About Me — Entrepreneurship and Motherhood

I have always wanted to run my own business, but I never thought I would start as early as I did. My long-term goal was to have a virtual business so that when I became a mother, I wouldn’t have to worry about maternity leave or being made redundant; I would manage my own time and be in control of my money. I was never any good at looking busy at work, and working ten times harder just to prove myself, as a young person, a minority and a woman, nearly destroyed me. I did not feel like a minority in the Trinidad and Tobago—not really—so I got that surprise migrating to Canada at 23. I simply knew that could not be my story.

Later, as founder, keynote speaker, author and strategy consultant, I began to inspire audiences and clients to step into flow and ease, to allow and attract the abundance they find best suited to the healthy lifestyles they desire. My signature strategy framework, "Mindful Entrepreneurship for Mindful Affluence™", was designed primarily for premium-services professionals to create feasible schedules, lean processes, value-based pricing strategies and client community on social media. Mindfulness brings authenticity, self-care and self-acceptance through individual sovereignty, into the experience, so that the whole person is taken care of. When that overflows into the world, it only makes the world a happier place.

Entrepreneurship had truly lead to exponential personal growth, for me. I learned to invite—not direct—my clients and audience to create unique business environments that truly energize them. I've truly evolved to ensure that the experience was one that honoured who and where my clients were “now” (sidebar here, on the importance of support what honours you, not just ‘your potential’.) What unfolded as a result of my approach was usually unlike mainstream approaches to business.

Today, I have dropped words like work, hard and fight, in favour of words like effort, ease and flow as well as containment. Many still only focus on flow, but if you look at water, rivers flow, carrying what’s needed for life, and oceans, seas, lakes and ponds contain, to hold space for life.

Today, I am first and foremost a stay-at-home-mom who's currently homeschooling. I never would have guessed, but I’m thankful that I was able to listen to myself on this one sooner rather than later. I am also now a two-time best-selling author and a virtual keynote speaker. You can find my books here. As an author and speaker, I hope to inspire children to authenticity, and invite women who already resonate with my philosophy to discover a more authentic and intuitive approach to life.

I began in Toronto, Ontario and moved to Montréal, Québec while on maternity leave, and now I'm a full-time Mom, offering occasional children’s author readings and virtual keynotes, writing books as time and inspiration allows. I focus on lifestyle now and honour my cycles, instead of life and business. As a single mother, this has really allowed me to find joy and remain authentic.

I hope that all I do and share empowers those who agree with this approach to life, to live on your own terms.

About Me — Entrepreneurship, Expertise and Experience

In looking even further back, my career began in 2001 with environmental science and consulting roles with Unilever Caribbean (2001-’04) and SWMCOL, both in Trinidad and Tobago, then GENIVAR now WSP (2005-’08) in Canada.

After graduating with my MBA from one of Canada's top business schools, the Schulich School of Business (2008-’10), through my beloved Successiory (2009-2019) and Crystal-Marie Sealy (2020-present), I was fortunate to work with clients such as the Ontario government (2011), BMO (2015) and more, in several industries, including business strategy, social media consulting, environmental and engineering consulting, higher education and non-profits. Details on LinkedIn.

In terms of speaking, I’ve been speaking publicly since 2004.  I was thrown into it, but I truly love it now. I have since delivered over 35 talks, including my signature workshops, to-date (2021).  In 2015-16, I was nominated for the Canadian Association of Marketing Professionals (CAMP) Entrepreneur of the Year Award and I spoke at over 15 events, including Iler Campbell's Tools Conference 2015, Bank of Montreal (BMO), GroYourBiz™ Advisory Boards, Toronto Public Libraries, DivaGirl Conference 2016, Company of Women, Canadian Small Business Women and more. and more — later talks not yet listed. There’s a synchronicity that comes out of events where the speakers and audience are truly aligned. Everyone leaves events like that feeling refreshed, heard and seen.

A best-selling author, I have just published my first children’s book, "The Brave Little Puffer Fish: Authenticity for Children". While published in November 2021, it was written in 2020. Just an invitation to anyone out there who thinks it’s “taking too long”, I also have a few manuscripts that are 5+ years old. I first became a bestselling author with my chapter in “DYNAMO Diaries - Volume 1” on August 9th 2015, and for the second time, in May 2020, with my chapter in the Women Speakers Association's "Voices of the 21st Century: Powerful, Passionate Women Who Make a Difference". I really hope that all who read my books are inspired to always honour their true voices, embracing what resonates and releasing in peace, all that does not.

On a personal note, I'm an MBA, Mom, entrepreneur, millennial, dancer, author and so much more yet, like you, I don't fit the stereotypes. After years of workaholism and the health and relationship losses that go with that lifestyle, I've stopped ‘just paying lip service' to terms like authenticity, self-care, boundaries and compatibility. My health scare pushed me into actually living them. Becoming an entrepreneur has helped me grow personally, more than anything else in my life, except becoming a mother.

About the brand — Successiory and Crystal-Marie Sealy

In existence unofficially since January 2009, my business has continued to evolve. Before Crystal-Marie Sealy, my business’ name was Successiory (2011-2019), a numbered corporation (2011), and prior to that, just me (2009-2011). Until 2019, this was my business, but as Crystal-Marie Sealy, my namesake, it is my professional brand. A business at the backend in operations, and simply me in connecting with you.

Going from a business strategy consulting firm to communications, to social media, then to mindful business strategy consulting in February 2011, when hired for an Ontario Government project, consulting with Crystal-Marie Sealy is focused on four (4) business pillars– pricing, process, schedule and social media – to streamline your efforts and create space in your business for you.

Early entrepreneurial failures and mentors helped solidify what you see today. Differentiating corporate salary from business pricing. Working in and on business.  Just a few reasons Mindful Entrepreneurship for Mindful Affluence™, has evolved to focus on those four (4) pillars, to better serve you and your clients as you grow. Enhancing your health, wealth, lifestyle and relationships.

I'm not an advocate of educating others as a means of influencing them to work with you, so when I began offering workshops in 2014, I chose to honour those whose values were already aligned, but who weren’t yet able to invest fully in my professional services.