Paula Lavish
My name is Paula Lavish and I reside in Southbury, Connecticut. I am happily married to my husband Andrew, and I am the proud mother of Megan and Zak who are both 20-somethings making their marks in the world, as well as 16-year old John Michael who attends online Christian high school and worship leads in his youth group.
In late 2016, I retired from a successful 20-year career in global pharmaceutical sales and marketing training. Over that time, I survived multiple corporate restructures where I witnessed colleagues and friends suffer lay-offs and scramble for new opportunities. Thus began my journey as an entrepreneur. I came to embrace the new reality that working for someone else was not going to continue to provide me the personal or professional fulfillment that I desired.
Over those same two decades, and continuing on to the present, I have also been blessed to see flourish a volunteer calling in youth and worship ministry, drawing out my deep passion to honor The Lord as well as teach, coach, develop, and mentor individuals. Furthering this passion, I pursued a Masters degree in Human Services Counseling with a focus on Christian Ministries Leadership. I successfully completed this program with honors in October 2016.
Resting firmly upon the leadership and personal development skills that I have amassed in both business and ministry, and relentless to live out my passion to make a significant positive impact on the physical, spiritual, and financial quality of life of those around me, I felt spiritually guided to pursue the John Maxwell Team Certification program. My goal is to speak, train, and facilitate workshops and seminars for companies and local churches who can benefit tremendously from the world-class content bearing the John Maxwell name and reputation.
In addition to all that, I partner with my husband Andrew Lavish in our health and wellness network marketing business established in 2014. Helping people find health and freedom for more than 15 years in the US, the company we partner with is founded on integrity, innovation, and science. With superior nutritional products and systems formulated by leading experts in medicine and nutrition, our company has been recognized among health care practitioners for it’s clinical data published in highly respected medical journals that demonstrate the benefits of these products.
We counsel clients toward science-based nutritional solutions for weight loss, improved energy, athletic performance, and healthy aging depending upon their unique needs. Additionally, we coach clients to meet or exceed their immediate goals in these areas as well as to maintain an ongoing sustainable healthy lifestyle. Lastly, we lead a team of entrepreneurial minded business professionals ~ training, coaching, developing, and mentoring them to achieve success. In addition to working with companies and churches, I also have a goal to implement the leadership development principles I learn from the JMT to grow our network marketing business.