Deborah Lyons
Essential Holistic Living
Business Description: Essential Holistic
Living specialises in natural emotional
health, the too often overlooked missing
link that all success in life absolutely
depends on. Personal growth is either
online with a compassionate, holistic
Living coach, or face to face with private
sessions. We also teach meditation for
inner peace. We love helping people create
happy marriages increase their parent
effectiveness, loose emotional weight, get
over breakups and generally make their
goals in life a reality.
Role/Title: Director
Do you have any children: A son called
Joshua, age 7.
Hardest thing about starting your
business: Selecting the business strategies
that would most support and nurture
my clients and myself, from the so many
aggressive business building guidelines that
are out there today.
Best thing about having your own
business: Having flexibility around my
family life.
Date the business was founded: 1st July
2001.
What made you start the business: I have
always had a desire to help myself and
others.
Future goals and aspirations: For our
online programmes to expand more and
more into NZ.
Valuable learning experiences: Always,
always trust your inner compass!
Hero/Role Model: My mentor and friend,
Alannah Dore.
Deborah Lyons
Essential Holistic Living
PO Box 6128, Invercargill North
Post, Invercargill
(027) 686 9183
deborah@adorholisticliving.com
www.essentialholisticliving.co.nz
Kerryn Chaplin
DIOSAhair
Business description: Hair Salon
Role/Title: Owner
Number of employees: 6
Do you have children: Yes 2, Cooper 3yrs
and Cheyenne 1yr.
Hardest thing about starting your
business: Stepping out of my role as
employee and into my role as employer
and learning to work 'on' my business
instead of 'in' it.
Best thing about having your own
business: I love the ongoing challenges
and learning that keeps things interesting
and of course the added freedom that
comes with being a business owner.
Date the business was founded: 1st
September 2003.
What made you start the business: I was
ready for a new challenge.
Future goals and aspirations: To continue
to grow my business and train many more
great hairstylists in the process.
Valuable learning experiences: Always
check references when employing a new
team member! I learnt the hard way.
Hero / Role Model: My father, and my
friend and fellow business owner Phif.
Kerryn Chaplin
DIOSAhair
3/76 East Street, Pukekohe
(09) 238 5886
enquiries@diosahair.co.nz
www.diosahair.co.nz
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