Ellany Lea

I’d rather risk dying from having lived too much than regret on my death bed not having lived. https://www.ellanylea.com/unleash-your-freedom

If you want something you've never had, you must become someone you've never been. - Ellany Lea https://freedom.simplero.com/growthcycles

We must lay down the very thing that we have always used to get what we want for something much better to occur. - Joe Dispenza https://freedom.simplero.com/growthcycles

I had always come from a peak performance, leadership, self-empowerment and coaching background. Now I was being expanded by colleagues from a therapeutic background, who work in mental asylums or prisons, and with horses or differently abled children. I saw how naturally gifted and proficient I am in safely, even playfully, guiding people to the depths of their psyche, the abyss of their soul, including the armpits of their shadow self. Add to that thorough training and cert...ification, I could immediately see what clients don't see, immediately tell what clients aren't saying. I even pre-feel what clients are about to feel 2-3 days before they feel it. I brought every client to tears, cracked hearts wide open, so we could mend it back together with grace. Never needed to prepare before a session, it all came so naturally. But I let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities See more

I had zero clue, absolutely zero clue, that meeting the program adviser for coffee to collect my book prize was going to explode, transform and define the rest of my life. I'm often asked how I found my way to coaching. I didn't. It found me. Before that coffee, I had never heard of coaching, outside of athletic coaches. As I shared about my last 2 careers, she mirrored back, "Oh, so you are coach like." I remember replying, "No. It's more like I make adults play nice togethe...r. And I excavate a person's true identity." She offered a discount to CTI's Fundamentals coaching class, full money-back guarantee. I had started my self-development journey about 4-5 years prior, so I was open. After that weekend class, I knew I had found my tribe. For the first time in my life, I felt seen for who I am, not for what I've achieved. Normally, coach trainees do all 5 courses in a row over 5 months. I did the first Fundamentals course, then someone in my life died, so I did the 2nd course 4 months later, then someone else in my life died, so I was only able to do the 3rd course 3 months later. It'd be another 5 months until I could complete the 4th course and I just ripped off the band-aid and forced myself to do the 5th course that following month, before anyone else had a chance to die. It was as if my life was falling apart like a demolition zone so that I could rebuild anew. And the demolition took way longer than it could have because I kept resisting this new calling of becoming a coach. I was never something I wanted or dreamed of. I never even knew it existed as a profession! Long story short, I ended up investing $12,000 in CTI's coach training and certification programs, and $15,000 in CTI's leadership program. Did not see ANY of it coming! This time, I didn't let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities See more

I bought a condo in Vancouver, right by the beach, which was my dream before turning 30. I loved being around heart-centered, purposeful, passionate people again. I was making $5,000 - $7,000 for small projects that required 3-4 weeks of work. I had a regular stream of referrals because 1. who doesn't need a beautiful and functional website and 2. I read my clients' needs so well and was flexible in catering to their changing moods/tastes. I had outstanding testimonials. At t...he peak of my business, I made $60,000 for a project that only required about 4 weeks of full-time work, which I spread out over several months so that the client could keep up with me. I thought of the highest amount I could charge and they said "Sure." without batting an eyelash. Darn it, should have charged even more lol! I not only had the web development skills, but also an eye for design, as well as a finesse with training even the most tech inept person. I loved how alive and empowered clients felt when I showed them what e-technology could really do for them. They had no idea the web world could be so fun, easy and simple. It also felt soooooo good to not deal with visas and precarious "alien residency" status anymore, to be firmly planted in my country of birth. But I let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities See more

There is a difference between a great aerial yoga teacher and a great aerial yogi/artist/acrobat. No one would ever hire me to perform aerial tricks, but students flocked to my classes because I guaranteed 800% safety: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual safety. I had students in their 60's move their bodies in ways they never thought possible. I had students who suffered accidents or surgeries and were told they could never exercise again accomplish beautiful, fluid mo...vements. Many cried, found freedom from body shame, mental chaos, emotional rumbling, and loneliness. Every single student was wowed by the transformative power of play through these aerial hammocks. They were also becoming conscious of how their minds limit them when I showed them proof of what they could accomplish beyond the mind. This was also one of the rare time I had a business partner and finally didn't feel alone amidst the entrepreneurial cogs. She provided the studio space, I provided the expertise, and together we promoted the wellness center. Oh and I lived 3 blocks away from the studio, how perfect is that?!? But I let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities See more

