Over the last several weeks we’ve been working our way through the construction of a solid email signature section… which is kind of surprising. I certainly didn’t think, when I started writing, that there was that much to say about the email signature.

But, holy moly, there sure has been a lot to say.

We Live in a Complex, Overwhelming World – Email Should Be Easy

And, y’know, I think that that’s pretty true for every part of our lives and businesses and so I think it’s a good idea to pause every now and then and really acknowledge the complexity of the world that we live in.

Most of us, most of the time, are moving so fast that we skim right over the depths of our lives. We rarely take the time to get still and really SEE just how much is going on in there.

I mean, if an email signature, for goodness sakes, can take several articles to work through, just imagine how much more there is to, oh… I don’t know… your marriage, or your bookkeeping, or your marketing, or your service delivery.

Succeeding in Our Soul-Based Business Means Nailing the Details

This depth has been an ongoing theme in my business over the last few years (remember the baseboard epiphany?!!) and it isn’t going anywhere. In fact, it’s only being reinforced as I work with clients and dig in with them to create lives and businesses that are in divine alignment and that they truly love.

If we don’t slow down and do the work, we will never fully realize our soul mission.

If we always let busy-ness and drama rule our worlds, we will never build with the end in mind.

And we will always feel… trapped. Just barely getting by. Unfulfilled.

On that note, let’s dive in to the last section of a solid email signature – your tagline.

5. Your Tagline

Your tagline is a short and catchy phrase that you use everywhere in your marketing. It’s on your business card, your website, your social media platforms, your brochures and packaging, and, yes, it’s definitely in your email signature.

Famous taglines become part of the cultural memory. See how many you can guess:

Just do it.

Think different.

Because you’re worth it.

Melts in your mouth, not in your hands.

There are some things money can’t buy. For everything else, there’s _______.

Maybe she’s born with it. Maybe it’s _________.

Characteristics of a Great Tagline

There are a few characteristics of a great tagline that you want to incorporate:

1. It evokes a positive image of your brand.

2. It evokes a positive feeling for your brand.

3. It’s short.

4. It includes a key benefit.

5. It evokes curiosity and gets your Ideal Client leaning in.

6. It differentiates your brand from other companies in your niche.

Honing in On My Unique Tagline

Over the years, I’ve had several different taglines, and they’ve evolved along with my coaching business.

… create a life you love

… create an extraordinary life now

… take charge of your life now

My taglines started pretty generic and that makes sense because, in the beginning, I didn’t know what made my business different than every other coaching business. I didn’t understand yet – or couldn’t see – what I did for my Ideal Clients that no one else could.

As I’ve gone deeper into what makes me unique, and what I love to deliver, my tagline became much more specific.

… create a business that is liberated, profitable, and utterly sellable

and for the last couple of years, I’ve wrapped my business around this tagline:

… build your business with the end in mind

A Tagline that Beautifully Captures Your Unique Brand

To me, it perfectly captures the dual-nature of the work that I do with my clients.

We’re building their businesses with the end of their business in mind, making sure that their business can run without them, has a solid exit strategy, and is ready to sell when they are. It’s down-to-earth, tactical and strategic vision and implementation for their businesses.

Annnndddd… it also carries that second layer of the work that I do, which is that, one day, we’re all going to die, and that, when we do, we want to be solid in our legacy.

What Legacy Are You Building in Your Business?

I, for one, want to hear, “well done, good and faithful servant” and I want to rest easily in-between lives, knowing that I utilized the gifts, talents, and resources that I was given.

I want to know that I nailed this whole stewardship thing and leaned hard into my soul mission. That I lived and worked in divine alignment.

That I didn’t just slide along unconsciously, fighting fires, and staying in my Comfort Zone.

I want to finish this life knowing that I:

1) was here for a reason,

2) figured that out,

3) made an impact on the world, and

4) learned the lessons and did the tasks that my soul signed up for when it agreed to incarnate.

A Great Tagline Inspires You to Grow + Your Ideal Client to Invest

And, after years of evolving toward my tagline, I finally feel that this is the kind of conversation that my tagline opens space for.

When my Ideal Client reads my tagline, they want to know more.

And that’s what you want your tagline to do, as well. You want it to seed your services, yes, absolutely. And more than seeding, you want it to create curiosity and open a dialog where your Ideal Client is magnetized to you and your work and just absolutely needs to learn more.

If you want help with your tagline, bring it to a coaching call. And, if you’re not yet a client, get your hiney into The PowerHouse Business Academy where we’ll work through your tagline, and the hundreds of other details that are keeping you from having a business and a life that you love.

A business and a life that change your world and the whole world.

A business and a life you’re building with the end in mind.

Remember: You’re here to change the world and we’re here to help.

You have control over the quality of your email signature, infuse it with intention and magic and watch it work for you every dang day to bring new people closer to your ‘Yes!’. 

Whooooboy! Last week was A. WEEK. if y’know what I mean. It started with my computer glitching so badly that I couldn’t send or receive emails OR go to any websites other than Facebook or YouTube. Yikes!!

Turns out I had to renew my DHCP lease, which is a funky little thing I’d never even heard of buried deep in my Internet TCP/IP settings. 

Tech is an amazing thing! And it can create such headaches because it’s become so complex! Living with that paradox – relying on tech but not understanding it – is just one of the many, many, MANY stressors that we deal with each and every day.

(the week ended with our youngest getting t-boned during the storm and probably writing off the beautiful, little red car he just got 3 weeks ago… but that’s a story for another day… suffice it to say it was a week I was happy to see end!)

When Life is Chaotic, Focus on What You CAN Control

So, knowing that there is so much of life that we can’t control and that there are thousands of little details that we need to juggle every day, let’s nail our email signature to knock one thing off of our To Do list. Let’s do this!

Up to this point, we’ve looked at 3 of the 5 pieces of a solid email signature section: the Valediction or Closer, our Name and Designations, and the Marketing Ask or Call-To-Action. You can find all of those over on the PowerHouse Blog.

Today, we’re going to look at the How to Contact section. What to include and what to leave out.

4 Ways to Improve Your Email Signature

Before we dive into that, I wanted to give you some overall suggestions for crafting your clean and converting email signature:

1. Keep it to about 7 lines or less.

Nobody wants to read a novel at the end of your email. This will keep everyone out of overwhelm and leaning in as they move through your signature block.

2. Use clean design with minimal colours + fonts.

Keep it quickly scannable to their eye and stay far away from super-fancy design.

The more images and blinking lights and fancy things you have, the more likely your email is to get filtered out into spam OR simply to break because the coding doesn’t carry through.

