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It’s not easy to take a leap of faith into the career path you’ve always wanted.
Their stories showcase the power of perseverance.
If you need motivation to discover your calling and achieve your goals, these stories will do just that.
Marie Claire:Your career as a leadership coach is incredibly inspiring.
Can you tell us about the moment you realized you wanted to help others in this way?
Aimee Baxter:I’m very deliberate with the title “leadership coach.”
The moment that shifted things was when I participated in an executive education program at a prominent business school.
I had created the life and career I thought I wanted since I was 18 years old.
I loved the work, but I had to learn to love the business of the work too.
I also started getting really clear in my life about who was on “team Aimee.”
MC: What advice would you give someone who wants to go into your line of work?
AB:It sounds cliche, but believe in yourself.
If it were easy, everyone would do it.
That is why so many don’t.
It’s part of the rite of passage.
I don’t know a single person who hasn’t felt scared or wanted to quit.
MC: How do you stay inspired and continue to innovate?
I seek regular feedback from trusted sources to overcome my blind spots.
(We all have them.
We’re never finished.)
I tune in and trust those soft whispers from my heart and nudges from the flow of life.
Also, my clients inspire me.
I learn from them as much as they learn from me.
That one question can be very inspiring and innovative in and of itself.
Many people realize how out of alignment they are, which is the source of most of their problems.
Marie Claire: Your DJ sets have the best energy.
How did you develop your signature style?
“and try that choice instead of relying only on my own preferences.
So that’s been interesting to encounter, but it hasn’t affected my decisions in any big way.
SCW:Like any industry, connections are really important.
Outside of that, listen to music, and listen widely.
But you still might as well try!
Outside of the music, my partner is always inspiring to me.
Marie Claire: You’ve been dubbed the “David Bowie of meditation.”
Can you tell us more about how you earned that title?
It was everythinghis look, his wife, his clothes, his wisdom.
I went through the fire.
I created it out of nothing.
That’s rock and roll.
BS:I would say endless rejection or not being seen for my greatness has always been around.
Still, it gets me moving and dancing and practicing my signature somatic practices and my signature breathwork daily.
I overcome things dailyI don’t do it once a year at some retreat.
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BS:I am not a line of work.
There is no one else like me.
I will also say if your destiny is to become your true self, nothingabsolutely nothingcan stop you.
BS:I read spiritual literature from long ago.
I run a secret school and mastermind with epic students.
I work one-on-one with a few select clients.
I have epic sex with my husband.
I write and record songs.
I make art and write poetry.
I do my signature somatic and breathwork practices just as I teach them to the world (daily).
Changing the lives of millions of people is how I innovate today.
These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity.
Princesses, mermaids, and true love’s kiss, oh my!
But would I do it again?
The late pope spared no expense when it came to treating the infant prince in 2014.
