Layla Saad - The Journey of a Wild Mystic Woman

Layla Saad went from high achiever as a child to Law School as a young adult to wild mystic woman entrepreneur. She shares her journey and tools for personal growth and owning your worth and feminine mystique. Summary: In this episode, Giovanna Capozza interviews Layla Saad, a life coach, a spiritual and business mentor, a certified health coach, a speaker and the woman behind the Wild Mystic Woman. Layla’s mom once told her that things will be more difficult for her because of her race, religion and gender. Listen as Giovanna and Layla talk about the journey to sovereignty, how archetypes can help us become a better person, and the spiritual awakening Layla has gone through that led her to the Wild Mystic Woman.   Show Notes: Introduction to the podcast Introducing Layla to the show Layla and Giovanna connected on Instagram and Giovanna instantly knew that Layla was her soul sister Sovereignty is a meaningful word to Layla because of the things that she had been through Layla shares the journey that led her on the path to sovereignty: Layla lives in Qatar, but she grew up in UK Layla is the oldest daughter and is a high achiever Layla’s mom had always told her that things would be more difficult for her because she’s black, a Muslim and a woman “My sense of worthiness came from my sense of achievement” Layla studied law in University, but she realized early on that it wasn’t for her Layla was trying to define who she was “I don’t have any idea of what I wanted to be” Layla had depression, anxiety and panic attacks As Giovanna would put it, Layla was discombobulated Layla’s darkest period lasted for 3 years Layla’s best friend introduced her to the world of self-development which got Layla out of that period Tony Robbin’s CDs opened up Layla’s eyes Layla decided not to pursue law after finishing her degree Layla believed that she would use her experience during her lowest point to help people Layla ended up in the field of corporate tax Layla went back to Qatar after finishing her degree, when she was 21 The entire time Layla was in corporate tax, she knew it wasn’t her path Layla decided she wanted to go back the UK when she met her husband Layla found out about life coaching Layla studied life coaching after getting married Layla quit the corporate world when she had her first child and started life coaching As passionate as Layla was, she didn’t know how to run a business Layla lost her confidence and gave up just when she was starting out Layla had a cycle of going back to coaching, giving up coaching, working as a part-timer, and going back to coaching again Just before Layla’s 30th, she was miserable and it was killing her to work with other people Layla went to her office early, sat at her desk and suddenly, her soul was afloat and was looking down at her, laughing Her laugh told her that what she was doing there wasn’t her life, her path and job Layla remembered when she was in her 20s, listening to Tony Robbins Layla wasn’t happy and if she continued with her miserable life, that would be her life forever Layla decided that she would continue coaching, throw herself into the business world, and NOT give up Layla started her business doing soulful, business coaching Last year, Layla had an incredible spiritual awakening that birthed The Wild Mystic Woman Layla shares what The Wild Mystic Woman is “It’s so different from the rest of my life” Layla has always been guided by her intuition 2 things happened regarding Layla’s spiritual awakening First, in April of 2016, Layla wrote a blog post that went viral which was unexpected Layla’s blog post was Why those ‘6 figure’ business coaches are failing you The post was shared a thousand times in just one week Strangers have been adding and getting in contact with Layla While Layla’s business was prepared for it, she wasn’t emotionally prepared Layla was uncomfortable and being in the spotlight—it brought her fear The second event was when Layla was on a business retreat Durin