Yes, logos, pictures, and gifs are all very cool and can be well done BUT, almost every time, they just end up making your signature look cluttered. Be sparing with the elements you choose.

3. Use pipes.

These vertical bars ‘|’, found above the ‘\’ symbol on your keyboard are an elegant way to create space between the information in your signature. For example:

Coach | Speaker | Trainer

In some fonts, the pipe ‘|’ is the same as the lower-case ‘l’ and the upper-case ‘I’ so just be aware in case it creates confusion. You could also use the tilde, ~, or just a simple dash, -.

4. Keep it mobile friendly.

Format it to be short and narrow. Avoid really long lines that carry on off of the screen or wrap in weird ways. Make it scrollable.

All right! Let’s talk:

4. The Address + Contact Information

How much to include? How much is too much? Too little?

Let’s Talk Legal

First things first, let’s talk legal. Different jurisdictions have different requirements for the information every marketing email MUST contain.

To be safe, check out the legislation that affects your communications. And it isn’t just about where you live anymore, it’s also about where the receiver lives. I live in Canada but if someone joins my list from California or Europe, I have to comply with their standards. It’s a murky and evolving field of case law and governments are scrambling to keep ahead of shady phishers and scammers so the requirements for transparency and opt-outability are pretty darn stringent.

In most cases, you should include a full street address in your emails, as well as your preferred email address, and phone number. If you’re sending marketing emails, there should be a two-click opt-out option.

Phew! That’s that part taken care of… the legal.

What About Including Social Media Icons in Your Email Signature?

Now, what about social media icons? How many should you include?

Okay, I think we have to be really careful here because many of us have a ‘presence’ on most of the major social media platforms BUT that doesn’t mean we should include them all.

Here are my criteria for inclusion in the precious real estate of my email signature:

1. Am I keeping that feed up-to-date?

2. Is that feed on-brand?

And, most important:

3. Is that feed where I WANT THEM TO GO?

Be Selective in Your Email Signature to Avoid Overwhelm

I tend to choose one or two options and leave out the rest. Sometimes, it’ll be my LinkedIn and sometimes it’ll be Instagram. I almost always include a link to the PowerHouse because that’s my favourite place to connect on these here Internets with my people.

So, think about what you want them to go and where you want them to connect with you and what feeds are really looking sharp and include those.

Avoid giving too many options or you’ll end up putting them in overwhelm and they’ll go… nowhere.

Remember: You’re here to change the world and we’re here to help.

You have control over the quality of your email signature, infuse it with intention and magic and watch it work for you every dang day to bring new people closer to your ‘Yes!’. 

In the past two weeks, we’ve been taking a deep dive into your email signature and discovering how something that most people would barely think about can have a significant impact on your presence and your branding.

So far, we’ve looked at how to craft a Closer that builds rapport and establishes authority, as well as how to write your Name and Designations to convey that you’re an expert without overwhelming potential clients.

This week, we’re taking a look at the 5th component of a stellar email signature, your Marketing Call-to-Action.

1. Your Call-to-Action

There’s a little phrase I like to keep in mind when I’m doing anything business-related:

Always Be Seeding

It’s very closely related to the more common phrase, Always Be Selling, but I prefer this more subtle approach to ensuring that as many as people as possible know what I do and how I can serve them.

I interpret ‘Always Be Selling’ as always be making offers. I’ve seen many online marketers do this over the years and it gets exhausting to be in their circles. Yes, if I have an immediate need and it happens to match up to what they happen to be selling in that moment, I might throw a little money their way to get an inexpensive info-product just to ‘check it out’.

But, what I won’t do is invest in a high-level service with someone who is always pushing, pushing, pushing.

I want to know, like, and trust the people that I work with.

I want to build real relationships that develop over a real amount of time.

And it’s hard to do that when someone is constantly up in my face ‘shouting’ BUY MY THINGS!!!

At the same time, I don’t want to make the mistake that I see far too many soulpreneurs and coaches make which is NEVER mentioning the services and products that they have that can help their Ideal Client.

There is far too much hiding in the soul-based business space. Far too much fear around visibility.

So, I think we can find a middle ground, and I always look for that balance between hiding and haranguing.

Over the year, I’ve come to love this more elegant approach of Always Be Seeding.

Here’s the image: When I’m seeding, I’m tossing abundant seed out onto fertile soil. Some of it will take and produce beautiful crops. Some of it will fall on rocky soil, or shallow soil, or have to contend with overwhelming weeds.

But some of it will grow and prosper.

And it’s not my job to control and force and push the seed out onto the ground.

It’s not my job to stand over it and shout at it to grow faster or better or condemn it as ‘lazy seed’.

It’s my job to stand in my place, toss that beautiful seed out into the soil and then nurture it, water it, fertilize it, and give it the time it needs to do it’s thing.

It’s my job to trust the process.

That can be hard, but it’s the only way to grow my business without slipping into burnout and overwhelm.

As a result, I’m always looking for new and effective ways to always be seeding.

And one of the best is in your email signature.

How? It’s quite simple.

At the bottom of your email signature, include one or two lines that invite the reader to find out more about what you do.

It’s called a ‘call-to-action’ because you’re inviting them to take a concrete action. To ‘click here’ or ‘read this’ or ‘download that’ to move them a step further along your marketing path and into deeper rapport and intimacy with what you do.

You’re inviting them to get to know you better so you can nurture that relationship at a deeper level.

Here are the 7 criteria I have for a good ‘ask’ or call-to-action:

1. It invites them onto your email list.

2. It highlights your current marketing focus.

3. It addresses a specific pain point of your Ideal Client.

4. It handles a specific objection that you know your Ideal Client might have.

5. It is quickly consumable.

6. It is easily consumable.

7. It provides a quickly, easily, actionable win.

When you create a call-to-action that satisfies these criteria you build your marketing power by building your list, you empower your ideal client by helping them solve a problem, and you build trust as an expert who can help them ‘get the job done’.

This could be as simple as inviting them to download a recent article or recording you created.

Or, it could be a more formal ‘lead magnet’ that you use to strategically seed your services with your Ideal Client.

Which is what we’ll be creating in February, inside The Academy. 

Thinking strategically about how to build your business in alignment with your Soul Mission is what I do with all my clients. Getting those big dreams out of your head and onto paper and then manifested out in the real world where they can make an impact is always the goal.

So, start small, and keep taking baby steps toward your dreams and goals and desires by making sure that every email you write has a compelling call-to-action that will inspire your Ideal Client to take action and change their world.

And, if you’re not sure how, get into The Academy and we’ll walk through it together.

Remember: You’re here to change the world and we’re here to help.

