Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in health & wellness but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Abbey Heagney, Owner of Wellness with Abbey, located in Milford, CT, USA.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
I am a health coach! I work with women who want to feel more confident in their minds and bodies - women who know that they are capable and destined for so much more, women who have been held back due to negative self-talk and doubt. I help these women tap into their potential. I help them to believe in themselves and their goals so they can create healthy habits that last and feel more confident in their mind and body than ever before.
Tell us about yourself
When I was 12 years old, my gymnastics coach told me to be careful about gaining weight. This one comment stuck with me for the next 20+ years. It created a massive amount of self-doubt and negative self-talk. It led me to every diet under the sun. I cut out fat, then cut out carbs, counted calories, tracked everything I ate, and moved my body as punishment to work off calories. And I thought I was being healthy - yet I was so far from it. When I found out I was pregnant with my son, my first thought was fearful, "I'm going to have to gain weight." This thought scared me - scared me because I had to do something I had trained myself for over 20 years NOT to do but even more so scared me because I realized how much time and energy I had wasted in my life - how much joy I had missed out on and how much joy I wanted to feel as I brought a healthy baby into this world.
At that moment, I decided I needed to change - and I did, starting with my mind. When I realized how powerful our mind is - how it creates the strongest foundation for our healthiest (and happiest!) lives, I knew I had to share this message and help other women. Too many women go through life missing out because they spend so much time and energy on guilt and shame, and criticism. My goal is to change that. To empower women to live their healthiest lives by creating healthy habits that work for them - habits that lift them up and make them feel healthier and more confident than ever before.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
My biggest accomplishment as a business owner is my own belief. Belief is the foundation for all successes. When we truly believe we are capable of doing something, there is no way we can fail. When we have more belief than doubt, we keep going because belief doesn't let us quit. Belief moves us forward, always. I experienced this in my own health journey and in business, and it's the foundation of my work with clients.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Patience! When we are passionate about something as business owners are, we want to do ALL the things. For me, I want everyone to know how amazing they can feel if they clear out the doubt and guilt, and shame in their mind. I want them all to know that coaching is the most amazing thing to help them move forward and live their healthiest life, but there is power in slowing down. There is power and growth in patience and allowing time to do it with the right mindset - a mindset that motivates even on the toughest of days. Patience spurs growth in business and in our personal lives.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- Get clear on your WHY - then get even clear. Feel it vibrate in your bones and come back to it often.
- Remember....belief over doubt. You just need one ounce more belief than doubt, but you always need more.
- Give yourself time.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
The greatest gift you can give yourself, whether for your health, your business, or your life, is the gift of being willing. When you are willing to try, willing to fail, willing to learn, and willing to keep going, you will never fail.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://www.wellnesswithabbeyh.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wellnesswithabbeyhh/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnesswithabbeyh/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abigailheagney/
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