Meet Amber Washington

 

We recently connected with Amber Washington and have shared our conversation below.

Amber, thank you so much for joining us. You are such a positive person and it’s something we really admire and so we wanted to start by asking you where you think your optimism comes from?

My optimism comes from knowing that each new day I am blessed to see is another opportunity to be the best I can be. Whether that is from learning something new, growing, loving, or just shining my light.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?

My name is Amber Washington, a former collegiate athlete, Founder and CEO of A Taste of Nature LLC as well a Certified Holistic Life and Wellness Coach. I began my own journey to wellness back in 2013 playing basketball at a Pacific Union College. After graduating with a B.S. in Environmental Studies in 2017, I made the transition to a live a more health-conscious lifestyle. My transition consisted of becoming more aware and having an active role and interest in my health, eating habits and lifestyle. Throughout my journey I’ve come to learn that what we continuously eat. drink, and surround ourselves with can contribute to or diminish our health and well-being.

Based on what I’ve been learning on my journey to wellness, led me to create A Taste of Nature LLC in 2020. A Taste of Nature is a business that was created to help people nourish, strengthen and heal their mind and body. And I am able to do this by providing education outreach, natural products, and wellness services to aide others on their own wellness journey. As a firm believer in “knowledge is power when it’s applied”, I decided to take things a step further and become a certified Life and Holistic Wellness Coach in 2022. As a Life and Holistic Wellness Coach I am able to teach people how to restore and maintain harmony of their mind, body, and spirit in all environments.

Thankfully, since starting my businesses I’ve been fortunate enough to sell over 1K products and have helped over 100 people start or continue their journey to wellness. The most special part about what I do is being able to use my creativity and knowledge to create products and introduce services to help others live a healthier lifestyle. And the most exciting part about what I do is hearing the positive feedback from the people I’ve helped and how much better they are feeling since making their lifestyle changes.

As A Taste of Nature grows, I am most looking forward to adding employees, gaining client base across the U.S and worldwide, and continuing to create physical/digital products, wellness services and participate in educational conferences to further help people live a health conscious lifestyle.

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?

Looking back I think being optimistic, having leadership experience, and problem solving abilities are 3 skills that have been most impactful in my journey. My advice to those who are early in their journey is to pace yourself. Understand that building a business is a marathon, not a sprint. Remember your strengthens, work on your weakness and remember why you started your business in the first place. Memorizing this can be beneficial to helping remain steadfast in your journey even when things aren’t going they way you hope.

What has been your biggest area of growth or improvement in the past 12 months?

My biggest area of growth in the past 12 months has been creating digital products and services that can be purchased by anyone across the United States and the world. In the past 12 months I have been fortunate to create digital smoothie detox plans, digital meal plans and write and sale a smoothie recipe book on the Barnes and Noble website titled “Journey to Wellness vol.1” .

Creating digital products and services opens up the door for me to expand A Taste of Nature and reach a larger client base than just California.

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