What questions do you have? Just respond to this email and let’s get you sorted.

It’s a New Year and now is the time to make magic happen.

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In this powerful training – that comes complete with an 18-page workbook! – I share with you what I’ve learned about what to focus on – and what not to focus on! – when you’re building to your first six-figures in your soul-based service business.

Go here and register to get instant access.

If you just know, deep in your belly, that your business isn’t living up to its potential, this training will shine light on your path forward. It’ll lay out your next steps and how you can get moving toward the success you yearn for.

Register for the 3 Essentials to Build a Success, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Businessright now – before the day whisks you away – and get immediate access.

Establish Authority and Trust in Your Emails

If you remember, last week we started to look at the utterly mundane and magically powerful business practice of having a well-crafted email signature.

It’s one of the details that most of us rush through, if we have one at all. And, when we take the time to get it right, it finishes all of our business correspondence in a way that we can be proud of – and in a way that can get us clients and establish our expertise.

Last week, we looked at the Closer. Those oft neglected 2 or 3 words that come before the signature. If you missed that article, you can get it here.

This week, we’re continuing to answer that RESOURCING question from our Seasons of Success group about how to craft a solid email signature. Let’s dive in…

Part 2: Your Signature, Name, Designations, and Credentials

Underneath your closer, it’s customary to add your signature. Now, you could, if your email allows, insert an image of your actual signature, or you could use a handwriting font to kind of mimic a signature.

The problem with those options is that email goes through a lot to get delivered and there’s no guarantee that your fancy image or fancy font will display properly at the other end. And a whacked out signature or blank box with a question mark isn’t the impression you want to make… right?

That’s why the customary way to do your signature is simply this: two dashes and your first name. Just like I do at the bottom of these emails.

Warmest regards,
–Vanessa

Easy. 

Great! Now we’ve established rapport. We’ve shown warmth and built connection. We’re good.

Establish Authority in Your Email Signature

Now, it’s time to establish authority, expertise, and credibility. It’s time to toot our horn, just a little bit.

How do we do that?

With our credentials and designations. What’s your title and what letters do you have that go after your name? This is the place to take a stand for your training, skills, and expertise. It can look like this:

Warmest Regards,
–Vanessa

Vanessa Long, MTLT, NLP Trainer, BScEng, BSc, MNLP, CCHt, ACE, CRB, …

Master Coach | Trainer | Speaker | Author | Engineer (Chem) | Master Hypnotherapist | Master NLP Practitioner | Exist Strategist | Executive Coach | …

You get the idea. Now, let’s get real. I’ve received emails that look like that and, I’m embarrassed to say, I’ve also sent them. I was told to include ALL the letters and, over the years, I’ve accumulated A LOT of them. The Personal Training industry LOVES designations, and so does the Coaching industry. It’s, perhaps, a little bit of over-compensation… no?

I decided years ago, that not only did having all those letters and labels after my name look pretentious and, well, kinda poncey, but that it was confusing and overwhelming as heck for anyone looking at my signature.

They made it pretty much impossible to have a clear voice and to establish my expertise as THIS ONE THING.

So, I’ve narrowed it down.

I actually dropped ALL the letters. You may choose to keep a few and that is totally valid. Just make sure you’re including them to add clarity for your Ideal Clients and not because your ego is screaming that you MUST be seen or your guilt is sobbing that you paid $40K for those letters so you’d better include them. 🤦‍♀️

For me, I realized that my clients didn’t care AT ALL about my letters, they just wanted to know that I could help them. So, I dropped them.

Simple is beautiful.

And I dropped most of the labels as well. And I continue to re-visit and tweak my labels as my own understanding of the work that I do grows and evolves.

Sometimes I use: Trainer | Master Coach | Author

Ooh! One thing I can whole-heartedly recommend are pipes. They’re the vertical line “|” that I use to separate each label. It creates visual clarity without consuming a lot of space. They get a big thumbs up from me. Of course, in this font, they also just look like a capital “I” but, c’est la vie, it works in most fonts. 🤣🤷‍♀️🤣

Sometimes it’s: Exit Strategist & Coach Trainer

Recently, I’ve started working in: Executive Coach, and I like how that sounds.

But, most of the time, I stick with: Business Coach + Exit Strategist

Simple. To the point. And a clear definition of my niche.

And that’s what you want.

A set of labels that are simple and clear to quickly establish your niche and expertise.

So! What’ll it be? How will you establish yourself as an authority while maintaining the warmth and rapport that you worked so hard to build with your Closer?

Let me know. And next week, we’ll start the ‘official’ marketing section of your email signature and learn how you can generate clients from every email you send.

The Valediction / Closer

It’s 2020 and that means that it’s time to evaluate where we’ve been and where we are and decide what needs to happen to create a solid foundation for our life and business. That’s what we’re doing in the PowerHouse during the Planning Pyjama Challenge AND during the Seasons of Success Retreat later this week.

And contrary to what our culture shouts at us every day, long-lasting success is not found in just one or two big moments. It’s not in overnight success or hitting the jackpot.

No.

It is lovingly crafted, day by day, decision by decision. It takes thousands of smart, small baby steps that accumulate to create a destiny that leaves us breathless with awe and joy.

There are no magic bullets, just subtle shifts, in who we are and how we show up in the world, that happen one at a time and change our trajectory over time. Profound change based in slow and steady decisions to do it differently.

I wanted to start 2020 by answering a RESOURCING question from our Seasons of Success group and I wanted to do it here where we could all share it because it’s something I see done ineffectively ALL. THE. TIME.

Nailing this subtle little shift can create some pretty serious magic.

What is it?

Your email signature.

Whaaaaaat? I know. I know. It sounds utterly mundane. But, I’m telling you, there’s magic in that valuable little piece of real estate.

Claiming WHO YOU ARE and the MAGIC YOU DO and putting it out there in all of your online correspondence shifts how others perceive you, and, more important, it shifts how YOU perceive you.

Yup. Your email signature is all about claiming your worth and expertise and not having it working for you is actually a subtle form of energetic self-sabotage.

Ready to kick that little demon to the curb?

Let’s do it.

Here are 5 best practices to craft a powerful email signature that immediately establishes your authority, markets your offerings, and deepens rapport (that know, like, and trust factor) between you and your Ideal Clients.

1. Your Email Closer

This is one of the most overlooked, and most fretted about, pieces of a well-crafted email and your complimentary close, or valediction, helps to establish the tone for your brand.

It’s also typically the first line of your email signature that will be automatically added to all of your emails.

And, to be totally transparent, a lot of people just leave it out altogether, treating it as just one more unnecessary word or phrase that can be edited out for conciseness. Or a relic from ages past that we’ve evolved beyond.

