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Welcome back digital entrepreneurs to another exciting episode of Invest in Yourself, the Digital Entrepreneur podcast. I'm, of course, your host with the most feel better. And today, we have an incredible guest who is here to help guide us through the journey of creating businesses that not only thrive, but feel deeply aligned with who we are. Our guest today is a powerhouse business coach and somatic pract practitioner whose work lie whose work lies at the intersect of connect connection, community, and change. She specializes in helping women entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses while integrating mindfulness, healing, and strategy. Whether it's through the sound, breath, or movement, she offers a true holistic approach to transformation. As the founder of Move and Still and Nourishing Wellness Collective, our guest is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs to live and work in alignment with their true purpose. She's also the host of the School of Healing podcast, which we'll talk about because as a podcaster, you know, I love talking podcasts and the author of a newly released book, Hold Space to Heal, a must read for anybody looking to prioritize healing and growth.

And did I mention she's also a proud mother of two beautiful girls? Obviously, they're her greatest joys. So with that, let's get ready and dive deep into how to grow your business while nurturing your mind, body, and soul. So please give a warm welcome to Dominice Clifton. Dominice, thank you so much for being here.

Oh, Phil. Thank you so much for having me. I really appreciate this opportunity to have a conversation with you today.

I am very excited because when I got your bio and when we connected, I was like, I need to speak with you because you're changing the world. I love people who are empowering, you know, I hate to say it, but, like, minorities or groups that aren't relatively, represented in the entrepreneurial. As, as you know, most people know, I'm a cis white gendered man. I have a lot more, privileges, so I know and hear a lot of stories about people who look like me, but I love talking with people who talk, who are helping others, who are not necessarily what I look like. So I love this, and I love highlighting you. So, Dominice, thank you so much for being here and sharing your story with us.

Yeah.

Alright. My first question, like always, is what made you dive into the entrepreneurial? Because it's it is, a world that's very stressful for a lot of people if they don't know. So we need you to decide, hey. I wanna go into that very stressful world, but do it with a mindfulness.

It wasn't a dive. It was a fumble. It was like a, oh, okay. I'm here now. Let me figure this thing out. So I I feel like you have two types of people. I've, oftentimes you have those people that are like, I knew my entire life and I would never work for anyone. I would be an entrepreneur.

I was not that person. I was on the flip side of, like, I had no interest in being an entrepreneur. I was for sure, like, planning to just do the traditional, you know, nine to five route. And I started out in that arena, but it's funny looking back now. I'm like, girl, you were never actually built for nine to five. So I so I, you know, went the traditional route, went to college, graduated college, got a corporate job, started out working in New York City for a pretty Macy's, you know, so pretty reputable, company. And I I would say, like, a year and a half into it was like, oh, god. Like, there has to be something else.

Like, this can't be it. So I jumped all the way from, like, working in corporate to applying for the Peace Corps. Got into the Peace Corps that got delayed. And then I ended up, like, figuring out how to still go to China and teach English and went there, came back. And then I started doing the more traditional things like working for nonprofits, settled into getting married, and started having children. And it was in the, like, trying to force myself to fit into this mold and, like, check the boxes that society tells us that we're supposed to check to be happy and successful. I was, realizing that, like, that wasn't the best fit for me. So looking back now again, like, there was so much misalignment.