Today we’d like to introduce you to Shilpa Lewis.
Hi Shilpa, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today.
My professional journey has had “Two Acts”.
My first act was spent building my professional career as a User Experience Designer & Researcher.
I had spent years getting a solid education and working through a variety of corporate cultures. After spending over 25 years as a professional User Experience Professional, I hit pause on my corporate career. While my passion to research and create compelling product user experiences gave me joy, I realized that I had a deeper calling.
I had already achieved many of my career goals, starting with receiving my M.S. in Information and Computer Science. In my early professional life, I worked on innovative products with high-profile IT leaders such as Apple, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, and Sony. Like a nomad, I would go to where the opportunities would help me grow as a UX professional. As a UX designer, my ethnographic-researcher skills enabled me to clearly understand and implement thoughtful product solutions to solve specific human problems and create optimal experiences.
Over time, I turned my UX observational skills towards understanding the often-dysfunctional team dynamics in corporations. I noticed patterns emerge where the stories were often the same. The characters had similar roles, their aspirations were similar, the products being produced were similar, and unfortunately, the overall individual experience was almost always inherently unhappy. Ultimately, I recognized that something was clearly broken in terms of how team contributors lacked opportunities and tools to professionally transform. The corporate structure was not set up to support dynamic or holistic personal growth, especially for women.
I believe that transformational shifts are sometimes necessary when you’ve hit a career plateau. These shifts are especially urgent if you have become complacent. Yet, with so many moving parts within organizations, conflicting agendas, and constant chaos, the needs of individuals seeking transformation are lost. From my own corporate experiences, in the trenches all the way up to leadership roles, I learned that my professional growth trajectory was my own responsibility.
Of course, add personal variables to the mix and these transformations become even more complicated. Over time, work-life balance was especially challenging as I got married, became a mother, and experienced the unexpected loss of my mother.
Again, I found that the corporate structure was not set up to allow for transformational success throughout these life-changing events. In reaction, I found myself meditating more, as well as deeply exploring my desire for self-realization, liberation, and guidance to pivot my career.
While I soul searched, I became aware that the universe had already set in motion my new path. I had been introduced to yoga and meditation at a very young age. My study of yoga progressed to earning a Vinyasa Yoga Certification. Later, my joy for motherhood inspired me to further specialize in kid’s yoga. Through synchronicity, the right opportunities and people arrived to inspire and guide me, including life coaches. Over the next few years, I continued investing time, money, and energy to assemble the tools I needed to make personal and professional transformations. I discovered that whether you’re just starting off in your career or are a high-level executive who is seeking to transition, you should not be hesitant to ask for help. For me, a coach proved to be a safe and effective facilitator for much-needed transformations.
After these experiences, I realized that I was destined to become a coach myself! A coach that had experienced years of working in corporate cultures. A coach that understood the challenges of balancing work and personal life responsibilities. A coach that had a more empathetic and softer approach. A coach that led from a place of anchoring you in your inner stillness and then self-inquiry. A coach that empowers and enables you to make decisions that resonate with your core values.
One of the best decisions of my life came when I made the commitment to officially become a certified coach. I enrolled in the Liberate Certification Program, which is recognized as 1 of the 5 best online meditation training programs in the US. I had researched many meditation programs, but I was drawn to the balanced softer style that this program offers.
The timing of my training was impeccable, as the certification program started in 2019, the day we went into lockdown during the pandemic.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
My “Second Act” began with my decision to become a professional coach.
Pivoting my career has been a challenging but rewarding journey.
While I still practice User Experience (UX) on many levels, I am excited to practice my coaching as the owner and founder of Omni Mindfulness (OM) – a mindset and meditation coaching business.
My ‘why’ was that I wanted to not only serve other professional women but also be more present for my son, Omni.
The road towards building Omni Mindfulness as a mompreneur comes with many growing pains.
The hardest thing that comes with being a mompreneur business owner is learning where to invest your energy and time management. Starting a solopreneur endeavor requires managing multiple moving parts and wearing multiple hats.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
Omni Mindfulness is a Mindset & Meditation Coaching business.
I specialize in mindset and meditation coaching, which is uniquely different than a meditation teacher. Mindset & meditation coaching includes the integration of mindset techniques and meditation modalities that include breathwork, life coaching, and energy healing.
Through my multidisciplinary approach, I facilitate higher awareness, insight, and calmness.
My coaching services include one-on-one coaching, group coaching, group meditations, and workshops.
My coaching process provides my clients a safe space to heal while empowering them to realize their deepest intentions, authentic self, life purpose, and true desires, as well as achieve their personal and professional goals. My clients learn to cultivate lifelong skills for increased resilience and mind-body-soul alignment.
Overall, the Omni Mindfulness coaching service is a tightly integrated brand, not only in terms of look and feel, but overall messaging that speaks to 21st-century professional working women or mompreneurs. This brand’s eco-system includes the Omni Mindfulness Podcast, which is a one-of-a-kind show that offers inspirational stories, mini-guided meditations, and practical tips to become more present in a fast and often chaotic world.
This unique podcast takes a pragmatic approach to topics around Mindfulness, Mindset, Energy Awareness, and Spirituality. This approach is intended to help you live a holistically balanced life and motivate you to make small shifts to bring more joy into your life.
Each month this mindfulness podcast explores some of the most thought-provoking questions at the core of the life of a 21st-century Professional Working Woman or Mompreneur.
These questions are explored in a deep manner with expert guests and can be applied to the modern lives of women who are seeking to reset, relax, and revitalize their life.
Is there anyone you’d like to thank or give credit to?
First and foremost, my biggest support system includes my husband. He’s championed me every step of the way.
On my mompreneurship path, I consider Lisa Marie Todd of An Appetizing Life not only to be a friend but also a Mindset and Business mentor without whom I would have not accelerated so quickly in creating my business.
Fellow podcaster and meditation coach, Tanya Monuma, has been instrumental in helping me launch my podcast.
My communication coach from Shine on Stage, Holley, has been instrumental in helping me uplevel my messaging strategies.
My mastermind peers from spi (Smart Passive Income) have been supportive in my journey as well.
And my friend, Rachèle Claire DeMéo has been consistently accessible and supportive as a fellow mompreneur.
Pricing:
- Private Coaching (one-on-one): $175 per hour
- Private Coaching Package (8 weeks): $1,120
- Group Meditation (1x/week): non-member $35, member $25
- Group Workshop (3 months long): $775
- Corporate Packages (90 minutes): $1500
Contact Info:
- Website: https://omnimindfulness.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omni.mindfulness/channel/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OmniMindfulness-159883794669140
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyoa02oSEutDPE6hGDi_0g
- Other: https://insighttimer.com/omnimindfulness
