Today we’d like to introduce you to Kyla Whitehead.
Hi Kyla, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start, maybe you can share some of your backstories with our readers?
In 2020, when the pandemic started, I went through what one would call a transformation period. I lost my job, ended a relationship with someone I considered the love of my life, and almost died. Ironically, all of these things happened around the same time. I remember becoming sick and feeling tired and faint before losing my job. I felt alone because all I had was my mother to lean on and offer me support throughout those tough times. She was my backbone throughout my hardships that I endured and without her I don’t know what I would have done. I was commuting to work almost an hour away, so I made it clear to my employer that I didn’t want to lose my job due to me only started a few months before. My employer informed me that my health was more important, and I had to stay out for almost two weeks due to the symptoms that I was having. I had doctor’s notes, ER notes, and urgent care notes to prove I was really sick. However, when I returned to work, everything changed, and I was let go even though my program manager told me I was doing an amazing job before all of this happened. I was beyond distraught, and it took a toll on me emotionally and mentally because I felt like a failure. I couldn’t understand what went wrong when I did the best I could as an employee before my sickness.
Furthermore, around the same time, I started having relationship issues, and my significant other started to change me for the worst. They started saying things to hurt me, stopped communicating with me like they usually did, and a huge void was left in my heart due to my feeling alone. It didn’t help that this was the first person I was ever in love with, and to end that relationship put an even bigger burden on me. I felt lost and confused and was at a point where I didn’t know what to do. I felt like a failure, I felt alone, and I felt like everything was going wrong. A couple of months after my break-up, I had to have a procedure. During this procedure, I went into anaphylactic shock and almost died under anesthesia. I woke up with the breathing tube still down my throat due to the doctor’s inability to take it out because of the allergic reaction to the anesthesia. Picture waking up with a tube down your throat and not knowing that you almost died. That affected me even more than losing my job and my significant other.
Even though I felt blessed to be alive, I also felt stressed and depressed because of it all. I had suffered so many losses in so little time and didn’t know what to do for so many days. I prayed and cried because of all of the suffering and the trauma of all these things happening to me back to back. I remember one day just praying to God to guide me and lead me to a business idea where I could use my skills and gifts. After praying, I remember “life coach” popping into my mind. I knew it was God because of all the businesses I thought of. I was not thinking about being a life coach at all. However, after researching, I determined that this was perfect for me! So I started a website and started looking for ways to market. This was the beginning of my life coaching business, “Manifestn Life.” I came up with this name to let people know that you can manifest your dreams if you apply yourself and make certain changes within yourself.
While researching marketing for my business, I read an article about Oprah and how she started. I read that she started as an on-air personality on a radio station. So I decided that maybe I should try that as well as a way to reach people. I started doing radio on a radio station called Audilous, and I fell in love with it. Along the way, with my journey of going through so much, I’ve also written and published my new book “This Too Shall Pass: Conquering the Storm” under my pseudonym, Ky White. I wanted to teach people some of the hard lessons I’ve learned over the years to help them overcome their challenges. I want to make it known that despite what you go through, you can succeed if you don’t give up and have faith, which is why I’m now an on-air radio personality, life coach, domestic facilitator, and author today.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been fairly smooth?
My road to success has been anything but smooth. The hardest part for me has been my overall healing process, with me healing from all the trauma. I’ve endured in my past with losing my job, heartbreak, and near-death experience. It took me a while to overcome all that held me back. I didn’t have the focus to work on attaining my goals because I was so stressed because of it all. It took me a while to get myself together. However, once I healed, my focus became superb! I could focus on what I wanted and how to get to that point. My biggest challenge is marketing and letting people know about my business and book. This has been hard for me despite my marketing on social media. It’s a learning process, and it is trial and error. I’ve simply learned to take one day at a time and let my faith and prayer lead me. I realized it’s not about my timing, but God’s timing is always the best.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Manifestn Life Coaching is a life coaching business whose purpose is to help guide people to achieve goals and dreams they never thought possible. I’ve learned that you can do anything you put your mind to if you change your perspective about life and your overall thought process. If you believe, you can achieve, and that’s what my business is about. However, to attain these goals, one must also make changes within themselves and conquer any challenges one may be enduring. Many things can hold you back in life, and my job is to help you overcome these challenges. My services include “New and Improved You,” “A Guide to Learning About Others,” and ‘Spiritual Rejuvenation.” New and Improved You is a service used to help people take back their lives and make changes physically, mentally, and emotionally by helping people overcome their fears, doubts, flaws, and other challenges to succeed in life. This service is for those who feel like they have something holding them back, such as their doubts, which have deterred them from achieving and gaining the success they want. A Guide to Learning About Others is a service that teaches people how to connect with others effectively. It’s all about helping others learn how to connect with people in a way that they’re more understanding to keep and maintain healthy relationships. This includes romantic relationships, friendships, and any other connections with others. Spiritual Rejuvenation is a service used to help others renew their spiritual connection and get you back on track if you feel like you’ve lost your way from a spiritual point of view. I offer one on one services as well as group classes! What sets me apart from the rest is a simple fact that I’m real. In my sessions, you will find that not only will you learn, but you will have fun doing so! I will be honest with you, and while learning, we will also have some laughs because that’s what life is about. I believe in spreading positive energy, and I’m known by clients for having that charismatic personality that will help you stay attentive, learn, and entertain you all in one, and that’s what makes me different.
So maybe we end by discussing what matters most to you and why?
What matters most to me is helping others. I’ve always said that earning money doesn’t mean a thing to me unless I’m doing something that is making a difference by helping people. I’ve learned my purpose early on in life, and nothing brings me more joy than hearing a client or a student tell me that I’ve helped them and made a difference in their life. This brings me joy, which is why I love what I do. It’s all about changing lives for the better and doing what I can to help people. This is what makes me work hard, and this is what I enjoy doing. Simply utilizing my skills and knowledge to make a difference in someone’s life and help them conquer their fears, challenges, and any other obstacles in life means the world to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: manifestnlife.com
- Instagram: itskywhite
- Youtube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCr7VNyzXYNXZruWxye5036A
