We recently connected with Trena Bryant and have shared our conversation below.
Trena, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?
How did I find my purpose? Well, it was hidden on top of a tall mountain, beneath three stones and covered with leaves! Well, at least that’s what it felt like, “finding” what it is I’m supposed to be doing here on this earth! When you mix an intuitive, empathic soul with 20 years of military service and then toss her out there to “figure it all out”, I’d say you’d come up with someone similar to myself, a very imaginative and determined soul.
Upon retiring from military service, my journey to “self” begin with an innate desire to figure out the big question most of us have, and that is, “What else is there? There has to be more!”. And that’s where I started, trying to find the “more”.
It started with opening a daycare facility, to getting a certification in International Event Planning (and reiki, EFT tapping practitioner, etc), hosting retreats, to starting a Self-Love Life Coaching business. Each career opening the door for the next until, today, I’m at the precipice of opening a brick & mortar, The Green Coterie, a healing lounge / cafe’, located in Southern Maryland!
You may be wondering, how in the heck did I put all of that together? Well, the daycare opened my mind to self-employment, event planning grew my love of creating experiences for souls, the life coaching along with other healing modalities, helped me to assist souls in experiencing a life of joy, by rediscovering their “true self”. Every single step honed skills I’d need to get to the next something.
Today, The Green Coterie is set to open its doors on Saturday, October 28th, 2023. This space I’ve created houses all that is me, from helping others find the joy of truly living unapologetically as themselves; not having to perform to please others; as well as being a safe space to simply “be”. Thus, allowing you to experience a level of peace and self-love so beautiful, that navigating any other type of love is easy-peasy! Including romantic love because once you know what true love is, you won’t settle for less outside of yourself.
One of the most powerful lessons I’ve learned in this is, when you’re going through things, you are rarely able to see the whole plan. But you must trust the process AND yourself, and I promise you, things will work out! You’ll discover you won’t have to go far to “find” your purpose because it’s always right there with you! Waiting on you to make the first move.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
As the owner and creator of The Green Coterie, healing lounge / cafe’, I provide a safe space and environment that encourages individuals to recognize and embrace the whole person: physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, intellectually, and spiritually.
This endeavor has been the most exciting (and a little scary!) thing I’ve created to date. The space serves as a healthy gathering place for adults who are tired of feeling the need to “perform” unauthentically in social settings.
What’s super exciting (and scary!) about creating this space has been there isn’t a blueprint or template to follow! It’s a rather new concept here in this area. Building a space to simply “be”! And while you’re “being”, you get to enjoy a space for meditation, to host and attend holistic classes sponsored by The Green Coterie, as well as other local businesses desiring to spread their knowledge. We even offer facilitation for team building to small businesses. There’s good coffee, great teas, and delicious pastries to enjoy as well.
One thing I’ve found very important to a community is the opportunity to get to know each other through healthy, facilitated discussions and conversations. As well as a space where the local community has the opportunity to showcase their own talents and skills inside the cozy lounge and classroom areas.
The Green Coterie is a one stop shop for life coaching, live discussions, and to experience meditation and other natural healing modalities. In a space that accepts you for who you are and encourages you to live your life accordingly.
And we’re opening the doors, to what we hope, is your home away from home, on Saturday, October 28th, 2023! *Located in Southern Maryland.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I’m sure most people want to include the numerous classes and courses they’ve paid for and attended (and trust me, I’ve paid for and attended many!). But for me, the three qualities, skills and/or areas of knowledge that’s had the most impact for me are: Intuition, Faith and Action!
My advice would be to follow those three things… trust your intuition when that big thing or idea comes along; have faith that what’s yours will be yours, even in the midst of confusion and fear; and then take action, knowing that to fall is simply an opportunity to use the fall as a steppingstone to rise higher!
Tell us what your ideal client would be like?
My ideal client is someone who is ready to start living their life without “permission”, beyond trauma, wrapped in love.
This simply means, someone who is ready to accept THEY are the change and in charge of their lives. That their choices and decisions are based upon their experiences. And sometimes, those experiences keep them stuck in lives that don’t feel like their own.
People who are ready to live life to the fullest on their own terms, not the dictations of others. Not parents, not mates, not pastors, teachers, or any other soul outside of themselves.
The realization that life is so much more than the performances that are sometimes dictated by society and are now ready to make that change in their own lives.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.thegreencoterie.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegreencoterie
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/thegreencoterie
