Today we’d like to introduce you to Lizzie Gonzalez.
Hi Lizzie, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Oh boy, okay. Honestly, I am not great at talking about myself and when I do, especially in this capacity, I either throw way too much information or, I leave out important details. I will do the best I can.
I have always been aware of energy and things around me. I have always been a lover of all things spooky, especially monsters and vampires. Because of this I was always too much and was told to turn it down. I talked too much. I dressed weird. I marched to the beat of my own drum not caring what anyone else thought (until I did). I won’t go into my childhood but what I will say is that it shaped me. It showed me who I want to be, and who I don’t in all aspects of life. Every experience has shaped me into who I am and who I am becoming. I am always evolving, burning down and rising again like a Phoenix, which is why there is a Phoenix in my logo. The other part of my logo is a symbol I created to represent perpetual alchemy, which was inspired by a good friend who has been an important part of my journey over the past couple of years.
I have always been growth oriented, as I grew up I had ideas of things I wanted to do and then I would let them go because people told me I couldn’t accomplish the things I wanted to do. Those dreams were never forgotten. Growing up is a trap most of us fall into. I moved out when I was 18 and started working in property management and walked to work in order to pay rent for a room I was renting. I quickly found jobs that paid more and I was able to move into an apartment with roommates. I stayed in the construction industry for many years, moving my way up as I went to design school at night and on the weekends. I worked in accounting for the last company and did all of their marketing materials and ended up branding one of their companies,. I am so grateful for the time there because I learned a lot and they gave me many opportunities.
When the economy started to crashed in 2008 I worked for said construction company, took on a second job and went to school. I did all of that until 2010, when I found out I was pregnant. This is when my life changed in ways I could have never thought possible and I mean this in all of the best ways.
Even though I tried to conceive for 2 years, the idea of being a mom terrified me because of my past and because of the world in general. I had no idea what I was doing. Honestly, I don’t think we ever do. I knew from that moment I found out I was pregnant everything had to change. Everything. I gave birth to my daughter in October of 2010 and it has been the best thing to ever happen to me. In my family, mothers and daughters didn’t get along but I knew this had to change. I would not be a statistic of my generational trauma. So I went to work on myself. My daughter has been my greatest teacher in this life.
For about a year I completely changed who I was. Was it the best idea? Nope. But it was part of my process and journey, which I will never live down. One day I woke up and was like, “What the hell am I doing?” and started to step into who I was again. Little by little.
I am a recovering perfectionist and I am saying this because everyone looks for perfection, but it doesn’t exist. We are all messy humans doing the best we can to make it in this world. I am not a perfect mom but I work everyday to be the best version of myself that I can for my daughter, myself and those around me. If this means looking myself in the mirror, which was physically challenging to do for a very long time, then that is what I do. I promised to never abandon myself again, especially with my daughter watching me.
I started by first investing in myself with a coach, whom I will be forever grateful for. When she told me to join one of her coaching containers I told her “I don’t belong in there with these amazing women” she said that I did and who was I decide that. It took convincing as I can be stubborn and my self-worth was in the tank, but I joined. By the end of the course, I found these women weren’t much different then I was. I kept taking courses. I kept learning and asked: How can I better myself? What can I do to help people so they don’t have to deal with these things the way I have? How can I help others find their magic and their freedom? Yes, we can become addicted to healing so we need to be careful and have boundaries with even ourselves. So over the years I have learned to rest and stay present but I also continue to learn and better myself. Plus, I really love learning.
Over the years I have stayed home raising my amazing daughter, taking her back and forth to homeschool events, her circus classes, theater, adventuring, just being present and enjoying every moment of being with her. She turns 16 this year and she has seen every single evolution I have been through up until now. In that she has taken these things I have learned and has naturally applied them in her life. This is how we break cycles.
I did consulting work for different companies. I become a real estate agent for a while. This was until I realized that everything I was doing needed a different outlet. My whole being wanted people to find their magic and be free. I wanted and still want to build community. I wanted to give love into the world. I knew I needed to take a leap of faith.
I opened Inspired Alchemy in July of 2021, and it was scary. I had no idea what I was doing and quite honestly, I still don’t but I am learning as I go. I have failed so many times and it didn’t bother me. What I feared most was success. Yes, success. For a while I just let my business sit there, not knowing what to do with it. I opened a group on Facebook and stayed present but has no idea what to do. So, I started getting certifications.
