Never Too Old to Get Rich

CHAPTER 16Health and Happiness

Ginny Corbett, Salúd JuiceryCourtesy of Michael Morgan.

For Ginny Corbett of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, it’s about helping people heal. A licensed psychotherapist, Corbett was baffled that her clients (many struggling with depression and anxiety), were often relying on a catalog of pills to help combat those emotional troubles, but doing zilch to alter their routines. “They weren’t thinking about what they were eating, or exercise – they were just popping a prescribed pill every day,” says Corbett, who I met when I interviewed her for Money magazine.

So, six years ago, Corbett, now 55, began studying the gut-brain bond, learning about holistic healing of the mind, body, and spirit, and going to healthy-eating seminars. Her purpose was to learn more about “ways what someone eats can influence his or her state of mind and emotional health,” she says. Corbett’s interest in natural eating turned her on to the health paybacks of drinking raw juice and its likely role in healing both mind and body.

The push to launch her business, a fresh cold-press juice store, was an off-the-cuff conversation with a 20-something smoothie-loving friend. It was karma. “I love being around the 20-somethings; they have so much energy,” says Corbett. “One thing led to the next and before we knew it, we decided to try making some juice drinks,” she says. Corbett spent $1,200 ...