Meet doc PEACE | Empowerment Guru

We had the good fortune of connecting with doc PEACE and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi doc PEACE, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
Greetings! Pleased to share. I’m Dr. Peace Uche, also known as doc.PEACE. I’m the creator of The GOLDen Program, The GOLDen Speaking Program and GOLDen Business Excelerator. Through The GOLDen Program I help women who are feeling stuck in their lives & unfilled, clearly define their purpose and confidently advance towards that purpose. Through The GOLDen Speaking Program I help entrepreneurs gain the visibility to grow their business organically by speaking on other people’s platforms and authoring a best-seller. And through GOLDen Business Excelerator I help wellness experts who would like multiple revenue streams, further leverage their expertise to create, launch and grow their online-based business. I am also a Transformational Rhythmic Speaker who transforms mindsets using the power of spoken word also known as rhythmic poetry. One of the questions I often get is: Are you a real doctor? I do indeed hold a doctorate in pharmacy. I worked in the corporate world, behind the scenes of pharmacy for fortune 500 companies. I worked with patients, providers, and fellow pharmacists to ensure proper medication education and use. It was such an incredible experience playing such a pivotal role in healthcare and wellness. Some of the things I learned during this time was how to effectively educate and how to connect & communicate professionally. It was in 2019 though that I realized that I wasn’t using ALL of my innate gifts and talents. It was around this time that I launched doc.PEACE initially created as a speaking brand to inspire the world. I soon realized that if I didn’t take my services online no one would know who I was. So, in 2019 I started to learn how to build an online-based business and as you know, that is what I now do with my clients. While working as a full-time Pharmacist I realized how important time and location freedom is in life. Freedom to control your time, your schedule, and your location is one of the greatest goals in life. I wanted that. That was my personal goal then and I achieved it. And now that is what I help my clients achieve as well. My vision is that of unity. And I believe that unity comes when we are each aligned with our purpose and are looking to build each other up versus tear others down. It is a true honor and a blessing to be able to work towards this vision in both my personal and business life.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
I was once a shy girl with a lisp. I had to overcome my shyness and my speaking deficiency to be where I am today. There are times when my lisp comes out a bit when I’m nervous or times when I wondered how this shy little girl became an international speaker. I once wrote a letter from my 9-year-old self and part of it goes: Dear future me: How did you get there from here? I’ve got a lisp and everyone makes fun of it. How did you possibly become a speaker lisp-free? How did you get there from here?…And it goes on to talk about my hair, singing voice, and dance moves that I used to hide. Then ends with: I’m very impressed with the woman we’ve become. And I so look forward to growing up. You’re beautiful inside and out. I wish I could see the beauty in me now. But I thank you future me for bringing it out. We’re shining now! Our light has been dulled for far too long. Thanks for shining your light. Shine on! ~9-year-old Peace. —– I read this letter from my past self to my present and it inspires me even more to keep on moving forward. I also use a GOLDen board to motivate me on the regular. It contains images of all of my GOLDen attributes. What makes me GENUINE? What makes me ORIGINAL? What I LOVE about myself? What makes me a DREAMER? Whatever I resonate with that makes my heart and soul light up, I place on this board. I’ve hung my GOLDen board on the wall adjacent from my bed so when I wake up, it’s the first thing I see. It encourages me each time – reminding me that I’m unique, that I’m unapologetically me and it gives me confidence to pursue my dreams. So, it’s one of the things I have my clients do – create a GOLDen board. Create a GOLDen board tack on their GOLDen attributes and place in an area where they will see it regularly (even wake up to it!) and be reminded that they are GOLD. doc.PEACE is built upon this powerful GOLD acronym and is an inspirational brand which encompasses 3 unique programs – The GOLDen Program, The GOLDen Speaking Program and GOLDen Business Excelerator. Through The GOLDen Program I help women who are feeling stuck in their lives & unfilled, clearly define their purpose and confidently advance towards that purpose. The first step in getting it going is believing in yourself. Thru The GOLDen Speaking Program I help entrepreneurs gain the visibility to grow their business organically by speaking on other people’s platforms and authoring a best-seller. And thru GOLDen Business Excelerator I help wellness experts who would like multiple revenue streams, further leverage their expertise to create, launch and grow their online-based business. I am also a Transformational Rhythmic Speaker who transforms mindsets using the power of spoken word also known as rhythmic poetry. In March of 2019 I began my Transformational Journey from Pharmacist to Soulpreneur. I didn’t know it at the time. See you don’t know what you don’t know, but if you stay in one zone you won’t know the unknown. Remember this. So, in March of last year I was laid off from my corporate Pharmacist position. After 9 years of studying Pharmacy, 5 years working in fortune 500 companies managing drug formularies, I was being laid off. I was disappointed in myself and scared of what was to happen to my career. I had two choices… start fresh at new company and try to fit into their company culture OR try to build my own business from scratch. I chose both. I began my inspirational brand doc.PEACE in 4th quarter of 2019. It started off as a speaking brand. My goal was to get paid to speak, traveling all over the world sharing the power of spoken word. In 2020, my plans changed. I began to see a need to speak and gain visibility by speaking on virtual platforms. I also began to see a need to teach other wellness experts how they too can start an online-based business and gain visibility as well. That’s when I officially became an Empowerment Guru, to empower confidence in others to not only pursue their soul purpose but to live the life of time and location freedom they so desired and deserved.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
My best friend would have the time of their lives visiting me in San Diego, CA. We’d eat in, home-cooked plant-based meals cooked by yours truly and order take out from the Loving Hut and the Original Sab-E Lee Thai. I’d show her my favorite hike in Rancho Pensquitos canyon, walk the boardwalk of Coronado and go on a bike ride along the 56-bike route. We’d be outside most of the day exploring new trails and enjoying the sunshine, basking in the company of each other’s positivity, light and love. We’d also play crystal bowls every evening with sage and uplifting spoken word flows to empower our confidence and welcome good vibes and positivity into our lives.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I wrote a book when I was 12 years old – it was super inspiring and it even rhymed with Van Gogh-inspired art, but that artist in me, the one who so openly expressed herself with beautiful poetry, was shut down. Why? Because art didn’t make any money. I needed to be a doctor, an engineer or a lawyer to really succeed. So, long story short, I became a doctor of pharmacy. Fast-forward 20 years I’m now a doctor of pharmacy by trade, Transformational Rhythmic Speaker and an Empowerment Guru. This goes without saying, that your true self cannot remain hidden for long. It will come out especially if you allow yourself to be true to who you are, if you allow yourself to express your innate gifts and talents. Take the time and put in the work to re-discover your GOLDen attributes. Those things you were able to accomplish so easily and so fluidly as a child, those things that people commonly notice, and may even still notice, and compliment you on. Take note. Those are the things that make you GOLD. I would like to dedicate this shoutout to my 7th-grade teacher who at the age of 12 taught me to believe in the power of a story and write an illuminating book entitled The Midnight Show, that 20 years later helped transform my life and the lives of so many others.

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Jeremy Schneider Javier Luna Faith Lefever Adele Godfrey