Today we’d like to introduce you to Jasmine Manning.
Hi Jasmine, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
A woman of logic, structure, and safety – that’s who I am at my core, and it has served me well in a lot of situations. It helped me to be thoughtful in my decision-making, responsible, and mannerable. Conversely, it pushed me to be a perfectionist, a people pleaser and BURNT OUT. I was so dedicated to the happiness of others that I completely neglected myself.
I vividly remember sitting in my car outside of my college dorm, and a life-changing reality hit me like a ton of bricks. I was living a very conventional, unauthentic life in an attempt to protect myself from fictitious situations. Life seemed decent enough until the veil was removed from my eyes. I saw how much I missed out on over the years and how it would hold me back from the future I wanted.
From that moment, I began to push for my best life. I knew there had to be a way that I could be dedicated to myself and still show up for others. In all of my personal and career successes, there was still this nagging feeling that there was more waiting for me. That feeling led me to create Blooma Consulting, a safe space where I partner with other purpose-driven women and encourage them to live well and bloom.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
Honestly, I have been my biggest obstacle. LOL! After quitting my perfect good corporate job, I realized much of my self-value and thoughts of success were based on my job, my accomplishments, and how others viewed my relevance. Separating myself from my job pushed me to explore and embrace the journey of self-discovery. I don’t know that the journey ever really ends, but I’ve come to accept a lot of truths about myself – good and bad. I’ve uncovered underutilized aspects of myself. I’ve cracked the mystery of how many of my strengths, traits, and past experiences uniquely come together making me this amazing human being. I’ve taken time to acknowledge my fears but have decided I will not let them control me. Self-discovery requires much self-grace, and while I’ve always been good at giving grace to others, I am glad to finally give that to myself. It’s an everyday decision.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next, you can tell us a bit more about your business.
Blooma Consulting is a coaching/consulting firm for women. I currently offer 1:1 coaching, guiding women from high-level concepts to detailed, practical action steps. For purpose-driven women, our ideas can seem so massive it can be hard to know where to start. Our ideas can seem so foreign to our normal day-to-day path that we need a trusted outside perspective. Our ideas can seem so far-fetched that we need accountability to stand face-to-face with it and give our best shot.
I’ve created a system that allows women to successfully overcome all these obstacles. Despite emotions and other responsibilities that tend to hold us back, women in my coaching program have successfully moved forward in living a fulfilled life. My coaching style calls forth balance – emotion and logic, dreams and reality, fear and faith, stability, and risk. We all were created for a purpose, and my goal is to support women in making that happen while also promoting truth, love, and grace.
In October, I hosted my first in-person event. I hope to host those quarterly, with the next one currently being planned for early February. By January 1, I hope to launch a group coaching program and release an ebook and journal about affirmations. Basically, I’m just getting started with much, much more up my sleeve!
How do you define success?
I define success as being the best version of ourselves in the moment. There’s this thought that we should strive to be a better version of ourselves every day. I get the sentiment of the thought – our goal should be constant growth, and our only comparison should be previous versions of ourselves. But what the idea doesn’t consider is that life involves so many variables, many of which are out of our control, variables that can sneak up on us with no warning. Some days are just outright hard. So, some days success is simply getting out of the bed, while other days, success might be running a marathon. Either way, success is simple – above all else, show up for yourself every day. It might seem selfish, but showing up for ourselves then allows us to show up for others.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.bloomaconsulting.com
- Instagram: www.instagram.com/forever_blooma/
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/1094843124732606
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasmine-manning-clc-326aaa199/
Image Credits
Somi Andre
Johnson Photography
