When I was 13 years old, my mother told me that she wanted me to run away. My stepfather, who molested from ages 7 to 10 and his brother were also in the room. My mother instructed me to run away and to tell the police that I did not want to live with her anymore. When I finally went upstairs to pack a bag, my stepfather followed me to secretly give me $10 so I would have some cash. His brother offered to drive me anywhere I wanted to go. Instead of trying to help me, he continuously tried to grope my private areas and do sexual things with me while he was driving. That night I slept on the hard cement ground in a dark alleyway.
I lost everything and everyone I knew that night. My entire life changed and I immediately had to learn to be a survivor. From that moment on, I was without my family for the rest of my life. I had to do everything single thing without any support at all from a loved one — even raising my children.
Can you imagine living your entire teen years and adult life knowing that your own family does not care about you and they would rather live with a sexual abuser over you? I went through self-confidence and self-worth issues, self-doubt issues, made damaging coping choices, suicidal attempts, and many other experiences that lead to regret and low places.
Fortunately, I made it through the fog and realized that I deserved better. At the age 19, I began to make positive changes. These changes led me to became certified in NLP, Hypnosis, Reiki, and other holistic modalities. I drastically changed into a more positive person that began to finally love life and myself.
I realized that if I can change, love myself, and love life, then anyone can. This is when I decided I wanted to be a life coach to help others feel this self-love, self-confidence, and zeal that I was finally feeling.
I deeply care about people. I truly wish that our world was filled with people who were living more fulfilling lives, were happier, were having healthier relationships, were fitter, were over their fear, were more trusting and confident in themselves, and were making the world a better place.
This is why I do practically everything I do. Life is an amazing gift that we are offered. But, unfortunately, life is often not pleasant and can be hurtful causing fears, trust issues, doubts, bad habits, addictions, unhealthy relationships, and so on. These situations make life not feel so amazing, instead, it can feel like a burden.
My job is to help you realize that life is worth it and that you are worthy of life. I am here to guide you to believe that you deserve awesome experiences in life and that you can achieve them. I know this is true, because of personal experiences.
I have been a life coach for over 20 years. Between my upbringing, personal experiences, and my educational training, I have put together formulas for helping people retrain the way they think, feel, and act so that they can achieve their personal and professional goals. I have worked with people on so many different issues, problems, and concerns over the past 20 years, that she truly understands what people need in so many areas of their life.
“Your Thoughts Matter. Your Feelings Matter.”
I have seen the transformative power that retraining the way you think and feel has. When you learn to make your mind and emotions work for you instead of against you, your life truly does transform. With deep care and love for people, I work from a place of understanding, compassion, and intuitive guidance to move people to change.
It’s absolutely beautiful to see people open up, blossom, to see their eyes widen and their outlook on life change. As a client of mine, you are cared for. I will be rooting in your corner and devoting my time and energy for your success. I delight immensely in watching my clients grow.
To set up a coaching session with me, call me at 267-266-6480 or email me at joanne@joanncipressi.com
Besides 20 years of coaching experience, I am also skilled, trained, and certified in the following modalities that I may use as needed with my clients:
- Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Advance Hypnosis
- Age Regression Therapy
- Time-Line Therapy
- Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology
- Emotion Freedom Technique
- Reiki Master
- Intuitive Energy Healing
- Kinesiology
- Reflexology
- Personal Training
Contact me when you are ready!