Hi, I’m Kimberly Sheridan, the Founder of Fueled By Soul, LLC.
I coach passion-motivated, purpose-fueled women to embrace their true nature as the path to happiness, fulfillment and meaning. I’m passionate about helping women reclaim their authentic self & express their unique voice in the world.
There is one truth I believe more than anything else … the path to happiness is being true to yourself.
When you fully embrace who you truly are and choose to follow your heart, you will be happier & make your most meaningful contributions to the world.
I discovered this truth when I was 22, but it took me more than 25 more years to fully embrace it in my own life. Since then, I’ve dedicated my life to empowering others to reclaim their most beautifully authentic self.
There is nothing I’ve been more driven by in my life than the search for meaning. Why am I here? What am I meant to be doing with my life? These thoughts started chasing me at 22 when I’d been working in the corporate world for less than a year. Since then, the search for understanding what gives us meaning has been my greatest quest and fuels my passion for teaching.
Trusting your intuition is the path to living authentically.
I knew what I was meant to do with my life by the time I was 26 years old. But I didn’t trust my intuition. It took me many more years and a few career changes to claim it. My first leap was leaving my corporate Human Resources career with one of the Big 6 advertising agencies to move to Santa Fe, New Mexico to work in an art gallery on Canyon Road.
I learned pretty quickly that a 100% commission sales position in an art gallery in a town internationally-known for its galleries is not creative work. Each time I took a leap, I circled in closer but would find myself going back around the spiral once again, settling for something more sensible and returning to the corporate world.
Choosing to live authentically is an act of courage.
In 1997, I left my corporate career for the second time to start a website design & web marketing company. I was early enough on the scene that my primary goal was convincing even multi-million-dollar business owners that they needed a website. There were only 70 million internet users worldwide at the time.
As I evolved as an entrepreneur, I moved into coaching in the Year 2000 when the industry was still in its infancy because it was in more alignment with my passions and natural gifts. I discovered Coach University, one of the first coaching training organizations, after seeing Cheryl Richardson on The Oprah Winfrey Show then attending a small workshop with her at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY.
Like most people drawn to coaching, I was born to be a coach. I’m a natural believer in human potential. And I’m a human motivation nerd.
Over the years and through my own challenging life experiences, I’ve developed my faith in the ability of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle on its path.
The challenges we overcome strengthen us like metal forged in fire.
Everyone’s journey will include obstacles. It’s a natural part of the human experience. In some cases, they are situations we are powerless to change. And in others, they force us into our next stage of growth. In both cases, there is something to be learned from every trial, and they often serve as the seed for our next chapter.
I spent 10 years as the primary caregiver for my mother’s 8-year descent into Alzheimer’s disease and my teenage son’s overlapping debilitating health conditions for 4 years following a major spinal reconstruction.
I help women remember who they are.
One of the reasons I work exclusively with women at this stage in my business is that we are far more likely to be responsible for the people in our lives which creates unique challenges we need to design our lives and work around. I use my own life lessons to help other women learn to ride the waves of life using their unique experiences as the fuel for their reinvention.
In both my private coaching and group coaching programs, I focus on the process of getting the desired outcome as well as dissolving the blocks keeping my clients & students from getting it. I have dedicated my life to helping people get to their why. However, you don’t know what is in another person’s heart unless they are willing to show you. So, my number one priority is always to provide my clients & students with a safe place to do that.
As part of my mission, I incorporate giving back to others as a practice of gratitude. Giving to others in any form is an acknowledgement of the gifts you’ve been given in your own life. Being raised in a working-class family by parents who grew up in poverty, I focus mostly on volunteering and charitable contributions with organizations that provide for the basic necessities of food, shelter and clothing.