Corina Sowada - Empowerment Coach
Corina Sowada
Corina Sowada is an empowerment coach who is on a mission to help women find themselves (and love!) again after a toxic relationship. Through her work, Corina helps women dive into identifying toxicity, narcissism and abuse, all to break the cycle. She helps you identify and break trauma bonds and heal from a toxic relationship.
A large part of Corina’s work is helping women receive and step into their feminine energy and power, and learning to love the woman that you see reflected back at you in the mirror. But in order to help other women do this work, Corina had to do it for herself first. Corina was in a toxic relationship on and off for four years. In many ways Corina lost herself during that time. She lost her voice, her passion, and optimism. She no longer recognized the woman she saw in the mirror. Then one day something clicked, and she made the decision to end the relationship. She started to prioritize her health and wellness, and she learned to love her body again. Her mindset began to shift too, and through setting boundaries she started to become Corina again. She learned to reprogram her subconscious thoughts and beliefs around men, dating, her self-worth, and she learned to lean on her intuition.
Today, Corina loves and accepts herself fully, and she has leaned on her own experiences to help women break free from toxic relationships in their lives and step into their worth. I’m so excited for you guys to connect with Corina, check out her coaching programs, and follow along as she continues to help women reclaim their self-worth and be unapologetic about who they are!
I'd love it if you'd introduce yourself, what you do, and what you're working on.
a. Hi everyone! My name is Corina Sowada, I’m a 27 year old single mommy from small town Minnesota. I’m a retired people pleaser, ex corporate grinder turned entrepreneur & a self-love junkie. I’m an empowerment coach helping women find themselves & love again after a toxic relationship. I’m currently working on launching my second round of my signature 6-week program: From Toxic + Lies to Love + Truth – A program helping women end the cycle of toxic relationships. This program is incredible and helps you to bring awareness to your beliefs, patterns, past conditioning, etc., and start to reprogram those beliefs, heal your inner child, and break the cycle. We dive into identifying toxicity, narcissm and the abuse cycle, how to break trauma bonds and heal from a toxic relationship. We also get very clear on who your soul mate is, who you need to be in order to call him/her in, receiving and stepping into your feminine energy and power, and learning to truly love the woman you see in the mirror. I’m also in the middle of launching my podcast which I’m thrilled about so stay tuned for that!
How did you get started?
a. A couple years ago, when I was at a very low point in my life (more on this) I found network marketing and became a health & fitness coach. Through this work I was introduced to a whole new world that I didn’t even know existed and it opened my eyes up to new possibilities. As I started to share my story and get more vulnerable with my audience, women would reach out to thank me for helping them face a fear of theirs, or to let me know how much it helps them to know their not alone. And I remember thinking, “If I could help women feel like this every day, I would be living the dream.” Soon health & fitness no longer became a passion and I knew I was meant to serve in a bigger way so on December 31st, 2018, I hired a business coach who helped me launch my business into the world
What inspired the work that you're doing?
Short answer: My pain. Long answer: I was in a toxic relationship on and off for four years. Our relationship was filled with extreme highs and lows and over the course of these 4 years, I became someone I didn’t recognize. He’d cheat and I’d apologize because, ya know, it was my fault he cheated. I minimized his behavior, sometimes even denying it, and I lied to all of my friends and family, losing them in the process.
3 years into our relationship, at age 21, I got pregnant, and at 14 weeks along, wound up single. During my pregnancy, I was whipped around emotionally and was literally competing and begging for his love. Legit down on my knees begging him to choose me over his new girlfriend. Every night I would go to sleep wondering, "Is tonight going to be the night he loves me?"
For the next year I continued on with this. My self worth tanked (lower than it even was before), I lost my voice, my fire, and became the most negative person my friends and family knew. Then one day something snapped and I realized my son & I deserved better so I made the decision to no longer beg. On January 1st, 2015, I moved my 3-month-old son and I to our own, tiny 2 bedroom apartment where I would cry myself to sleep every night, blaming myself for being the reason our son was going to grow up without a family.
