Welcome to invest in yourself, the digital entrepreneur podcast. Join the podcast mogul Phil Better as he interviews successful entrepreneurs that make their living in the digital world. Now let's join your host Phil Better as your special guest today on Invest in Yourself, the digital entrepreneur podcast.

Entrepreneurs around the world, welcome back to Invest in Yourself, the digital entrepreneur podcast. I am, of course, Feel Better, the podcast mogul. This episode is specifically for you accountants looking to jump into the entrepreneurial space. So let's get ready to embark on a journey of rejuvenation and resiliency with our next guest who will transform your approach to health and leadership. Because our guest is a medical herbalist and mindset coach, hailing from the serene landscapes of Carterton, New Zealand. I probably mispronounced that and she'll correct me later. They're but they're not just another wellness expert. They are the visionary behind the Project Joyful podcast dedicated to helping individuals reclaim their energy and rediscover their joy in their lives.

In a world where exhaustion, overwhelm and overwhelm are all too common. Our guests specialize in supporting high achievers who find themselves drained and detached through a unique blend of plant medicine and neuroscience informed coaching. She guides her clients towards replenishing their energy reserves and fostering a sense of spaciousness in their life. But the impact extends far beyond personal wellness as the creator of the corporate Sage Effect program. She empowers exhausted managers to become highly conscious leaders, blending herbal medicine, neuroscience, and high performing coaching to cultivate thrive team based environments. And if that wasn't impressive enough, our guest shares her expertise through bespoken coaching experiences, her captivating podcast, and even online herb blending courses where she participate where participants learn to create their own tasty herbal teas. So whether you're seeking to rev revolutionize your energy, cultivate a mindful leadership, or simply savor the healing power of herbs. Our guest is the guide you've been searching for.

So please welcome our guest, the herbalist manifestor herself, Tracy Tuddy. Tracy, thank you so much for being here.

Thank you for having me for a while. What an introduction. Oh, we're gonna have fun today.

Or me or definitely, and, I say this all the time, but my my audience is probably annoyed by it. But I was a fan of hype men in the nineties for rap stars. So my goal is always to be the hype person for my guest because you are the star of the episode. So Tracy, thank you again for being here.

Oh, it's my pleasure.

Alright. So we're gonna get right to the hard hitting question. The first question as always is, why did you become an entrepreneur? What was it, Tracy?

This is such a great question. And for a long time, that word entrepreneur had a lot of resistance for me. I never meant to be an entrepreneur. I never meant to be a business owner. But I had a period in my life where I went through a period of unwellness, and the doctor said to me, well, you're just gonna have to live with it. And I thought, oh, no. I I can't live with it. I need to find out how to solve the problem.

And so I ended up training as a medical herbalist after going to a herbalist and having, my IBS issues resolved. And, unfortunately, when you're a herbalist, there aren't too many jobs out there. So if you're really passionate about helping people and, you know, especially people who have been told they just have to live with it, entrepreneurship is the path. So it was accidental.

So it was, a a case of, oh, you have to live with it to no. I don't wanna live with it. I'm gonna figure stuff out and you did it yourself. Absolutely. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. How did the, like, the executive coaching come into it? Like, being a herbalist is one thing, you know, like Mhmm.

Making your teas, being the tea queen, you know, and everybody's like, you want some good tea? Go see the witch. I mean, the tea or the herbalist. Just technically tea is, let's be honest. It's a potion. Yeah. It is. Witches make potions these days, but apparently now herbalists make teas. So I don't know.

I still think you may be a witch, but I think you you you know what I mean? How did you become the exec like, how did executive coaching come in? Like, where did that come into your world?