Introducing “The Wise Council House; Life & Financial Coaching”

I want to take a minute or two of your time to introduce my most recent business venture, The Wise Council House, Life & Financial Coaching

While I’m also the lead consultant and owner at Wise-Suggs Financial, that is another venture entirely. I had a moment of truth come to me one day, it's been a year ago now, 2023 was quite the year for me, a lot of ups and downs, and I’m still picking up the pieces and doing damage control. One day while taking a break, I was reading this article that I found on Facebook from a life coaching group, which discussed the pros, cons, and information about what being a Life Coach is and what it can do for you and others. While I did not get on board with their group or be involved in their somewhat pricey “high ticket” life coaching programs, the page and its offerings came across as too salesy and hinted at being a scam, what it did was inspire me to research further into what it took to be a Life Coach and where that path might take me if I pursued it.

Something about the whole idea spoke to me in a way that felt rather divinely guided in a sense, as if I was absolutely meant to go down this path, and I am not one to ignore that little voice that says, “Go here and do this!” If there is one thing I trust, it's my own intuition. The more I researched, the more interested and fired up I became, it filled me with a strong sense of purpose, as if I suddenly found another calling that made me feel more whole inside. Another puzzle piece of my life connected together just right. This life coaching thing was something that I was truly meant to be and do. I took a course on Alison for a Diploma in Professional Life Coaching, and it was almost too easy to make that 100% score on the exam. When something just comes to me like that, and it’s literally effortless for me, I know it's something I was meant for.

What other reasons did I have? Well, many things, one of those reasons being, is that becoming legally certified to practice financial anything takes a minute, and it costs a good chunk of change for those grueling exams. I’m not going to cram my brain and then waste money by failing an exam, when I can take the time to truly learn it correctly and be legitimately able to practice what I preach so to speak.

Life Coaching on the other hand, requires no formal study or state board certifications in order to set up shop, and I needed a pathway to offer my knowledge and skills in such a way that I’m using the skills I already have, while earning myself that chunk of change to afford to take those exams. In this article, Life coaching is #2 on the list of great SAHM jobs. While I’m not a SAHM anymore, there are plenty of us who are still, and we need all the help we can get!

I have a strong and impassioned desire to help others that are in my exact situation, if you read the previous article, you already know why I’m living in a hotel right now, and I’m still working to fix that, creating pathways forward, and making a point to be offering what I can to help others. All it takes is one bill not paid, or an eviction, or your car breaking down, or some other financial catastrophe, and you can go from being in the green to the deep end of the red in a matter of hours. I have a strong compassion and empathy for the financially disadvantaged, especially the people that have low incomes, people who are stuck in dire poverty, or are somehow struggling with wealth and personal wellness. No one ever helps the people that are in a hole, there are no life jackets being given to those that are drowning in their seemingly endless cycles of debt, poverty, and financial destitution.

The demand for resources and the ability to get help for the people that are not in the middle class or above, is staggeringly insufficient. We live in a world driven by the haves and the have nots. I have literally been in a homeless shelter before, I have seen days where I had literally no money in the bank, I’ve been hungry and gone without before, and I know what it takes to claw yourself out of that hole, and just how hard that is. Who better to be the coach, than someone who truly knows what it's like and how it really feels?

I also know the inner struggle, and how hard it is, to not have positive and genuine support from family, peers, and associates. I’ve been told countless times in my life why I can't, or I shouldn't try to do something, or what won't become of it if I attempt it. Many of the things I have thus far achieved or accomplished, I done them on my own without a lot of help or support. I want to be the person to others that I myself have not had.

Out of these things and other reasonings, is where “The Wise Council House; Life & Financial Coaching”, came to be. In this coming year, I plan to grow this venture into a lifelong career. We are listed as a business, and post content, on Google, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn. I’ve written short eBooks and published them to Amazon KDP, (more on that later) and I also have a Square site that showcases what services and products we currently offer.

Another plan I have in the works, is hosting classes on Udemy. I’m looking forward to Udemy, because I also like to create videos and media on Canva, and while I have some reservations about putting myself on a video, the desire to teach and share The Wise Council House mission with the entire world, overrides my social anxiety about how well I present myself on a video. Thankfully I don't have to be visible full face and all that. I’m not a camera person, I can speak on a video and write information just fine, but the idea that millions of people might see my actual visage on camera is something I'm not ready for yet.

Our fast-evolving society, tech and finance are going to be booming soon. The more money, wealth and possessions that society has, the more stressed and burnt-out people will become in trying to manage, and keep it going, thus the greater the need for someone to step up and help them accomplish those goals. The Wise Council House: Life and Financial Coaching, will be one of those resources and persons that will step up and be there when the people truly need it most. So without further ado…I’m cordially inviting everyone that is reading this post to be welcomed and to become part of The wise Council House Life & Financial Coaching!