Genese Smith (she/her)

Genese joined Momma on March 31, 2025 for a live Q&A via Twitch and YouTube to talk about Depression & Recovery

About Genese

Genese Smith has been a registered nurse for 28years now and decided to be certified as a transformational life coach in 2021 having experienced transformation herself from depression through spiritual support, coaching and counselling. She started transitioning as a life coach and reduced her fulltime nursing hours to part-time hours to focus on her passion to help other women over 40 years going through depression. This passion developed strongly after observing the rise in number of women in this age group experiencing depression that had loss all hope and was feeling there is no way out. As she felt that pull to take on this passion as a fulltime business, she faced multiple challenges with health, finances and resources required for the success of the business and was forced to take a break for a while.

Although not actively practicing as a transformational life coach and no social media promotions, Genese has been seeking many opportunities in her own personal life to tell her story and encourage women going through different challenges in life and are feeling hopeless, to speak life and hope in them. Genese is presently working on a course that will include tools that women can use to help them as they face various challenges.

Genese has now developed an appreciation for nursing and have come to realize that nursing is really a ministry for her and has now been looking for ways to incorporate her nursing knowledge and experience along with her Christian values to encourage others through their different challenges as they go through their journey through life. 

Genese continues to look for opportunities to share her story of her journey through understanding her own mental health and continuing as a nurse after being diagnosed with stroke and clinical depression. She wants to share her journey through depression as a Nurse, the shame and guilt felt and the intentional shift towards accepting coaching, lifestyle changes, and spiritual growth. She hopes to encourage other women by sharing about being transformed from within, and how she has found a calmer presence, and rediscovered the joy of laughter, become a better listener (providing a non-judgemental space for those she is listening to) and now she wants to be that person that she was looking for when she was going through her many challenges (A person of understanding, caring, loving and non-judgemental).

Socials / Links for Guest Connection

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/genese.smith.35

• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/smithgenese

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/genese-smith-09069326

• Alignable - https://www.alignable.com/calgary-ab/innovative-connecting-inc

References / Things Mentioned During the Stream

• Movie Recommendations: 

  • Facing the Giants 

  • War Room 

  • Pretty Woman

• Psalm 37, specifically verse 5

• Book Recommendation: Worthy: How to Believe You Are Enough and Transform Your Life by Jamie Kern Lima