 Hey, thank you so much for joining me today. I am with Ms. Christy magazine and she is a Certified professional life coach and she's one of our coaches on my mentor dot life So maybe some of you have already worked with her Christy. How are you doing? I? Am excellent. It's a great day Awesome. Thank you so much for joining me. I want to talk to you because I'm Picking coaches from the side and hopefully we get to continue this so we get to meet several coaches But I wanted to talk to you and I see you on the site. I remember you came to the live Life coaching certification in Atlanta, right? Yeah, and what year was that? Was that? 2020 or 2019 that was 2020 January 2020 January 2020, so you kicked the year off getting certified, you know, or taking my certification I don't know if you had taken any others. Tell me, you know, what made you take that leap? Well, um, it's a definitely a path that was unexpected. Um, I Because of the transitions that I was coming out of as far as relationship goes I ended a Long-term seven-year in a relationship in which I was engaged broke off the engagement and then ended up in the situationship And so I took the time to heal and work on myself And then when I came out of it, I was like, oh my gosh, I have got to help other women not make the same mistakes I made and just listen to your videos on purpose and using your pain and helping other people with it I was like, okay. Well, maybe I could be a life coach using using that Journey to help other people and so went to that live coaching Certification of yours in January and at that time you said, hey, I'm launching this my mentor that life And you encouraged us to get on and so I got on the same month and it's been life-changing Also, that's amazing. That's amazing. Now you you came to the certification with your sister Yes, yes, she decided to take that leap as well Yes, and she she She did it to support me, but ended up Just doing the Q&A of her asking you questions. She she was able to tailor her own niche And so she's a coach on my mentor and she's giving clients and and it's really working out for her Awesome. So now was it easier Having your sister join the journey with you. Did it help you like with confidence in that regard? I would say yes. Um, she's my big sister. So she's always been my biggest cheerleader and She kind of Well, just to keep it real. She's way more organized So yeah, she kept me on task. And so yes, it was easier going in with a partner But I was alone if has she not gone with me I was so passionate about coming out of those painful situations and helping women I would have did it so low if I would have been the only student in that class that day. I was ready, Tony Wow, wow, that's amazing. That's good here because that's what I was curious about like Would you still have taken that leap if you had to go alone? So that's good to hear now your first professional booking as A life coach was that in 2020? Yes Yes, it was so Family and friends when I told them hey, I'm a life coach now Surprisingly to me they were not surprised. They like oh you've been coaching us all of your life And you know, you're always the go-to person I could trust you to give good advice and you give me good guidance So they weren't shocked but as far as me being paid and getting clients as a certified life Life coach my mentor that life made that happen for me and that's been since January Wow, wow, that's amazing now. What was that first session like? What did it feel like you now your professional coach? Like what went through your mind when you got that first booking what butterflies jitters? What were your thoughts? So I was scared. I Was scared I was excited though because that first booking it the site launched in January And I got my first booking in January and so to me it was kind of like I took it as a sign from God like okay. Yes, you were supposed to take the certification. You were supposed to You know get use Tony's advice and get mentored and do it, you know his way as far as Purpose coaching and so that first booking to me solidified. I did the right thing, you know And then yes, I was nervous, but you have a great workbook that I kind of worked through I took my time use you advised us to Not try to be someone else but to be ourselves and kind of take our time and finding our niche and our way of Doing things and so yeah after that first time Months later, I definitely found my groove and so I would say that my style now would be authentic real and not judgmental because I Can't judge other women from the decisions that they've made Because I've made those same bad decisions. And so I definitely Convey to my clients like listen, you can be real with me I'm gonna be real with you because no one's perfect and I'm here because I made those mistakes to help you Wow. Wow. Now before Coaching or while coaching what are you doing into it? You know another career So I have had the privilege of experiencing both juggling a nine-to-five and just doing coaching So since January, I've kind of juggled having a job and doing life coaching and then not having a job and doing life coaching So obviously, right? I want this to be full time And it you know my my schedule on some of those summer months was pretty extensive and again It's just thank you for being a blessing. Thank you for putting this platform up It's very easy. It's very in court. Couraging is very affordable. And so I just don't know if I would be here Doing this had you not put create this platform for