Make the Dream of Tranquil Glow Aesthetics Reality

I am Courtney Pate. A PhD prepared Family Nurse Practitioner, and newly minted dreamer, who needs your help in making my dream a reality.

I have dedicated myself in the past year to a healing journey through therapy. While I was focused on healing from all of my childhood stuff I started to evolve. In August, I had a breakthrough in therapy when I was challenged to really dream. Dreaming was one thing that I’ve rarely allowed myself to do. Dreaming felt like a luxury that I didn’t have. Dreaming always felt risky to me. I know that may sound weird but that was my truth. I hope you didn’t miss that I said dreaming was something that I was afraid to do. But through the evolutionary healing journey that I have been on that is no longer my truth. One of my biggest dreams is financial freedom. And God has revealed to me that this will happen for me through entrepreneurship at Tranquil Glow Aesthetics.

Those of you who know me know that I have been a nurse for 17 years, family nurse practitioner for more than half of that time. I have had my PhD for almost five. What you may not recall is that my first NP job was at a laser hair removal business. I quickly rose in leadership in this establishment and became a clinic regional manager for Maryland and Virginia. I also did my dissertation on the Lived Experience of African-American Women with Excess Facial Hair. I did the research then not knowing that I was gaining understanding of one of my target markets.

After leaving the laser company and getting clinical practice in other areas including women’s health, primary care, and public health I never felt settled. All of these roles have served a purpose and taught me something but never felt like the places for me to truly grow roots. Even though I have tried to convince myself that my current role was designed just for that.

On August 26th my therapist asked me what kind of work brought me joy and I thought back and immediately said aesthetics. She then asked why aren’t you doing it??? The real answer is because for me it is easy and natural and I had been conditioned to believe that my life was designed to be hard or challenging. This is no longer my truth. I hope you all are following my evolution.

On the 27th I completed a job application and had a zoom interview that night and an in person interview the following Tuesday for another Laser hair removal company. Leading up to this interview I wanted to make sure I was operating in God’s plan and not my own so I prayed and said God if this is not what you want for me make the money they offer me not match the money I deserve. I know my worth in the aesthetics space and the posted salary was not in line with that. I got a call Wednesday morning and they offered me the job but the salary did not meet my request. The kind lady informed me that the approval had to come from leadership and she would get back to me. I haven’t heard from her since. But I did hear from God and He told me to “Stop being an employee.”

Automatically another level of fear was unleashed!!!!! Say what now!!! Lord I thought you not allowing that job to be in line with what I wanted meant you wanted me to stay where I am. God said “No”. That company had a goal of making 90k a month and did not value you enough to give you the additional 10k you requested for a year. Why are you going to go be a workhorse for them when you can build your own? I’m letting y’all in on my conversation with God. I promise I’m going to get to the part where I need y’all’s help. But God I don’t know how to run a business. I don’t own a laser. I don’t have a space. I don’t have any capital. You can’t possibly mean you want this for me now.

In the last month, since this conversation God has answered my prayer of a business mentor and even more, I have been approved to finance the laser, I have applied for my business license, I have created my logo and am building my website, I have even found a location that I am praying God will make mine.

So Courtney where do we come in. I will not only need my family and friends supporting my business when I launch (stay tuned for the opening house). I need for you all to believe in what God is doing in my life and help me with the last piece of the puzzle which is capital. I wanted to set a goal of 15k because I knew this was something that my community could handle but God said “No” go bigger and set your goal at 150k.

Pay off your laser and your lease for a year so that you can focus on building a profitable business. So will you all donate and share for others to do the same to make my dream of Tranquil Glow Aesthetics a reality.