Carmen Blyden is a first-generation college graduate, who proudly holds an MBA degree. She is a Confidence and Wellness Coach, who is passionate about inspiring and coaching High Achieving Women struggling with balance, to develop power habits for increasing their confidence and achieving optimal wellness, all while building the life they desire and deserve. 

Her motto is, no woman should have to choose between her health and her life goals when she deserves both. Carmen’s Coaching business, Healthy Energy Actively Living, HEAL, is inspired by her own struggles with confidence and wellness.

Carmen’s challenges began early in life as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and domestic abuse. Her related struggles, including working through the challenges of teen parenting, inspired her to take a position as an Assistant Director at Boston’s St. Mary Center for Women and Children, Teen Parenting Shelter. Her role gave her the opportunity to make a real impact in the lives of the young women being served, through the implementation of health and wellness workshops, which focused on self-love, healthy relationships, and building wellness habits.

The inspiration she felt from her work led Carmen to further pursue other leadership roles in youth-serving organizations, while jointly following her passion for health and wellness in her free time. Offering Wellness Coaching, keynote speeches, wellness workshops, and group fitness training within her Boston community. 

After overcoming life-long battles with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and low self-esteem as a result of childhood trauma; Carmen realized how many women around her were suffering from similar challenges. She began to share her journey of healing and transformation with these women, with the intention of helping them begin their own healing journey and build confidence. As more and more women began seeking her out for support, she decided to establish her company Healthy Energy Actively Living (HEAL), Coaching women who struggle with self-doubt and are ready to transform their minds, reclaim their confidence and learn the skills required to live a healthier, happier life.

Carmen strongly believes in the power of helping clients shift into a proactive mode by supporting them in identifying toxic cycles, like negative self-talk and habits, and then providing the tools for doing the work that leads to healing, transformation and improved quality of life.

Today, she has been hired to speak at conferences, implement wellness workshops, and has coached many women to begin their journey towards building confidence and achieving optimal wellness, all while building the life they desire and deserve.