After working in the corporate sector for 15 years, it got to a point where I had to take a bow. As a busy corporate expert in the Kenyan health sector for 15 years, as I rose through the ranks at work, the more my own life suffered. Like most corporate professionals, I thought that I needed to keep busy to be a productive worker and achieve results for the organization.
However, I constantly experienced stress symptoms like fatigue, anxiety, headaches, and poor sleep. It worried me, and my first option was to change the job environment.
When I changed jobs, the pattern continued. I went on a personal journey to intentionally learn how to create a new system for sustainable wellbeing. My strategy included adding in new habits and mindset shifts like taking breaks from work, regular movement, creating boundaries and improving my nutrition.
Eventually, I got better, my creativity increased, and my energy levels were up, I made mindset shifts, but I didn’t stop there. I saw a gap in sustainable healing and well-being for busy professionals like me, who heavily relied on medicine to treat stress symptoms like fatigue, headaches, and poor sleep among others, not forgetting those who get the avoidable lifestyle conditions.
I invested in a Holistic Wellness Certification Course to build up my skills and chose to transition from corporate employment into wellness coaching. I purposed to influence positive lifestyle change, sustainable wellness, and value productivity.
As I began coaching professionals, both in corporate and in business, I uncovered the causes of stress-related health issues lay deeper than the surface; reasons were the result of running businesses that were not working or bringing in any profits, lack of structure in their life, confusion due to starting their businesses without a clear vision or direction, and confidence to promote and sell.
At the onset of my entrepreneurship journey, I experienced similar challenges. But through investment in my personal growth, engaging a coach and also developing my skills in areas that I needed to up level.
Over time, I have helped people both professionals in corporate and entrepreneurs to gain the focus, clarity, confidence and accountability they need to grow their careers and business. They are able to communicate their value and start a journey of development and discovery into their well-being.
This winding journey has led me to the integration of the strategic and holistic wellness realms in business, as I support individuals in rising into their power and truly thriving.