have you ever felt like your business was chasing you?
Last week I shared a Reel over on Instagram as a part of an impromptu series I am calling "say the real thing."
In the first one, I shared how much work it has taken me personally to soften the hard edge of daily, existential dread I’ve woken up w/ for decades of my life - most especially around money.
It's the encoded honest reality of what my nervous system has been trained to operate from.
And because of this and the nature of how I do inner evolution work, my business has been artfully designed to help me meet it.
It's something I work on every day.
And I’m happy to share that it’s become something I am quite masterful at 11 years later:
My life no longer feels like an echo chamber of inadequacy.
My body no longer feels like it’s being chased by a tiger when I wake up or open my emails.
And yes there are tools + practices and daily rituals, like my daily mental health walks; but, the biggest thing of all has been refining my Right Sized Business model.
Knowing exactly what I need to do to meet my monthly income goals with a model built for flexibility and spaciousness for my life has been a life-changing gift.
And while it sounds simple, it has been a strange road to walk...
Because that hyper vigilance patterning was rooted in keeping me safe and was also tethered to the illusion of there being a "secret threshold" I would finally reach to feel that sense of safety.
I want you to know that the Right-Sized Business Way will likely feel unfamiliar and risky, at first, in a way your system doesn't like at the start for all of the same reasons it did for me.
Here were the big ones:
I had a fixed belief that “OPM” + other ppl's models were better than mine — so this set me off on a never–ending quest to try + mimic their results/ w/ a fixed diff. belief/value set. Ask me how much this lesson cost! Lol.
I had a deeply engrained entrepreneurship/mental money program that made it impossible to relax. I had been carrying the weight of other people's debt a decade before I could legally have a credit card.
I actually wrote about how I’ve done this money mindset reprogramming work in a book. You can purchase it here or access the audiobook for free here.
This process has taken time to reprogram my body and mind in a way that feels like it's finally SAFE to trust my model + my knowing
And from there, here's what has happened:
The things that make me different - like being a business mentor and a poet - are my USP (unique selling proposition).
I flipped the traditional “one to many” framework upside down to center depth work + limit the # of clients I can work with in a given season and I love it!
My income is rock solid and steady and I am not panicking/scrambling every month to find clients.
My clients come to me with deep intention, integrity and commitment to their work - meaning we have a 0% default payment rate.
I have had the same team of 2 incredible women and my amazing husband (on the podcast production beat) on my team for 8+ years!! They are beloved friends and they care deeply for each of our community members and clients and I am so grateful for their presence in my life and in the business.
My clients are achieving life-altering results - across the board - in their businesses, in their relationships, in their income, in their joy. You can read about them here.
I could go on...
But that’s just my model -
Tell me about yours.
I also want you to know that wherever you are right now in your business is available for an evolution. Upleveling and "descaling" as we've been calling it are both viable and reasonable moves I love supporting my clients in making in their worlds.
If I can be of support to you - please hit reply and share what's coming up for you.
Cheering you on in all things, always!
xo
Amber