Ep 172 | Colleen Wachob

Written By Yasmin Nouri

How to Discover Your Purpose & Cultivate Self-Worth, Confidence, Health, and Happiness in Your Life

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Colleen Wachob is the co-founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen, a digital media and lifestyle brand at the forefront of the wellness movement. Mindbodygreen garners more than 15 million monthly unique users today, and Colleen and her husband pioneered the concept before wellness was even a “thing”. She describes herself as an unlikely entrepreneur and shares her approach to how we can prioritize wellness in the busy world we live in.

In this episode, Colleen shares her near-catastrophic event that made her realize she had to get in tune with her body, and her unlikely introduction into the world of entrepreneurship after spending a decade at Fortune 500 companies like Gap, Walmart and Amazon. Colleen shares her perspective on managing stress and navigating self-worth as an entrepreneur after working in the corporate world. She is deeply motivated by her own experience and process of healing and discovery, and she has recently co-authored a book, The Joy of Wellbeing, with her husband to pass along the tools she has learned along the way.

If you’re seeking direction, looking to avoid burnout, or interested in a different approach to cultivating self-worth, joy, health, and happiness, this episode is perfect for you!

Show Notes:

  • Colleen’s complicated relationship with risk and why she is the least likely entrepreneur. [02:56]

  • How Colleen approaches stress management in her life. [07:12]

  • The inflection point in Colleen’s early 30s that changed everything for her. [10:20]

  • What it took to tune in to her body and start to listen to its signals. [16:43]

  • The next steps she took in her career following the incident. [18:52]

  • What it was like to start in the wellness industry before it launched. [21:26]

  • Staying grounded and excited while the goalposts in your business move. [26:24] 

  • Navigating self-worth as an entrepreneur. [28:12]

  • Raising children as an entrepreneur. [31:33] 

  • The book she has recently published with her husband, The Joy of Wellbeing. [34:15]

  • How Colleen learned to leverage the power of breath and how you can too. [37:40]

  • Sleep and anxiety and how the book explores this. [38:55]

  • Chapters of the book that excited Colleen and her husband most. [40:44]

  • Dr. Lisa Miller’s work around spirituality and the parent. [42:45]

  • Advice for mouth taping. [47:10]

  • The one thing Colleen and her husband want people to be flexible about. [48:00]

  • Integrating wellness after becoming a mom. [49:21]

  • Advice for people who are feeling overwhelmed by their wellness journey. [50:48]

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