What was your life like before SWIHA? What led you to SWIHA and to your particular program of study? Why are you passionate about this modality?
Before SWIHA, I was a Chef who worked long hours at a fine dining farm-to-table restaurant & was a hairstylist on the side. I love to cook and especially loved embracing the sustainability aspect of sourcing our ingredients and how everything connected full circle. Although I loved cooking, as many people know kitchens can be quite a challenging and sometimes toxic environment to be submerged in. At that point in my life, I was deeply depressed and longed to do something that felt more fulfilling to my soul. For me, this "cycle of depression" triggered an awakening of sorts. I began venturing my journey of "internal" personal development (outside my physical fitness) and sought out schools that spoke to my soul path. After studying myself and creating a boatload of interests, everything on my list pointed to holistic health and wellness. I discovered SWIHA at the beginning of my journey and finally answered the call to enroll 10 years later!
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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
Holistic Nutrition,
holistic entrepreneur,
SWIHA,
Mindfulness,
Intuition,
Spirit,
Holistic wellness,
Arizona,
Tempe,
community,
Holistic Education,
conscious community,
GRIT,
Divine Timing,
Holistic Health and Wellness Coaching,
Holistic Health and Wellness Coach,
Spiritual Wellbeing,
Microbiome
I have been on the journey of entrepreneurship for almost 5 years before beginning my path at SWIHA as an Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner student. After bringing my daughter into this world, Ella Rae, my mother, and I started a skin, soul, self-care business: Dragonfly co., and our mission has been to create “products you can feel good about.” Through the years, I felt the call in my heart to expand this mission. I knew that feeling good was about more than just looking good. It prompted me to create and coin the term: ‘feel-good living” ((soon to be trademarked!)) While moving through my own life experiences of separation, loss, and transition — I became wholeheartedly committed to setting out on the journey of discovering what ‘feel-good living’ actually is. My partner, daughter, and I moved out to Arizona, on a whim or what I feel was a divine call, in January of 2022. Shortly after, I discovered SWIHA, randomly and unintentionally. Through this journey of defining ‘feel-good living,’ SWIHA is providing a safe container for me to fully embody and explore every layer of this lifestyle.
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
holistic entrepreneur,
SWIHA,
Spiritual Coaching,
spiritual studies,
Arizona,
Tempe,
intuitve guide,
integrative healing arts practitioner,
IHAP,
SWIHA Students,
Spiritual Coach and Celebrant,
The Feel-Good Sisterhood,
Trauma-informed
It is easy to feel self-doubt when you are an aspiring entrepreneur. Imposter syndrome starts to creep into your mind and you begin to feel like you aren’t up to the challenge that a once “eager you” was so excited about. You may even feel the need to protect yourself, stay where you are comfortable, and not really put yourself or your business out there. When this happens, you start holding yourself back from your most true and highest potential. What can you do now? There are many ways to push yourself forward even when it feels uncomfortable! Learn how to ditch your self-doubts with the power of mantras.
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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
holistic entrepreneur,
SWIHA,
Meditation,
Arizona,
mantra,
Tempe,
Om,
mantras,
Holistic Education,
Perspective,
mantra meditation,
Leap of Faith
In 2018, Holly Cavanaugh sat down with SWIHA Admissions and shared her vision of becoming a yoga teacher and a coffee roaster. Holly asserts, “In August 2018 I set out from Michigan to Arizona on a leap of faith that this would be the next step toward making my dreams a reality. I have been looking forward to continuing to grow my business ever since”. Long before finishing her 600-hr yoga program, and joining the Online Team as an Academic Advisor, Holly had an entrepreneurial spirit and was willing to work hard to make her vision a reality. “Has it been easy? No. I have had an image of what I wanted to create within my life and I have had to release control in order to stay open to the opportunities in front of me” states Holly.
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Topics:
holistic entrepreneur,
SWIHA,
Yoga Teacher Training,
Arizona,
yoga teacher training 600 hour program,
YTT,
spirit of yoga,
Tempe,
Arizona Yoga Studio,
Coffee,
Private Practice,
Academic Advisor,
Online Advisor
We often hear the phrase ‘you have to pay your dues’ in situations where someone starts out in a new career field. This phrase translates to the understanding that you have to first experience difficulties before reaching success. This does not have to be a reality for everyone. Leah Morris, Life Coaching and Hypnotherapy Graduate from SWIHA states, “The greatest lesson I learned at SWIHA was that with the right intention and a massive amount of integrity, your efforts can take you anywhere.” Basically, if you are willing to work hard and put forth effort into what you want out of life, you can achieve anything!
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
Life Coaching,
holistic entrepreneur,
Great Graduate,
SWIHA,
entrepreneur,
Holistic Healing,
life coach,
Hypnotherapy,
Arizona,
Holistic Living,
Tempe,
Relationship Coaching,
Podcast,
small business owner,
relationship transitions
"Keep taking time for yourself until you are you again." -Lalah Delia
A Look into our Self Love Journey:
The fact is that it is a "YOU VS YOU "battle in this life. So get it in your head that no one is coming to SAVE US EXCEPT US.
