All About Healing and a Lot of Hope

Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Anna Quinn, founder and CEO of Hope Storm, located in Spearfish, SD, USA.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

Through Hope Storm, I offer healing coaching and trauma consulting services. Healing coaching is a system that I developed through years of hands-on experience, as well as a doctoral degree in psychology, which combines concepts of life coaching with somatic and embodied techniques, the science of nervous system regulation, and various holistic modalities to support people on their healing journeys as they find relief from stress, anxiety, sadness and depression, grief, burnout, and trauma.

Trauma consulting provides a wide array of services to support organizations and businesses in taking better care of themselves and their employees and becoming more informed on stress and trauma-related topics, interactions, and procedures. Services include training and workshops on an array of topics (self-care, resilience, trauma-informed care, the power of hope in healing, post-traumatic growth, embodiment, trauma-informed leadership, etc.), policy and procedure audits, needs assessments, trauma-informed troubleshooting, trauma-informed leadership, program evaluations, curriculum development, mental health/self-care moments, resource and survey design, and more.

My customers are anyone who has, does, or may experience stress, anxiety, sadness and depression, grief, burnout, or trauma who wants new and effective options for feeling better, and any business who is ready to take better care of its people. My services are available to anyone in the United States.

Tell us about yourself

I am a 30-something lifelong learning, self-proclaimed type A personality, aspiring writer, out-of-the-box thinking wife, mama, and doctor. I spent the majority of my career in the helping professions doing everything from case management to research and development, administration to support. As I increased my education and saw more and more pain in the world, I knew that there had to be a better way to support people to heal and hopefully more quickly. Through research, tons of reading, and over 15 years of experience, the pieces started to come together, and I had to turn those pieces into something people would want. That is when Hope Storm was born.

I am motivated by hope and real, tangible possibilities. We can all see the pain in the world, in our loved ones, and ourselves. The sheer fact that there is a spectrum of modalities backed by science that are rarely used in conventional settings shows that we have so far to go and so much improvement to see. People deserve to heal. People deserve not to be defined by their symptoms. People deserve freedom and peace and a healing journey they look forward to.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

My biggest accomplishment is becoming a business owner and being able to live my dream and my passion every single day. Spending time each day with people and businesses seeking healing and growth is a dream come true, and having a positive impact through social change is more than I could ask for.

What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?

Balance. Being a business owner is much harder than running organizations or programs. You take on every single role within an organization, you are fully committed, you want to help people and see it grow, you have to make money, plus you still have your family, your home, your volunteer commitments, your social life (what's left of it). Balance isn't easy. It is a conscious (and well-organized) daily battle.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

Have an incredibly strong support system.
Be passionate enough about what you are doing to make it your daily work.
Be prepared financially for whatever direction, speed, and timeframe it all may take. Patience is huge!

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://hopestorm.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hopestormhealing
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopestormhealin/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hopestormhealin
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hopestormhealing/

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