I couldn’t disagree more. I believe that our use of language has become far too sloppy and informal and that, as business owners, we have the opportunity and responsibility to elevate our correspondence and the lives of those we touch.

We have the opportunity to do better and be role models for those who follow us.

Nothing damages your business credibility faster than a sloppily constructed email.

So, go on! Be bold! Take a stand for polite and effective communication that builds your brand and deepens the know, like, and trust factor so essential to heart-based service businesses.

Take a few minutes and really think:

How do you want to be perceived?

What ‘voice’ do you want people to hear when they read your email?

What feeling do you want to leave them with?

I look to strike a balance between warmth and professionalism. I want it to be professional enough that I create a feeling of authority, safety, and trust and I want it to be warm enough that it deepens rapport and the heart connection that I seek to create with my network.

And, just in case you weren’t sure, warmth and professionalism are two of my business values.

What are your business values? Use them to choose your closer.

The most common business closers are:

Sincerely,

and

Best Regards,

They’re safe, time-tested, and they will definitely work for you.

They’re also bland, bland, bland. Bleh.

If you work in corporate, tech, finance, or law – these are probably where you live.

As heart-based business owners, we get a little more leeway. Over the years, I’ve experimented with many different closers and you can see that these weekly love letters end with:

Blessings and grace to you,

I wanted something that would convey how much I care for you, pray for you, and am grateful to have you in my world, without getting sloppy or overly informal.

Again, I’m always seeking that balance of warmth and professionalism.

And, because you’re on my list, you’re in one of my Inner Circles. I will be less formal and more intimate in my communications with you than I would with, say, someone I had just met networking, or, y’know, the fridge repair company.

You get to see more of my heart and soul.

My ‘normal’ everyday emails all end with:

Warmest regards,

It’s a little less warm and woo while still obviously being warm – I mean, it’s right there in the close, isn’t it?!! It still conveys that I think fondly of the recipient AND it has a touch of professional courtesy. I worked hard to pick it and, after a few years of using it, I still feel that it perfectly captures the essence of the client and networking relationships that I wish to build and nurture.

And for some, it would definitely be too warm and too personal.

That’s the beauty of communication: it can be personalized so that each one of us develops a style that is just perfect for our selves and our businesses.

But, that won’t happen if you don’t slow down enough and pay enough attention to craft something elegantly, boldly, distinctly Y-O-U.

Other possible email closers include:

Warm wishes,

Sincerely yours,

Blessings,

Best wishes,

Yours truly,

Respectfully yours,

Kindest regards,

and even, if you want a little retro flair…

Cordially,

This week, take a few minutes to sit down with a cup of tea or coffee, and dream about how your business letters would ideally end.

How could you close them with elegance, power, and a touch of your unique brand?

LOL! I didn’t realize that #1 would be so long! I mean, whoddathunk that there would be this much involved with simply picking an email closer?!!

I guess… ME!! This is what I mean by digging down deeply into the details of your life and business and working to make them excellent.

When we slow down and get still, new realms and possibilities open up to us and, by taking advantage of the infinite possibilities in front of us, we gain the ability to move from fate to destiny and create something beautiful, powerful, and new.

There’s a lot going on that we rarely perceive and becoming all of who we’re meant to be involves perceiving more and more of what is real and true around us.

I’ll continue with the 5 ways to hack your email signature next week.

Remember: You’re here to change the world and we’re here to help.

What questions do you have? Just respond to this email and let’s get you sorted.

It’s a New Year and now is the time to make magic happen.

Events:

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3 Essentials to Build a Successful, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Business

In this powerful training – that comes complete with an 18-page workbook! – I share with you what I’ve learned about what to focus on – and what not to focus on! – when you’re building to your first six-figures in your soul-based service business.

Go here and register to get instant access.

If you just know, deep in your belly, that your business isn’t living up to its potential, this training will shine light on your path forward. It’ll lay out your next steps and how you can get moving toward the success you yearn for.

Register for the 3 Essentials to Build a Success, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Businessright now – before the day whisks you away – and get immediate access.

#2  From January 1st to 21st, we’re doing a…

15-Day Pyjama Planning Party Challenge + Virtual Retreat 

It’s a full 15-days of organizing to get you ready for a solid and profitable 2020. 

Right smack dab in the middle of that Planning Party, I’ll be running a 3-day virtual planning retreat, exclusively for everyone who has joined the Seasons of Success.

Register for the Party here.

That’s right! For the first time in 8 years, I’m not going to Ste. Anne’s in January to run my luxury retreat. This year, I’m bringing the strategies and planning straight into the comfort of your home.

I’m excited for the magic that we’ll create. Stay tuned… I’ll be releasing more details as we get closer to the date. Just make sure you block off January 9-11 on your calendar so you don’t miss a thing.

What To Do When You Have a Meltdown

In this week’s soulpreneur video, I explain how to gather your messes + unfinisheds and process them to free up your energy and get back into flow and resonance with your desires.

You may not know this but one of the big reasons I make these videos and do the work I do is because I need the reminders as well. I’m right with you: learning, stumbling, getting back up, and taking another crack at it.

Soulpreneurship is a bangin’ way to live and because we’re in the business of putting our heart’s truth out into the world, it can often feel like our face is smooshed right up in our stuff and it’s dang uncomfortable.

At least, that’s how it feels for me.

Sunday morning was a melt-down moment for me… do you have these?

Handling the Everything is Wrong Day

Once a month, when my body is swollen and my boobs hurt and ALL THE THINGS have been piling up I have what we lovingly refer to as my ‘everything is wrong day’.

Some months, it slips by with barely a whisper and, some months, it whips through like the storm that was blowing outside.

As I sit here this morning, sipping my egg nog, listening to soft music, and writing my heart to you, it’s hard to believe just how BAD it felt to be in my body on Sunday morning.

But, love, let me tell you, it was bad.

I got out of bed because I couldn’t stand to be still for one. second. longer. even though a big part of me just wanted to pull up the covers, stay in bed, and feel sorry for myself.

I started storming around, doing laundry, watering the tree, tidying up… doing the things I normally do, but, inside, I was fuming. There was no love in my heart.

Taking It Out on the Ones We Love Most

Then, my poor husband made the poor choice of waking up and asking, while I was standing there with a laundry basket full of laundry to hang up, “How’re you doing?”

