Ly Smith is one of the coaches that we found this month and we did a little interview with her. She impressed us with her professionalism and resilience.

She helps high achieving women move from feeling reactive to boldly creating the life they desire. As the founder of UpCycle Coaching LLC and the G3 Mastermind, Ly transforms self talk into a powerful tool for clarity, confidence, and action.

She has turned her own challenges into a roadmap for others. Overcoming a two year battle with depression, Ly became an award winning international speaker and best selling author, developing her proven C.A.N.D.Y. Method™ to guide clients toward breakthrough results.

She sees the potential in every person she works with and reflects it back in ways they never saw themselves before. In this interview, Ly shares the mindset shifts and strategies that empower women to step into their genius, gifts, and greatness. Here is what she said…

Meet Life Coach Ly Smith:

Name: Ly Smith

Pillar: The Spirit, The Mind

Who is this coach for: High achieving women who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or held back by fear and self doubt.

How they can help: By using her C.A.N.D.Y. Method™, coaching sessions, mastermind groups, accountability practices, and mindset and NLP techniques, just to name a few.

First of all, how are you and your family doing in these “crazy” times?

My family and I are thriving because we pay attention to where we direct our attention.

How did the coronavirus pandemic affect your clients? Did it affect you at all?

The pandemic allowed me to grow my client base from local to global.

I have been able to share my story, message, and mission all over the world.

The Origin:

Tell us about you, your career, how you started with your coaching career?

I am a wife, a mom, and a professional speaker.

As CEO of UpCycle Coaching LLC and founder of the G3 Mastermind, I help high achieving women move from REACTOR to bold CREATOR in life by rewriting their self talk.

I started in 2018, when I went from depression to direction with intention.

I rediscovered who I am, a GO getter woman with a passion for public speaking.

I took my years of personal development and integrated them with my years of life lessons and found a framework for my stories and message.

I pursued almost any stage that would let me take the mic and I launched a local mastermind for entrepreneurs and business professionals.

What was your biggest obstacle that you had to overcome in your life that made you who you are today?

Overcoming my two year depression that impacted my overall health, mental health, and my marriage was the biggest obstacle that shaped me into who I am today.

In eight months’ time, I became an award winning international speaker, a best selling author, revitalized my health, and restored my then dying marriage.

What are the biggest lessons that you learned overcoming your greatest obstacle?

Reclaiming my joy allowed me to remember my eight year old inner child who fell in love with public speaking.

I made a decision to go on a personal quest to figure out who I am and what makes me happy.

I chose a word to anchor my journey.

I created a roadmap out of the necessary steps to move me from stuck to closer to my desires.

I put out effort consistently every single day for my health, for my speaking, and for my marriage.

I celebrated my efforts and results along the way.

Those steps became my C.A.N.D.Y. Method™, the proven framework I now use with my clients.

The Coaching Style:

How do you innovate with coaching your clients?

A friend said to me, “Ly, you are like a diamond. You take the light you see in other people and you reflect it back to them in a way they never saw themselves before.”

I use my innate genius, gifts, and greatness to help my clients shine into their genius, gifts, and greatness.

What’s unique about your coaching approach?

I humbly own that I am great at what I do.

I listen.

I tune into my client.

I am able to give them the breakthrough they need to become who they need to be or do what they desire to do.

I show up to serve that client, so every session is unique because they are unique.

What benefits do your clients get after working with you?

1. My clients gain clarity so they see past distractions.
2. They inoculate against negative moods.
3. They get more done even if they feel lazy or tired.
4. They feel confident because they trust themselves.
5. They attain a knowing that they are making a greater difference.
6. They own their assertiveness.
7. They experience overall happiness.

Examples of client results have included:

JH, owner of a promotional products company, grew her revenue by 30 percent in the twelve months she participated in my mastermind.

Before joining the mastermind, she was scattered and did not track her numbers. After a mini one on one power coaching session, JT made her first sale with her webinar when she integrated specific wording into her presentation. She had done several webinars previously in the past two years without success.

HS is a coach who participated in my one on one six month program. She felt so nervous on camera and on stage and struggled with perfection, so she was stuck with moving forward with building her business. We worked on her limiting beliefs and used NLP modalities so she could release them and step into her power.

She has since created her own events, spoken on stages in Wisconsin and Florida, and continues to grow her community.

Do you use any specific tools to be efficient with your clients?

I use a mastermind environment along with community and accountability to be efficient and effective with my clients.

The Impact:

If you had a super megaphone that, when you speak into, the whole world will hear your message, what would you say?

I am on a mission to transform the REACTOR into the bold CREATOR.

You might be a reactor if you feel stressed and overwhelmed, or distracted and held back in fear, procrastination, and the imposter syndrome.

You may feel like the “C” in reactor, stuck in the middle of all the things.

I invite you to take a beat and take yourself out from the middle of all the things, whether it is a moment in the mirror, a day, or a retreat.

See yourself for your amazingness and brilliance.

Remember your truth and who you really are.

When you do, and you put yourself first, that is when the magic happens.

Like moving the “C” out of reactor and to the front, you transform into the CREATOR.

You then see what is in alignment with you and your goals, what becomes the priority to say yes to and to do.

You become the creator of the day, the week, the month, the year that you desire.

This is life on your terms.

Life will always happen and you have the superpower to choose to be a REACTOR to it or the CREATOR of the response that moves you closer to the best version of yourself, your relationships, your work, and your dreams.

How will you use your superpower today?

What is the greatest lesson you have learned in your life?

I have learned so many great lessons in life.

I think one of the biggest would be to know specifically what you want while being grateful for what you have.

I wanted to be a stay at home mom.

The path that unfolded to get there was not what I had planned.

I wanted to be a corporate motivational speaker.

Again, the path that has unfolded to get here has not been what I had planned.

I love that the Universe is always working for my highest good with a sense of humor to let me know I am not in control.

Your final thoughts?

I see you and I celebrate you.

Where Can You Find Ly Smith?

If you liked this interview and if you would love to go from Reactor to Creator, see how Coach Ly can help you.

If you’d like to peak a glimpse into her coaching, follow her Instagram and Facebook accounts or subscribe to her YouTube channel.

And if you’d like to connect more personally with her, you can do that through LinkedIn or by sending her a direct message on her Email [email protected]. It was an honor having this interview with her.