I was so lonely and miserable and I knew I needed a change and that's when I started prioritizing my health and began to love my body again. Slowly my mindset started to shift, I began to eliminate all negativity around me, set major boundaries, and slowly started to become Corina again.
My dating life wasn't as pretty, though.
I attracted men who had no interest in my son and one man even looked me right in the eye and said "I will never love him." That one stung like a bitch.
I dated a man I legit thought was my soul mate. I connected with this man on a deeper level than I'd ever connected with anyone and I was sure we were going to spend the rest of our lives together. Then two months later I got a call from his fiance. Like what in the actual fuck?
I had the most amazing first date with a guy who made me laugh like no one has ever made me laugh before. We hit it off and after a couple months, he ghosted me. HARD. Like legit blocked me on every SM platform with no explanation, hours before our planned date. He came crawling back 3 weeks later and instead of listening to my intuition I gave him a second chance. Yeah, I was ghosted again shortly after. Weird.
Emotionally unavailable dicks were my forte and at one point my aunt told me, in the most loving of ways, "you should probably just give up."
Give up? Nope, not me!
Instead I set off on a journey to figure out why in the world I was attracting all of these men and how I could end this cycle for good.
I dove into every book, podcast, program, training, etc. that I could find and I applied it. I reprogrammed my fucked up subconscious beliefs, reclaimed my self worth, leaned into my intuition, set boundaries, broke trauma bonds, found expanders. The whole nine yards.
After all of that work I am at a point where I’m able to recognize the warning signs and have the strength to simply walk away, knowing that this has nothing to do with me. I no longer put my self worth in the hands of a man. I love myself fully and trust myself to never put myself back in that situation and have the power to stand back up and open my heart back up to love, even if that means to have it shattered again
My story is the reason I'm here to help you end the cycle too!
What is your biggest passion? Do you feel like you're living your passion and purpose?
Helping women reclaim their self worth and be unapologetic af about who they are so they can raise their standards in love and life. I do truly feel that I’m living out my purpose. It continues to evolve as I evolve, but I love what I do and I love the impact I’m able to make on other peoples lives.
What is your joy blueprint? What lights you up, brings you joy, and makes you feel the most alive?
OOO good question! When I look good, I feel good & I do good. My hair and make up is almost always done and when I put on some red lipstick you know I’m about to get after it. I say this because wearing clothes that make me feel like a million bucks lights me tf up and helps me show up with all of the abundance and joyful vibes. Being in nature and taking in the effortless beauty is a huge one for me as well. Nature is so grounding, peaceful, and reminds me that I’m supported beyond belief. Seeing my son smile, play & laugh also lights me tf up.
How do you live intentionally? Are there tools/resources/practices that you rely on to help you stay mindful and grounded?
I journal and meditate daily. I rewrite the limiting beliefs I have and reparent little Corina on the daily (there’s always something to work on). I also heavily lean on my coach as well as my soul sisters and women in my mastermind for support. A healthy diet, good nights sleep, and a solid exercise routine are HUGE in my life to keep me grounded and feeling my best.
What would your younger self think about what you're doing now?
I think she’s say, “Wow, Corina, you’re a badass!” When I was in the thick of it I didn’t see a way out, and now that I’m on the other side I know that my younger self would be so proud.
Do you have a go-to mantra or affirmation?
My first response wants to be: Deep Breaths & F-Bombs but really I find myself saying that life doesn’t happen to you it happens for you, so if it’s happening for you, what’s the lesson?
What is your biggest dream?
If I’m being 1000% honest, my biggest dream is to have a family & a steamy, passionate, loving, supportive marriage. When I think about my dream life, the vision of my family and my husband always brings me to tears (in fact I’m tearing up right now thinking about it). Of course I want to change as many lives as possible, live a life of financial freedom & abundance, provide opportunities for others, etc., but having a family is #1.
To learn more about Corina and her work, you can find her on Instagram @corina_unleashed
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