Tanya Huglife

I attribute my success to my kids. My kids are my greatest motivation. They drive everything I do and push me to keep going, to build my business, and to help as many women as possible. Everything I've accomplished, from overcoming my disability to building my health coaching practice, has been fueled by wanting to be the best example for them and to create a better life for our family.

The best career advice I've ever received is that when you put your goals, don't put them aside and do everything towards that goal, even if it's one minute a day, even if you do not see the light at the end of the tunnel. If I would give up on myself, on my knees, doing simple things like Qigong, tai chi, I couldn't walk, so I had to do very simple exercises, like pretending I'm touching the water and I'm standing in the water, so my body would be awake. 10 minutes, 1 minute, 5 minutes, no matter what it is, that brings you closer to your goal every single day. Prioritize, first of all, your number one priority. Your dream is your goal. There is no dream coming true if it's not your goal. You work towards your goal every single day. You prioritize it, and then everything else comes.

My advice to young women entering my industry today is don't take your body for granted. Always secure your body, because just because you're young and beautiful, we don't know what's tomorrow. So always, always think of your health. If I had to say it in one sentence, don't take your body for granted. You only get one body in life. Also, do not compare yourself to no one. Do not look at social media. You are so unique, your eyes, your lips, anything. You are the only you like that in life. Nobody else is walking in your body, in your mind. So I don't want them to really focus on social media, but focus on themselves. They are so unique in their own way.

The biggest challenge in my field right now is social media. Social media is promoting images of ladies, young ladies, and there's so many young women, old women, middle-aged women, they're all watching social media and they want to have what's nearly impossible to have because it's all AI. The images are so trimmed, it's not real. During COVID, I had so many teenagers and moms reaching out saying can you help my girl, she wants to look like this, and I have to work on their mind. Young ladies come to me and show me pictures saying I want to be this. I have to help them understand that they should not compare themselves to anyone, that they are so unique in their own way. You might never have that tiny waist, but you can look so much more beautiful than someone else with a tiny waist. You are so unique, your eyes, your lips, anything. Nobody else is walking in your body, in your mind.

My personal life values are health is number one. It's my priority. You are the priority. What good do you bring to the family, or to your clients, or to your business, or motivating other people, if you are not yourself, if you are not healthy? I always tell my ladies, think of this, I can't do this because I have kids, 4 kids, two kids, I have jobs. I say, okay, what good will you bring to your kids? You're gonna be annoyed, aggravated, upset. Mental health is number one, so you are priority. If you feel good, the whole family feels good. Your clients feel your energy. It's all about what and how you come out in front of your family and what you can give. If you're healthy, everybody else is healthy, and it's a chain. My values are health, family, and helping others. My mission is always help others. If I can help one woman at a time, one woman a year, she will help someone else. If we change the life of one person, we can change the world, only if we act genuinely. Money has never been first in my life. If I can help a person and a person could not afford me, I train them for free. That's how I started, that's how I still do it. If I feel I can help a person, I'll do it without the pay. I still do it, and I get so much in return.