Listen to Noomii's interview with Teresa Mitchell

About Me

Hi! I’m Teresa Mitchell. I am a life coach that helps you rebel against societal norms that say we were meant to work our lives away.

I spent years struggling with my self-worth due to a teen pregnancy, abortion, abuse, being a severe drug addict from age 17-20.

Even after I finally found sobriety, I struggled to find purpose and joy in life because all I could think about was not using and hiding my past from everyone. Then, I found my purpose, found love, and I was on the path to living the life I had dreamed of before drugs changed it all. In one day, it was all stripped away. I was plunged into single motherhood as a full-time student on a part time waitress salary. Life went from joyful to constant hustle. I was either work, studying, or mothering. There was no time for me.

I eventually found love again and felt like I was on my way to making the life I dreamed of helping other addicts recover from a life of addiction. Life was looking great until addiction took the love of my life. I was gutted. I was inconsolable.

How could I be so blind to what was happening right in front of my eyes. I was once again plunged into single motherhood while still a full-time student working part-time. I started doubting my purpose. I started to wonder if I was too broken to help anyone. Life turned into a fight to survive. A fight to have enough to provide for my child. My dreams took a backseat to my needs. I took one job after college because it was a great job with great benefits. From there, I worked my way up to being second in command in the City Secretary’s Office.

Then I moved to Dallas and took on another job in that same field. Eventually, I found myself in a corporate job in a field I somewhat enjoyed working for people that made me crazy. I woke up one day and realized I could hardly remember the last year. I had run so long on autopilot that I wasn’t sure how I had gotten herway but don’t remember driving there.