Discover healing and purpose with Toxicity to Thriving, a faith-based workbook empowering women to break free from unhealthy relationships, heal emotional wounds, and reclaim their worth through guided reflections, affirmations, and Scripture.
Her Story
About Octavia
Octavia Floyd is a coach and author based in Pittsburgh, PA. She began her coaching business in July 2025 after a prior career as a fraud investigator for over eight years. Floyd earned her BA in communications from Point Park University in 2014, having transferred from community college, with studies in broadcasting and journalism. Her work centers on coaching, publishing workbooks, and leading women's groups. She has received the Black Woman Leader of 2025 recognition and the 2025 Black Woman Achievement Award. Floyd attributes her success to divine alignment and open doors of opportunity that arise without application, requiring her to remain alert, obedient, and present.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Octavia
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to divine alignment and open doors and opportunities that come without me even having to apply. Nothing is by coincidence. Having doors open up for me, being recognized and noticed. I just have to be alert, obedient, and be present.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I've received is to continue to believe in yourself. When you're doing what you're called to do, it's not going to come easy. Keep striving, keep believing, keep going even when everything in me wants to stop. That gives me the energy and the confidence to keep going.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
The advice I would give is to always believe what God said about you and believe what He promised you. Regardless of what I see or don't see, believe in what he said and trust in what he said. Believing and not ever stop believing what he says about you is going to be your go-to.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The challenging part is attracting the correct clients, maintaining clients, and getting people to believe in themselves and trust what I'm saying. I go on TikTok Live and get viewers but no one moves forward. My goal is to grow and expand internationally.
Her Content Hub
Articles by Octavia
Toxicity to thriving
Empower Your Healing Journey: Break Free From Toxic Patterns and Discover Your True Worth
Toxicity to Thriving is a faith-based personal development workbook designed to help women break free from unhealthy relationship patterns, heal from emotional wounds, rediscover their worth, and move forward with confidence and purpose. Through guided reflections, affirmations, prayers, Scripture, and practical exercises, women are encouraged to confront what has kept them stuck and begin the transformative journey from surviving to thriving.
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