning in 2009, I quit my cushy six-figure job.
And I stepped back to reconsider what I truly, deeply wanted for my life.
I loved helping people. I loved teaching. I loved Pilates.
So I taught Pilates. In fact, I decided to make Pilates my new business.
And I was good at it. I loved my classes. I loved developing that rapport with people, helping them to feel good and live well. I produced a few DVDs, taught a few celebrities, and won a BostInno “50 On Fire” award (given to Boston’s 50 most innovative companies.)
All in three short years.
But I felt an urge to help people in an even more profound way.
I’d done some serious work with a life coach back in London (who helped me manifest my husband on a beach in Portugal - so you know she was good!) and she’d given me the tools to get clear on what was important, and what I wanted to create for my life and career.
I realized that what my entire life had been leading up to, the thing I knew how to do better than anyone else was:
To help business owners grow their businesses in a sustainable way that also creates freedom.
I had a business degree, business sense, I had experience hustling, organizing, and making shit happen. I knew I had a unique ability to see the big vision and all of the little steps, strategies, and details to turn it into reality.
But there was a lot I didn’t know, too.
So I dove in and invested: Cue the Rocky montage - can you hear Eye of the Tiger playing in the background? Good.
I invested in my Coaches Training Alliance Certification and began my coaching business as a side hustle.
Then I enrolled in countless online business courses and webinars. I hired business coaches, went on retreats, joined masterminds, and more. (To this day I continue to invest and learn more about business and personal-development as often as possible.)
Yeah, I wasn’t born knowing everything about being a successful entrepreneur.
No one is!
In 2015, Boston Magazine awarded my coaching business with a Best of Boston® award.
As I reached each new level of my business, I saw my own mindset issues rise to the surface.
After overcoming the initial fear of taking that first leap into the unknown, I ran headlong into imposter syndrome (did I even know what I was doing?).
Yes - I’d built two award-winning businesses in four years! I was featured in the Huffington Post, Fox News Boston, Voyager Magazine, Boston Business Women - and I was even interviewed by Harvard University on how to become an expert in your field fast.
Even though I’d learned from the best, even though I’d doubled, sometimes tripled, my coaching revenue every year since 2013…
I still struggled with self-doubt, fear, and overwhelm. Fear of failure, burnout, and that lingering question of “am I doing this right?”
My business grew fast. I became more confident and those early mindset issues disappeared.
I got better at being the boss - that’s a skill. Believe me, you can learn it. And the first thing I had to do, in order to accomplish this was to pick myself!
No one is going to tap you on the shoulder and give you permission to build a profitable business in a way that feels good to you (especially if how we work best subverts the dominant paradigms).
I’m determined to help entrepreneurs run their businesses in a way that brings them satisfaction, success, and freedom!
I offer a blend of systems, strategies, coaching, and consulting that help business owners focus on both business growth and personal development.