us Wow now What approach did you take when you created your online? brand like your You're my mentor dot life page You know what what approach did you take like as far as your head shot and your bio? You know, what did you try to implement that led to that success you've had of being booked? Well again, I took your advice to use a professional photo and I had done a photo shoot a Wow a go and so I just use one of those Those photos as my profile picture. So it's a professional photographer who took it and I Did several posts because you advise us to do that just so the client can get to know us and then in my My Profile I wanted to really just speak to the client and be real and let's say listen. Yes, I have education I have a degree, but that's not why I'm here. I'm here because I've experienced heartbreak and now I'm not bitter I'm not angry. I'm not resentful. I wish my ex as well. I pray for them like I'm on the other side of That you know bitter heartbroken woman and I want to help you walk through that and so the biggest thing I wanted to convey in my profile is I've been heartbroken. I'm not heartbroken anymore Let me help you get to the same place Hmm. That's perfect. That's perfect. Did you did you already have experience writing? Yes, I've done editing for magazines and things of that nature Speaking of my sister. She's had multiple magazines and multiple newsletters and I'm the editor of that She's written books. I've edited those so I'm a good writer and because of before I took your course I did write a short book and I actually Have that book now. It's an e-book. I written an e-book. It's called what I wish men believed about women and and It's self-explanatory and so I wrote that and So that's available. I do have a web Christie magazine.com That's up there. It's only three bucks and Also working through working with clients now that I've kind of you know had a good amount I get this one question Tony this this this number one one question, which is Should I break up with my boyfriend? right I get it every single new client and so I created a free tip sheet to help Women process and make that decision and that's also available on the website. Wow and the website is Christie magazine.com Christie magazine.com now What made you create that free tip sheet? Was it just the questions or did you read about it somewhere that you should give something free and and how hard was it? How long did it take you to create that? Yes, I read I did some research on on you know, how to lead and how to market and During my research, they say that you need to answer one of the most important questions from your target market and I actually didn't create the tip sheet until recently just based on The clients that I've had and what they asked me and what their most pressing question is So it took me a couple months to kind of get there because I had some ideas But I'm pretty sure like this is it and so no, it didn't take me long at all because Like you say like when you're in your purpose and God is leading you it just took me a couple minutes Because the knowledge is in me already. It's not something I have to research. I know it Asked myself that question right answered it and now I'm here to help other women answer that question Wow, that's amazing. That's a huge value add that you Created, you know, that's amazing that you thought to do that and then sat down and then you when you sat down You realize how easy it is or much easier is the process when you're coming from your heart And I think a lot of times people come from their head now Having done that. Do you operate from your heart solely now versus overthinking? Yes, I would say the majority of the time 85% of the time I am a recovering Overthinker, so it's always a process that you know guy works on me with but I did watch one of your videos when you did the business Saturdays and you said you talked about writing a book and I have been trying to write another book the same time frame December January and I just Couldn't flush it out But you had one small nugget in that hour video that I just took as gospel and that was don't overthink it Don't sit up there and write your book and reread it and reread it and edit it have someone else at it Just go from your heart write it and then have those people that are experts in that field walk You know do that particular process Editing or the cover or whatever so that helped me tremendously and now I think I'm ready to write that second look That's amazing. That's amazing. So the first book is titled what I wish men believed about women. Yes That's a man. And is it available for sale on your site or on Amazon? Yes, it's available right now strictly through my pristine magazine.com like I said, it's just three dollars and yes So this is my first my first book Tony That's amazing. That's amazing. I can tell that it's many more books to come and now one thing that you're doing That's very creative and very smart is you're not just coaching you are creating other products around coaching and so That is that's really smart and I don't see that often from new coaches from young coaches being this your first year Professional coach typically that's the years in so you're ahead of the game and that's the For me, that's a sign of some major success. And so I and what I would say now Being that you think like that and you create other products What do you think about you and your sister doing a podcast together? Is that in the works? Not yet She has had podcasts in