During my journey, I'm learning that the most critical part is to stop being a people pleaser and living life like everyone else matters except you because you do matter. Knowing that taking care of your needs first is essential, knowing that your feelings matter.
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Topics:
self love,
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
holistic practitioner,
holistic entrepreneur,
SWIHA,
Self-care,
entrepreneur,
healing,
Intuition,
Arizona,
healing arts,
Tempe,
intuitve guide,
integrative healing arts practitioner,
IHAP,
Self-Love Journey,
People-Pleasing,
Intuitive Coach,
Spiritual Growth
The concept of energy is very prevalent in the wellness space for entrepreneurs. Your energy and vibes as a business owner have more of an effect on your business than you may realize. When we aren’t careful, or intentional, our energy can affect others and our business in a way we may not have intended. Oftentimes, when things go awry, we look to outside forces that may be causing our goals to not come to fruition. In reality, we should be looking within, and evaluating/reflecting our energy and world. If you don’t like what you see, change something about it! There are so many factors that come into play. When looking to shift your energy, reflect on these 5 traits below, as many successful entrepreneurs in the wellness industry attain these values.
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
holistic entrepreneur,
SWIHA,
Arizona,
Tempe,
Boundaries,
Holistic Education,
Wellness Industry,
Smart Goals,
Health and Wellness,
Purpose,
Energy,
Wellness Entrepreneur,
Perseverance,
Vibes,
Integrity,
Bravery
With intuition, some refer to it as a gut feeling, instinct, foresight or just a certain knowing that they have within themselves. Regardless, everyone is born with intuition. It can be really easy, and more common than you may realize for people to not trust their intuition or themselves. Especially at the beginning of a spiritual journey or life transition, it can become difficult not to compare how ‘profound’ your experience is to the person next to you.
How do you even become more attuned to your intuition? What does that inner knowing feel like to you? How come I experience intuition differently from the person next to me? All of these questions can be answered by learning what your strongest Intuition skill (or Clair) is. The four Clairs are: Clairvoyance, Clairsentience, Clairaudience, and Claircognizance.
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
spirituality,
holistic entrepreneur,
Mind Body Wellness,
spiritual Studies,
SWIHA,
Angels,
Intuition,
Intuitive Guide,
intuitive guidance,
Sacred Space,
Holistic Education,
Holistic Modalities,
Guides,
Intuitive Messenger,
Claircognizance,
Clairsentience,
Intuition Test,
Clairvoyance,
Claireaudience
If you are unfamiliar with Astro-terminology, Mercury in Retrograde, or more commonly known as Mercury Retrograde, is when the planet Mercury seems to be moving backward - from west to east. The areas of life that Mercury tends to rule are disrupted and can affect each of us differently. Mercury is the planet that rules communication, travel, and technology, and when in retrograde - life can seem a bit out of control. Mercury Retrograde is a time for channeling energy inward, reflecting, re-assessing, and rethinking our lives. We’ve already survived two retrogrades in the year 2021, and now- we are right in the middle of one! This final retrograde of 2021 started on September 27 and is lasting through October 18. Here’s what you need to do to make it through the rest of retrograde with ease, based on your zodiac sign (according to AstroTwins from Mindbodygreen).
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Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
spirituality,
holistic entrepreneur,
Mind Body Wellness,
SWIHA,
entrepreneur,
Angels,
Intuition,
spiritual studies,
astrology,
Intuitive Guide,
mercury retrograde,
mercury,
Relationships,
Sacred Space,
Holistic Education,
Zodiac,
Holistic Modalities,
communication,
retrograde,
travel,
Guides,
Intuitive Messenger,
zodiac signs,
rituals,
technology
Holistic health is truly about caring for the "whole you" this means not just caring for your physical health through diet, exercise, and interventions if necessary, it also means caring for your mental, emotional, and spiritual health. For every individual these are going to vary in importance as well as vary in what works or does not work to help support them along their path to overall health and well-being. This is often described as "treating" the patient, client, or person as a whole- as opposed to treating them as their symptom. In terms of symptoms people often forget they spread far beyond physical ones such as experiencing a runny nose, headache, or cough. Other symptoms include those often associated with one's mental health like generalized feelings of sadness, loneliness, anxiety, etc. These can also be tied to spiritual and emotional health as well. This is why it’s so important to treat the WHOLE individual, as opposed to the symptom, because if you treat the symptom you won’t get to the root cause of the issue, you just cover it up further.
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Topics:
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts,
Holisitc Nutrition,
holistic entrepreneur,
SWIHA,
Mindfulness,
Meditation,
Holistic wellness,
Holistic health,
social media,
Holistic Nutrition Wellness Practitioner,
SWIHA Students,
Holistic Modalities,
Wellness Practitioner,
Food,
SWIHA Grad,
Consumption,
Setting Boundaries,
Books,
Social Interactions
