Rhode Island Mom Abandons 20-Year Career to Coach Women to "Do Hard Things"

Kickstart Wellness, a Rhode Island-based coaching practice serving clients in all 50 states, is empowering women to face their fears, set bold boundaries, and create lives aligned with their values. Founded by Kelly Judd, a former marketing professional turned certified life coach, the practice offers hands-on support for women navigating career transitions, personal challenges, and the need for stronger interpersonal boundaries. Leveraging extensive training in psychology, coaching, and mental health counseling, Judd is on a mission to help women "do hard things" with courage, clarity, and self-compassion. Since launching in late 2022 and leaving behind her own marketing career in early 2023, Judd's business has grown 650%, reflecting a deep need for action-oriented professional support among women seeking more authentic, fulfilling lives.

CRANSTON, R.I. , April 3, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- After two decades in leadership roles and a lifetime of personal challenges, Kelly Judd, a Rhode Island mom, has left behind a lucrative marketing career to empower women to face their fears, set bold boundaries, and create lives aligned with their values. Through her coaching practice, Kickstart Wellness, Judd is on a mission to help women "do hard things" with courage, clarity, and self-compassion.

"In my early 40s, I realized I was deeply unhappy and needed a change," says Judd, Kickstart Wellness founder. "Like so many other women my age, I had been conditioned to put others' needs before my own. As a result, I had lost myself entirely. I didn't even know what I wanted anymore, at work or at home."

Judd, then serving as a marketing director for a consulting firm, enrolled in a master's program for mental health counseling with the intention of becoming a therapist, but quickly realized that what she?and other women like her?needed was more than a therapist could provide. She needed hands-on support with a career transition, help making difficult choices in her personal life, and practical assistance with setting and holding strong interpersonal boundaries.

"In 2020, I read Glennon Doyle's Untamed," Judd explains. "This is it, I thought. I want to help women like me unlearn their conditioning and take concrete action toward happier, more authentic lives. I want to help them, as Glennon says, 'do hard things.'"

Armed with a master's degree in psychology from Arizona State University, a certificate in wellness counseling from Cornell University, and certification as a professional life coach, Judd launched her coaching practice in late 2022. Since leaving behind her marketing career in early 2023, Judd's business has grown 650%.

"I suspected I wasn't alone in my need for more action-oriented professional support, and I was right," says Judd. "Not only have I changed my own life for the better, I also have the incredible privilege of helping other women do the same."

About Kickstart Wellness, LLC: Kickstart Wellness is a Rhode Island-based coaching practice serving clients in all 50 states. Founded by Kelly Judd, a former marketing professional turned certified life coach, the practice offers hands-on support for women navigating career transitions, personal challenges, and the need for stronger interpersonal boundaries. Learn more at https://kickstartwellness.com.

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Kelly Judd, MS, CPLC, Kickstart Wellness, LLC, 1 206-250-6522, [email protected], https://kickstartwellness.com

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