True Balance Life Coaching

“Follow Your Bliss.” – Joseph Campbell

November 9th will always be a special day for me. On this day, five years ago, I left a high-profile career which no longer suited me to become a liberated entrepreneur, transformation Goddess, life coach, yogini and author.  In this short time, I’ve learned how to run a successful business supporting powerful and creative women in career transition.

This post represents a celebration of the milestones achieved during my liberation quest plus some of the lessons learned on my path to entrepreneurial freedom.

Experiences

• Created more spaciousness in my life for my young daughter.
• Deeply profound shadow work and personal development.
• Created True Balance Life Coaching, LLC which morphed into True Balance International, LLC.
• Work(ed) with clients in England, Thailand, Italy, Australia, Canada and the USA
• Co-authored three best selling books for women
• Authored and published, Life on Your Terms. (True Balance Press)
• Created True Balance Press.
• Wrote and recorded the Life on Your Terms Accelerator Series – A self paced coaching program for people ready to reinvent themselves as entrepreneurs.
• Earned my yoga teacher certification.
• Create and teach Luscious Living Yoga Playshops for women.
• Work with several specialized coaches for business, mentorship and public speaking.
• Hired a brilliant support team for accounting, graphic design, Web site creation and behind the scenes support.
• Authored several articles for Women Entrepreneur, Aspire and More.
• Co-created Seize True Success Coaching with Diane Helbig.
• Co-created Anxiety Slayer with Ananga Sivyer.
• Coached hundreds of people to get focused and transition from employee to entrepreneur.
• Created and presented workshops and signature speeches for Zonta, Grand Traverse Woman, Union Yoga, IAAP and the United Franchise Group.
• Partnered with Light of Day Organics to create my signature True Balance Organic Tea blend.
• Partnered with a seamstress to create Transformation Goddess Prototype clothing.
• Created seven coaching videos to grow my business.
• Created three Web sites and a Life Balance Blog.
• Worked with a Public Speaking Coach to shine on stage.
• Created five signature speeches.
• Created a signature coaching system for women in transition.
• Created custom audio for podcasts, commercials, long format videos and audio books.

Lessons

• Trust your intuition.
• It’s okay to say NO thank you.
• Distractions will always get in the way of productivity.
• Create time for spaciousness
• Work away from your office on a regular basis.
• Work with a coach or mentor at all times.
• Know your audience/target market really well.
• Test your ideas in advance for new products and services
• If you are a writer, hire an editor.
• Ask for support  - sooner than later.
• Remain curious.
• Learn how to harness your natural creative energy.
• Surround yourself with a brilliant team of people.
• Incremental steps = GOLD.
• Cash is Queen. Without cash flow your business is dead.
• Trade your specialized services for specialized services for your business.
• Fail fast and move on.
• Partner with like-minded entrepreneurs and grow your sphere of influence.
• Be generous and kind everyone you meet.
• Surround yourself with people who believe in you
• Work your ass off doing what you love  - delegate the rest.
• Read a lot of material.
• Get out in front of REAL people at least once a month.
• Some days suck – Most days ROCK.
• The list goes on and on…

Are you following your bliss?

1. What have you accomplished in the last five years?
2. What lessons have you learned?
3. Are you ready to leave the corporate rat race?

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”

- Steve Jobs

I began the day growling. From the moment I rolled out of bed I felt challenged by the new day. Horrifically vivid dreams about receiving brain surgery from a former colleague (poking around in my brain with chopsticks) didn’t help matters. What would Freud say about this sort of dream?

Anxiety and low-level seething filled my every breath. My inner critic was on the loose and everything appeared to be spiraling out of control. Thankfully I know how to care for myself through this sort of emotional upheaval and eventually found my way back to center. But first I allowed time for ‘larger than life’ venting and immature antics.

How do you behave when you wake up with your growl on?

I seem to like muttering slanderous comments under my breath or judging random people for their poor driving skills. Often I begin cleaning every inch of my living space. I used to slam things around like an angry toddler. Thankfully, I’ve outgrown most of the days involving a once notorious ’bad temper’.

Here are few suggestions to support you when you get up on the wrong side of the bed.

Allow yourself to freak out for up to one full hour. Let your inner critic go wild with judgement, anger and madness. Just let your mood be what it is, and then you can invite the inner-crazy to move on. You will find that your Grrr falls away when you allow yourself to purge your emotions.

Humor is also a great help. It can be amusing to witness your bad-ass, warrior self spinning out. By simply witnessing your own bad mood you can naturally see how silly it is to be so ticked off at the world.

Another helpful tip is to call a good friend and ask for permission to go stark raving lunatic mad for 5 minutes without interruption, feedback or solutions. Then buy her a pint or some flowers and say thank you. This will lead to much laughter about your tirade of straight-crazy silliness.

Honestly, The best thing you can do is vent, breathe and smile. Remember, no matter what comes up,  you are a bright, intelligent, tenacious, caring and honorable.  Is there an acronym for that?

“This too shall pass.”

My 4th book, Embracing Your Authentic Self: Women’s Intimate Stories of Self-Discovery and Transformation was released this week by best-selling inspirational publisher Inspired Living Publishing. Within hours of the launch the book became an international best seller.

 

If you’ve ever wondered if you could…

• Step out of hiding to discover your divine nature

• Release who you “should” be to become who you really are

• Learn to speak your truth

• Use the experience of grief and loss to uncover a greater calling

• Leave doubt and fear behind to discover your true purpose

Me and 25 of my co-authors say Yes, You Can! We did!

Embracing Your Authentic Self features my story, Life on My Terms along with 25 extraordinary women who come together to share our raw, revealing stories of empowerment and new beginnings. Women who have removed our false masks, stepped past the labels that once defined us and reconnected with our personal power. We share our story with the collective intent to inspire all women to believe in the power of their dreams and the wisdom within.

 

 

GET YOUR COPY TODAY!

 

Imagine, having the powerful tools and resources to personal power and transformation right at your fingertips. Well, you can because over 100 extraordinary visionaries, authors and conscious business owners have joined our publisher in supporting our book launch and are offering you a free gift with your purchase of Embracing Your Authentic Self.

At a time when many women are facing life-altering decisions and unexpected challenges, the opportunity to see inside the lives of women who have overcome all obstacles to find, embrace and live the truth of who they truly are is not only inspirational, but invaluable. The twenty-six stories in this book contain the intimate trials and celebrations of how these brave, determined women transformed their lives and stepped into the world with love.

 

Are you ready to journey into the realms of self-discovery?

Check it out!