Decision makers series: difficult decisions

We asked some of the city’s most brilliant and creative minds to tell us about the most difficult decision they’ve had to make.
The most difficult decision I’ve ever had to make was to separate from my husband after 12 years of marriage. I had reached a point where I no longer felt valued, appreciated, and loved. My biggest fear was how I was going to help my kids process this new change. I was afraid of my kids taking it out on me or feeling like they weren’t enough for us to stay together. Coming from a family where divorces and separations are seen as wrong, I felt like I was failing not only my kids but my entire family. It was hard to come to an understanding that choosing myself was not selfish. Read more>>
The most difficult decision I have had to make….. When we started our business in 2009-2010 we were still coming out of a recession and I was still working as a Spa Consultant and luckily getting hired for projects to make ends meet but it was not consistent enough. I would make a lot of money for a few months then nothing for a few months which was really stressful, I really wasn’t thinking starting our own brand was going to financially sustain both myself and my husband on a full time basis. When our business starting to make a profit and we were able to pay ourselves a little bit, I was offered a few different full time Spa Director jobs with great companies and great pay. Read more>>
Selling paintings to people I know for a price. Read more>>
With regards to my buisness, It was making the decision to move from a product based offering to a service based offering. This was mainly so difficult because it entailed fully coming out of my spiritual closet and incorporating my gifts as a spirit medium to my offerings. This was something I had been doing behind closed doors for a while, and I was nervous moving from product based buisness where I sold and made custom Malas and Jewelry, to offering more services such as readings, energy healing and teaching, I was unsure of how it would be received. The main reason I decided to make the shift was because I had hurt my shoulder, which forced me to drastically slow my production down. Read more>>