07. Kimberly Smith
Finding herself while shedding the expectations of women and mothers.
Kimberly Smith is a Resilience & Life Transition Coach and the founder of Encompass Coaching. She is a native New Yorker, proud Houstonian, truth seeker, mental health advocate, yogi, mother, and dachshund lover.
Through coaching services, speaking, and writing, Kimberly helps ambitious people struggling with chronic stress and overwhelm, end exhaustion and get a grip, so they can build mental stamina, increase energy and resilience, excel personally and professionally, and move confidently through life’s challenges and transitions.
Kimberly has a BA in Sociology and Psychology, is an internationally certified life and career coach, and spent 10 years in corporate talent acquisition for a variety of industries. She is a servant leader passionate about dissolving the stigma around mental health, and dedicated to empowering others to live more authentic lives full of passion, purpose, courage, freedom and adventure.
I got to have a great conversation with her about the life she has led: all of the transitions that she experienced, and how she found herself fighting with the pressures of society's expectations and “rules” that are put on women and mothers. She is incredibly insightful, thoughtful, and fun to chat with!
Here on Epics we want to be a part of sharing everyone’s story and particularly elevate the stories of those who we don’t often hear from and understand. Kimberly’s story as a woman and as a mother is one that we need to understand better because, as she told me, her story is all too common. Kimberly doesn’t claim to speak for all mothers and their stories, but the insights that we can glean from honoring her story can go a long way towards laying a foundation for honoring the stories and lives of all mothers.
