Today we’d like to introduce you to Yaminah Mitchell.
Yaminah, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
There was a moment in August 2020 that changed everything. A friend lost someone to suicide — and when I heard the news, I went still. Because I recognized something in that story. Not a desire to die, but a deep exhaustion with the pain. I knew what it felt like to smile and mean nothing by it. To say “I’m fine” and feel completely hollow inside.
From the outside, I looked like I had it together. I had a master’s degree, a management career, my own home. But inside, I was running on empty — people-pleasing, shrinking myself, performing strength I didn’t actually feel. I had spent years surviving environments that required me to stay small to keep the peace, and I had no idea how deeply that was costing me.
That moment of reckoning shifted something in me. I committed to my own healing in a way I never had before — therapy, embodiment work, nervous system work, and eventually coaching. And somewhere in that process, I discovered something I hadn’t expected: I was good at helping other women find their way through the same fog.
So I built Healing Is Work Coaching — because I needed a name that told the truth. Healing isn’t passive. It isn’t linear. And it isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s work. And it’s worth it.
Before being archived, the podcast I co-hosted reached over 35 countries. I’ve provided safe housing for six women. I’ve coached high-achieving women who are healed enough to know better but still struggling to do better — and I’ve watched them rebuild their self-trust, set boundaries that actually stick, and finally start living like they mean it.
I’m a trauma-informed coach and speaker. And I show up as the woman your nervous system has been waiting for.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Smooth? No. Necessary? Every single bump.
The road to building Healing Is Work Coaching has been equal parts purpose and pressure. I launched this business while working full-time as an accounting manager for a state government agency, so entrepreneurship, for me, has never been a “quit your job and leap” story. It’s been a “wake up early, stay up late, and figure it out in between” story.
Some of the biggest struggles? Learning to charge what my work is actually worth. Believing that a Black woman with a trauma-informed message had a seat at the table, in corporate spaces, on stages, in rooms that weren’t built with her in mind. Navigating the tension between being the coach who helps people set boundaries while working in environments that tested mine daily.
There were also deeply personal valleys woven into the professional ones. My own healing journey, the therapy, the breakthroughs, the moments of falling apart before I could put myself back together, those weren’t separate from my business. They were the curriculum. I couldn’t teach what I hadn’t lived, and sometimes living it was hard.
What kept me going was simple: the women who needed to hear that someone like them had made it to the other side. That kept me building, even when I felt like stopping.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
Healing Is Work Coaching is a trauma-informed coaching and speaking practice built for high-achieving women of color who are healed enough to know better but still struggling to do better. I founded it because I needed it to exist, and once I realized no one else was going to build exactly this, I did.
I specialize in helping women rebuild self-trust, set boundaries that actually stick, and close the gap between what they know and how they actually live. That gap is where most personal development falls short, and it’s exactly where my work begins. I’m known for bringing nervous system science, somatic work, and real talk together in a way that feels both rigorous and deeply human.
What sets me apart is the integration. My signature framework, the NeuroConfidence Code™, moves women through Clarity, Alignment, and Transformation, and it doesn’t stop at mindset. It includes embodiment practices, nervous system education, and even Dance With Yamz, a weekly virtual movement experience I created as a core healing methodology, not a bonus add-on. Healing happens in the body, not just the brain, and my work reflects that.
My offerings span from accessible entry points all the way to immersive coaching intensives and corporate programming. I speak to organizations on emotional health, burnout, and what it costs high performers when their nervous systems are stuck in survival mode. I delivered my first internal corporate talk in May 2026, and the response confirmed what I already knew: this work belongs in boardrooms just as much as it belongs in living rooms.
Brand wise, I’m most proud of the realness. Healing Is Work is not a polished, everything-is-fine kind of brand. It’s bold, soulful, and honest about the fact that transformation takes effort. That resonates with women who are tired of being sold a shortcut.
I co-hosted The Healing Corner Podcast (now archived), which reached listeners in over 35 countries, and publish a weekly newsletter called Shift Happens with Coach Yamz. If your readers are ready to stop surviving and start living like they mean it, I want them to know there is a seat at this table for them. They can start at HealingIsWork.com.
What were you like growing up?
Before the responsibility settled in, I was a whole lot of joy.
Curious, talkative, playful. I asked every question that came to mind and didn’t apologize for it. I loved to dance, read, watch movies, climb trees, and talk to anyone who would listen. I was the kid who was genuinely interested in everything and not shy about showing it.
But early on, I became parentified, meaning I stepped into an adult role in my family long before I should have had to. Responsibility became my identity, and a lot of that carefree little girl got quieter in the process. I didn’t lose her entirely, but she had to make room for a version of me that knew how to hold things together.
One thing that always brought me back to myself, though? Water. Swimming was pure freedom, and every chance I got, I reveled in it. There was something about being in the water that let me be weightless, playful, and fully present all at once.
Looking back, it makes complete sense that my alter ego is a mermaid. Ya’Tari, my Afro-futuristic steampunk mersona, is the fullest expression of that little girl who always felt most alive when she was near the water. She never left. She just needed the right mythology and community to come home.
Pricing:
- The Clarity Catalyst (Entry-Level, 45 days) — $597 | Valued at $985. Includes three coaching sessions using the C.A.T. Model, a digital workbook, post-session recaps, text support, and a Pathway Planning Call. A $597 credit toward the next program is included.
- The Aligned Life Accelerator (Mid-Tier, 4 months) — $2,400 | Valued at $4,610. Includes eight coaching sessions, a custom Vision and Action Roadmap, check-ins, text support, emergency SOS calls, and a Quarterly Reflection Session.
- The NeuroConfidence Code™ Transformation Intensive (Premium, 8 weeks) — $3,997 | Valued at $8,215. Includes eight 60-minute private sessions, the full NeuroConfidence Code™ framework, weekly Soulwork prompts, priority text and email support, a Private Audio Library, session recaps, and 30 days of post-program support.
- Corporate Keynotes and Workshops — Custom pricing based on scope, starting at $7,500.
- Dance With Yamz — Weekly virtual embodiment experience, currently free to join. All coaching tiers include a complimentary discovery call. Book yours at HealingIsWork.com
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.HealingIsWork.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CoachYamz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachYamz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coachyamz/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@coachyamz
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/healing-is-work-coaching-nashville
- Other: https://coachyamz.com/
