Hello There!  Whether you’ve found yourself on this page because someone you trust recommended you check out offerings or you happened upon us yourself, let me take a minute to introduce myself. My name is Rachel Gillespie and I'm the founder of Cultivate Upstate, a trainer for our Cultivate Focus trainings, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I completed the Focus training in 2003 in Kansas City and discovered my calling and passion to inspire hope and growth, develop wholeness, and empower others to live an abundant and authentic life! I whole-heartedly believe in this process and the transformation it promises because of the profound impact it has had on my life and so many others I have journeyed alongside both personally and professionally in the last 20 years. I continually work to incorporate the tools and concepts into every facet of my life, as a therapist, a mother, a wife, a daughter, a friend- and find myself perpetually evolving into my favorite version of me, one that is grounded, free, confident, connected, brave, loved, and full of joy. My sincere hope for you is that you would embrace the opportunity to give yourself this gift; to take this time-out in your life to focus on you and connect with what you want and who you are at your core; to breakthrough limits that hold you back and breakthrough to living your life to the absolute fullest!