Catch Your Breath Cohort
Protect Your Well-Being. Accelerate Your Business.
Presenting Partners
A FREE 3-month personal wellness accelerator for entrepreneurs.
Community support, personalized strategies, and a sustainable
approach to business success.
Program Overview
Catch Your Breath, powered by Hooky Wellness and the CLT Alliance Foundation, is here to strengthen the resilience of entrepreneurs and their businesses. Launched in 2024, Catch Your Breath is a program designed exclusively for small business owners in the Charlotte, North Carolina area.
We understand how personal well-being often gets overlooked in the pursuit of business success. That’s why we crafted this comprehensive training that will empower business owners to proactively build their stress management systems into how they work.
The Experience
Dedicated Self-Care
Enhance your self-care with a financial stipend specifically for self-care activities, program events, and experiences. Our program provides dedicated space to practice well-being-building behaviors. Participate in activities and events that encourage and support your self-care journey, giving you the tools and environment to cultivate sustainable wellness practices.
Expert Guidance
Our team of leadership and mental wellness experts will provide you with proven pathways to seamlessly integrate personal wellness with business growth. Stay ahead of stress and safeguard your well-being to prevent it from derailing your business success.
Tailored Cohort Experience
Embark on a 3-month journey with a selected group of like-minded business owners. Benefit from individual support and community accountability, fostering collaboration and bonding. Grow through shared knowledge of business and personal leadership.
Action-Oriented Learning
This cohort offers a distinctive blend of learning and immediate application, providing you with practical strategies that can be implemented right away. Learn repeatable frameworks that can be repurposed throughout various stages of business and personal growth.
Access to Support Resources
Gain access to a curated library of frameworks, mental wellness resources, and expert practitioners. Discover local wellness support to cultivate a thriving community. Our goal is to simplify securing the tools for ongoing support, freeing up your time to focus on your priorities.
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Catch Your Breath 2024 Cohort — Charlotte, NC
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Harold Hughes
Catalyst Labs is a startup launchpad designed to identify the next generation of builders and provide them with the necessary resources and capital – social and financial – to help them succeed.
Instagram: @catalystlabshq -
Ieesha Griffin
At Sun’s Jewelry, we say "To create is to live!'' We are artists that enjoy creating unique unisex jewelry and custom pieces.
Instagram: @suns.jewelry
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Monique Mcgrant
We are a local tax and bookkeeping firm located in Charlotte, NC with 2 locations. We specialize in individual and small business taxes. We also perform accounting and bookkeeping services.
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Devanne Pena
Archidev PLLC ; AfroSpace
Archidev PLLC is an architecture firm focused on reachable design for residential and entrepreneurial clients.
AfroSpace Self-care Club is a place to test creative concepts, find focus, be in good company and see self-care differently.
Instagram: @afrospaceofficial
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Ma. Corine Olarte
A full-time creative portrait, personal branding, and event photographer focused on providing photoshoot experiences that promote positive self-perception and foster a creative sanctuary.
instagram: @corineolarte
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Priscilla Wallace
We consult and coach extensively on corporate strategy, economic growth, inclusion, business development, and program management initiatives for small businesses, corporations, institutions, and non-profits.
Linkedin: Diversity Exchange, LLC
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Ashley Hooker
Peaceful Places, Inc. is a non profit organization geared toward providing quality mental health services to all.
Instagram: @peacefulplacesinc
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Jenina Wacharamai
Dayla Hair Studio is Charlotte's premier hair extension studio. With over 15 years in the hair industry, Jenina has mastered the art of hair color and hair extensions, Keratin Treatments, and curly hair.
Instagram: @hairloveartistry
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Toni Galloway
A corrective skin care spa. We specialize in education to our clients of different ethnic backgrounds. We strive to give our clients their confidence back.
Instagram: @skinsupreme704
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Friday Jones
Friday’s Dope LLC is a visionary arts, media, & entertainment company that creates immersive, intimate, artistry and artistic experiences.
Instagram: @fridaysdope
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Ariene Bethea
Dressing Rooms Interiors Studio
At Dressing Rooms Interiors Studio, we're passionate about blending the old with the new in a distinctly modern way. As an online-exclusive vintage boutique, we specialize in a vibrant collection of vintage furnishings, lighting, art, and decorative items, all chosen for their lively color schemes and bold patterns.
Instagram: @dressmyroom
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Breanna Butler
Compass Counseling and Consulting PLLC
Compass Counseling and Consulting PLLC is a solo mental health practice. I provide virtual therapy services. I am licensed in 3 states; Indiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Instagram: @breannalcmhc
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Damita Rhodie
Blessed Manifested Horizons LLC
We are a medical and airfreight courier delivery service company. We handle the gift of life with care
LinkedIn: Damita Rhodie
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Yolanda Bartow
Yolanda created A Place for Peace, PLLC to promote hope, rejuvenation, healing, and transformation for the community. The goal is to facilitate healing by teaching tools needed to live life in a way that promotes forward movement.
Instagram: @aplaceforpeacepllc
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Ebony Burns
Charlotte’s premier skin boutique specializing in corrective skincare for all genders and ages.
Instagram: @serving_faces_spa
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Shiricka Fair
Provisions Counseling & Consulting
Provisions is skilled at working with a wide range of life challenges and providing services that span from therapy for individuals, couples, children and families.
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Stephanie Smith
Absolute Cleaning & Restoration
Absolute Cleaning & Restoration is a full janitorial service provider specializing in all things cleaning. A commercial cleaning company serving Charlotte, NC, and nearby cities.
Phone: 704-299-8706
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Curtis Walls
You vs Yourself is private gym with public offerings. We have wide range of health and wellness offerings.
Instagram: @yvyclt
Actionable Expert Guidance
Our expert team in leadership and mental wellness will guide you through proven pathways to harmonize personal well-being with business growth, including:
Crafting a customized wellness strategy and implementation plan.
Connecting with essential wellness practitioners and resources.
Clarifying your boundaries and personal values.
Establishing a network of like-minded entrepreneurs for accountability and support.
FAQs
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* 12-week online personal well-being development program (free and specific to entrepreneurial challenges)
* Wellness stipend and in-person relief-centered capstone experience
* A supportive network of like-minded entrepreneurs
* Interdisciplinary resources and advisor to guide your well-being journey
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We welcome business owners to apply who share our mission to empower Charlotte's small business community with the tools and knowledge needed for personal wellness and to understand the crucial role well-being plays in business success to apply.
Specific eligibility requirements:
* Based in the Charlotte, NC area
* Minimum revenue of $25,000 in the past 12 months
* Operating for at least one year
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This 12-week cohort runs from August - October 2024.
*2-3 hours per week, online, with built-in flexibility for your schedule
* Develop and completion of your personal well-being strategy
* In-person kickoff and wrap-up sessions
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Fall Cohort: August - October 2024
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No. We welcome business owners from all sectors to participate.
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The kickoff and wrap up events are in person. Learning labs and office hours are virtual.
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