The Rise and Fall of a Mid-30’s Girlboss
Hey! I’m Heather Davis.
I lived most of my life trying very hard to fit into everyone else’s version of me, but my passions were constantly bleeding into the predetermined path more traveled.
I dreamed about studying dance in college, but went with journalism instead. Then I skipped my classes to make up dances. In 2011, I moved to Spain and volunteered at music festivals to avoid getting a 9-5 desk job.
Four years later, I launched my Pittsburgh, PA-based wedding planning business at the desk of my 9-5 job. I dominated my ‘day of coordination’ niche, found my voice, and over the past nine years, I raised the value of my services from $800 to $3,950.
I grew my company and hired an amazing team of women while also coaching an amazing team of collegiate dancers on the side. Coaching was my loudest and longest passion, but I never found a permanent, balanced place for it on the path my life is taking.
I spent years emotionally attached to my aspirational girlboss identity that I carefully curated, even though it no longer felt aligned with who I actually was.
After almost a decade making wedding day magic, I realized my favorite part of every wedding was the 45 minutes when the vendor team and I got to talk about ourselves and our businesses over – if we were lucky! – a hot meal.
Listening to each person share how they got started in this wild industry, what lit them up or what struggles they were facing lit up my soul. Without fail, I'd find myself offering strategy ideas to the photographer, or getting into the roadblocks of delegation with the DJ, and having 1,000 other conversations that felt a lot like....coaching.
“Heather thinks differently, and that’s what sets her apart. She doesn’t want to be ‘in.’ She doesn’t follow the current. She’s a riptide. ‘In” isn’t where its at.”
- Margaret James Photography
My love for these types of conversations totally eclipsed my love for coordinating weddings, and that's when I knew my time being the girl lighting the taper candles and clinging to a binder was coming to an end.
I’m painfully familiar with the internal struggle of feeling so proud of your business, and beyond grateful for your clients, but also feeling like something is not quite right. That gut feeling reminding you that you’re meant for something bigger, but the fear of making space to explore what is no longer serving you is scary as hell.
There’s a way to be the best version of yourself while also building the best version of your business.
Welcome to Heather Davis, Inc. I’ve been waiting for you!
MY
VALUES
Accountability over all: Hold yourself responsible for your choices, actions, and words.
Unfiltered truths: Do not remove or hide information because it might be hard to face or make people uncomfortable.
Fearless in growth: Staying the same out of fear is way more terrifying than growing into your true self. Face your reinvention.
Empowered results: You are in control of your work, life, and path. I believe in you.
Radical thinking: You ARE your values. Don’t compromise them for anything or anyone.
OTHER THINGS I’D LOVE FOR YOU TO KNOW:
I live in Sewickley, PA with my husband, son, and very good boy Hugo.
Running is my meditation.
Some of my musical heroes include: Chappell Roan, Vanessa Carlton, Kacey Musgraves, Lorde, Lady Gaga, Florence + the Machine, Billie Eilish, and I’m so late to the party, but: Charli XCX.
There’s something about directing and executing full scale rebrands ~specifically~ that sparks joy for me.
New Orleans is my muse.
I’m addicted to really, really good TV shows: The Leftovers, Station 11, Mad Men, The Bear, Succession, Better Call Saul, LOST, Season 1 of Euphoria, The Leftovers, and Breaking Bad to name a few.
I was born and raised on Long Island, New York, and driving 16 hours round trip for egg everything bagels with cream cheese is a quarterly cost of doing business.
Why add the ‘inc.’ to my name? To create space to be all of the things I am today, and allow room for whatever is yet to come. Think of the inc. as my 'yes, and...'