I always got a first interview. I always got a second interview. I had a knack for reading people's unspoken needs. I could also articulate succinctly and ultra kindly what was missing from their project specs in order to make their vision a huge success. I was becoming a digital nomad and living the laptop lifestyle 2 years before those terms were even coined. I had broken free from the 9-to-5, I was no longer an employee! I was making around $10,000 per project that only re...quired 1.5 to 2 months of work. And I was working with the United freakin' Nations, the Everest of the international aid world!!! Those were my "power skirt", high heels, black leather briefcase, and UN security badge days. But I let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities See more

Thanks to the "4-Hour Workweek" and "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" books, I knew crystal clear that I didn't want to continue trading dollars for hours. I wanted to create assets that would keep making me money, whether I worked or not. I practically had an out of body experience when I reviewed my financial statements: I was making $4,000 to $5,000 per month, working 2-3 hours a week. It felt surreal to watch the seeds I planted ages ago bare fruit for weeks, months and years to come.... It blasted my eyes wide open so I could see how every job or business identity I let go of was not a loss, but a series of course corrections on a cumulative journey of gathering skills, courage elixirs, stamina stones and resilience swords (you know, like in Nintendo Zelda). I was so successful with Airbnb and they asked me for advice on how to create a 5-star home and how to select the best hosts. I could have coasted through this semi-retirement lifestyle for years, even decades. But I let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities See more

One day, I was tracking Google Analytics and noticed a lot of traffic from a website. I clicked on that site and out of the corner of my eye saw a job ad for the same position I wa in, but with a much larger and reputable international aid organization, and I assume higher salary. I didn't think anything of it because I was so focused on my work. But around midnight that night, I couldn't help but pull up that site again. The ad was gone. What where the chances that I saw tha...t ad at the TOP of that page at that EXACT moment in time?!? I applied of course, passed both interviews and fit in like a glove. Phew, it only took 10 career overhauls!! I adored my colleagues who were all passionate, fun, super talented and good-hearted people. With the salary increase, I was able to move to Manhattan. My landlord even chose me out of 36 applicants that day because my business card had my employer logo. I had my "Sex and the City" foursome gal pals, was learning Antigravity Yoga and sewing, and could walk to work in 21 minutes. At work, I had near total creative freedom and would complete e-projects in 3 weeks, when it took other offices 3 weeks just to finalize the specs. I spearheaded a global $1.2 million dollar online initiative, because I felt like it, because making systems efficient is fun! Several of our international offices flew me overseas to borrow my talents. It was a dream life that I didn't even know could exist. But I let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities

I stumbled upon this overseas position 3 days before the application deadline. I met every criteria, including age (under 30), being trilingual and having both e-learning and leadership skills. What were the chances?!? The day after the deadline, I got a call for an interview. The following weekend, I had an in-person screening. And 8 days later I was being flown across the country to the last training of the year. I breezed through the entire process. A month and a half l...ater, I was on a 35hr flight from Vancouver to London to Nairobi (Kenya) to Bujumbura (Burundi) to Kigali, Rwanda. I'd be managing a team of 4, bridging the Western world with the East African world through e-education. I mean, is there anything more rewarding than empowerment through education? It felt so good to follow my heart, for the first time ever, into a meaningful and humanitarian profession. I just wanted to do good. I just wanted to be free from the profession that was expected of me. I found some kindred spirits there, some of the most generous, warm, and inviting women I've ever met. They took such great care of me. I had a 3 bedroom house and regular fun visits from colleagues when they came into the capital. But I let it all go... Read full blog by clicking this image in bio link gallery http://ellanylea.com//my-16-careers-reinventing-identities See more