Meet Faith Ellis

We recently connected with Faith Ellis and have shared our conversation below.

Faith , thanks so much for taking the time to share your insights and lessons with us today. We’re particularly interested in hearing about how you became such a resilient person. Where do you get your resilience from?

Growing up I was in a really sad family environment. Our childhood was emotionally and physically abusive and from a really young age we were forced to find our own independence. We would work, cook, clean, go to school, come home, do chores, and repeat – there wasn’t much of a childhood. Around 17, I was forced out of the home and while I was still finishing high school, I was working, sleeping in my car, at friends houses, and ended up renting a room from an elderly lady. I put myself through college and got my Master’s degree, all while working full-time. I think this forced me to become resilient because I wasn’t left with much a choice. It was either that, or give up. And then what? I think now it gives me tenacity to keep pushing even when you feel like you aren’t getting anywhere. It doesn’t make it easier, but instead of looking to give up and quit, I look for ways to redirect myself and my business.

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

The KettleBelle is an online fitness and content marketing brand. I have my college degrees in marketing and have worked in the industry for the past ten years. I am credentialed in kettlebell coaching and have held my personal training certification through ACE, with over 10 years in the fitness industry. It’s been crazy meshing the two worlds and having a multi-business brand, but I love both. I provide marketing services for fitness and health coaches so they can focus on clients, not content. I’ve written and strategized for years and I’m good at it, plus I work in the fitness industry so it just fits flawlessly.

Additionally, I offer 1:1 fitness and health coaching services for women. My goal is to simplify fitness and nutrition for women so they can get real and long-lasting results.

I am never competing with my marketing clients, I want them to succeed and their niche or ideal clients, are very unlikely my own. My clients trust me, their information and clientele stays private. In no way am I ever conflicting with their efforts and vice versa.

I’m really proud of 1) my abilities to be able to offer such a unique business to multiple people and 2) just having an idea and really running with it. Many times we have an idea, but people don’t do anything with it. They’re afraid to fail. Failure is only when you give up and we’re not giving up. There are times we have to pivot, but stopping is never an option.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Looking back, my experience with difficulties in life has taught me to keep pushing and not to give up. My professional marketing background has allowed me the skills and experience to pursue that as my own career and business for that side of the business and my ability to inspire others, mostly through my own life experiences, really makes me a better coach. I’m not saying people have to have a hard life to be a great leader or coach, but you do have to experience difficulty in order to be able to relate and to push through. If life is always easy then as soon as you face difficulty you’ll want to give up. Put yourself in uncomfortable situations and learn how to handle them.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?

I am always open to collaborations and partnerships! I have worked with coaches before on in-person and online fitness collaborations, I have worked with photographers, and guest written blog articles as well as podcast appearances. I’m not afraid to work with others as I believe it is mutually beneficial and offers great value to our prospective clients.

Contact Info:

Suggest a Story: BoldJourney is built on recommendations from the community; it’s how we uncover hidden gems,
so if you or someone you know deserves recognition please let us know here.
Highlighter Series
How did you develop a strong work ethic?

We asked some of the hardest working artists, creatives and entrepreneurs we know to open

Highlighter Series
Portraits of Resilience

Sometimes just seeing resilience can change out mindset and unlock our own resilience. That’s our

Highlighter Series
Perspectives on Where and How to Foster Generosity

Core to our mission is building a more compassionate and generous world and so we