A long long time ago... just kidding!
Lumiera Solutions Inc. started while recovering from a car accident, which morphed into a dream that I didn’t know I had. I have always loved the idea of helping people, spent most of my adult life as an administrative assistant, and am great at solving problems (thank you ADHD). So I figured, why not put these pieces together and start my own online business doing all of these things? Makes sense, right?
To back up... before my car accident, I spent 15 years, working at a Hospital. Like most ADHD employees, I bounced around a lot. I worked in the Diabetes Outpatient Program, Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Unit, Medical Floor, Imaging Department and Post-Surgical Unit to name a few. While off on my medical leave (during my car accident recovery), my Occupational Therapist, Sheri, give me some homework that forever changed my life!
Sheri was tasked with helping me get my brain, heart and soul back into alignment. Something that is really important when you are going through recovery. It helps to glue everything back together. She asked me to take some time while I was recovering to figure out what I actually wanted out of life. To take stock of my happiness and to see if what I was doing before my accident that made me happy. It was one of the best pieces of advice I have ever received.
How often are we given the chance to sort life out (interruption-free), so we can figure out our dreams?
During my recovery, which took about 3.5 years, I became really intrigued by my mindset, or my lack mindset to be more specific. In reflecting, I was thrown into a journey towards personal development. It became a lifeline for me in a time when I couldn't see the end of my recovery. Trying desperately to get to the real me, I realized I was forever changed. I wasn’t willing to go back to the job I hated, and the way my life was before the accident.