Do you – and your business – shine?

As a coach or solopreneur, you want to inspire and help others while making the world a richer, more fabulous place by doing what you love to do. You are ready to unleash your brilliance on the world as a solo-act.

This tender and brave instinct to offer the best of who you are can end up overshadowed by the somewhat scary fact that you are now an entrepreneur. Running a business involves lots of elements that can feel overwhelming for those who help and inspire others — setting up structures, managing time, completing projects, and following through on admin-type tasks. Helping clients is where you really want your energy to go!  

You might not know how to make the business-y stuff work for you. Or, you might be mired in the black-hole of  “I have to do it all perfectly”.  Either way, it’s a painful sort of stuck when you want to take action and can’t seem to make it happen. On top of all of this confusion and stuck-ness, is this crazy exhaustion from focusing so intently on your business.  The truth is, that your business can’t shine without systems and practices to support both you – and your business.

The best structures help you shine, which is key to authentic success.  These are a few of my favorite practices that can be part of a greater structure to build success–

  • Assemble your dream team. You don’t have to do it all by yourself. Find, and hire, the experts that will help you grow, develop, and put into practice, the skills you need to create a business that supports your life, and a life that supports your business so you can shine.
  • Pause often. Take time to pause.  It’s so easy to get caught up in the rush and the doing of business – which is totally counter-productive!  Taking even one or two deep breaths and a brief, mental time-out can refresh and energize you, giving you internal space and increased focus. Staying calm and connected to your breath and your body will make your business more successful. (For more information, here is a recording from a tele-class on this very topic!)
  • Adopt a wabi sabi mindset. Wabi sabi is a principle of Japanese aesthetics and art that celebrates beauty in imperfection. It is about shifting perspective to a place of appreciation for the chaos and unpredictability of a full and rich life.  When launching a business that is so much a part of who you are, it’s easy to get stuck in a “it has to be perfect, I have to do it all right this second…” mind-set.  Wabi sabi allows you step back and shift your perspective – to connect with the innate perfection of where you are, right now, with your business. Then you will be able to make some intentional choices about your long-term strategy.

I work with coaches and entrepreneurs who are feeling overwhelmed by juggling the day-today realities of life and business. Together, we design solutions that support you – and  your business-  so your business can support you.  Allowing you to step into your full brilliance and light up your corner of the world.

Here is what one client says about working with me:

“I’ve read that people will forget what you said and forget what you did but they will never forget the way you made them feel.

Working with Nona on my website setup and business direction was such a phenomenal experience and I will never forget how she made me feel.  It’s hard to describe in words, but I felt completely supported, both by emails before and after and also in person during the session where I was guided, in the most gently challenging, professional, safe and inspired way, and I even had fun and laughed out loud – not something that usually happens to me when dealing with techie stuff!!  I learned so much and immediately wanted to book more time with Nona.

Nona is a wise, intuitive, deeply knowledgeable resource, and so approachable with it, I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her, in fact I’m trying to control myself from getting out the ladder and shouting from the rooftop – “Hire Nona – she’s awesome!”.

-Helen Samson Mullen Life Design

Would you like to learn more?

  • You can sign up for the Wabi Sabi (nearly) Weekly eZine,  and have articles, offers, and items of interest right to your virtual doorstep! You will get a copy of my mini-manual, More Happy, Less Stress: The art of doing nothing that improves nearly everything that introduces you to three simple practices that can help replenish your energy and help you stay fresh and focused for your business and for your life.