From Corporate Banking to Ayurvedic Coaching: Reclaiming Purpose with Tessa Arnold!
Release Date: 03/26/2025
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info_outlineIn this powerful and inspiring episode, we sit down with Tessa Arnold—former VP in global banking turned Ayurvedic health coach, entrepreneur, and transformational guide. Tessa opens up about her deeply personal journey from the structured world of commercial finance to building a heart-centered business rooted in healing, intention, and authenticity.
If you're a health coach, wellness entrepreneur, or simply someone navigating your own chapter two, this episode is packed with the insights you need. Tessa shares how personal loss, identity shifts, and burnout forced her to pivot—and how she turned those experiences into fuel for her purpose-driven coaching business.
We explore:
- Tessa’s journey from corporate executive to certified Ayurvedic health coach
- How personal transformation can fuel your entrepreneurial path
- The power of knowing your "why" before starting your health coaching business
- Embracing vulnerability and overcoming self-doubt
- Building a business with intention, clarity, and soulful marketing
- How to niche down by looking at your past self
- The difference between goals and intentions—and why both matter
- Why following your curiosity can lead to unexpected and aligned success
Tessa also introduces her upcoming book "Step Into the Gap" and explains how stepping into uncertainty allowed her to fully embrace her gifts, help others, and launch two thriving platforms.
Whether you're on the fence about leaving your 9–5, struggling to define your niche, or wondering how to start marketing your health coaching business without burning out—this conversation will inspire you to take bold but aligned steps forward.
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