(Photos provided by Shanisse Conway)
Shanisse Conway, the owner of Glow Up Wellness in Myrtle Beach, is motivated by personal and common transformation. As president of Black Myrtle Beach, she is committed to building and promoting the growth of companies belonging to blacks in the region. Each March, the organization welcomes Melanin & Mimosas funds, an event that celebrates and supports black entrepreneurs, offering them the resources and encouragement they need to prosper.
However, his entrepreneurial journey has not always been simple. Born and raised in New York, she first pursued a career in secondary education, obtaining a diploma in Spanish education. At 22, she taught Spanish in Philadelphia. The distance between her and her family negatively affected her mental and physical health. In contrast to her typical sporting lifestyle, she won 70 pounds and fought against depression.
“I decided to make some small changes. I started walking, then I turned to jogging. Jogging turned to the race, and I started to change my eating habits, “she said. These small changes made snowball in something much larger – shines with well -being. She discovered a local community of people in similar travel.
The idea of Glow Up Wellness emerged during his trip for better health. She describes and considers her business as the reflection of her own transition from an unhealthy lifestyle to an unhealthy lifestyle. “Glow up Wellness was born from my transition and my commitment to learn along the way,” she said. “It created a snowball effect.”
When asked what made her clients come back, she said: “I keep him 100% with my clients on what the plan is and what will happen.” Her approach stems from honesty – that she offers nutritional advice, coaching or fitness advice, she highlights the importance of a real and practical change and hard work behind.
Starting a business in Myrtle Beach has presented challenges, in particular with the New York move to the Carolines. “When we moved here for the first time, it was more a” Who do you think you come here by starting all this? ” “She said laughing. It was aware of the social division which sometimes exists between people from the North and people of the South. Many people she met in Myrtle Beach are “transplants”, but the skepticism she met did not prevent her from her goals.
Its objective for Glow Up Wellness goes beyond the South Carolina. It aims to have an impact on lives across the country. “I aim to transform people’s lives through nutrition, coaching, fitness and a healthy state of mind,” she shared. It offers a variety of services, from first -rate nutritional products to additional diets, and even prenatal and postnatal programs. It also organizes engaging nutritional challenges to keep its motivated and committed customers.
One of the things she is most proud of is the walking group she started three years ago. Every Tuesday at 8:00 am, the group meets to walk whatever happens. “It started as something to get me out of my home and far from my depression,” she said. “Now has become a club for the community,” she said.
The biggest challenge has been to overcome maternity. “When I launched my business, I was not married and I had no children, so it was not as difficult to operate my business as today. God planted this business in me and my family is given by God and I came to understand the true gift of life. I learned to be present both in the business and in my family. ” She recognized how blessed and grateful she had been receiving her husband’s support to continue her businesses. “I could not imagine directing my business without the support of my husband and there are too many women who do not have this support at all.”
His biggest lesson in aspiring entrepreneurs is not to think too much or complicate things too much. “Do not spend as much time thinking too much or weighing the advantages and disadvantages,” she advised. “Find something that keeps you anchored and concentrated. For me, it is my faith, but for others, it can be something or someone else. ”
When asked to describe her business in three words, she said: fun, real and timeless. “People think that fitness is boring,” she said. “But I want people to know that it can be fun and exciting.” For her, physical form is not only a question of physical health; It is billed in your mental health and encompasses the connections you form in the pursuit of a healthy life. “It’s real because I keep it 100% with my customers, and it’s timeless because the health of your body and your state of mind leads to longevity. It is not a punctual solution. “
Whether it motivates customers to achieve their well -being objectives or inspire their entrepreneurs’ colleagues, its history recalls that growth – personal and professional – is a trip that can change your life not only, but the life of others around you.
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