In today’s interview, Mystic Mag is introducing Tara Kirby – the visionary founder of the Dream Method Certification Program and Divine Coach Academy, who shares her transformative journey from single motherhood and entrepreneurial hustle to creating a six-figure coaching business rooted in alignment and mindfulness.
Tara opens up about her personal challenges, the inspiration behind her coaching methodology, and how she helps women unlock their dreams by embracing their unique gifts. Through her story, we explore the power of alignment, the importance of self-healing, and the tools that have empowered countless women to step into their fullest potential.
What inspired you to create the Dream Method Certification Program, and how has it evolved since its inception?
I started my coaching practice in 2019 after creating my own personal transformation through the use of mindfulness tools & subconscious reprogramming. I felt called to share this with other women who may have been struggling in entrepreneurship, like i had for about a decade. Within 6 months of launching my coaching business I was making 5 figure months using the tools I personally utilized to create my own alignment, a more than half of my private clients wanted to learn how to create a similar business model.
So I packaged all of our alignment & business tools together to create the Dream Methodology in the Summer of 2020. By the end of the year we had virtually certified 15 women in our Dream Method. I continued to deepen my personal practice and learn tools like human design, somatic breathwork, sound healing, energy work & astrology, and as I began to integrate these tools into my coaching practice our curriculum followed.
We started certifying women as Alignment Coaches in 2020 & now have evolved into a Spiritual Life Coach Certification serving women all over the country hosting our certifications both virtually and through in person retreats.
How did your personal experiences as a single mom and serial entrepreneur influence the mission and values of the Dream Coach Academy?
I stepped into entrepreneurship & motherhood simultaneously. I found myself pregnant & single with my first daughter in 2015 and at the time I was working as a hairstylist in the evenings after I finished my 9-5 as a marketing director for a clothing boutique. When presented with the options for maternity leave & coming back to work after having my baby I felt inspired to step away from the stability of a salary & go all in on my own business.
I continued to work behind the chair as a hairstylist part time, and took on odd projects: social media marketing for different brands, i was growing my social following & doing paid sponsorships, I co-owned a photography business and so many other things. At the head of all of it was this energy of what i call the “strussle” the stress induced hustle. With the desire & necessity to provide for me and my daughter as a single mom the first year and a half of my life many of the decisions I made were in the energy of scarcity. & that reflected in my business and my personal life.
Once I became familiar with manifestation, meditation, eft tapping, hypnotherapy and the world of mindfulness as a whole I was able to heal much of my wounded masculine and feminine and come into my own personal power & allow myself to explore my personal and spiritual gifts.
Living in the energy of scarcity for so long and then having such a quick shift into an abundant life & business was the guiding force in what we stand for at DCA (which is now been rebranded to Divine Coach Academy in 2025). We believe that each of us has been put on this earth with gifts & a purpose & we have the opportunity to reclaim our most abundant lives & create our personal dream lives by coming into that power. I created it for myself, helped women do it in a 1:1 capacity and now as we certify women in these tools we see them create a ripple affect by first transforming their own lives and then bring their medicine to others as they build their own businesses.
Can you share more about the moment in 2018 when you decided to quit everything and how that period of self-discovery shaped your approach to coaching?
The moment that changed everything for me happened Thanksgiving 2018. I was working with a client on a Black Friday sale & was expected to be on call for the entire day. I had taken on the project because it was the only way we were going to be able to pay rent for December. I was sitting at my computer & my Husband was packing up our 6 month old son to leave the house. I remember the distinct feeling of feeling trapped & I cried over my laptop. I realized in that moment how many important moments I had missed in my kids life already & that if I continued on the path I was on I would continue to live a life that didn’t feel like mine. I remember that night pleading to the universe, to god, to anything out there for help.
And a few weeks later I was gifted “You are a Badass at Making Money” by Jen Scincero. I read the book & everything just finally clicked. I started my manifesting & self healing journey in January of 2019 & in March I launched my coaching business and within 6 months was making 5 figures working about 12 hours a week. I was more present with my kids than ever, we began to pay off our credit card debt & saving for a house.
I continued to use the tools daily in my life & the conviction & transformations I was experiencing helped me as I supported my clients through their transformations. It was always interesting to see that each of the women I was serving were experiencing many of the same stresses and struggles I had a few months previous to working with them, so I was able to take my personal experience & turn it into a profession that helped others.
What were some of the key challenges you faced while transitioning from the “stress hustle” to building a six-figure coaching business?
I think the biggest challenge I experienced was stepping away from my past self, the identity I had created & how many of the relationships I had held on to from the past weren’t aligned any longer. I remember a period of time feeling very alone as I navigated who I was & who I was becoming, feeling like i didn’t fit anywhere. I also didn’t realize how unregulated my nervous system was. I had a very hard time slowing down and being present when I first shifted into this new business. I had deep seeded beliefs around how the amount of time I worked determined how successful I was. I found myself busying myself with other things, or even making problems in my business because my unconscious mind & nervous system was so used to the chaos I had created in my life. Somatic Breathwork & subconscious reprogramming have helped me so much as I have come into a place of peace & feeling safe.
How has your role as a wife and mother of three influenced your approach to mentoring women through business coaching and alignment?
I would say 85% of the women I work with are also moms & wives. We share a lived experience, that if you are not in that season of life it is hard to explain. The mental load that mothers hold, coupled with the world of entrepreneurship takes a lot of grace, systems and support! Without a deep connection to self the roles can often feel too heavy to hold.
That’s is why we stress the importance of creating your own personal alignment first – and then once you’ve created that space and capacity you will have the ability to serve both in your homes & in your business from a more regulated space. Can you build a business and be a mom without alignment practices & a connection to self and spirit? Sure, but from my lived experience & mentoring hundreds and hundreds of women – the path to peace & abundant success comes from being fully aligned – mind, body, soul and season.
What advice would you give to women who are feeling overworked and underpaid, and are seeking clarity in pursuing their dreams?
To the women out there who are feeling overworked, underpaid and seeking clarity in pursuing their dreams I would tell them that only YOU can change your own life. You have a power within you to rewrite your current reality. If you have a dream in your heart, even if it feels to hard, or scary, or unachievable, I promise you that dream was placed there because a version of you is capable and ready to do what it takes to make it happen!
We teach this process in our Dream Methodology: start with exploring your desires. What is the Dream you want to create? Define that dream first, without that clarity you will remain stuck where you are. Next: Release the things that are holding you back – these are likely limiting beliefs, or unconscious stories that have you looped where you are. Your unconscious mind controls 90-95% of your day to day. If you can shift the beliefs you have to those that align with you dream, you will be absolutely unstoppable.
