Meet Mariela Galarraga

 

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Mariela Galarraga a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Mariela, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?

I am a very independent person with a lot of creativity, I was always there for anyone who needed me and if I didn’t know how to do it, I learned to be able to help. Before immigrating to the United States, I completed all the necessary certifications and studies to be a physical trainer for two years. When I signed up, I already had a goal, it didn’t take me more than 3 months to get my first job in a personalized training studio where I am currently still working. I had ups and downs to the point that I thought about changing my field. but everything kept pushing me to the same thing. until the day I turned it around and understood that this is my purpose, to help people find themselves, to improve not only their physical appearance but to love themselves, as well as to take care of themselves because they love each other not so much for their physical appearance but for health and out of respect for their bodies, their lives and that some come and go quickly and others stay for many years. That the importance is not that they become my closest friends, it is that they can leave with a lot of me that they can use to improve their lives.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

I currently have private clients in the Miami Dade County area, preferably in Cutler Bay and its surroundings.
I have been working at In-Shape Studio for 6 years, an exclusive personalized training gym, and I have several online clients in various countries around the world.
Other than that, start a blog about various health topics, tips for a healthy lifestyle and much more. And I have 2 more trainers at home in the Broward area and another in Miami Dade. I make some products like high protein pancakes, chia pudding and a revitalizing infusion.
You can see all this on my website [email protected], you can also find me on Google, Instagram and Facebook as @mgtrainingwellness and my products @mghealthyshop. Much more is to come, such as more products, and other projects.

There is so much advice out there about all the different skills and qualities folks need to develop in order to succeed in today’s highly competitive environment and often it can feel overwhelming. So, if we had to break it down to just the three that matter most, which three skills or qualities would you focus on?

Three most important qualities, skills and/or areas of knowledge

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful on your journey? What advice do you have for people who are at the beginning of their journey in terms of the best way to develop or improve them? My qualities and abilities are the ability I have with people to empathize with them and I am able to see them more deeply, in such a way that I am able to understand the process they are in and thus apply my knowledge to accompany them to achieve their objectives. My advice is that there may be obstacles, falls, that make you doubt if what you are doing is your path, but if the signs always point in the same direction, just turn it around and correct only those things that make you deviate or deconcentrate Once you achieve your purpose, everything will align for success. You just have to be patient, success is not achieved from nothing, it is achieved by building many things, and the main thing is to believe in yourself, and be 100% prepared professionally speaking and do things well.

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How can folks who want to work with you connect?

I am now looking for collaborators or partners who want to join my network of coaches. I am looking to expand home personal trainers in different locations in the United States through my platform. In the medium-term future, I am going to open a gym studio for those people who need more exclusivity and personalized training or small groups, far from the common and commercial, filled with many people.

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They are photos taken by me

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