Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health and wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Isabella Ivory, Founder of Skillioners United, Ltd., located in Dublin County, Ireland.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
I specialize in success, abundance, mastery, therapy, and healing. I'm a therapist, hypnotherapist, healer, and coach. I have a holistic approach, and I see the person as a whole with connections to diverse parts of their physical and emotional being. Currently, I am also studying for my Ph.D. in integrative medicine.
Tell us about yourself
My own health and need for healing got me started on a journey of self-healing and the study of personal development. One of the most inspiring things that I have ever heard is that a person can come from anywhere and still be somebody. And that no limitation of age, hereditary factors, education, etc., needs to stop them from achieving their goals. This statement fascinated me, and from that moment onwards, I began to record instances of just that. And I no longer allowed my "limitations" to get in my way. At the time that I heard this, I was lying in bed in a hospital, sick physically, and I'm sure now that it was a result of years of emotional stress and trauma.
Now, when I think of the impact of that sentence, it makes me wonder if history can be changed with one word or sentence. After all, I was heading to be a school dropout and then a college dropout if it hadn't been for... Instead, I ended up having a double Bachelor, Master, and currently finishing a doctoral Ph.D.
Something strange happens when a person makes a resolution. It's like the universe itself conspires to help them. On that day, as I lay on a hospital bed in Parma, Italy, I resolved not only to get better but to turn my life around completely and help every one else that I possibly could.
And that's exactly what I built my professional life around. First, I recovered my own health, and then I went on to study and get the knowledge and qualifications to help others. The joy, success, happiness, and well-being of my clients motivate me every single day. I see greatness and the potential for greatness in everyone I meet.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
I have been blessed to have a few unusual successes quite early in my career, which helped me build further tools for growth. For example, having a wheelchair-bound woman who couldn't walk again after therapy with me. Several people who were stuck in jobs they disliked found their life purpose, changed jobs and made more money than before.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
The fact that you have to juggle many hats at the same time and take on several different roles, even if you don't want to. The discipline required to keep going and do the things you may not feel like doing but need doing for the business, such as administration, etc.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Get Focused.
- Build discipline, and have realistic goals.
- Don't give up on them.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://www.isabellaivory.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IsabellaIvoryBusiness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isabellaivory__/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabellaivory/
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