From Red Carpets to Healing Rooms: How Ilona Varo Found Her Calling

Guest Episode 7: From Red Carpets to Healing Rooms: How Ilona Varo Found Her Calling Ashlee welcomes Ilona Varo — licensed marriage and family therapist, psychotherapist, and founder of her private practice and coaching company — for a conversation about identity, resistance, and leading yourself first. Ilona shares her path from entertainment publicist to massage therapist to psychotherapist, and why "fine" might be the most dangerous word in the English language. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Why Ilona left a high-powered Hollywood career The real difference between therapy and coaching Why awareness, acceptance, and aligned action are the three steps to real change — and the one most people skip ABOUT ILONA VARO Licensed marriage and family therapist and psychotherapist with 15+ years of clinical experience, specializing in anxiety, perfectionism, body image, eating disorders, and women's mental health. She helps women reconnect with themselves and create lasting change through a mind-body approach blending psychotherapy and coaching. 🔗 Website: https://ilonavaro.com 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilonavaro/ 🔗 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ilonavaro/ KEY MOMENTS (02:00) From fashion dreams to Hollywood PR (07:00) The red carpet moment that made everything clear (12:00) Massage therapist to psychotherapist (24:00) How Ilona defines leadership (36:00) Awareness, acceptance, aligned action CALL TO ACTION 🔗 Ilona's work: https://ilonavaro.com 🔗 Ashlee's leadership workshops: https://www.rxashlee.com/executive-team-wo... ABOUT ASHLEE Ashlee is a leadership strategist and executive workshop facilitator helping teams communicate with clarity so decisions move forward and performance improves. 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleeklevensh... 🔗 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rxashleehayes/ 🔗 Workshops: https://www.rxashlee.com/executive-team-wo... KEYWORDS: women's mental health, psychotherapy, identity, leadership, self-awareness, burnout