3 Tips to Help You Get to Know Your Business

Getting to know your business is getting to know who you are, especially if you are a heart-centred entrepreneur or a creative type. Whether you’re providing a service or a product, people respond to who you are! If you’re a pile of insecurity and fear, then 1) it’s going to be very difficult to communicate your message confidently, and 2) other people are going to smell that a mile a way and feel very wary. As they should! You might be the most amazing person in the world, sweet, kind, helpful, compassionate, everything (and I’m sure you are if you’re working in a heart-centred type of business), but if you’re afraid to be you and if you’re afraid to know all the parts of yourself intimately and clear up any blocks (i.e. relationships that have left you feeling angry or afraid or guilty is a huge part of this), then you won’t shine.

Here are some creative ways to address those blocks!

1) Embrace your inner weirdo! I’ve always felt out of place in my peer groups, whether it was around coworkers, family, friends, my partner, and total strangers! It wasn’t until I realised that my inner weirdo was freaking awesome and needed to be let out of the closet. People love people who aren’t afraid to be themselves, warts and all. And most likely, those little quirks that make you authentically you are quite endearing to those around you, you just either don’t know it or don’t think people are really being truthful about liking them. Here’s a hint, if they’re still hanging around you, they probably like you. So if you’re like me and you talk to ghosts, read angel and tarot cards, identify as gay/lesbian/bi, or anything else outside the status quo, and it hasn’t made everyone go away (in fact it draws them in) then you’re probably good so share what you love to do with those around you. There is always going to be a percentage of people who don’t like you, but guess what, there’s an even larger percentage who do like you so focus your attention on the positive group.

2) Address your issues. Honestly, you could probably write an entire series of your issues. We all have them. When you’ve dealt with painful stuff in the past, it has a tendency of hanging around until you’ve fully worked through them. Sweeping your stuff under the carpet and yelling at your spouse, child, parents, or whoever else happens to be there doesn’t make the uncomfortable feelings go away, nor does it solve the underlying issue. Start paying attention to the patterns in your life and try to see where they’re stemming from. I highly recommend using creative ways to untangle the mess going on, and if you’re not genuinely, authentically clear and feeling awesome most of the time, you probably have some things going on. Please note there is absolutely no judgement here, just love. As one of my favourite yoga and meditation teachers Nash says, “We need more love, not less.” Journal, take personal development courses, read stuff that makes you dig deep inside, meditate, do talk therapy, consult a life coach, dance creatively, make art, write a book, be open to trying alternative healing modalities, etc. I promise it will be worth it.

3) Trust Yourself. Admittedly, I do still personally stumble on this one. Trust yourself, you are good enough and you are important. You have a mission and purpose in this life, and no, it’s not only to pay bills. Your mission and purpose fill you with such bliss that you think it’s too good to be true and force yourself to go back to a job that completely counteracts it. If you are beyond this and you’ve discovered your unique talents and that yes, people will pay you for them if you can be open to learning about marketing them in the best ways you can, stand in your power and your sense of clarity and trust that you know what you’re doing. You’re always going to get better and improve, but who’s to say what you’re offering now isn’t the perfect thing for the person you’re about to meet? You don’t know until you meet them and when you do share your gift and they can move past a particular block or struggle they’ve had, you know you’ve gotten it right. It doesn’t matter if someone else in the same field has more experience or qualifications, if someone resonates with who you are then you’re the person they need, no questions asked. Trust that and trust yourself.

I’m taking a moment to announce my new online creative writing workshop: Reconnect with Who You Are. There will be more info soon about when I’ll be holding it and how you can sign up! I will be leading creative writing exercises with you to address your blocks with your life and your business. It’s not just for fiction writers or even professional writers, if you’re a dabbler, a blogger, a journaller, or someone who just makes grocery lists every so often, you’re invited too! Until then, I want to know about YOU! What are you struggling with in your life and your business? Please share below or send a private message if that’s preferable.

Ciao Ciao Bellas! xoxo