Angela Vrettas has seen a lot of change in her life that forced her to think outside her comfort zone and venture out on her own. After leaving her job to start her new married life in a different country and subsequently losing her pay check, she had to do a lot of soul searching.
She had to start over and she was greeted with a lot of knock backs as she worked through many trial and errors. Along the journey, she discovered more about her innate gift – the ability to listen and offer guided healing, direction and support and her love for other women on the same entrepreneurial journey.
She sought to use her passions and gifts together and started Scent of Life. She found what she did best was help other entrepreneurial women invest in themselves through aromatherapy.
Angela says that her business is actually more than just a service, it’s really a place.
“It is a place of nurturing the nurturer, a place where healing can take place and a place to practice authentic self care.”
Through Scent of Life, Angela is an Aroma Coach who works with women entrepreneurs to put self-care as an important part of their business strategy and success. She seeks to help these women experience overall wellbeing and balance in their lives.
She formulates therapeutic grade essential oil blends and combines it with aroma coaching to help them gain clarity, focus, energy and direction.
The coaching sessions address stress and anxiety, disconnect, burnout, negative self-talk and many, many more.
Angela loves having the freedom to create her own success and being able to make connections.
Being a HerBusiness Premium member has given Angela many opportunities to network and connect, which has really been the solution to a big problem for her.
“Being in the consulting and therapist space means you take on a lot of other peoples’ stress. Sometimes, I do need to break away from that.”
She has found that being a Premium Member also gives her leadership and accountability.
“As a soloprenuer, I think that being a Premium Member provides that leadership and accountability that I need.”
Another part of being an entrepreneur that she loves is getting the opportunity to learn.
“For me, I am still getting used to crunching numbers. I think this is important – mastering the financial side of running a business.”
She believes there is so much to learn in business if you are just starting out, and it depends on your own personality, background and skills. One she says is important across the board is the ability to sell. If you don’t enjoy selling, she says then you better get acquainted with it quickly.
She also has three other pieces of advice that she wishes someone would have told her when she started:
- Tenaciously cultivate a daily success routine – it is key.
- Focus on one thing – not anything and everything. Running your own business means you wear many hats, but this can produce Alice in Wonderland syndrome.
- Take care of your health. There is no one else who will do it for you. I learned this the hard way so I live to tell this is the most important piece of advice.
If you are considering starting a business, she says,
“Just get started. Some people plan too much and never get going. Most importantly, you must find pleasure in it. If not, there is no point in running your own business.”
This post was co-authored by Mary Klepzig. Mary is currently completing a journalism internship with HerBusiness. She is pursuing a degree in Communication Studies from the University of Tennessee in the United States.
