Danielle Arsenault is a passionate Raw Food Chef, Educator and founder of Pachavega Living Foods Education and the author of 5 plant-based cookbooks. Her professional career includes a stint as professor at Pacific Rim College in Victoria who created and developed several plant-based nutrition courses there, a Raw Food Chef and Nutrition Consultant at Aqua Wellness Resort in Nicaragua, a TV Show Host and Keynote Speaker. Her TEDX Talk, “The Power of Plants” has over 24,000 views on YouTube. She often hosts and caters Yoga Retreats in Canada and abroad and contributes recipes to health blogs online and print magazines. It is her dream to educate the world about the healing power of plant-based whole foods and a healthy lifestyle rooted in compassion.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
- Whole family, Mother, Father, Brother, Sisters
- Georgette Paré
- Christian Griffith of Run to heel
- Cris Ketch, former founder of BodyNetix fitness training
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the biggest difficulty, and still is a huge challenge, is making myself known, making my business known to the world, connecting with the right people who want what I have to offer, and it will benefit them because they are ready for it… It’s still making those really really rich nurturing connections that are able to bring more business in. There is people out there that are looking for what I offer but they just don’t know how to find me and I don’t know how to find them… so making myself known and also financial insecurities, not knowing if the thing that you are going to put all your efforts into is going to actually bring you income”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich Book by Timothy Ferriss
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life Book by Mark Manson
- Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers Book by Timothy Ferriss
Favourite Quote:
“Don’t give up before the miracle happens.” Rich Roll http://www.richroll.com/
Recommended Online Resources:
- FreshBooks – Small Business Accounting Software in the Cloud. FreshBooks, Inc. is an accounting software package developed and marketed by 2ndsite, Inc. FreshBooks products are geared mainly toward small-sized businesses and offer cloud-based accounting applications that manage and pay bills, and payroll functions. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Toronto, Canada.
- Pathwright – is an online app for making courses, lessons and communities. Pathwright is an education platform that enables users to create, teach, and sell branded online courses.
- Upwork, formerly Elance-oDesk, is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals connect and collaborate remotely. In 2015, Elance-oDesk was rebranded as Upwork. It is based in Mountain View and San Francisco, California. The full name is Upwork Global Inc.
- Tony Robbins the nation’s top life and business strategist Embrace life coaching sessions from a world authority on leadership psychology today!
- Timothy Ferriss is an American author, entrepreneur, and public speaker. He has written a number of self-help books on the “4-hour” theme, some of which have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists, starting with The 4-Hour Workweek.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Don’t give up. Believe in yourself. Believe in the message that you are sharing will make a difference in people’s lives… if you believe it enough and you are passionate about your project it will be contagious and other people will feel your passion. So be passionate, believing yourself and don’t give up”…[Listen for More]
More About Danielle Arsenault:
Pachavega Living Foods Education
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The problems you have are there for me to help you solve, not to have with you.” Justin K. McFarlane Beau
Other Quotes From the Chat with Danielle Arsenault:
- “I think people who are entrepreneurs are usually creatives, they are usually passionate”
- “From the beginning set up your finances”
- “Outsource the work that anybody can do for you”
- “Our time is our most valuable asset. What do you want to spend your time doing? Meaningful things of things that anybody could do”
- “The process is necessary”
- “You need to get honest feedback. So talking to people who will be hard on you if you need it and be completely honest is also very very valuable even though it might not be the easiest thing to hear”
- “The number one secret to success is to never give up”
- “when you feel grounded and comfortable in yourself and you work on yourself as a person then you are able to be that much more solid in order to offer yourself to others and to be of service”
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