And whooooosh! The dams unleashed the flow…

“I’m NOT okay. The house is a mess, the tree is naked, the rooms aren’t ready for the kids, I lost my earring, the stupid video wouldn’t transfer, the cart closes today, NOBODY LOVES ME, I’m doing a workshop tomorrow, the Christmas cards aren’t done, and you aren’t doing anything because you’re in the stupid play and nobody’s helping me and nobody cares but me and nobody takes action to make the house better but me and… and… AND! EVERYTHING! IS! WRONG!!!”

… and then I paused and glared at the big, yummy man I love so much who was tucked into bed with the sheets pulled up and a slight deer-in-the-headlights-but-also-I-totally-know-what’s-happening-here look on his face. And then I snarled…

“Aren’t you glad you asked?!!”

Learning to Be Your Own Witness

And then we both smiled. Because pity parties don’t last long around here. And he said, “Yes, because you clearly needed to get that out.”

And I humphed and started hanging clothes and I was still darn grumpy inside. But, he was right. I did feel better and I did need to get it out and I did need to hear just how upset I was and how overwhelmed I was feeling.

I needed to feel sorry for myself and be okay with that. I needed to stop fighting and let it flow. I needed to BE with what was real for me in that moment and ALLOW it to process.

(thankfully, I’ve learned how to hold my witness position even when my body is lost in storms)

It started to get better. Though, let’s be clear, I was still grumpy. I didn’t wanna go the play on Sunday night and I did want to see and support him on closing night.

Wanting to MAKE Things Happen

What I want to do, when I’m in that place, is sit around and feel sorry for myself and try to MAKE THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY THAT I WANT THEM.

I *want* to be micro-manager of the Universe. I want to wear that badge and have that control and feel that power.

But, of course, I can’t. Not any more. That illusory power is a lie and it doesn’t work.

And I’ve been in this game long enough now to know that it doesn’t work. Even if I really want to pretend that it’s true.

So, instead of micro-managing and trying to control what I can’t control, I let go of everything I couldn’t control and focused on what I could.

I edited, uploaded, and optimized my video.

I planned out more of the Social Media Strategy Planning Workshop I delivered Monday in The Academy.

I went to the play. And it was lovely. And I’m so proud of my big, yummy man. He looked gorgeous and powerful on stage and it was delicious.

Let Go of What You Can’t Control – the Power of Surrender

I let the rest go. I did my best to remember that handling all the details is God’s job anyway.

I gratefully went to bed on Sunday night because, for me, there are days when the best part of the day is slipping into a warm bed and getting wrapped in a snuggle.

Monday morning I woke up early, finished my prep for the workshop, created the slides that had downloaded overnight, celebrated those who chose to enrol in The Academy, had my Mastermind call, and then delivered the crap out of that 5-hour workshop.

And that, beautiful soul, is the way that it works sometimes.

Sometimes, we have to have a meltdown to be reminded that we aren’t in control, we can only do what we can do, and that life flows best when we surrender the control and outcomes and worry to God.

A decade ago… two decades ago… I can remember when the ‘everything is wrong’ day would devastate me. I would just lie in bed and feel… horrible. Oppressed. Powerless.

Shortening Your Recovery Time

It would take me out of the game for days.

It felt empty and bleak.

Now I know that even when it feels empty and bleak, it isn’t.

I know that there is magic swirling. 

I know that I am beloved.

And I know that it’s all an illusion that I *should* be able to control it.

So, yeah, I still have ‘everything is wrong’ days and I am definitely less than perfect, and I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you because the alternatives just aren’t that appealing.

I mean, if I wasn’t doing *this*, what on earth would I be doing?!!

I’ve got a Mission and I’ve got a Destiny and, yeah, it can be messy af on the road of Destiny, and there are days when it doesn’t feel good AT ALL.

It’s All Part of the Soulpreneur Process

And what I’ve learned is that it’s ALL PART OF THE PROCESS.

As long as we’re moving toward our goals and vision.

As long as we’re picking ourselves up and taking one more step.

As long as we’re LEARNING to care for our selves and our souls in deeper and more nurturing ways.

As long as we stay in the game… we’re winning.

So, my sister soulpreneur, I lift my glass of eggnog to you and wish you a powerful and magical week and if you need anything, let me know.

I’m back in my power and we all need people who are in their power to lift us up when we’re feeling anything but powerful.

Blessings to you, sweet soul.

If you’re feeling pulled betwixt and between and you’re not sure why, let’s talk. There is a better way to live than feeling out of control in your own life.

I’m here to support you as your grow your dreams.

Here’s How You Can Go Deeper:

#1 

3 Essentials to Build a Successful, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Business

In this powerful training – that comes complete with an 18-page workbook! – I share with you what I’ve learned about what to focus on – and what not to focus on! – when you’re building to your first six-figures in your soul-based service business.

Go here and register to get instant access.

If you just know, deep in your belly, that your business isn’t living up to its potential, this training will shine light on your path forward. It’ll lay out your next steps and how you can get moving toward the success you yearn for.

Register for the 3 Essentials to Build a Success, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Businessright now – before the day whisks you away – and get immediate access.

#2  From January 1st to 15th, we’re doing a…

15-Day Pyjama Planning Party Challenge + Virtual Retreat 

It’s a full 15-days of organizing to get you ready for a solid and profitable 2020. 

Right smack dab in the middle of that Planning Party, I’ll be running a 3-day virtual planning retreat, exclusively for everyone who has joined the Seasons of Success.

Register for the Party here.

That’s right! For the first time in 8 years, I’m not going to Ste. Anne’s in January to run my luxury retreat. This year, I’m bringing the strategies and planning straight into the comfort of your home.

I’m excited for the magic that we’ll create. Stay tuned… I’ll be releasing more details as we get closer to the date. Just make sure you block off January 9-11 on your calendar so you don’t miss a thing.

What Beliefs Do You Need to Shift to Succeed in 2020?

In my recent YouTube video series on manifesting in your soulpreneur business, I’ve been talking a lot about the Law of Attraction and the idea that your thoughts create your results.

In NLP, we call it TFAR: thoughts > feelings > actions > results and it forms the basis for the powerful coaching work that we do.

The REAL SECRET to Manifesting Your Desires Into Reality

And the REAL secret is that there is a heckuva lot going on beneath and BEFORE the ‘T’ of TFAR that determined what your thoughts will be.

In this model, whenever you aren’t getting what you want to be getting, there is ALWAYS a Belief being believed that is holding you back or preventing you from manifesting what you say you desire.

I know December is busy, and I hope you’re seriously considering joining The Academy before the early-bird ends on Sunday…

(The Academy is going to be my focus in 2020 (focus! 2020! get it?!!) and it’d be great to have you there with me. You can watch the full webinar here, or jump straight to the summary page here.)

