You’re an entrepreneur combining business savvy with spiritual concepts to help you build your own business.
You’re loving the idea of having more freedom of being your own boss! You have a strong desire to help others, you deeply care about making an impact in the lives of others, and you want to be an agent for positive change.
But you’re feeling overwhelmed trying to put all the pieces together.
You are spending hours following the latest tips, hacks and strategies (shiny!) and that just feels like a waste of time and money because you’re not getting the results you want.
Maybe you feel scattered and unsure of the right steps to take to grow your current business. It’s hard to admit you are not very proud of yourself and are questioning your ability to achieve the success you once believed was possible.
It’s okay. I can help.
Not only have I been there, but I’ve made it my mission to help entrepreneurs like you move out of STUCK!
Hi, I’m Erika Matos.
I am a spiritual teacher helping women entrepreneurs who don’t feel completely successful in life and are sick and tired of feeling stressed and unhappy no matter what they have achieved.
They fear the life they desire is not really possible and that the ongoing feeling of frustration, unfulfillment, and dissatisfaction is permanent regardless of how much law of attraction they practice and believe in.
Through mindset coaching and energy healing, I help them gain confidence in themselves and teach them to navigate and manage their thoughts and emotions so they can create the joyful, fulfilling life they’ve always wanted.
My journey:
I’ve been on this journey for almost 20 years – almost like a PHD in self-awareness and self-management.
I remember when the anxiety attacks started. When I hung out with friends, I felt threatened and unsafe. As a 20-year-old at the time, I didn’t think much of it as I could dismiss the feelings and the thoughts pretty quickly. But then it quickly escalated into panic attacks, and I was losing control quickly. These were more vicious and would last longer. It wasn’t long before I believed that everyone was trying to hurt me (family, friends, co-workers, strangers). I felt suffocated by the pending doom that awaited me every second. My behavior started changing dramatically and after one episode of incoherently screaming at entities no one could see but me, I was hospitalized.
I was diagnosed schizophrenic at 21, and the doctors gave me no hope of living a normal life. It was up to me to put myself back together and rise above that circumstance and others’ opinions of what my life would turn out to be.
According to the so-called “experts”, I was supposed to be mentally disabled, heavily medicated, living permanently between anxiety attacks and panic attacks, and never achieving anything worthwhile.
“I’m irreparably broken”
I cried. I cried harder than I ever have in my entire life. How did this even happen?
In an instant, I went from being a normal, happy, fun, full-of-life 21-year-old, to a crazy dysfunctional mess who couldn’t get her act together. It felt like my life was over. I was quickly losing hope.
Yet, something inside me KNEW I wasn’t a failure; I wasn’t “less than”.
The problem was I didn’t know where to start when fear dominated every second of my everyday life.
Where do I even start?
Then I started noticing that, from time-to-time, I would experience relief. My mind would go from a living hell to a deeply peaceful heaven. To this day, I cannot explain what triggered this occasional bliss or why it happened, but it was the sliver of hope I needed.
I knew that in order to make the smallest dent, I had to focus on the bits of peace. They felt like the crumbs back to the land of “normal”.
This was the most difficult part.
There was zero proof that I could reclaim control of my thoughts and feelings so I could function “normally”. I had to make a way for myself where there seemed to be no way.
Desmond Tutu wisely said that “there is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.”
And so the journey began…
I started taking moment-by-moment steps towards my elusive inner peace.
It was me trying to achieve the “impossible”.
The second of peace eventually turned into minutes of peace and then became hours of peace. I knew I was on to something.
Could I keep this going WITHOUT meds? I hated taking the prescribed pills. They made me numb to life. Yes, they reduced the severity of my symptoms, but they took away my zest for life. They reduced me to a barely-functioning zombie that slept most of the day besides the occasional meal. The doctors just kept increasing my dosage. I wanted out!
One day, without telling anyone, I decided to start reducing the dose. I was terrified that I was compromising my progress. I was scared of the backlash from my family and friends. And, still, I decided to go for it anyway.
Instead of focusing on numbing out, I started to practice mindfulness and meditation. Shortly, I began journaling. Switched to a healthier diet. Before I knew it, I felt more in control of myself.
A whole lifestyle change soon followed.
Fast forward to six months (ONLY six months) I had weaned myself off all anti-psychotic meds.
That was the first BIG win! It took a little while longer to feel like I could get back to being social.
Within the following year, the change in me was very noticeable. My inner circle could hardly believe that I had come back from such a dark place. Needless to say the doctors were speechless. I was SO proud of myself.
Somehow I knew that, through my efforts, I had just been given a new lease in life. I was ready to go all-in and full-out! I wanted to set an example of what was possible with the power of the human spirit.
After that diagnosis, and with my newfound mental strength in place, I went on to graduate college with high honors, I had a successful corporate career as an accountant, I moved cross-country from Florida to California, quit accounting to build my first business as a Pilates instructor, and the journey didn’t stop there. I wanted to give more.
It didn’t matter what challenges I took on, all my mindfulness skills have been my saving grace. In my entrepreneurial journey, they made me resilient and masterful dealing with fear. Self-awareness became my superpower!
In random conversations, I’d notice that others would be stuck in a make-believe-scenarios I could quickly help them out of. As they spoke, I could spot the limiting story and help them see it for themselves and how to move past it.
“Hmm” I thought “I wonder if I should teach this to others?”. Following that thought and the inspiration behind it, I started “testing out” my ability to coach others out of fear and into confidence rooted in self-awareness. Turns out, that is my purpose.
The rebellious act of refusing to be labeled as a “reject of society” put me on my path and was, in hindsight, the greatest gift of my life.
My very life was dependent on me learning to lovingly navigate my mind and my fears in an easy, supportive way.
Developing the skills I now have to take me from struggling, to surviving, to now thriving. They are meant to be shared and help others, not just me.
I learned that, if I mastered my thoughts and feelings, I could create the external reality I wanted. I called the shots.
And that’s what I teach my clients to do.
I know exactly what it’s like to be crippled with fear and constantly hear “I’m not good enough” from within.
I know first hand what it’s like to not feel worthy or capable of the most basic human functions.
I also know that, in spite of severe fear breathing down my neck, success is possible.
And against the odds, I showed up and did it my way.
One thing I know for sure: Your mind can be your greatest ally or your worst enemy.
This is my purpose. It’s the air that I breathe. It’s my service to a Higher Power.
Today, I get to help amazing women find their resilience and strength as they dare to pursue a new and fulfilling entrepreneurial path.
I love my work as a spiritual teacher and mindset coach, and every day I’m thankful for the opportunities I have to make a tangible difference in my clients’ lives.
And frankly, being healthy, happy, free, and completely in control of my own path feels pretty darn great too…
I would love to hear from you! To learn more about how I can help you find your inner Wonder Woman, check out my “Bust Out of Stuck” Breakthrough Session Page or send me an email: erika@thefeelgoodshift.com.