Salena Clay

NBC-HWC, MBA

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach

Founder of Salyana Essentials

Our Mission

Supporting individuals and families to honor their energy, cultivate resilience, and embrace well-being across generations.

Rooted in Legacy. Built with Intention.

Grandma Mattie's Kitchen Table

My work began at my Grandma Mattie's kitchen table.

She showed me that listening is leadership. That encouragement builds confidence. That small, intentional moments shape who we become.

Her love was constant. Her example was clear. Her influence still guides how I show up today.

She was steady, wise, and deeply intuitive. She created spaces where people felt seen, safe, and supported. From her, I learned that wellness is a way of living — something you practice daily through presence, care, and consistency.

Growing Up Around Intention

I was raised in environments that valued education, service, and community. I saw what happens when adults show up consistently for children.

That foundation shaped how I see the world:

Children thrive when they feel supported.

They grow when they are equipped.

They flourish when adults are intentional.

That belief followed me into every chapter of my life.

Leadership, Motherhood, and Purpose

While building my corporate career, I was also raising my daughter. I worked a 9–5 and did what mothers do — figured it out.

I stayed involved at her school because I believe presence matters. When work took me to different cities, I brought her with me whenever I could. I wanted her to see more, experience more, and understand that the world was bigger than what she saw every day.

That season taught me as much about resilience as any boardroom ever could.

From Personal Practice to Public Purpose

The work did not stop there.

In 2025, I completed my Health & Wellness Coaching certification through the Institute of Holistic Integrative Studies. In 2026, I received my National Board Certification — NBC-HWC — the gold standard credential in professional wellness coaching. That credential strengthened the professional framework behind what I was already living and practicing.

With two decades of experience in Fortune 500 corporate environments, I also know what it costs to give everything you have without a structure for sustaining yourself. I know what burnout feels like from the inside. I know what it is like to figure out how to build a business largely on your own, without a roadmap, while managing everything else life requires.

That lived experience is the foundation of every program I have built.

In 2020, I founded Salyana Essentials.

What began as handcrafted botanical body care for myself, my family, and close friends grew into a ritual-based brand rooted in presence, boundaries, and self-worth. Every product was created with intention — as a tool for emotional grounding and self-connection.

The Work Today

Today, my work reaches across four programs — each one an expression of the same core belief: equip people with the tools they were never given, before they need them most.

The Essentials Collective™ is an 8-month group coaching program for new and early-stage entrepreneurs. It walks members through every foundational step of building a business — in the right order, with the right support — and with an entire month dedicated to personal wellness built into the curriculum. Because the way you build your business determines whether you can sustain it.

The Wellness House™ is a 90-day individual coaching experience for high-achieving women who are navigating burnout and imbalance. It is structured, personalized, and built around one powerful truth: you cannot keep pouring from an empty cup. This is the work of learning which rooms of your life need attention — and renovating them, one sustainable step at a time.

Practice with Purpose™ is peer guidance for newly certified and soon-to-be certified wellness coaches who are building their practices and preparing for board certification. It is the roadmap I wish I had when I was where they are now.

CREATE Your Vibe™ is a skills-based wellness program for middle schoolers in grades 6–8. Over five consecutive days, students build practical emotional regulation tools — through creative, hands-on projects they actually enjoy. Because middle school is one of the most formative seasons of a person's life, and most students navigate it without the tools they need to thrive.

Every program is different. The philosophy behind every one is the same.

Five Generations. One Thread.

From my grandmother's kitchen table

to my role as a mother

to now being a grandmother myself

The thread is consistent:

Resilience.

Service.

Intention.

Emotional steadiness.

Now, I build programs and products that carry that thread forward — for the women finding their footing, the entrepreneurs building something meaningful, the students learning to know themselves, and the coaches stepping into their purpose.

The through line is always the same: equip people with what they need before the crisis comes.

That is the work. That is the legacy.

Supporting individuals and families to honor their energy, cultivate resilience, and embrace well-being across generations.

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