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Today we’d like to introduce you to Carmen Ohling.

Carmen, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
After working 16 years in a successful corporate career, climbing the ladder, earning the rewards, and getting the promotions, I left. Well, to be honest, I broke down, thought about it for months, cried, cried some more and then, I gave a month’s notice that I was leaving my amazing career to follow my passion of helping other women find true health. I dug in, I hired coaches, I studied, and I worked to become so self-aware and take radical responsibility for my life- and it worked! Today, I find joy in everyday life. I don’t have to wait for the weekend or the next vacation (although I do love to travel), the most amazing moments are happening right now, today- in this very moment. We just need to slow to experience it.

As far as labels go, I am mother, wife, friend, sister, fitness model, a certified holistic nutritionist, empowerment coach, and transformational speaker. But deep down, I am just like you- an ambitious woman wanting to have it all, knowing she can have it all, and living life on my own terms.

Has it been a smooth road?
When I was 25, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. This diagnosis was a huge roadblock in my life, I was confused and afraid. Not only was I afraid of how the disease could cripple my physical body, but I was afraid of how people would think of me. I hid the diagnosis from almost everyone, worried it would impact my career and my reputation of being a strong, powerful woman. It took me years and lots of ups and downs to finally realize that sharing my diagnosis is not a limitation in my life but a gift that has been given to me in order to connect with other gorgeous, brilliant women. In this world of hustle, social media highlight reels, and women feeling more disconnected than ever, it’s really our shared vulnerability that brings us together and creates the most magical part of our human existence.

Life is not always easy or comfortable, but in truth, the moments that break you down are really the moments that build you up. I now live by the idea that life is not happening to you, it is happening for you. In each moment in life, you have a choice- you have the choice to allow your experiences to hold you back or use them to empower you. I know and trust that how I think and feel creates my state of being. I can either affirm the past and bring it with me into the future, or I can use my past as motivation and inspiration to define a new vision for my future. As women, we all have this option available to us on a daily basis. Isn’t it time that as women, we recognize what is not working in our lives and trust and believe there is another way. There is always another way and you are always enough, just as you are today.

I know that many ambitious women, just like me, can relate to this story. Wanting so badly to have it all- success, love, health, beauty, family and true connections- but not ever feeling like it all is within reach. I am here to tell you, and all of the other ambitious women out there, that you can have it all, but you have to start with YOU.

Please tell us more about your work, what you are currently focused on and most proud of.
My work is dedicated to helping ambitious women get rid of their never-ending to-do list, build sustainable health rituals so they can have endless energy and become totally obsessed with their own life!

As far as titles go, I am a holistic nutrition, empowerment coach and transformational speaker. I help guide women by working with them in my 1-1 coaching practice, at my live events (The Permission Slip Tour) and through speaking on stages across the country.

I love to connect on social media: @carmenohling (Facebook and Instagram) or my website www.carmenohling.com.

Who do you look up to? How have they inspired you?
There have been so many women that have inspired me in my life and continue to inspire me every day. I find inspiration daily from the woman in line at the store that is carrying the baby, leading around a small child and still glowing and smiling with so much joy to women like Gabby Bernstein or Lori Harder who show up in a big way in this world!

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James Patrick, Alex Cole, TLC Photography

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