My Personal Story:

I’ve been a go-getter my whole life, always anticipating the next step and learning everything I could along the way. I attended college at St. Johns University where I studied Psychology and Visual Arts and then finished school at Dowling University, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Marketing. I worked various sales jobs while I attended school and with my psychology background, I became a master at reading people and figured out what made them make decisions.

As soon as I got out of college I attempted to purchase my own business. When that didn’t work out, I took a job in marketing instead. Throughout my time in the job force, I had many obstacles to overcome in my life. I always felt that the job I had was not fulfilling all my needs and subconsciously (as I later found out) that manifested itself into anxiety and panic attacks, and another year as depression and a constant urge to sleep. In between these down times, I combated the lack of fulfillment by pursuing my entrepreneurial nature and attempted to purchase businesses, I wrote for a newspaper, flipped real estate, designed brochures, painted and even taught aerobics classes.

Throughout those uneasy and scary times in my life, I sought professional help and guidance from experts. I studied the issues I had and hired anyone who could help me think differently. I absorbed like a sponge all the information I received and used that knowledge to overcome those obstacles and turned my energy into the businesses I researched and the drive I had to pursue other things.

I always juggled work while studying at school, and later on, a busy work schedule, as I wore many hats in my last position in the job force. I learned to be extremely organized and efficient at what I did. I could fit a seven-day workweek into four days. I’ve always worked in small businesses and always grew very quickly within them, taking on and learning much more than in my original job description. In my attempts to purchase small businesses of my own, I researched them from the inside out. With all this knowledge I gained from my experience, I began assisting other entrepreneurs with their businesses. It was easy to see what was and wasn’t working and I would write business plans to help them succeed.

In my last position as a Promotional Marketing Manager, I had the pleasure of training and motivating hundreds of young women to directly market goods to consumers. They had to be at their best because they were “putting on a show” for the people. I came up with my own ways of motivating and training them through my experiences in their position. I even gave some of them special attention by delving further into their lives when I sensed something was holding them back. I found myself helping them with anything from family issues to self esteem issues and saw a definite change in their lives and attitudes. This was the best part of my job.

I’ve always been the advice giver and was just so ambitious and eager to learn. Throughout all my life experiences, I’ve always overcome my obstacles and became empowered because of them. I’ve learned so much about people through my work as well as myself through expert advice and the study of Life Coaching. Along with my intuitive nature, the ability I have to help others, change their perspectives and teach them life skills gives me great satisfaction. I am now proud to pass on all my knowledge and life experiences to others.

I’ve been there, I’ve overcome and I’ve become empowered, as will YOU!