I became certified as a life coach in emotional intelligence, dispensary management, breathwork and certain somatic practices and energy healing modalities. My business kept evolving just as fast I was. I took on clients here and there and helped people around me, but I was still unsure of my path. I worked for an amazing podcasting and personal development company and learned so much from them which I am applying to life and business now.
I do everything scared and shaking and this next part of my life would be no different.
At some point I asked the Universe what I was supposed to do next. I felt stuck. I found someone who would help guide me over the past 2 years through some of the most life changing work I have ever done. I went into my first appointment shaking and 2 years later I am so glad I said yes to this opportunity and myself, since I have always felt guilty for saying yes to myself.
Over the past two years I have found parts of myself long buried. I started a podcast in 2025, something I said I would never do, because it freaked me out and who wanted to hear what I had to say. I started it messy and imperfect, voice shaking, recording from my phone. I have learned what Alchemy really is and continue to do so daily. I dove deep into polyvagal work and deep energy work and collected keys along the way. I am completely different yet more myself then I have ever been. I have healed things within my mind, body and soul that I never thought possible. Soaking everything in as I go. I have learned to regulate my nervous system and I am starting to heal my body. I have put autoimmune issues into remission and continue to work every day, even if that work means rest. I have taught myself things in business and done things I never thought possible.
I am not great with compliments, but the clients I work with have told me how I have inspired them, changed their lives and helped them find their pieces gently and safely. I am doing what I have always wanted to do, help people find their magic and freedom. The work was so life changing I got my certification in trauma informed polyvagal work and nervous system regulation techniques.
This work burns inside of me in all the best ways possible. As I enter this next evolution of myself Inspired Alchemy will also evolve. My podcast will evolve. Along the way, I am trying to celebrate my little wins, like 500+ downloads on a podcast I never thought I would have. Everything is shifting as I do and that is okay. New branding is coming up and I am diving into things like Tao and tantra and getting certified in areas like Taoist Sexuality and Tantra coaching (not what you think it is.). Opening up to new ways of being so I can be my most authentic self and help other do the same.
My goal is to help others find their freedom, trust their intuition, find their magic and authentic expression to fully embody who they are in each evolution.
In 2025 I opened also opened Black Cathedral and this is the temple of my soul. I am hoping others will see the vision as I build it. It is still in its infancy and I am working on what it will become, but it is (you are) the temple through which Inspired Alchemy is done and through which the undercurrent of Perpetual Alchemy runs. This is where community will be be built while others find their pieces to realize they were never broken.
A few fun facts about me:
-I love spending time with my kid (she is my favorite human)
-I love all things dark and spooky
-I love movies
-Music is my soul and has helped me through everything in life
-I love animals
-My daughter and I love working with different charities and have done a lot of work with foster kids.
-Nature recharges me
-Dancing is my recalibration
-I feed birds and squirrels as my meditative practice
-I am a circus and homeschool mom
-I love all things weird, witchy and magical
-I read energy
-I am writing books
-I am pretty much an open book, even though people think I am intimidating
-I am a huge nerd and love learning
At the beginning of this I had no idea what I was going to say. I tried to cover everything as briefly as I could.
All of this and the way I live my life and help others is Inspired Perpetual Alchemy.
With love, Lizzie
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
No, it has not been a smooth road. Is it ever though? I have been terrified with every step I have taken.
I have had to fight through my own darkness to find the light.
I have had to keep trusting over and over again, in myself, in others, in the Universe and in the process.
I still honestly have no idea what I am doing but the path becomes more and more clear everyday, even in liminal space as I intergrate.
The further down the path I go, the more I find my pieces. The more I learn. The more I heal in order to be able to keep moving forward. The better I can serve.
I have no idea how to do any of what I am doing in terms of business, so I push buttons, I ask for advice and learn from others who know more than I do. I take courses. I research and I keep doing things scared.
The more I do this, the more clear the path gets, even if at times it feels muddy,
I am lucky enough to have 2 team members who fully support my insane ideas and give me constructive feedback. They help me clear the muddy water when my mind goes into overdrive. They help me with ideas and have their own amazing gifts. I am not sure they wanted to be shared on here but they are listed on the website under IA team with all their contact information.
