Susanne Venaas is an International Spiritual Coach based out of St. Albert, Alberta Canada. Susanne works both in-person and virtually connecting with her clients in their transformation and growth. She is currently accepting select clients to join her in an 8 week deep dive in a transformation called ‘The Soul Path’. Wellness, to Susanne, is an integrative approach to body-mind, and spirit.
Susanne has been featured in Yahoo News + Finance as one of the top 10 Spiritual Coaches to watch in 2021, as well as featured in CEO Medium as an expert in her field, Her Rebel Soul Podcast made Top 10 Spiritual Podcasts in Canada after its first 6 weeks of going live in May 2021. Her passion is working with others to cultivate a deeply meaningful and connected life.
For more details, visit their website here.
Here we sit down with Susanne, to know a bit more about her journey as a spiritual coach.
Q. What inspired you to become an entrepreneur?
Susanne: Illness. I say in my former life I was working as a school teacher trying to balance and manage it all until illness and cancer knocked me down from September 2016 – to January 2017.
Going down the integrative healing path made me realize that I wanted to help others in a broader capacity so that they could live and lead their most fulfilled lives.
Q. How did you get started?
Susanne: I took many pieces of training in different healing modalities, and tuned in to my own intuitive guidance working and practicing with others. When I realized the impact I was having to help others lead a more fulfilled life, it was apparent I needed to hire someone to create my brand and website and take more courses in business and marketing.
Being consistent in my presence, and connecting with my clients have been the foundation of my success thus far.
Q. What was your biggest startup challenge? What steps did you take to overcome it? What did you learn?
Susanne: Fear of failure. Without a shadow of a doubt. It took acknowledging my limiting beliefs and delving into my own self-worth to move through these fears.
Those are some of the pieces I help my soul clients committed to the 8-week transformational journey with me
Q. What is the Most Memorable Thing You’ve Done Since you Started your Business?
Susanne: There are so many things, but to date it was listening to the voice that told me to start talking, ordering a mic, and recording my first podcast days later.
Sharing my voice has been healing and empowering for both myself and my audience.
Within weeks I managed to hit the top 10 in Canada on the podcast charts with my name beside Joe Rogan, Abraham Hicks, and Theresa Caputo to name a few!
Q. What is one book you recommend, and why?
Susanne: Braving the Wilderness by Bréné Brown. The backbone of the book is about Belonging so fully to yourself that you can stand alone untamed.
The bravest place in which you can fully stand is committed and true to yourself.
Q. What are your top 3 favourite online apps, tools, or resources and what do you love about them?
- Canva. I use daily to create social media posts and workbooks for course material.
- Instagram. It’s how I connect with my audience and the metrics always give insight on audience and engagement.
- Buzzsprout. This platform has been instrumental in the success of my podcast coming from a place of zero background knowledge of recording, it made the transition easy.
Q. In terms of legacy, what is the mark you’d like to leave on the world?
Susanne: I’m here to help. Period. My purpose is to help others find that true connection to themselves.
Q. In one sentence, what’s the best advice you’d give to someone just starting out on their entrepreneurial journey?
Susanne: One small step in front of the other helps you to move through the resistance of any fear that may be limiting yourself from your fullest potential.
To keep up to date with Susanne and her journey, connect with her on Instagram.