How a Trauma-Informed Therapist Built a Purpose-Driven Wellness Business
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Why is putting yourself first considered essential for effective leadership?
It's a toxic trait to think that it's wrong to like put you first. No, put you first. Oh no, I want to see people get better and healed and grow and break down generational um cycles. And so that's one thing that separates us. We do like a thorough hiring process where we're making sure that these are really genuinely good people who want to help.
Nalisha Williams is a trauma-informed therapist, visionary entrepreneur, and transformational leader who serves as the founder and CEO of ACE Wellness Center, a behavioral health organization dedicated to supporting children, youth, and families across Ohio.
If there's one message that you could give to anybody out there that might be watching it, what would that message be?
I think it's that you can do this. Focus on ourselves. Let's do some introspection. Let's figure out that if we're well
It's it's exactly that.
Let's regroup. Let's worry about ourselves and then let's bridge back out and see w what can we offer to the world? Because all of us can offer something, but what?
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Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast. I'm your host today, Jason Tyler, and I am joined by Miss Nyliesha Chanel. Yes. Correct, correct. Correct,
correct.
Now we're on the other side of filming your episode of Women in Power. First of all, how do you feel?
I felt amazing. I'm very excited. Thanks for having me.
You didn't have any of those like pre filming jitters, you weren't nervous or anything going into it?
No I really wasn't. I think um I'm always just like we're on vacation. So it's like it's hard for me not to be late back. Um like Especially in Miami. Yes. I'm from Ohio. So being here just makes you loose. Like we just was in here driving, just try not to be late.
Have you been to the beach yet?
Yes. We have.
As you should. Luckily you weren't here last week, because last week is when we got like our one week of cold for the entire year. Yeah, it went down to like the forties is
ridiculous. I would not have been happy if we were here. It's forties back home, so.
Oh no. I don't I don't do I'm from J I'm from Jamaica. I don't do the cold. Vamos botar lá. Um, so you run a wellness center, correct? Yeah. Talk to me a little bit about, first of all, what got you into the wellness space, right? I mean, I I'm sure um this is, you know, unanimous among a lot of the business owners that we interview here at Inside Success, but a lot of people are obsessed with their wellness, whether that be mental wellness, physical wellness. Uh, talk to me about how you got into the space.
So The funny part about it is like since I was like a kid, it's been super natural for people to just talk to me. Like I was like 12 years old and my parents' friends were literally telling me about their marriage. So it's something No,
not the gossip.
No, they were.
How did Nilisha discover her calling in trauma‑informed therapy as a teenager?
At like literally. And my parents would be like, You guys, she's like 12. But I'm literally intently listening to them and giving advice.
They're like, tell me more.
Okay, and what did you say? Oh, maybe you shouldn't have said that. So um one thing about it is supernatural for me. Like I Love this field. When I got into it, it doesn't even feel like work. I love people. I love hearing about people. I'm very like solution oriented by nature. So it's almost just like something that is very enjoyable for me. Like like um some people get overwhelmed by hearing too many like negative stories. But for me, it's purely like good. Like let's problem solve. I used
to date a therapist once upon a time. She would bring home all of that energy.
And talk to you all night?
And then just dump it back onto me. And I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. All I asked was what was for dinner.
Oh my gosh. So did you have to? Because like I Of course, like so listen. Of course.
Also, my dad's a psychologist. So my dad's a sports psychologist. So he's the uh representative the IOC representative for Jamaica.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is putting yourself first considered essential for effective leadership?
0:00–3:17
2
How did Nilisha discover her calling in trauma‑informed therapy as a teenager?
3:17–5:54
3
What hiring practices does ACCE Wellness Center use to ensure staff truly care about clients?
5:54–9:46
4
How does the “proximity of awareness” concept help manage anxiety and overwhelm?
9:46–12:33
5
Why does Nilisha emphasize practical support (e.g., finances, nutrition) before therapy?
12:33–15:21
6
What lessons does she share about sustaining a purpose‑driven wellness business during tough times?
15:21–18:35
7
How can entrepreneurs find the intersection of their passions and expertise for lasting success?
18:35–20:49
8
What resources (books, podcasts) does Nilisha recommend for personal growth and business building?
20:49–24:20
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