STUDENT CASE STUDY · CAHIRA NOELANI

From public assistance to a six-figure coaching practice while raising and homeschooling four children.

Within 60 days of graduating, Cahira left a 16-year engineering career and began coaching full time.

Cahira Noelani
Cahira Noelani
Certified Master Practitioner
THE TRANSFORMATION

Left a 16-year engineering career, went from public assistance to a six-figure coaching practice, homeschooled four children as a single parent for more than a decade, and now mentors other coaches.

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BEFORE

Sixteen years in engineering. A body that was breaking down.

Cahira was a Journeyman Tool and Die Designer. For five years she designed plastic injection molds. For the next eleven years she worked as a contract mechanical designer creating automotive equipment. She had spent sixteen years in an industry that had nothing to do with the life she was moving toward.

She was also a single mother of four. In 2012, she found Liana Shanti on Facebook while struggling with full-blown adrenal fatigue. Years of dieting had damaged her metabolism. She was exhausted, stuck, and searching for something that would actually work.

She tried the juice fast first, then 66 Day Health Mastery. She was not only healing. She was discovering what was possible.

“I was completely blown away. I couldn’t believe how easy it was to lose weight and how amazing I felt.”

THE WORK

Building before she even graduated.

Cahira enrolled in the nutrition certification and began health coaching while she was still in the program, using the business education built into the curriculum from the start. She did not wait until graduation to begin building.

Within 60 days of graduating, her life had changed completely. She moved from struggling single mother on public assistance to business owner. She pulled all four children out of public school and began homeschooling them, something that had felt completely out of reach before.

She built a practice that supported her family and gave her the freedom to be present for her children in a way engineering never could.

“There truly is nothing else like HMI Nutrition School.”

AFTER

More than a decade later, still building and now mentoring others.

Cahira remains in practice. She recently helped a Registered Dietitian who specializes in kidney health heal her own kidneys using the protocols Cahira learned. The dietitian asked Cahira to speak as though she knew nothing because the education was new to her.

Cahira’s two oldest sons are now attending four-year universities. The children she homeschooled on a coaching income while raising them alone are building their own futures. She now serves as an Academic Advisor and business mentor inside the school’s ecosystem.

“Within sixty days of graduating from HMI Wellness, I had quit my engineering job and was coaching full time. Within a year, I was earning more than I ever had as an engineer. Eventually I was making $12,000 to $14,000 a month, working part time from home while homeschooling my four kids. I came to HMI with zero prior experience in health and wellness and no idea how to run a coaching business. I simply took everything HMI taught me and followed it exactly. HMI did not just certify me. It gave me every tool I needed to build a practice that actually pays.”

IN HER OWN WORDS

Original evidence from the journey.

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A new client within 48 hours of completing the business modules
Client cholesterol and LDL changes reported after 27 days
Client-reported changes in migraines, digestion, and weight

These are the student’s reported experiences. Individual results vary. Educational programs do not constitute medical, legal, or financial advice.

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