Befriending the Unknown to Build a Global Retreat Company with Kimberly Kennedy

Kimberly Kennedy is the founder of Coherence Retreats, a global women's wellness retreat company. She's a meditation and breathwork facilitator, life coach, and women's circle facilitator. Three years in, Coherence has sold out every retreat across five continents and 14 countries. In this episode, Saara and Kim get into the ego deaths behind entrepreneurship–from a quarter-life crisis at a corporate job in NYC to a one-way ticket to Mexico. They talk about defining your no's, why travel is expansive, picking the right place for the season you're in, and befriending fear and the unknown instead of fighting it. Kim's non-negotiables are only in this week's newsletter–subscribe for insider info from every guest: ⁠https://richsouls.substack.com/⁠ Chapters 00:00 Meet Kim 00:39 How Coherence began 02:03 The ego deaths of entrepreneurship 02:38 NYC corporate and the quarter-life crisis 05:13 Designing work around your life 06:58 Start with your no's 08:15 A one-way ticket to Mexico 12:32 From Collective Getaway to Coherence 16:37 Who the retreats are for 18:44 Travel as expansion 21:27 Choosing your land 23:31 South Africa and New Zealand 26:04 Putting fear in the backseat 27:24 Befriending the unknown 30:15 Your unknown is the opposite of your normal 33:14 Austin as home base 35:39 On Human Design 39:37 Visibility journey on social media 42:18 Detachment and iteration 47:36 What's next for Coherence 49:58 Purpose is play 52:08 What's making Kim's life feel rich Saara Substack: ⁠⁠⁠https://richsouls.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠  / ⁠⁠⁠   LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠  / ⁠⁠⁠   Kim Website: ⁠⁠https://www.coherenceretreats.com/⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠  / ⁠   Saara's Stack (foundational tools) – To Be Magnetic (self-hypnosis, 8 years deep): ⁠⁠https://login.tobemagnetic.com/a/2148... – Waking Up (the intro course taught me to meditate): ⁠⁠https://wakingup.sjv.io/qW6KAn – Morning Pages (via The Artist's Way), magnesium bisglycinate, Moleskine journals, breathwork (via The Opening) Some links above are affiliate links. If you buy through them I may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. #richsoulspodcast #kimberlykennedy #saaralampwalla