How you balance those elements is unique to each business woman and will change at different stages in your life. Get these five in balance that’s just right for you and you will love your life – you will have more confidence, energy, clarity, focus, fun with your family and you will feel fulfilled. The five elements being: work | wellness | contribution | family and the feminine.
Most women come to me because they want more business confidence. They are serious about their business and its success. They want to grow their business. But running your own business can be lonely and leave you feeling isolated or overwhelmed; no-one to second guess your decisions or plans because your close friend and family don’t really understand what you do. Nobody to bounce ideas off. You start to doubt yourself. Most us want to prove that we can do it all by ourselves. Or we think, maybe not even consciously, that asking for help is admitting defeat or a sign of weakness. After all you’re a smart woman, you should be able to figure it out. Well there’s no prizes for that.
The thing is – if you look closely at the smart businesses, run by smart women, they benefit from the energy of other people behind them. Getting a business coach or joining a mastermind is the smart thing to do. But it’s finding the right coach or the right mastermind. The coach who understands about balancing business with family life. Who understands that from time to time your child might get sick, an Inset day, a ‘bring your mum to school’ day or a last-thing-at-night-create-a-book-character from egg boxes and sticky back plastic for World Book Day. I get that. I really do. Everything I do and run is designed to be flexible for mums. I can offer daytime or evening coaching. We can do over Skype to cut down on the time needed to get to places. We can start with a 3 month package or if you know you want to take this seriously from the start, let’s sort out a 6 month programme of support.
Working with a coach can be incredibly powerful. It is essential to spend some time very week focussing ON your business rather than just spending all your time knee deep in Playmobil or Lego IN your business. Spending some of that ON your business time with somebody who’s objective, analytical, focussed, and on your side … well you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve. I’ve been running my own business since 2012, and my success soared once I started to work with a coach. Read my story here.
Here are some of my favourite success stories:
- Emma had trained as a lawyer and before children she’d been promoted to partner. However going back to law did not give her the flexibility she wanted to be around for her children. With my help, Emma retrained and launched a business as a yoga teacher. She gave herself permission to say goodbye to the lawyer and focus on her passion. She published her first book in February 2016 and last year, taught live on stage at the Om Yoga Show! How exciting is that!
- After years of being a stay at home mum, lacking in confidence, not really sure what she was good at, and no clear idea about what she wanted to do, Ashley loved getting back in touch with the ‘professional’ in her. She discovered what it is to feel powerful and to make life-changing decisions. She found a new career as an event organiser which absolutely plays to her strengths.
- Inspired by The Confident Mother conference, Michelle found the confidence to embark on a “scary and exciting career change” and set herself up as a freelance photographer, rather than taking the easy option of going back to what she did before.
- And once Lorna got clarity and certainty about her vision, she was simply unstoppable. She acquired new qualifications and set up her business. She now reaches out to potential clients and joint venture partners with new-found confidence; all without feeling overwhelmed.
If you are wondering if you could do something bigger, or different or just more in your business … The answer is YES. All you need is the clarity, the confidence, the right support, an effective action plan and accountability.
Maybe you’re one of the Mums I often talk to who ‘meant to do something when the kids started school’ or is ‘waiting until after the holidays’ BUT at the same time you’re actually frustrated you’re making excuses and putting off doing something…
The Confident Mother Business Coaching provides you with the intensive level of support and help that you need to get clarity on your business goals, avoid the isolation of the busy business mum, make those big decisions with ease and take the purposeful action required. You will have ongoing support and accountability to keep you on track to achieve your goals, for as long as you want.
Here’s how the 3 month package works …
- Initial discovery call – 30 minutes
- Pre strategy questionnaire – 30 minutes
- Strategy call – 90-120 minutes (in person if preferred)
- 6 x Skype calls – 60 minutes each (12 calls in 6 month package)
- Weekly accountability & actions
If this sounds like the support and help you need to build or grow your business, or do something different, get in touch. If you know that want that feeling of confidence but you also know that you need some help, then let’s talk to find out how we can work together. Click here to find a date and time that works for you.
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