From Expectation To Expansion: How to Break Free + Follow Your Soul's Path

Oct 30, 2025

In this enlightening discussion, career and mindset coach Kristy Ishii shares her transformative journey from being laid off and losing her visa during the pandemic to building a thriving coaching business. Kristy emphasizes how hitting rock bottom led to profound self-discovery and the importance of following intuition. She reveals her experience overcoming fear and childhood conditioning, gaining clarity on money mindset, and deepening relationships. Listeners will appreciate her insights on personal growth and the power of saying yes to themselves.

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Uprooted In 2020 Sparked Her Path

Kristy lost her job, work visa, and home stability in 2020 which forced a six-month period of deep self-discovery.
She started freelancing and took career support calls before recognizing a calling to coach others through similar transitions.

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A Video Changed Her Direction

Kristy discovered coaching after a Facebook video from Alyssa appeared while she was struggling to hold space for clients' bigger emotions.
That video catalyzed her joining ICM and shifting from recruiting/freelancing into coaching.

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Start By Serving Your Existing Community

Use existing communities and niches to get initial clients by offering tangible value aligned with your background.
Kristy landed her first paid clients via webinars for Japanese recruitment agencies and DMs from viewers.

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What if the moment you felt most lost could lead you to your truth, your alignment, and your abundance?

In this inspiring episode of the 'How They Did It' series on The Healing + Human Potential Podcast, I sit down with Career & Mindset Coach Kristy Ishii, who went from being laid off abroad and losing her visa during the pandemic – to creating a purpose-driven coaching business serving clients across the globe.

After being uprooted from her life in Japan, Kristy found herself questioning everything – her career, her identity, her next steps. What started as a rock bottom moment became the catalyst for a deep transformation. In this conversation, Kristy will give you the blueprint for how she learned to release old conditioning, trust her intuition, and turn her experience into impact.

Today, she's a thriving coach and speaker helping globally minded professionals design careers that align with their values and international lifestyles.

We'll dive into:

How losing "everything" led Kristy to discover her true purpose
The internal shifts that helped her move from fear to faith in herself
How she grew from her first few clients to serving 300+ people worldwide
How you can grow at any age - even when the ego tries to convince you that you're either too young or too old
Why following your intuition (even when you're scared) will lead you to your alignment and abundance

Whether you're navigating a transition, feeling stuck, or wondering how to create a life that feels like you, Kristy's story will remind you that your challenges are not setbacks – they're initiations.

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