Breaking Barriers: From Counseling to Entrepreneurship with Kelly Zaragoza
In this engaging episode, Karen Nowicki chats with Kelly Zaragoza, the innovative mind behind Via at Work, to unravel Kelly’s fascinating journey from counseling to entrepreneurship. Kelly shares how her serendipitous encounters and personal experiences fueled her drive to break down barriers to accessing mental health services, leading to the creation of her groundbreaking business. She introduces the innovative concept of the five love languages as a tool to cultivate appreciation and connection within teams, envisioning workplaces that extend their positive influence beyond office walls, all through her pioneering initiative, Via at Work.
Via at Work collaborates with businesses and nonprofits that seek greater productivity and growth. They offer strategic solutions that align employees with their company’s vision and drive for profit, funding and expansion.
As loyal partners, Via works to strengthen leadership, identify blindspots and influence behavior for improved business outcomes. Using a skill set developed from years of working in the mental health field, providers from Via work collaboratively to define purpose, prioritize objectives and pursue passions.
Via at Work helps companies achieve alignment, culture, resilience, accountability, and success. The goal: nurture, lead, empower…succeed!
Kelly Zaragoza is a Licensed Professional Counselor turned Coach, or as her team calls her, “The Coaching Therapist.” As a therapist, she saw client after client come in with similar issues: not feeling appreciated, burned out, stressed, frustrated, and lacking confidence, just to name a few. She realized that many people were sharing similar experiences and that therapy was bringing about transformations. This led her to ask, “How can more people have access to this superpower?”
This is where Via at Work was born. Kelly recognized that she could inspire greatness, foster a culture of change, and equip whole teams with these same skills for sustained success, both in the workplace and at home, creating a ripple effect of wellness. She is passionate about empowering teams to ensure a future where everyone in an organization thrives.
Kelly is a loyal partner dedicated to making sure people feel seen and understood in the workplace, we spend so much of our time there, might as well make it a great place to be!
Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn.