… so, I’m going to keep today nice and sweet and short.

How To Get What You Want In Your Soulpreneur Business

Chances are there are things that you want. That you intend to create. Maybe even that you yearn for and desire from the depths of the souls.

Y’know, those things. The things you’ve been talking about and planning for and wanting for a very long time.

If you aren’t getting them, then there’s a Belief standing in the way. Always.

Here’s today’s exercise to examine and shift your Belief and it’s also the core of self-coaching that I’ll be teaching in The Academy:

The PowerHouse Business Academy Belief Change Process

See Where You’re Stuck

1. Figure out what it is that you desire that you aren’t manifesting. (this is the Result)

2. Get really specific and write. it. down. If you don’t get it out of your head and onto paper, it’s almost impossible to get clarity.

3. Get still. Take at least 3 deep breaths and drop your awareness into your belly. If you’re not in your body for this next part, you won’t get accurate information. It’s okay, you can do this. It’s safe.

4. Read what you’ve just written. Visualize yourself doing it / having it / being it.

5. Notice what emotions and thoughts come up. What do you think and feel when you visualize having it. Now, there are probably some happy feelings and thoughts because this is your dream. Go ahead and breathe those happy thoughts and enjoy the fantasy for a few seconds.

Feel Where There’s Fear

6. Now, dig down through the fantasy to the reality of what you believe it will take to get there. Roll the tape back a bit in your mind’s eye and see the steps – the journey – you needed to take to get there. 

7. Now, breathe those feelings and thoughts through your body. Become aware of the discomfort, the difficulty, and the fear of those steps.

8. Write. them. down.

(y’see, the journey always has some peril. it requires us to change. and, most of the time, change is scary so we resist it)

9. Look at what you just wrote down and ask yourself, “What must I be believing to have those thoughts and feelings?” There are probably several and your list might start as simply as, “change is hard and scary” and then be followed by “I’d have to be perfect”, “I’d have to be seen”, “I’d make a mistake and be judged and laughed at” and “I’d never do it right”.

10. Decide what new belief you want to have instead that would remove the blocks from your manifestation and put you into flow toward your dreams. Replace each old belief with a new belief, one at a time. Question each one. Hold it up to the light, examine it, and choose to let it go.

11. Take actions based on your new beliefs and notice how different they feel and how quickly they move you toward your dreams and destiny. 😍

Learning the Belief-Change Process Takes Time

Here’s the thing… each step in this process requires a certain amount of skill and discernment and doing this kind of internal work is not something we were taught in school.

It’s easy to get hooked or stuck at any of these steps.

And if you were reading the list and at any point you thought, I don’t know how to do that or I’m not sure what that would look like… then get your tush into The Academy because that’s what we’re going to be learning…

Learning to BE an Entrepreneur Takes Time

How to BE An Entrepreneur – How to Build the Entrepreneurial Neurology You Need to Run a Soulpreneur or Coaching Business. That’s the heart of The Academy teachings and everything I do.

We think we can get to where we want to be with the neurology we have and it just isn’t so. We have to change at a deep level to create the reality we desire and the BEST way to do that is with accountability and long-term support and I’ve designed The Academy to get you both at a super-affordable investment.

It’s time to stop taking one-shots at success and build something that lasts – it’s time to create the business that will nourish you for decades.

If you’re feeling pulled betwixt and between and you’re not sure why, let’s talk. There is a better way to live than feeling out of control in your own life.

I’m here to support you as your grow your dreams.

Let me know what you need and what questions you have.

Upcoming Events:

#1 

3 Essentials to Build a Successful, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Business

In this powerful training – that comes complete with an 18-page workbook! – I share with you what I’ve learned about what to focus on – and what not to focus on! – when you’re building to your first six-figures in your soul-based service business.

Go here and register to get instant access.

If you just know, deep in your belly, that your business isn’t living up to its potential, this training will shine light on your path forward. It’ll lay out your next steps and how you can get moving toward the success you yearn for.

Register for the 3 Essentials to Build a Success, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Businessright now – before the day whisks you away – and get immediate access.

***EARLY BIRD SAVINGS END DECEMBER 15TH***

#2  From January 1st to 15th, we’re doing a…

15-Day Planning Pyjama Party Challenge + Virtual Retreat 

It’s a full 15-days of organizing to get you ready for a solid and profitable 2020. 

Right smack dab in the middle of that Planning Party, I’ll be running a 3-day virtual planning retreat, exclusively for everyone who has joined the Seasons of Success.

Register for the Party here.

That’s right! For the first time in 8 years, I’m not going to Ste. Anne’s in January to run my luxury retreat. This year, I’m bringing the strategies and planning straight into the comfort of your home.

I’m excited for the magic that we’ll create. Stay tuned… I’ll be releasing more details as we get closer to the date. Just make sure you block off January 9-11 on your calendar so you don’t miss a thing.

Are you treating your business like a heist?

Happy Tuesday! I’m working away this week, coaching clients and welcoming the first new students into The PowerHouse Business Academy (we’re still in the amazing Early Bird bonus period) and I’m thinking long-term.

Like… what do I want the next 5-10 years of my business to feel like?

What do I want to see happen? How do I want my business to weave together with my life? What do I want that balance to look like? How do I want to shine my light and allow Divine light to shine through me?

Who do I want to be – and where do I want to be – 5 years from now? 1 year from now?

I believe it’s so important that we have regular strategic planning sessions for our business and that’s why we have THREE planning events coming up over the next 2 months.

In December, I’m running a 1-day social media marketing intensive for The Academy students and a few of my 1-1 clients to share what I’ve learned about showing up social over the last couple of years. (respond to this email if you’d like to attend)

And then, in January, I’ll be hosting a 15-day Planning Pyjama Party Challenge and a 3-day Virtual Planning Retreat. 

My goal is that you’ll get to mid-January and know exactly what needs to happen in 2020 to get your business where it needs to be to work seamlessly with your life.

You can register for the Challenge here.

Are You Waiting for Your Big Score?

I love heist movies. I love the strategic thinking. The twists and turns. The tension. And, of course, when that movie is Oceans 11 or Oceans 12, it’s also filled with some of my favourite actors, so that’s a definite plus.

“Hey there! I see you, George and Julia!”

And I’m thinking about heist movies this morning because heist movies are all about the big score. They usually start with some version of, “this’ll be the last time” and that thinking is used to recruit everyone onto the team for one more go at the BIG ONE.

I think that one of the reasons heist movies are so popular is because they tap into our society’s unconscious desire for the BIG SCORE – the big win. The lottery. The inheritance.

That one thing that will take us from suffering to financial freedom.

