Today we’d like to introduce you to Emily Gallagher.
Emily, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I always knew I wanted a business, but never knew what to do or how to start. I had a brother who was a coach and showed me an industry I had no idea about. After my father passed away, I realized corporate work wasn’t going to fulfill me and ended up getting into network marketing. That was really the doorway that took me to what I do now.
It was where I started speaking on stages, traveling the world for work, coaching clients, building a team & throwing events.
I always had a feeling though, that it wasn’t what I wanted to do forever, and eventually decided to become a coach.
Through working at Lululemon, as a community manager while I was building my business, I realized that the people I loved connecting with, were wellness entrepreneurs – which is what started me working with them in my own business as a business coach.
This was also around the time that I started throwing regular events, Conscious Boss Clique, which started in NZ, and I have now had over 30 events around the world including LA, London, and Australia.
Today, I work with coaches, consultants and online service providers supporting them in scaling their businesses, and still throw events around the world.
Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Is it ever a smooth road? ha no, there has been so many twists, turns, doubts and overwhelming moments! Many times where I wanted to throw in the towel. HEll, even getting started took me about three years of second guessing things so much so that I was too scared to start.
I’ve had bad launches, four people at events, 2 am work sessions fixing bugs in systems, and everything in between!
Now, I know, that when things aren’t working out the way ‘we’ want them to, it’s not that it’s wrong, or something is broken… it simply means there is a redirection happening.
So, for anyone starting out, I would say firstly START, this is the most important piece. Before you’re ready, before you know how it is going to work out. Before all of that.
Then, I would say, show up fully, be curious, follow what lights you up, build as many relationships as you can, and trust the process. If you’re doing everything you can, then you will always figure it out.
The road will take many turns, and trusting it is turning you in the right direction will help you so much in staying committed to what you want to create.
What should we know about Conscious Boss? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
Conscious Boss is a company that focusses on females in the coaching, consulting and service provider space. Our mission is to accelerate & amplify conscious business through empowering female entrepreneurs. As an organization, we have supported more than 2 thousand clients directly through events and services, with thousands more through our content and collaborations.
Conscious Boss is set up on the pillars of creating collaboration, community & contribution among women in business, which growing up in New Zealand, was not something that I experienced and is one of the things that set us apart and allowed us to grow into an International organization.
We are proud of the community that has been built among our guests, clients, and collaborators, as well as the massive business growth created by our clients.
Who do you look up to? How have they inspired you?
Sara Blakely – Creator of one of the biggest female operated businesses, and did so without investment when building it. Also down to earth is a huge advocate for women.
Malala Yousafzai – what she has overcome, and then chosen to create with what she went through.
Brooke Axtell – For her advocacy work against sex trafficking.
Any woman who is disrupting and creating change in their industry & community.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.consciousboss.com
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: http://instagram.com/consciousboss/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/consciousboss/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/consciousboss
Image Credit:
Ela Garcia
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