the in the past and but she would definitely be open to it because this is right up her alley like Yeah Hey, that's what's next that's what y'all got to do because both of y'all have great personality great Voices you got great minds. So you take and you put that together and your sister So that's a hook right there your sisters and you live through some things experience some things And it's another form of coaching and it's free for people to consume that content And I think people who may not be able to forward a session right now or may not be sure about life coaching They can go to the podcast. What about YouTube? Have you got on YouTube yet? No, I have not and I was the one in the group saying I don't do social media. I don't like to be on camera I'm on Instagram, but I only started this summer So I started with zero absolutely zero followers and I think I might be at like almost 50 And that is like a praise report to me because I'm like, oh my gosh. So just being consistent with that first I Want to delve into YouTube, but I'm a little nervous. So we'll see but I Definitely my next step is to do an online course based on that tip sheet that we talked about earlier Or like I said for those people who don't want one-on-one country coaching or aren't comfortable with that And they can take that at their convenience at any time of the day Awesome. That's amazing. I'm working on a course for Coaches teaching how to create an online course So maybe that'll help you on there and I think you own it So now that you're a coach Have you You found your style and you say it's kind of a mix of you know authentic and real Do you find yourself being asked to listen more or to? Speak more on a session So that's something I also learned from you like you warned us in this certification course listen Listen just listen, right and I was so passionate that I did probably the first 15 minute session. I Probably talked about 20 minutes, which was was too much and then so now I listen more But I I'm still balancing that passion is like when you see those red flags or you want to like So now calm myself down and I definitely listen more than I thought but it was a process like it took me a while to get But you did for awareness Hey, you did great. You did great because I remember My first session is I talked probably 55 minutes out of the hour. So so you did great. You did great So I mean when I say literally I talked 55 minutes out of the hour I mean you could tell me nothing and I was 23. I didn't even know anything. So you're doing great. So coaching Writing books Gonna do a course got the tip sheet. You got your website. You really got it going. What would you say to? someone like yourself who May not be a social media person may be questioning themselves about becoming a coach What tips or advice would you give? I? Would say to those aspiring coaches that are like myself and kind of shy Self-media or intimidated to take your time To take your time but not to not take a step so just take that first step and That was one of my direct questions to you and just thank God I was able to do the live course Because my question to you was where should I start because I'm really not Excited about being on social media and you broke down the different ones and their different features And so I started with Instagram because I can use pictures and I don't have to do a video So start where you're most comfortable with would be my advice be consistent Which I'm you know for this for is still working on those two times a day for Instagram but if it's your purpose to your purpose and what's for you is for you and Being authentic and being true to yourself will bring you your clients There's people that are specifically out there that need you so don't hold your gifts to yourself and don't let fear Hold you back because you were born for a reason for a season such a time is this and so just go for it Just take a step That's amazing. That's amazing. So you're on your journey and do you feel like coaching and Having giving clients access to you one-on-one How much longer how far in the future do you see yourself doing one-on-one coaching? I don't have any plans on eliminating that Right now. I like that Excuse me. I like that interaction. I like, you know my hand on the pulse You know the community if that makes sense just so I can know what they need and I won't know what they need If I don't talk to them So as long as I could do it I don't hopefully in the future it won't be my primary source, right? Because I have those other avenues, but I definitely want to keep still doing it like you like That's important for me to be accessible because I have not reached the point of incessant ability yet at all So I see it for years to come That's amazing. That's good. That's good because that says that you are passionate about it and that's why I still do it and I'm kind of I'm 13 years in as a professional coach And so I sometimes I get a little weary more weary than I used to and so I kind of can see I'm just kind of can see the end near but I feel like I'm still there it keeps pulling you back when you have a real passion and you don't want to charge a crazy amount Because you know what they say do is they tell you and coaching to look at your annual income and divided by 52 and then divide it by 40 and take that hourly rate and multiply it by three and That is your coaching rate. So it's kind of like You know if you if a person works in corporate and they get the six figures and then they