That one moment that will change our lives forever and mean we never have to show up for work again, or never have to struggle again, or never have to work up early again.

The problem is, it’s an illusion. It’s a lie.

And it gets fed to us day after day, show after show, until we believe that it’s the only way to win, when, in fact, it’s the furthest thing from.

Your Business is Not a Heist Movie

I just finished reading MJ DeMarco’s book, “The Millionaire Fastlane” and my big take-away was this:

Wealth is not an event, it’s a process.

whooooshhhhh… breathe that one in. Wealth is not an event, it’s a process.

And when you’re building your business, success is not an event, it’s a process.

There’s no one moment when you’re going to suddenly win.

Yes, when you’re working a well-chosen strategy consistently, there will be big wins, there will be big moments. It’s true. But they aren’t a one-shot. They’re part of the larger whole.

There’s no one webinar, program, JV, networking meeting, client, or post that changes everything forever – from darkness to light.

Overnight successes take years to create.

And if you haven’t developed your entrepreneurial neurology – the ability to hold the success that you’re looking to create – any big wins that you do stumble into will slip through your fingers.

We have to really, really get this:

Winning in business is all about consistently working a well-chosen strategy. 

Showing up every dang day and doing your thang.

For years.

And when you’re a soulpreneur, we add on that it’s working a divinely aligned strategy – expressing your soul mission to have an impact and change the world while you change your world.

There are no short-cuts to winning when it comes to wealth and business.

We need to stop living and working like we’re in a heist movie and commit to building something that lasts – something that we can invest in now so that it will take care of us later. It is possible – you just need the right strategy.

If you’re ready to get serious about your business, then check out my new training, The 3 Essentials You Must Have to Build a Successful, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Business. The early bird closes December 15th and you can register here for instant access.

If you’re feeling pulled betwixt and between and you’re not sure why, let’s talk. There is a better way to live than feeling out of control in your own life.

I’m here to support you as your grow your dreams.

Let me know what you need and what questions you have.

#1 

3 Essentials to Build a Successful, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Business

In this powerful training – that comes complete with an 18-page workbook! – I share with you what I’ve learned about what to focus on – and what not to focus on! – when you’re building to your first six-figures in your soul-based service business.

Go here and register to get instant access.

If you just know, deep in your belly, that your business isn’t living up to its potential, this training will shine light on your path forward. It’ll lay out your next steps and how you can get moving toward the success you yearn for.

Register for the 3 Essentials to Build a Success, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Businessright now – before the day whisks you away – and get immediate access.

#2  

From January 1st to 15th, we’re doing a…

15-Day Pyjama Planning Party Challenge + Virtual Retreat 

It’s a full 15-days of organizing to get you ready for a solid and profitable 2020. 

Right smack dab in the middle of that Planning Party, I’ll be running a 3-day virtual planning retreat, exclusively for everyone who has joined the Seasons of Success.

Register for the Party here.

That’s right! For the first time in 8 years, I’m not going to Ste. Anne’s in January to run my luxury retreat. This year, I’m bringing the strategies and planning straight into the comfort of your home.

I’m excited for the magic that we’ll create. Stay tuned… I’ll be releasing more details as we get closer to the date. Just make sure you block off January 9-11 on your calendar so you don’t miss a thing.

Get Your To Do List Handled

I am deep in development and delivery mode this week as I work with my 1-1 clients AND run the 5-day Nail Your Marketing Message Challenge in the PowerHouse AND the 3 Essentials webinar on Thursday.

I’m in the ‘busy’ this week – dare I say it? the HUSTLE! – and I’m loving it. There’s some adrenaline flowing and it feels… invigorating. 😍

If you’ve been around here for a minute, you know that I don’t like hustle. It typically leads to burnout, bitterness, and short-term cycles of fake-growth that feel exciting but don’t actually build your business.

AND, I’ve always said that while hustle is a terrible long-term strategy, it is a GREAT SHORT-TERM TACTIC.

That’s the way I’m using it this week: I’ve compressed my timelines on a whole bunch of projects to create momentum and get things moving.

I’m looking forward to basking in the glow of GETTING SH!T DONE!!!

That’s always a great feeling.

After the Hustle, Always the Self-Care

By the end of this week, I’ll have launched a NEW THING, delivered a Challenge, done my first Instagram collaboration, and even delivered a skit at church (which is SO outside my Comfort Zone but, y’know, what I’m being called to do so I’m going to step up and meet that challenge!).

I know that by the time Sunday afternoon rolls around I’m gonna be pretty dang tired and mentally spent.

And I know that next week is my backstage week and I have nothing booked. No calls. Zero commitments. No nothing. Just me and open space to plan, dream, complete, and create.

I freakin’ love those backstage weeks. 😍

It’s the paradox of being a soulpreneur, I think: I love my clients, I love what I do, and I love my backstage and off-stage time where I can move deeply into stillness and connection to the Divine to download my ‘what comes next’ plans.

Time away is necessary for me to show up fully and powerfully for my clients.

One of the gifts of living this intentional life I’ve created is that I get to live in the both / and. I don’t have to choose between either this or that – either hustle or stillness, either clients or not – I’ve learned to create intentional balance and I’ve learned what works for me and what doesn’t.

I believe that that’s what maturity looks like. 😉

Embracing Maturity – What It Looks Like

Y’know… maturity. When you finally reach a place where you’re not being driven by fear and anxiety, you’ve developed at least a little bit of surrender, discipline, and trust, and you’re able to enjoy some of the fruits of your labour. 

It’s a good thing and I’m so grateful to be here. And I can see how much further this path stretches and how much further I have to walk. The learning never stops. The growth never stops as long as you stay in the game.

If you’re feeling pulled betwixt and between and you’re not sure why, let’s talk. There is a better way to live than trapped in hustle and feeling out of control of your own life.

I’ve got some exciting content planned for you as we move into 2020. I’ve listed 3 of the upcoming events below.

I’m here to support you as your grow your dreams.

Let me know what you need and what questions you have. Drop a comment below or Contact us through the tab at the top of the page.

Enjoy the benefits of building your business with the end in mind!

Upcoming Events

#1 On Thursday, November 21st, I’m opening the doors on a very special training:

3 Essentials to Build a Successful, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Business

I’m going to share with you what I’ve learned about what to focus on – and what not to focus on! – when you’re building to your first six-figures in your soul-based service business.

Go here and register to save your seat.

If you just know, deep in your belly, that your business isn’t living up to its potential, this training will shine light on your path forward. It’ll lay out your next steps and how you can get moving toward the success you yearn for.

Register for the 3 Essentials to Build a Success, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Businessright now – before the day whisks you away – to save your seat.

