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Dawn Garland
Mindvalley Certified Life Coach

"This certification didn’t just prepare me for a new career path; it helped me integrate everything I’ve learned"

Quick summary

After the pandemic dismantled her established career, Dawn used the Certified Life Coach program to redesign her professional life around what truly lit her up. The certification helped her integrate years of experience into authentic work that aligns with who she's become.

Before starting the Certified Life Coach program, I was standing at a crossroads that many experienced after the pandemic — when the structures that once defined my work, built over years of dedication and growth, were suddenly deconstructed. It left me with the rare opportunity to pause and reflect on what I truly wanted from my life and career moving forward. It allowed me to look honestly at the parts of my work that lit me up — the mentoring, the transformation, the human connection — and to recognize the areas that were ready to evolve into something entirely new. That period became less about loss and more about redesign — about refining what I wanted my next chapter of purpose and impact to look like.

During the program, that clarity took shape. Ajit’s vision provided a framework for mastery — revealing how powerful coaching becomes when structure, self-awareness, and service come together. Under Aarti’s steady and insightful guidance, the experience unfolded as both practical and deeply personal. Each module offered new language for things I had intuitively known, while also challenging me to grow into new levels of precision, presence, and purpose.

Now, as a Certified Life Coach, I feel both grounded and expanded — anchored in a profession that aligns with who I’ve become. This certification didn’t just prepare me for a new career path; it helped me integrate everything I’ve learned along the way into a body of work that feels deeply authentic. And perhaps most meaningful of all, it connected me with a global community of visionaries and changemakers who remind me that growth is exponential when shared.


Dawn Garland

Transformation Coach

Yakima, United States

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Written 20 January 2020 From our original stories site

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