At Southwest Institute of Healing Arts (SWIHA), we honor the courage it takes for our students to turn personal challenges into opportunities for healing, growth, and service. Today, we’re honored to spotlight the journey of Tabitha Newton, a current student in our Integrative Healing Arts Practitioner program. Through her story, Tabitha shares how leaving a toxic job became the catalyst for reclaiming her purpose and building a life aligned with peace, passion, and authenticity.
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Posted by Taylor Jablonowski on 1/14/21 4:00 PM
“For me, it is absolute alignment. I am showing up in absolute alignment doing this work,” says Carmen Payne, who has been a practicing Life Coach since 2013, “It gives my soul so much joy to be serving others in this capacity and be a messenger.”
Carmen had spent twenty years working an IT job, and slowly found the stress of the job compounding until she had the overwhelming feeling that she needed to be doing something more in alignment with her passions. That’s when Carmen pulled out her resume and asked herself some hard questions, including the last time she felt excited and energized to come to work: “The role that literally lifted itself off the page at me was when I was training and coaching people.”
Read MoreTopics: Great Graduates, Life Coaching, national life coaching month, Public Speaking, toxic Environments
