Karen Dwyer Enterprises - Company of the Year – Consumer Services

Company: Karen Dwyer Enterprises
Company Description: Karen Dwyer works with people with Multiple Sclerosis to transform their physical, mental and emotional well being. Karen creates a clear pathway for MS sufferers to create an extraordinary life and fulfill on what is important to them while remaining independent, happy and lit up by life and its possibilities.
Nomination Category: Company/Organization Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Company of the Year – Consumer Services – 10 or Less Employees

Nomination Title: Karen Dwyer Enterprises

The organisation was created by Karen Dwyer from a lived experience of a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis. After battling for years with complications, hospital stays, debilitating loneliness and relapses, Karen managed to regain control of her health and well being and has been symptom free for over 7 years. Upon publishing a gratitude journal to use as one tool to help others on their path of wellness, the influx of requests for help with the same diagnosis came flooding in daily. Karen started running workshops on zoom before zoom was so widely used and the MS to Success Reset program was born. The program has garnered raving fans and supporters and the company has grown in reach, market size and offerings since its conception and is on a growth trajectory year on year

Karen bootstrapped the company and used resourcefulness and grit to run it whilst surviving on a small partial capacity social welfare payment. . Karen has now managed to come off that social welfare payment and is thriving with her enterprise that in its concept was her biggest pain now turned treasure, for her and her clients. It has been described as a lifeline for so many dealing with illness alone.

The organization has grown in market size and is currently operating in 10 countries worldwide. Our range of services has expanded based on demand from 1 program to 6 programs with our signature 360 degree support in physical, mental and emotional health provided by our faculty of international experts.

We have upgraded our services to provide an app to track symptoms, food, mood and movement allowing us the opportunity to spot patterns in stress and food response thus transforming how we treat disease. The whole human is being supported from every angle as well as from their medical practitioner.

We have 24/7 access to care and support and can operate in every timezone now.

The company started with one signature program and now offers 4 different levels of support, development and training. We are starting to train graduates to be leaders of this work and thus creating meaningful employment for those dealing with illness.

We have won some awards since 2019 too; The Bronze Stevie Award for Best Non Profit Covid Response Award in 2020 as well as Best Health and Wellness Coach in Ireland 2021/22 (Prestige Awards).

Karen has been invited to give a TEDx talk in October of this year where she will share how we can transform how we treat disease and the benefit of different approaches to healthcare and training.

The mission of Karen Dwyer Enterprises and its programs is to transform how disease is treated.

In our experience and opinion, we have seen a distinct trend on how treating the entire human being and their life rather than just disease symptoms can make a monumental difference in disease progression.

We have gathered the best medical and non medical experts in the industry to our faculty to provide a whole human solution for those in a compromised health position. We offer in depth sessions with each client rather than just a short appointment as you would get with your medical practitioner. We allow for circumstances and listen and treat people exactly where they are and exactly where they are not. It is imperative to us that each client has an opportunity to be heard and listened to.

Our programs have been designed to offer a unique solution in the industry where clients have the opportunity to have 1:1 private care as well as a carefully curated group coaching programs with buddies to allow connected and peer support.

I believe we are uniquely extraordinary in this type of professional care & support.

I see that our work is not about my company's success solely so much now, rather more about being able to collate these results and educating the wider medical industry in how we can interrupt disease in its progression together.

Reference any attachments of supporting materials

I have attached the prestige award jpeg and my new website will be live soon other supporting material and testimonials of the companies work. www.karendwyer.com

TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQx6ccvFS5o