Hi I’m Alisha,
A leadership, creativity, transitions and resiliency coach for women.
I’m on a mission to empower women to envision living and speaking their truth unapologetically, to step into their purpose.
I know what it’s like to have a burning desire to live more authentically and to do work that makes a positive impact in the world, and know that you are not doing what you were meant to do all while having no idea how to figure it out.
A journey inward
I started my career at an over one-hundred-year-old insurance company where I began to ignore my own intuition from the very first interview. In my decade long tenure there I tried to fit in as best I could among the grey cubicle walls, other women with excessive makeup on, in suits, and pumps. My goal was to put my head down, work as much as possible, as hard as I could, not stand out and try to ignore the growing dread building inside of me. I figured if I worked hard, didn’t make waves, or stand out no one could spot that I didn’t actually belong. This worked well for the company as I was often top in sales, but it left me miserable, doubting myself and very lost.
Maybe this is you too..
I was raised in a loving family, but one that taught me unconsciously that my worth was tied to how hard I worked, to being that “good girl”. I felt like I earned my parents love and gained worth by working hard in school, and never getting in trouble or making waves.
Like so many women I confused my worth with how hard I could work, not standing out too much and following rules. I was trying to “be responsible” in order to be worthy of love. In doing so I ignored my intuition and true self. I was bankrupting my soul to fit into everyone else’s box for me, ensuring that I would never do work that held meaning and purpose for me.
But there came a day when enough was enough and I decided to answer my intuition, answer my soul’s calling even though I couldn’t see where it would lead me.
Finding Inner Wisdom
That journey unfolded over many years, beginning with studying yoga at the Asheville Yoga Center not just as a physical practice but as a spiritual path. I meditated, chanted, opened a yoga studio, taught others to teach yoga.
I finally realized that I couldn’t run a yoga studio and work a full-time job. I had flexed my intuition muscle enough to trust it when it asked me to sell my studio, quit my job and embark on “The Year of the Travel.”
The Year of Travel
The Year of the Travel was the year I went feral and set myself free from ways of thinking that were chaining me to misery and pain.
In that year I attended a writing retreat in Mexico with New York Times bestselling authors, witnessed Gregorian chants at midnight in a small candlelit church in Rome, learned to surf in Costa Rica, experienced the beauty and contradictions of India, kayaked through the Three Sisters Swamp in NC visiting the oldest cypress trees in the U.S., and had many long sweaty runs along the Seine in Paris.
In The Year of the Travel I learned that when you follow your intuition magic happens, synchronicity’s follow.
I learned that I had inner wisdom and my worth actually came from honoring my intuition and inner wisdom not how hard I could work.
I felt more alive, and more powerful than I ever knew was possible.
And now I get to take what I’ve learned on that journey and I help other women find their inner wisdom within themselves too.
How I Can Help
Gain Clarity
One-on-one coaching, guiding you to see the greatest vision for your life possible. Looking at where you are, then creating and implementing the roadmap to step into your highest self with support and accountability to get you there.
Right for anyone in a transition who is feeling stuck, doesn't know where to turn, feels callings to something bigger than where they are, and has a propensity to take action toward their dreams.
Create
Events, Workshops, Courses, retreats.
Come play and create with us in our many workshops and events that will help you access your spiritual side, your divine feminine and your creativity (even if you don't think you're creative).
Community
At Yoke and Abundance we believe that it is only together we rise, and that no one should have to walk the road of stepping into your true self alone. That's why we have a creative community.
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Other Ways to connect with Alisha
Practice Yoga with me
Alisha has been a student of yoga for over 20 years and has been teaching for over 15. Take a class with Alisha, or even take her 200-hour yoga teacher training certification.
Check out Alisha’s Watercolors
Grab greeting cards, commission a painting, take a watercolor class, or purchase a print or an original painting.
Retreat with Alisha
Take a personal pause, travel, relax and retreat with Alisha in Tuscany