want to go from corporate to coaching That rate could end up being, you know crazy And it's not really affordable for a whole lot of people and if they're brand new to coaching they'll have zero clients So, you know when you had to set your price Where did you decide to start at? I? Started at twenty five dollars based on your advice to the group and you explained that You know, yes, we might have these degrees and we might have this experience in the corporate America But actually helping someone journey through their life and accomplish those goals. It's different and so You want to make it affordable, but you but you also want to make it so that you're getting that experience and it's not You know a hazard for the person on the other end of the line. So I started at twenty five Right now to the end of the year. I'm going to be at forty five because I want to still keep it Accessible and affordable, but I also want to Note my the effort that it takes it takes a lot of effort and it does So at forty five, I'm holding at forty five to the end of the year Awesome. That's smart. That's smart. You're doing it right. You're doing it, right? And that's a good rate because Most people who can afford twenty five can afford forty five It's a difference between like twenty five and seventy five So you're moving at a good pace and that's kind of the same route that I took Started at twenty five and sometimes I would go up and then I may come down ten dollars You know and I kind of will play with it based on the season because like tax season a lot of people are investing Their tax return a portion of it into coaching and so that may be a busier time Coaches may raise their rate a little bit just to make sure they're not Flooded or they're getting serious people. So, you know, you continue to play with that rate but it looks like to me that you know, you have kind of like this spirit this aura of like Oprah type, you know that you can You know, like the TV and all of that books Is it anything? What do you see for yourself in the future that you feel like the overall Christy magazine brand Before this whole pandemic hit I saw myself speaking Traveling seminars and retreats of those type of things just to because it's I'm really working with the mindset of the woman that did that settled for less than she was worth that Didn't label herself as having low self-esteem But to take as you label a grown boy when you do that in a work you realize I need to work on my self-esteem because I would not be taking this if I valued myself so that others can value so just I Wanted to reach as many people as I can to just work on that mindset and to let women know that You have to choose you first You have to choose you first and that looks like Breaking those unhealthy patterns leaving those unhealthy Relationships and it's not about the man. It's not about. Oh, he's not this or he's not that it's about what are you? What are you? You know So yes, honey. Okay. Well, I'm gonna be a mother like Oprah. I receive it in Jesus name the sky's the limit because like I said, I didn't even think I would be here But like you say my pain from my past pushed me into my purpose. I mean I come from Early education I was I saw myself opening up daycare centers not Helping women get through heartache. So you just you know God's plans if you submit to him Real prevail and I just I thank God for you. I think God for the program I just thank God for you sharing so much knowledge for free And I have absolutely benefited from it. My sister has benefited from it. So thank you Wow, thank you. Thank you Christie, I know everybody will love you who has who's watching this and we'll see it So it's gonna be up and for those of you who are watching this and you like to connect with Christie The link to book her is in the description of the video the link to her website If you want to go get that free tip sheet that she mentioned if you're happy if you have that question So hey take some inspiration from this Start sitting with yourself and really encouraging yourself to take that leap, you know Trust God know that it is for you if you have that well of passion where you want to help others Don't be afraid to take that step just like Christie has done Christie. Thank you so much Do you have any last words for the new people who? Now got to meet you. Yes. Um, just don't delay don't delay If you've been thinking about becoming a life coach through his Tony program is absolutely worth it I've made my investment back very quickly and Just take a step take a step You can do it. I'm working in a purpose that I even know was my purpose just because I was able to use my pain and And help others and I'm just I'm very passionate about women and helping them get pitfalls You know make the right decisions in a healthy non-judgmental loving ways, so think I'm just I'm Like flabbergasted that I'm one of being featured as a coach on the site And I had a question about shall I even be a coach? So if it can happen to me it can happen to those that are thinking about it as well Awesome. Thank you so much. I'm wishing you a lot of success. I'm gonna be watching you You know keeping up with the journey and I know in the future You'll be training coaches and giving tips and writing books for coaches so keep going keep pressing I'm excited to see what's happening in you and your sister's life And I'm sure I get to talk to her in the future as well So thank you so much. Take care and I'll see you at the top. All right. Thank you