Embarking on my Phoenix journey, it has become my life’s passion to guide others toward a toxin-free life. Providing easily accessible tools, I aim to help everyone become the Phoenix they know they can be. Having experienced the challenges of shedding the past and rebuilding, I understand the importance of a solid supportive team.
In the early days of my Phoenix journey, I struggled to connect with conventional holistic, personal growth, or health gurus. This led me to adopt a health anti-guru approach to holistic health education and coaching, recognizing that the traditional “guru” energy did not resonate with me.
Kind Heart Lifestyle is my platform, offering information and support from the perspective of a Health Anti-Guru for those aspiring to become a Phoenix. With bold honesty, integrity, and a touch of authenticity, my mission is to provide support for all seeking a toxin-free lifestyle. Regardless of background or beliefs, Kind Heart Lifestyle serves as a refuge, offering down-to-earth, cost-effective holistic solutions.
Through my darkest days and rebirth adventure, I hope to share valuable lessons and insights, ensuring that every challenge becomes a meaningful part of the personal journey. Join me on the path to shine your brightest with tenderness and positive direction at Kind Heart Lifestyle.
Learn more about Fatima in this MysticMag interview.
As the Health Anti-Guru, how do you approach holistic health differently from traditional gurus, and what principles guide your perspective on well-being?
I don’t want to make people feel I am inaccessible. I am very down to earth and feel it’s important to express that. On my toxic-free journey, I found most “gurus” were extremely polished in their imagery and social media feeds.
Although I appreciate the messaging, as well as efforts in branding, I didn’t feel typical health gurus were relatable to me and my experiences.
In reality, life is messy, being a mom of 4 is hectic, and running a farm is dirty work. I don’t have time for perfect hair, great lighting, or precisely positioned content font. I have time for my clients, their needs, and their goals – which is why I always meet my clients where THEY are. I am more concerned with the well-being of my clients than I am with how many likes and followers I have.
The principles that guide my perspective on wellness are:
- Holistic Approach: Well-being is not just the absence of disease; it encompasses physical, mental, emotional, and social health.
- Preventive Care: Emphasizing the importance of preventive measures in maintaining health, such as movement, balanced nutrition, restorative sleep, stress management, and mineral balancing.
- Personalized Health: Tailoring health strategies based on biochemical individuality.
- Mind-Body Connection: Recognizing the interplay between mental and physical health.
- Community Support: Acknowledging the role of social connections in mental and emotional well-being.
- Sustainable Practices: Focusing on long-term, sustainable health habits.
- Continuous Learning: Adapting to new health research and understanding.
The term “Phoenix Journey” suggests a transformative process. Can you share more about what the Phoenix Journey entails, and how it aligns with your approach to holistic health and personal transformation?
Before my current lifestyle, I was an exotic dancer and trade show model in Las Vegas. During my years living a vapid, self-absorbed life I branded myself with the stage name “Phoenix”.
My soul was reborn when I ditched the toxic lifestyle in 2010.
As I slowly transitioned into who I am today, I felt somewhat ashamed of my past life. However, I didn’t realize how important it was for me to accept the darkest part of my life as the spark necessary to grow into the fire I am today. Embracing my coaching method as the “Phoenix Journey” gave my darkest days purpose.
It took years to accept that I would NEVER be truly healed until I acknowledged the hole I crawled out of. My inner peace needed to stop hiding my past shame. The truth is: that you cannot see the stars in the darkness. Your truest fire is found in understanding and engaging with both your Yin and Yang.
Part of my method is helping my clients in the process of accepting closure. To become a Phoenix, one must accept the closure of toxic pain created in their life as it relates to encompassing a healthier self-awareness and overall lifestyle. This balance is vital.
More details about how damaging my former vapid lifestyle was not only to my health but to my soul are on my website.
The Phoenix Journey entails an overhaul of a person’s toxic lifestyle. This process is approached gently with non-forceful methods. I identify each client’s catalyst for change and work as more than a health coach.
I completely understand that every client has a different goal, communication style, and journey. In return, I meet the client where they are emotionally, and make sure they are 100% ready and committed to real-life change.
The Phoenix Journey can be a slow or fast process. Ultimately, quantifiable success depends on the client’s level of determination and situational roadblocks.
Holistic health is a broad field. What specific aspects or modalities do you focus on in your keynote speeches, and how do you communicate these ideas to diverse audiences?
I focus on functional health but most especially mineral balancing. Mineral balancing isn’t a straightforward approach and it always includes other modalities like acupuncture, chiropractic care, etc.… Since it is a pretty complicated topic, I always make analogies that are easier to understand.
In your role as a Holistic health keynote speaker, what are some common misconceptions or myths about health and wellness that you aim to debunk, and how do you challenge conventional thinking in your presentations?
Common misconceptions: That one size fits all.
That someone is healthy because the disease is absent (diagnosis).
We need to start embracing a new paradigm of wellness. The one that takes into account each person’s biochemical individuality. What works for one, might not work for another with the same symptoms.
We also need to look at health differently. Just because one doesn’t have a diagnosis, doesn’t necessarily mean they are healthy…. If there is joint pain, adult acne, stiff joints, etc.—that should be considered “unhealthy”.
As someone who embraces the title of Health Anti-Guru, how do you empower individuals to take charge of their health journey, and are there key principles you encourage them to adopt for sustainable well-being?
As a Health Anti-Guru, my approach to empowering individuals in their health journey is rooted in encouraging autonomy, critical thinking, and personal experimentation. Here are the key principles I advocate for sustainable well-being:
- Self-Discovery: Encourage understanding and listening to one’s own body and preferences.
- Critical Thinking: Teach critical evaluation of health information and trends.
- Intuition: Promote making health choices based on personal intuition and responses.
- Experimentation: Advocate for experimenting and adapting health practices as needed.
- Holistic Focus: Emphasize a holistic view of health, including mental and emotional well-being.
- Sustainable Habits: Focus on long-term, sustainable lifestyle changes.
- Mindfulness: Encourage mindfulness practices for deeper self-connection.
- Self-Empowerment: Shift from external dependence to self-efficacy in health.
- Joy in Health: Promote finding joy and pleasure in health practices.
Can you share anecdotes or examples from your own Phoenix Journey or experiences as a speaker that highlight the impact of your holistic health approach on individuals or communities?
Last year, I was requested to speak to a local Cancer Survivor Group. I offered an engaging presentation on the benefits of adopting a toxic-free life in connection with keeping cancer in remission and preventing new cancers from developing. I have since heard back from the event organizers. They have reported that the attendees were truly inspired by my presentation and have moved forward with developing a toxin-free lifestyle for themselves. The real-time feedback gives my mission the necessary air, fueling the fire inside me to keep pressing forward.
It is my ultimate goal that my years of work and lived passion toward a holistic approach to health is well received as a keynote speaker and industry professional. Each success story is different, and my story comes from knowing I have either directly or indirectly improved the lives of others. In the end, I strongly believe the symbiotic relationship we all have with each other and this planet is paramount. Therefore, we must live toxic-free for the positive progression of humanity. My divine purpose is to create a change in how humans currently exist in these fashions, processed foods, toxic home goods, and consumerism-based world society.
