Welcome to episode 33 of the Today is the Day Changemakers Podcast. This week my guest is Victoria Magliacane, Senior Vice President, Investors Bank, and Integrative Health Coach, Lavendar Lifestyle LLC.
Victoria was born and raised in NJ. From her first job serving burgers to a long career in banking Victoria speaks about the importance of always providing superior customer service and building strong community relationships. She thought she would make a pit stop in the 80’s along her professional journey to work for a bank, but her pitstop became her career. She climbed the ladder at Investors Bank and is responsible for leading a team of over 300 employees over multiple counties in NJ.
After working 24/7 and saying yes to everything that was thrown her way, she realized that she may be experiencing some burn out. That message came loud and clear over two years ago when she experienced chest pains. She ignored her symptoms for a week, thinking that it was because of exercising too much and playing golf. When she finally did go to the emergency room she thought the patient before her was definitely going to be diagnosed with a heart attack, instead he was diagnosed with vertigo and she was diagnosed with definitely one or possibly more heart attacks. As she states in the interview, the doctor said that if she waited any longer she may not have been around to see another weekend. Take that in for a moment. It was difficult to hear her say in the interview, never mind her kids who are older hearing that directly from the doctor that day.
After this experience Victoria felt a calling to share her story and became a Certified Integrative Health Coach. She explains that she feels there is a gap between western medicine and the patient. She wanted to be able to not only share her story, but also provide support and guidance to help others who may be dealing with health, stress and sleeping challenges. That is when Lavendar Lifestyle LLC was born.
Victoria is very involved in the community and serves as a Board of Trustee for Ocean County College Foundation, Executive Leadership team for American Heart Association, Go Red for Women, and the Executive Leadership committee for Leading Women Entrepreneurs.
Victoria is passionate about women’s leadership and is a founding member of Investors Bank’s Women’s Leadership Council, as well as the Women’s Leadership Council at Ocean County College, with a focus on mentoring and coaching the youth in our communities.
She has been recognized with several leadership awards throughout her career, most recently with the Golden Bell leadership award, OCYMCA Red Triangle leadership award, and Girl Scouts of the Jersey Shore Woman of Distinction award.
Listen in to Victoria's answer to the question, 'if I knew then what I know now'.
Thank you to Victoria for sharing her incredible story through this podcast!
Next week my guest is Leslie Morris, Founder & CEO of Women of the Dream. Women of the dream is helping a new generation of girls achieve their fullest potential and lead purposeful, healthy lives. To learn more visit -https://womenofthedream.org/.
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