Her Story
About Dominique
My journey into wellness consulting started from a very personal place. My mom was sick for a long time, and that experience led me to explore wellness and eventually become a yoga instructor. The path to where I am now was really a domino effect. I was doing sales and happened to mention to a CEO that I was a yoga instructor, and she asked if I could teach classes for her employees. I said yes because I never say no to opportunities. I started teaching at a local resort, and many of the people taking my classes were on vacation or traveling for business. They weren't yogis, they were just regular people like nurses and flight attendants who had knee problems or were facing surgery. That's when I realized that we need to bring stretches and wellness directly to employees, and the only way to reach employees is through their employers. So I built this business around that concept. Now I work with business owners to develop wellness protocols specifically curated to their company, whether it's manufacturing or office environments. I help them lower their workers' comp claims by addressing repetitive movement injuries and educating employees and managers. I typically run a 6-week program because it takes time to create real culture change, but I'll stay on longer and do quarterly check-ins or monthly online onboarding for new employees. It's really about developing a community and culture of wellness within the company, showing business owners that it's important to invest in their employees who spend more than half their life at work. I also work with veterans, providing PTSD training and rehabilitation, and I teach meditation and mindfulness on the side. I'm always researching and exploring new ways to help people, whether that's through Ayurvedic principles or AI-driven wellness tools. I'm currently planning an executive retreat in Panama and working on partnering with a nonprofit to provide 6-week training for veterans with PTSD.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Dominique
01What do you attribute your success to?
I think it's really about consistency and endurance. It's not like I planned to do this specific thing, it just evolved naturally, but I've had to practice discernment along the way, being aware of good options versus bad options. Patience has been huge, especially in a society of instant gratification. It takes a lot of patience for people to put so much time and effort into a project on a continuous, yearly, annual basis. I think where a lot of people go wrong is focusing only on the 5-year plan once they've started their business, but what about before you even start your business? How do you get your house in order? How do you get your relationships in order so you can start the business carefree and focus on it and enjoy it? That's a big thing for me. I want to enjoy my business. I don't want it to seem like work. It's a pleasure hobby, and I just did it because I have a need to help people and I want to educate people. I see the injustice of our medical education systems, and I can't just complain. I've got to do something, and this is how I'm doing it.
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