Check Out Amanda Gooch’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Amanda Gooch.

Amanda, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Six months into my pregnancy, with my daughter who is now 4. I started a platform called Unpacked Bags. This platform allows me to help people unpack their relationships, emotional and spiritual baggage in order to live a better life.

I remember sitting on my mother’s couch telling her that I had a story to tell. I am an educated divorced single woman who was falling into a statistic. I refuse to accept that description. I wanted women to understand that life is still good even during bad times.

While being pregnant and dealing with a divorce, I knew God was really by my side. I faced really hard obstacles and wasn’t sure how I was going to succeed.

I decided to move out of the house I was renting with my child’s father because I couldn’t keep up the bills we had together, by myself. Working as an independent contractor, I didn’t have maternity leave. In the moment of facing my battles with a baby girl on the way I knew I had to fight harder for what I wanted. With the motivation, prayer, and help from my village and God, I was promoted at my job.

From there, I was connected with Scatta Sitez Ent. to tell my story on a podcast. I realized Immediately that this could be a great way to tell my story in hopes of helping other women. The impact I had on my supporters encouraged me to become a life coach. As a life coach, I am able to connect with men and women about their baggage and help them. Understand things will be ok!

Consistency in unpacking and fulfilling the purpose of helping others has helped me become successful as a coach, a boss, a mother, and a mentor to individuals in many parts of the world. My mission is to make sure everyone understands that unpacking their baggage is important and allows us to live free from hurt, anger, pain, and misunderstanding.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I lost myself in a divorce with my ex-husband. When I look back at my life during that time, I realize that we weren’t ready for marriage. Cheating, lack of emotion, and lots of loneliness played a part in my marriage. After my divorced, I got pregnant by a guy I had crushed over for many many years.

Although I thought It would last for a while, it ended in four months. I battled with paying bills and taking preparing for a newborn without him. I faced my Mother with tears and weakness because I couldn’t understand what was really going on in my life. After moving away we broke up for his reasons. I did what was necessary for making sure my daughter had what she needed.

It was hard facing the fact that her dad wasn’t present very much. It was a harder battle thinking that it was my fault that he disappeared completely after understanding I moved on with a new guy.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I am a manager for a courier company where I am responsible for Nashville, Memphis, and Knoxville, TN. I am the host of my podcast Unpacked Bags and I am a life coach for people that desire to live a life with baggage.

I’m so proud of what I’ve accomplished in business and with myself. Unpacking has allowed me to boss up and even take a leap into the Airbnb business. It’s amazing how God works. With my personality and the baggage I have unpacked, I have grown to speak out more.

I’m honest and less afraid of what others think. I have become more confident about who I am. Not only am I an entrepreneur, and a great Mom, I’m happy.

What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
I absolutely love the people I have connected with within my city. We have faced so many obstacles with death. Corona, tornadoes, and bombings. A time when we can just give up. Instead, we’ve come together.

Now coming together is what we specialize in in all aspects lol, including this ugly traffic that we face. I can not stand that we want to be like Atlanta traffic so bad lol.

Pricing:

• $75 an hour for individual sessions

Contact Info:

• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: @unpackedbags