Prior to working in the insurance industry, my background was in the beauty industry where I worked as a nail technician for twenty seven years.
When you hold hands with your clients on a weekly basis (this is done to do their nails), you are bound to become close friends. Though the hours were hard on my family, I do miss the people and the relationships that grew over time.
While working in the insurance industry has been a blessing in so many ways, those close knit relationships aren’t as easy to form. I see clients about once a year and talk to them over the phone or through e-mail two or three times a year.
Through a series of events these last few years, the insurance industry allowed me to take care of my husband when he ruptured a disc in his neck leaving him paralyzed on one side. He healed through going to physical therapy that I drove him to three times a week. When he was in a car accident last October, more physical therapy was needed. He coudn’t drive so again, the freedom that I have with this industry allowed me to be with him and drive him where he needed.
These events taught me how important this business is to me and my family.
While all of this was going on, reaching out to others for help with driving, help with my husband, and just the companionship for both of us made me realize that I was missing the close knit relationships I had while I did nails.
I thought about the possibility of going back to work a few evenings a week or the week-ends doing nails, but quickly realized that my time was far too important. I would be going back to the long hours away from my family and not having the freedom that I cherish.
The other downfall with the insurance industry is how political it has become. It doesn’t matter what side you are on, there are good and bad things about health insurance. I have and will always feel that buying health insurance is not health care. They are two different things.
With all of this said, I have a “Sea”cret to share.
Four years ago, I was introduced to a skin care product called Seacret. Seacret products come from the Dead Sea and since using them, using any other product doesn’t even compare.
And, they just came out with some great nutrition products called 7.2. Because I know that eating nutritious food keeps your body in the proper alkaline state (your hair and nails are like this too), the products help clients with some great health care that I personally believe is missing from the health care industry.
My “Sea”cret is that I have become a Seacret Agent.
It’s my way of building relationships, sharing a product that I love, and keeping the things that I love so much about the insurance industry.
It’s investing in the best investment you will ever make – your health, your relationships, and your sanity.
Terri Trepanier is the owner of Balanced Care Health and Supplemental Insurance and a licensed insurance consultant and broker with Associated Brokers. Licensed in both Maine and NH, her specialty is working with small businesses, individuals, and families with their health and life insurance needs. She is certified to offer health plans both on and off the exchange and is contracted with every health insurance company that offers plans in both New Hampshire and Maine. Her other passion is assisting Medicare beneficiaries with their Medicare Supplemental, Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans, and Medicare Advantage plans. Terri has seen firsthand the importance of insurance products and how they help families. Her goal with Balanced Care is to “Insure Security and Peace of Mind One Family at a Time”.