We had the good fortune of connecting with Kelly Mosser and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Kelly, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
My business was born out of both a desire and a need: a desire to support women in creating the lives and businesses of their dreams so they can experience the magic of living with a true sense of purpose, fulfillment, and impact. This desire was supported by a need to create my own path for my well-being. I spent the first 21 years of my life with undiagnosed PTSD, and working in high stress environments really took an extra toll on my mental health. Having my own business, though it can definitely be stressful, has given me not just a sense of purpose but a healing haven and so much freedom to live my life on my terms. Many of us are not built to work 60 hours a week under constant stress, and entrepreneurship gives us the chance to design a life that actually works for us.

What should our readers know about your business?
As an entrepreneur, the way I support people has changed a lot over time. I started out as a spiritual mentor, helping women connect with the parts of themselves that felt lost due to chronic stress and trauma. I fell in love with meditation after it helped me heal my nervous system after my PTSD diagnosis, so I became certified in that modality and found so much joy helping others navigate their own mental stress with through power of presence and stillness.

I started supporting women in this way while still in my highly demanding startup career. I was working 60-70 hours every week, and I truly loved my job. I’d find time to build my side business during my nights and weekends. I felt deeply fulfilled by both of my professional lives, but it did feel quite fragmented at times.

I started to be asked by other women who had side hustles for advice, because they knew I had years of experience in the business world. I had a natural gift for strategy, and so I started supporting some of my peers through business mentorship.

Eventually I realized that not only could I combine my love for mental and spiritual wellness with my love for business, but that this approach actually was the BEST way to create a business that felt good to run! This was a huge realization for me: that my gifts and my interests actually were not as unrelated as I’d previously thought.

Stepping into true leadership and running a values-driven business is a deeply spiritual endeavor. A person has to know themselves inside and out, be able to connect with their intuition, be able to think beyond limitations, and be so rooted in purpose that no obstacle can throw them off course. For most of the leaders I work with, the path also requires a good deal of healing and inner work. Most women entrepreneurs face internal resistance around worthiness, being seen, taking up space, and holding boundaries. Running a business forces you to confront fear and insecurity every single day, and having the tools to stay regulated and connected with the highest version of you is so important.

No amount of amazing strategy will help you if you’re allergic to doing the inner work! Entrepreneurship is one of the most intensely transformational paths a person can take in this life, and it’s such an asset to be versed in personal development and mindset to be able to support leaders in the holistic capacity that I do.

Finding my groove and really stepping into my leadership as someone who’s BOTH a wellness advocate AND a business strategist was really challenging for me. I had to overcome a lot of inner dialogue that said “this doesn’t make sense!” I’ve learned that embracing our uniqueness is exactly what sets us apart from the rest, and forcing yourself to fit into a box is never the answer. We are all so multi-faceted, multi-passionate, and multi-talented. I’m excited to see a new paradigm of leadership and authenticity in business emerging as more people, women especially, embrace how dynamic they truly are.

For me, this journey has been about very intentionally creating success on my terms. It’s so easy to get swept up in the noise on social media: how many followers, how much revenue you generated last month, how many people on your email list. It can feel quite cut throat and competitive. I’ve done my best to prioritize the things that actually matter to me, which at the end of the day is simply staying in alignment with my values. I don’t care if other people are creating more worldly success than I am. For me, the thing that lets me sleep soundly at night is knowing I’m doing this with integrity. As long as I stay connected with my values, everything else can go wrong and I’d still be okay. That’s the legacy I hope to leave as an entrepreneur: it doesn’t matter how fast you grow, as long as you can be proud of the way you’re showing up in the world, the way you’re treating others, and the way you’re doing business. That’s what’s important.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I love the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. It’s such an incredible escape and dose of nature away from the buzz of the city. I’ll never pass up pizza night, given that red sauce runs through my veins as a New Jersey/New York native, and I’m happy to say the pizza at Lucali is as good as anything I grew up eating up north! I’m a sucker for the Old Fashioned at the Broken Shaker, there’s nothing more quintessential Miami than the casual atmosphere out back under the bistro lights.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Oh my goodness! I owe my joy and success to so many people. I’ll start with the beloved women entrepreneurs, CEOs, and leaders I have had the pleasure of coaching and mentoring. They fill my heart with such a sense of purpose, and I learn so much from them every single day. They expand my mind and my capacity to think creatively and critically, and their determination inspires me to keep going. Seeing them shine and step into empowered leadership is the biggest honor of my life.

My mom is my biggest role model. She became a widow at a very young age, shortly after I was born. She’s the most resilient and tough person I know, and she sacrificed so much to help her kids grow up as normally as possible, even after losing our dad far too soon.

And finally, my husband is my biggest cheerleader. I really ought to get him a set of pom-poms! When I was considering leaving my successful, comfortable startup career to pursue my business full-time, he’s the one who assured me I could do it. I really don’t know if I would have taken the leap without his unwavering support. He believes in me much more than I believe in myself.

Website: https://kellymosser.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelly.mosser/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-mosser-27b8634b/

Other: Podcast: The Aligned Success Show https://podfollow.com/the-aligned-success-show-with-kelly-mosser

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