Great, so let’s talk business. Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I thrive on messy action. We are perfectly imperfect. Its all part of alchemy. What is alchemy, and how does it relate to what I do? Well alchemy is about turning lead into gold, This work is the same, but we are working on a spiritual level. Inner alchemy and shadow work, learning emotional intelligence, using energy to move emotions and stagnant things no longer serving you. While it isn’t easy it is beautiful and full of freedom.
When I work with clients, I use the tools I have learned to safely help them recalibrate their energy and regulate their nervous systems. Every one is different so each session will be different and based upon where the person is on the given day. I also show them how to move through instead of bypassing. We do personal development work and I hold space for them as they find their pieces. When I am unable to help them, because it is outside my scope of practice, I have a network I am building, of professionals, like doctors, therapists, chiropractors, and more,, that I am able to refer to. I have started a directory of alchemy on the website where you can find trusted professionals and I will continue to add to it. It is very important for me to be honest in my work. If I am not the partitioner for someone or we don’t mesh, I want them to be able to find someone who does. I will not be for everyone. I do not know everything and I will never claim to, which is why I am collecting trusted professions for my network.
I also offer merch, which is being rebranded at the moment, but I am still proud of what I have built, not knowing what I was doing and had to just push buttons.
I am really not sure what sets me apart from others, I am just me and maybe that is the difference, or so I am told. I mix everything I have leanred to cultivate personalized care for each and every person I speak to.
I don’t just speak these things, Inspired Alchemy is a way of life for me. I live it day in and day out. I breathe it. I cry in it. I rage in it. I process it. I allow it to ebb and flow. I rest in it.
As an alchemical coach, I use the tools I have learned to teach people how to create alchemy in their lives, meaning moving past mindsets and creating new ones, moving through emotions instead of bypassing, teaching them about their own energy, empowerment and embodiment, and how to feel into it and their intuition, how to ask questions to move forward, working with their nervous systems, how they can use their own magic and gifts to move forward in life, how to get unstuck and doing all of this safely and sustainably to create lasting transformation. Each session is different but the undertone is the same. I meet the person where they are, so my work is personal and adaptive.
I will never bring judgment into a space and work to create a safe space for each person I work with or speak to.
I will also never claim to be a healer. My goal is to empower others and help them realize they have everything inside them already that they need to make lasting change. I just hold space and act as a guide. I don’t do the work for them, which is why lasting change happens. They learn the tools and move forward. I do not want someone dependent on me. I deeply feel that if someone depends on me that I am not doing my job. Yes, they will need me to help guide them, but when teaching someone the ways of alchemy, they should be able to take those tools to regulate themselves, to find their way back into their bodies, etc. Everyone works at their own pace but I do not believe they should need me forever. Again, my goal is to empower them to realize that they have always had what they need within them, they aren’t broken, but when they feel stuck and need help, they can reach out to me or someone else.
I work intuitively, weaving together practices like guided visualization, somatic awareness, emotional release techniques, energy work, and deep listening. Depending on what’s needed, I help clients regulate their nervous system, unpack limiting beliefs, recognize self-sabotage loops, process big emotions, reclaim disowned parts of themselves (pieces & soul keys), or step into their personal power. I don’t “fix” (You aren’t broken) or “heal” anyone — I create a safe, sacred space where they can explore, heal, and remember their own alchemical abilities.
People already have the power to change, I am just a mirror and a companion on their journey.
As for other things. I am working on new offerings, such as new merch, new podcast episodes, courses, building community, events and more to come.
I offer a free 5-7 day nervous system reset as well, which will be on the website for free.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
I love history, old architecture, the human body and design. I am a huge nerd and I am deeply passionate about many things. Passion and purpose fuel me. People who don’t know me think I am intimidating but I am honestly a big goofy dork. Music is something that has helped me heal a lot in my life. I feed the birds in my backyard as meditation. I love anthropology and archeology. I love space. I mean, I am an pretty much an open book. If anyone wants to know anything, they only have to ask.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.inspiredalchemyllc.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspiredalchemyllc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LizzieG13/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@InspiredAlchemy/podcasts
- Other: https://inspiredalchemy.buzzsprout.com
