Meet Taylor Hoye

We recently connected with Taylor Hoye and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Taylor, great to have you with us today and excited to have you share your wisdom with our readers. Over the years, after speaking with countless do-ers, makers, builders, entrepreneurs, artists and more we’ve noticed that the ability to take risks is central to almost all stories of triumph and so we’re really interested in hearing about your journey with risk and how you developed your risk-taking ability.

My ability to take risks didn’t come from confidence or fearlessness. It came from an early understanding that staying where I was felt more dangerous than leaving. Movement became my form of safety long before it became a strategy.

Even as a kid, I always knew I wanted more from life. I wanted freedom, travel, joy, and abundance. I didn’t know what that would look like or how I’d get there, but I never forgot that vision. It stayed with me through instability, broken trust, and environments where I learned quickly that comfort didn’t equal security. I learned that if something felt wrong, staying put wasn’t the answer.

Risk began as survival. Over time, it became a skill.

Leaving wasn’t impulsive for me — it was a decision made after realizing I deserved better. Better relationships, a healthier environment, and a life that didn’t feel small or dangerous. I learned to rely on myself, make decisions without permission, and move forward without guarantees. That shaped a deep belief I still live by: nothing changes unless you do.

As I got older, that instinct followed me everywhere. I took risks that didn’t always work out the way I imagined, but each one reinforced the same truth — I could handle the outcome, even when it was hard. Eventually, I stopped numbing and self-destructing and started choosing risk with intention. I learned the difference between chaos and direction. Risk without vision creates pain; risk with vision creates growth.

That shift changed everything. I invested in myself before it felt comfortable. I started a business without a safety net. I left old identities behind and became someone new long before it felt natural. The biggest risk I ever took wasn’t moving or starting something — it was trusting myself when there was no external validation.

Today, risk is woven into how I live and work. Business requires it. Growth requires it. Showing up, being seen, investing in yourself, and making decisions without certainty all require it. For me, risk isn’t something I romanticize — it’s simply the cost of expansion.

I now help women who feel stuck in lives that look fine but feel unfulfilled. Women who know there’s more, but haven’t yet given themselves permission to move. My own journey taught me that taking risks isn’t about being fearless — it’s about choosing growth over stagnation, again and again.

Risk gave me a return on investment called life. And I wouldn’t trade that for comfort.

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

I’m Taylor Hoye, founder of Elemental Crystal Vibez. My work sits at the intersection of energy, environment, and personal transformation. I originally built my business around crystal healing sessions and accessible crystals for everyday use, rooted deeply in the metaphysical and energetic aspects of our surroundings. Over time, however, I realized I wanted to go deeper — both for myself and for the people I serve.

That realization led me into a new chapter. Alongside my crystal work, I’m transitioning into high-ticket holistic coaching designed for women who are ready to take themselves seriously and create real, lasting change. This work goes far beyond surface-level motivation. It’s about identity shifts, self-trust, emotional regulation, and embodiment — the kind of transformation that requires commitment, investment, and honesty. I price this work intentionally, because I believe that when people invest deeply in themselves, they show up differently, and the results reflect that.

At the same time, my crystal business is evolving. I’m moving away from primarily smaller metaphysical pieces and expanding into crystal home décor and statement-level sourcing. These are pieces meant to be lived with — in homes, businesses, resorts, and creative spaces — where beauty, intention, and environment come together. What makes this work especially meaningful to me is ethics. The crystal industry has a great deal of gray area, and ethical sourcing is something I take very seriously. My long-term vision is to work directly with miners and designers, build real relationships, and ensure that the people behind these pieces are treated with dignity, paid fairly, and supported in creating better lives for themselves and their families.

I believe crystals carry energy, but they also carry stories — of place, of people, of hands that shaped them. My goal is to bring those stories forward, so clients aren’t just purchasing an object, but investing in something meaningful, intentional, and responsibly sourced.

Right now, I’m in a season of intentional transition. I’m refining my crystal offerings, building relationships for ethical sourcing, and developing my coaching program through a beta phase before launching it fully. Everything I’m creating is guided by the same core belief: transformation happens when we align our inner world with the environments we live in and the choices we make.

Ultimately, my work is about helping people expand — in how they live, what they surround themselves with, and who they allow themselves to become.

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, the three qualities that have been most impactful in my journey are resilience, adaptability, and perspective.

Resilience has been foundational for me, but not in a “never quit at all costs” way. It’s been about choice. When things got hard—and they did, many times—I had to decide whether I was going to stop or stay in the arena. I’ve failed, recalibrated, pivoted, and failed again. Each time taught me something about what I’m good at, what I’m not, and where my energy is actually meant to go. My advice to people early in their journey is this: don’t mistake difficulty as a sign you’re doing something wrong. Often, it’s a sign you’re being stretched. Stay in the game longer than your emotions want you to, and let failure be information—not identity.

Adaptability goes hand in hand with resilience, but it’s a different skill. The world changes. Industries change. People change. Even the way we understand history and culture evolves. Learning how to adapt without losing your integrity has been crucial for me, especially as my work has shifted and deepened over time. My advice here is to stop taking change personally. Observe patterns, stay emotionally regulated, and remain impeccable with your word—even when the rules shift. Adaptability isn’t about self-abandonment; it’s about staying rooted while being flexible.

The third quality is perspective, which I believe is deeply tied to humility and self-trust. I’ve learned that it’s incredibly powerful to step outside of your own viewpoint and genuinely try to understand where someone else is coming from—without abandoning yourself in the process. You don’t know everything, and neither do I. That awareness creates better relationships, better leadership, and better decisions. Perspective shapes how you see challenges, boundaries, people, and the future itself. You can choose to see the world as something that’s falling apart, or as something you’re responsible for helping improve. I’ve chosen the latter.

Together, these three qualities have shaped not only how I work, but how I move through life. They’ve allowed me to keep growing, evolving, and building in a way that feels aligned, ethical, and purposeful.

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

Over the past 12 months, my biggest area of growth has been clarity—clarity in my vision, in my work, and in who I am showing up as in the world. For a long time, I was doing things because I thought I should: offering crystal healing sessions, selling smaller crystals, and following a path that felt expected rather than aligned. I wasn’t fulfilled, and I realized that I was settling instead of creating the life I actually wanted.

Once I committed to figuring out what I truly wanted—what would excite me, challenge me, and make me feel alive—everything began to shift. I invested in myself and my business, joined a mastermind, and started taking deliberate, structured action toward my bigger vision. The result has been transformative: I’m stronger, more focused, and clearer on the path forward. Opportunities and momentum are finally catching up to the work I’ve put in, and it’s incredible to see how much can change when you make intentional choices instead of drifting.

This growth has reinforced a key lesson: clarity doesn’t come from doing more—it comes from doing the right things with intention, aligning with your values, and trusting yourself to make the choices that move you forward.

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