Everything Spiritual’s journey is the ultimate success story. Celebrating a combined 12 years of sobriety, owners Carrie and Andrew know all too well about the struggle with alcohol and substance abuse and what’s needed to truly overcome the addiction.

“Discovering Reiki, sound healing and meditation helped us get sober and stay sober, without experiencing cravings or relapses.”

As naturally giving people, they wanted to help others experience the same results. Whether it’s depression, anxiety, grief, heartbreak, mental health issues, or addiction, the team at Everything Spiritual curated the tools and practices needed to set up a life of balance, happiness and success.

That’s how their first mediation studio was born. It’s a collection of, as Carrie puts it, “everything spiritual” and a place where students learn to become their best selves.

As their concept grew, however, Everything Spiritual experienced some growing pains. They discovered that their 1 million+ followers on TikTok wanted more, and trying to meet that demand sent them looking to create their own app.

Using their own app to reach clients who can’t come to the meditation studio is one thing. The real eye-opener came when the team realized they can offer their app as a way to further enhance in-person offerings. 

“Now I have something to offer clients who are going through something challenging in their lives. In the past, they would ask if we had online recordings of our meditations that we could provide. It’s really nice to have an app where they can keep themselves accountable and find help when they need it.”

We asked the duo behind Everything Spiritual what their business would be like without their own app. And their response is echoed by so many Creators, Teachers, and Coaches around the world.

“Getting our own app came at a time that was very difficult for every business. During the pandemic, we had many discussions about what our business was going to look like. We even had plans to open a second studio, but the stress would have been too much.

Being able to work online and grow an online studio is the best thing that’s ever happened to us.

Life without our app would feel like a lot of labor and grinding. Sure, having an app takes work. But it’s not the same as showing up, running a studio, and dealing with cleaning, expensive overhead, employees, and tons of other stresses that come with a business.

We still run our small studio, but now that we have an app. We don’t feel we need to open a larger studio or even have as many classes as we used to.

The balance we’ve created now is more manageable and provides us the freedom that we want our students to find in their lives, too.”