Today we’d like to introduce you to Kim O’Neill.
Hi Kim, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Thanks so much for having me here, VoyageLA! J It’s an honor to be here.
Today, I help professional women be more confident, align their energy and speak their truth in their personal and professional lives … but that’s not where I started. I started out many years ago simply as a teenager with a passion to help people heal, resolve their interpersonal conflicts and be more confident in who they authentically are. By my early 30s, I realized I needed to put more action into fulfilling that mission — but I wasn’t entirely sure what that would look like. The traditional pathway of getting a Master’s degree wasn’t working out for me at the time. I decided to say ‘Yes’ to the one next step I could see myself taking, and that was becoming a volunteer youth mentor. That eventually led to: providing employment interview coaching; obtaining multiple coaching and energy healing certifications; hosting my own podcast; re-focusing my coaching to serve my clients in a deeper, more holistic way; to co-authoring a few books; to doing several of my own guest speaking on other people’s shows and summits; to launching the Let Your Light Shine Movement … and I’ve got some other things in the works right now. I typically don’t recommend sharing a long laundry list of items like this, but I share that here as an example of how when you start by saying ‘Yes’ to yourself and take that one next step forward – the Universe will show up and continue to unfold the pathway for you. With my passion fueling me, I learned to trust the Universe and my intuition every step along the way.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
I’ve really come to love the phrase “All roads lead to home” by Gary Zukav. My journey so far has definitely not been a smooth road, but I also know that even the unexpected twists in life serve a purpose to get us exactly where we are headed. We don’t know what we don’t know, and when we ask the universe for more – that’s often where the unexpected learning lessons show up.
For me, the biggest challenges I’ve had so far were: 1 — Learning how to be an entrepreneur; and, 2 — Accepting that not everyone was going to be supportive of the journey I’m on and may actually exit my life.
The more I took a stand for myself and what I was passionate about, it became more and more obvious who wasn’t going to join me on this journey. That was really hard for me to move beyond for a long time, but I’ve finally gotten to the other side of it. I think the best thing we can do is first know how to be our own best friend; be happy for others as they choose to do what matters to them; and respect each other’s life journey and decisions to move in the direction they feel is best for them.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I specialize in authentic confidence coaching, law of attraction and custom meditations for professional women who are learning to speak their truth; cultivate more self-love and inner abundance; and overall feel more strong, confident and empowered in their personal and professional lives. My clients are often strong, intelligent women who’ve found themselves stuck in a cycle of disempowerment — and moving forward feels scary. As a former Crime Analyst who made the transition to focusing my work on more spiritual, mental and emotional alignment work, I’m able to provide my clients a non-judgmental, therapeutic experience that accepts them where they are and sees their light-filled greatness at the same time. I take my clients from self-doubt and disempowerment to confident and courageous – it’s really a beautiful thing to watch a strong, powerful woman – begin to own her own strength and power.
In addition to coaching and meditations, I host the Every Day is a New Day podcast and live show which is all about moving forward and choosing to be more of who you are. I do both solo episodes and guest interviews, and one of my favorite things lately is sharing inspirational book excerpts where I pull cards afterwards, too. Central to everything I do, I aim to empower people to trust and align with their own authentic truths. My solo book reading episodes support people in better understanding how the universe is working with them and help them gain clarity on what their intuition has been telling them all along.
What I’m most proud of is my own personal growth journey that came as a result of me hosting this show. I had experience being on camera and in front of audiences prior to starting the show, and thought hosting would just be a breeze! Well — not at first. Hosting took me to new levels within myself to where I learned to be even stronger and more confident in who I authentically am and quiet the external noise of anyone else’s opinions or projections. When you start to stand in your power in ways you hadn’t publicly shown before, you can’t predict how others will receive you. This is one of the ways that learning how to ground your energy and align your head and heart can support you in continuing to be who you are, love who you are, and move forward in ways that matter to you.
You ask: What sets you apart from others? Well, I ultimately think that everyone is unique and has special talents and gifts they bring to this world. Anyone who disagrees simply hasn’t discovered or embraced what that is for themselves yet — and if that’s the case, I encourage them to begin that process. When you turn your eyes inward rather than outward, it becomes easier to see and love more of who you have always been. Each person deserves to feel that. I also think that my challenges aren’t necessarily unique to who I am; many people experience very similar levels of self-doubt, fear of judgment, and past heartache they have to overcome in order to move forward. I think what “sets me apart” is my perseverance to overcome my own challenges and move forward; the energy I bring to my podcast; and my genuine passion and support for my clients. I love seeing my clients uplevel; I love speaking to podcast guests and engaging in synergistic, empowering conversations; and I love that I allow myself to do things in my own unique way.
In 2021 I was inspired to launch the Let Your Light Shine Movement, which aims to inspire and empower everyone on the planet to shine their light and be more of their authentic, beautiful self. Our goal is to reach at least 1 Million people by the end of 2024. I believe that when one person’s light is shining, OUR world shines that much brighter. No one can outshine another person, but people can choose to dim their light out of fear of being seen or judged. I’m here to tell people that it’s safe and okay to be who they are. A whole new world opens up when one person chooses to embrace and be more of who they were always meant to be. Joining the movement is free, easy and includes an opportunity to be featured on social media.
Can you talk to us a bit about happiness and what makes you happy?
What makes me happy is being creative, doing more of what I love and being surrounded by who and what I love. In my office, I have several colorful paintings of trees that I’ve painted over the years. The colors always brighten my day and the trees remind me that nature is full of abundance and acceptance for all things, just as they are. I also really enjoy crocheting. It cracks me up every time I share that, but I do. I love seeing the beautiful textures, yarn colors and the peacefulness it adds to my life. And last but so not least, there’s nothing like spending time with my core loved ones – friends and family who accept and love me as I am, and I feel the same for them.
Pricing:
- $65 – 1hr Custom Guided Meditation Session w/ recording
- $197 – 2hr Self-Love Clarity & Connection Session
- FREE – 1:1 consultation call for personal coaching services
Contact Info:
- Website: KimONeillCoaching.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimoneill.everydayisanewday/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimONeillCoaching
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KimONeill
- Other: LetYourLightShineMovement.com
