Meet Lacey Nagar

We were lucky to catch up with Lacey Nagar recently and have shared our conversation below.

Lacey, we’re so excited for our community to get to know you and learn from your journey and the wisdom you’ve acquired over time. Let’s kick things off with a discussion on self-confidence and self-esteem. How did you develop yours?

Confidence and self-esteem work are on ongoing process. You never get to a place where you feel 100% confident in every area of your life. With that being said, there have been tools that I have used for years that have helped me with my confidence in my body, business, and dating & relationships.

The first step is noticing you are struggling with confidence or self-esteem in some area of your life. I’ve had body image challenges since I was diagnosed with a chronic, progressive muscle disorder at age 12 and that made it really hard for me to show up on video and in pictures when I first started my business 9 years ago. It also made it hard for me to put myself out there in dating- where I could be seen and judged for my disabilities in real life.

Some tools that I use daily to keep a confidence baseline include: journaling, mirror work, affirmations, and just taking baby steps towards my goals. Every time I do something that scares me, it builds confidence. One of my favorite mirror work tools: every time you walk by a mirror, give yourself a wink and a compliment. It can be about anything- your hair looks awesome that day, your outfit is cute, you’re a great mom or boss, you’re smart and witty- anything nice you can say to yourself.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I love to help women feel more comfortable showing up, being seen and being themselves. I support my clients with this in business so they can show up authentically, sell and make more money, and I support my clients with this in dating & relationships so they can put themselves out there, communicate, connect vulnerably and create healthy, yummy partnership.

Because I had my own health, disability and body image challenges, I also love to work with women who have this extra layer to work through in order to show up confidently.

We do all of this work through a lens of confidence. Without confidence, you won’t show up to implement the strategies you know how to do. Confidence also helps you be consistent- especially when things feel hard or like they’re not working. In my opinion, our success and our results are determined by the confidence we have to show up for them and keep showing up until we get the thing we want.

No one does this work like I do, and hardly anyone talks about disabilities or limitations in business or dating & relationship. There’s a huge gap in the industry that I’m here to fill- because those of us with chronic health things often have unique challenges around showing up or being seen.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Confidence would have to be number one. Before I worked on my confidence, I couldn’t show up or sell in my business so I was broke for years. I also had so much anxiety before going on dates and hated the whole process. I’ve now been in business for 9 years and got married to an amazing man 2 years ago.

Grit is also important. Those with us with chronic health, disabilities, or limitations have this in spades. We have to be determined because things are often just harder- even getting around in the world. This grit also keeps us moving towards our goals when things feel tough or it’s taking longer than we wanted.

Ability to adapt would be third. Again, those of us with health challenges are familiar with this in our bodies or daily activities. But it’s also SO important in business and dating & relationship. Being able to shift or tweak when needed is imperative to reach our big goals.

Before we go, any advice you can share with people who are feeling overwhelmed?

I feel emotions deeply and can get overwhelmed by the day-to-day things happening in life. Some of my strategies include- taking a break, going outside, taking a nap, removing myself from the work or environment that feels overwhelming. I also use resourcing tools such as gentle shaking or feeling my feet on the ground. Moving emotions through my body has also been really helpful for me as someone who kept rage and grief bottled up for years. Screaming into a pillow, punching a pillow, stomping, moving and sounding emotions out of my body is one of my go-tos when I feel overwhelmed.

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