About me

WHO I WAS

Nice to meet you! I am Nat. I live in Pittsburgh, PA. I am a proud mother of three and an entrepreneur. I love and I am loved and have an elaborate life story. Though I wasn’t always happy, through hard work, I now lead a fulfilled life. I hope my experiences inspire others who seek to improve their own personal lives.

How did I do it? Through hard work and thorough introspection. May my life experiences inspire others who suffer from an emptiness in their life and a desire to change, yet don’t know where to start.

Though my life story may seem complex, it represents, at its core, a common experience shared with many others. I was born and grew up in a small country, a part of the former Soviet Union. Life was rough there. When I was 21, I left to build a new life in another country.

Though I had very little money, I had a Bachelor of Science with Honors and a huge amount of ambition. Two years later, I had my own house in a nice neighborhood and a well-paying job. By the age of 30, already with two young children, I had become a senior executive at a large bank.

While successful in my career, my personal life would not develop for many years. I had gone through several failed relationships and thought that the word “love” was not for me. My children were suffering from the stress that I poured on them, and I felt like a failure as a mother too.

My career continued to advance while my family life was deteriorating. My work was sucking the life out of me and I barely had time to think about change. I tried to seek help from therapists and self-help books, but everything was in vain. I didn’t see any alternatives to the path I was on.

HOW I CHANGED MY LIFE

About ten years ago, while studying for an Executive MBA, a professor recommended that I watch the movie, The Secret.

While watching the film, I had an epiphany. With this, I started my efforts to understand how the laws of the universe worked. I learned that everything contains energy and that complex exchanges of this energy always occur. I realized that by changing the energy in us, we can influence the world around us.

I asked myself, “If I can successfully manage multiple projects in my professional life, why can’t I build a business with the universe to change my energy and become happy in my personal life too?”

I was genuinely excited about this new “business idea”. However, one day, my life completely changed when I received a letter from the United States Department of State telling me that I had won the lottery in the Diversity Visa Program. To provide a better future for my children, I decided to abandon my career, pause my personal life and move to the United States.

It took seven years of hard work to establish myself in the United States and find a career that I enjoyed. By then, my children had become more independent and I decided to continue my quest for a satisfying personal life.

I started by reading multiple books and completing many 100-day challenges. I also attended self-improvement workshops and began to actively practice meditation and yoga. Ultimately, my efforts lead me to understand that happiness comes from actively making things happen for myself rather than passively waiting for things to happen to me.

And what do you think happened? In my mind, it was nothing less than a miracle. My dream had come true. After the equivalent work of earning yet another degree, I am now a certified mindset coach with the desire to help others find their own true happiness – without the years of struggle that it took me. Not only had I found success again in my professional life, I finally met a man with whom I am happy and who sincerely loves me and my three children.