#2 From November 18th to 22nd, in the PowerHouse, I’m leading:

The 5-Day Nail Your Marketing Message Challenge

You can register here.

#3 From January 1st to 15th, in the PowerHouse, we’re doing a…

15-Day Pyjama Planning Party + Virtual Retreat 

It’s a full 15-days of organizing to get you ready for a solid and profitable 2020. 

Right smack dab in the middle of that Planning Party, I’ll be running a 3-day virtual planning retreat, exclusively for everyone who has joined the Seasons of Success.

That’s right! For the first time in 8 years, I’m not going to Ste. Anne’s in January to run my luxury retreat. This year, I’m bringing the strategies and planning straight into the comfort of your home.

I’m excited for the magic that we’ll create. Stay tuned… I’ll be releasing more details as we get closer to the date. Just make sure you block off January 9-11 on your calendar so you don’t miss a thing.

The Delicate Moment of Late Spring

What To Do When Business Growth Isn’t Happening Fast Enough…

I’m in a precarious moment in my business right now and I want to share it with you for two reasons:

1) You might be here too, or will be here, and it’s important to be able to recognize it, and

2) It’s always good to bring our fears out of the shadows and shine the light on them… it makes them smaller and easier to deal with.

All right, so here’s what’s going on:

In the language of the Seasons of Success – the goal setting and goal getting program I’ve been building this year – I’m in late Spring.

The shoots are starting to appear. The fields are turning from seemingly empty dirt to a delicate dusting of green.

Late Spring: When Your Dreams Start to Sprout

If you’ve ever had a garden, or driven by fields just as the crops begin to grow, you know what I’m talking about. It’s a beautiful, ethereal moment in time when the green tips begin to emerge from the black soil.

Here’s what it looks like in my business, right now:

I’ve been planting seeds for the past several months. Most notably, I’ve been actively creating content for my YouTube channel for the first time and I haven’t missed a Monday since I started back at the beginning of April.

(building that consistency muscle over the past few years has been no small feat and it’s exciting to see it paying dividends!)

Babe, I’ve gotta tell you: It has been a slog.

My subscriber base has been slowly growing – very slowly! – my watch time and other metrics have been slowly improving – at least most of the time! – and I can see the quality of my videos getting better.

To me, these are little sprouts. They’re tiny little indicators that things are moving in the right direction but they are SO easy to miss.

There have been more: my videos have started to appear in the Suggested Videos sidebar and I’m starting to rank for some of the long tail keyphrases on YouTube Search.

I mean… it’s happening. These are all good things.

The crops are growing. The shoots are starting to appear.

And this, for me, is the most delicate time – the most precarious time.

Why? Because it would be so easy to stop.

It’s So Easy to Stop at the Beginning When You’re Building Your Business

Y’see, if you neglect your fields in high summer for a few days, your crops can take it – they’re maturing and strong and they’ve established their root system. If there’s a storm, they blow and might take some damage, but they can handle it.

But not in late Spring. 

All it takes to wipe out an early crop is one good hail storm. One late frost. A few days of burning heat.

When the new shoots of our dreams start to appear, it is so easy to discount them, ‘this clearly isn’t working’ and to dismissively wave our hand toward the new crop and say, ‘this isn’t good enough’ and ‘this isn’t what I wanted’.

Why? Because we’ve been trained to expect instant gratification. We want instant fields of mature crops. We don’t want to deal with the GROW cycle – we want to PLANT and then HARVEST right away.

We live in a culture that tells us that we can ‘blow it up overnight’ on social media and go from zero to 100,000 followers in a few days.

And some people do.

But not most people. For most of us, it’s a long, slow, steady build – the crops DO grow and it will take the time that it takes. Most YouTube creators take years to reach monetization and a sustainable income, if they ever get there at all.

Most people never get there. Because they start thinking that it’ll be fast and then, when they get into the discipline of it, they can’t maintain their pace. They fall off.

They neglect their fields.

It’s So Easy to Give Up When It Feels Slow

I’ve gotta tell you, I can hear the demons chirping these days.

“You can skip a week.”

“It’s not that important.”

“Nobody will notice.”

“It’s not really worth it anyway.”

“You don’t have anything worthwhile to say.”

It would be so easy to quit. So easy.

Do you feel me on this one? If you’ve been building your coaching or soulpreneur business for any length of time, you’ve gone through this, right? This phase when you’ve been planting, planting, planting, and the growth hasn’t appeared or it’s so slow that you just want to give up.

In this moment, I just want to take you by the hand, walk you over to your fields, and say, ‘Look! Look out there! See that delicate shimmer of green? It’s happening! There is life out there! Stay with it! Nurture your fields! Your crop is growing!’

You’re doing better than you think.

We all are.

New Content for Your Soulpreneur / Coaching Business

I’ve got some exciting content planned for you on Facebook and YouTube – and, of course, in here! – as we move into 2020. I’ve listed 3 of the upcoming events below.

If you have any questions, please let me know. 

I’m here to support you as your grow your dreams.

Let me know what you need and what questions you have.

Upcoming Events

#1 On Thursday, November 21st, I’m opening the doors on a very special training:

3 Essentials to Build a Successful, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Business

I’m going to share with you what I’ve learned about what to focus on – and what not to focus on! – when you’re building to your first six-figures in your soul-based service business.

Go here and register to save your seat.

If you just know, deep in your belly, that your business isn’t living up to its potential, this training will shine light on your path forward. It’ll lay out your next steps and how you can get moving toward the success you yearn for.

Register for the 3 Essentials to Build a Success, Profitable – and Sustainable! – Coaching or Soulpreneur Businessright now – before the day whisks you away – to save your seat.

#2 From November 18th to 22nd, in the PowerHouse, I’m leading:

The 5-Day Nail Your Marketing Message Challenge

You can register here.

#3 From January 1st to 15th, in the PowerHouse, we’re doing a…

15-Day Pyjama Planning Party + Virtual Retreat 

It’s a full 15-days of organizing to get you ready for a solid and profitable 2020. 

Right smack dab in the middle of that Planning Party, I’ll be running a 3-day virtual planning retreat, exclusively for everyone who has joined the Seasons of Success.

(click here to see the special introductory offer before it expires on November 15th)

That’s right! For the first time in 8 years, I’m not going to Ste. Anne’s in January to run my luxury retreat. This year, I’m bringing the strategies and planning straight into the comfort of your home.

I’m excited for the magic that we’ll create. Stay tuned… I’ll be releasing more details as we get closer to the date. Just make sure you block off January 9-11 on your calendar so you don’t miss a thing.