Are You A Falcon, A Chickadee, Or A Bird Of Paradise?
Imagine yourself as a bird: are you a falcon, a chickadee, or a bird of paradise? Your answer might give you insights into how you’re strong in creating the life and business you want, and ways you might need to bring in some fresh energy. Each bird has unique and valuable qualities and traits, and you might identify with one or more very strongly. But is there one bird nature you’re completely disconnected from? Strengthening it may help you balance your life and achieve your goals. What can you learn from each of these beautiful birds? And how do you unite the powers of each to create a...
Read MoreHow To Apply Smart Strategies To Book More Clients And Students
Want more clients and students but not sure what strategies to use to reach people who will love your work and also be committed to their own health and wellness? When you’re steeped in doing sessions, teaching classes, and creating products, it can be difficult to make time for promoting your practice to new people. But claiming that “business owner” role is important, in order to keep your practice, and you, vital and thriving. The beginning of the year is one of the best times to promote wellness work. Ride the high tide of people’s interest in their health all the way through spring,...
Read More5 Big Little Strategies For A Better Year
You turned the calendar to January, and now you’ve got the opportunity for a fresh start to create a better year. Clean slate. Like a stretch of new fallen snow just waiting for you to make your mark. And I’ve got a different take on some big little strategies for a better year for you. This is the time when we’re usually urged to THINK BIG! Make GRAND PLANS! Set MAJOR GOALS! But chances are you just got hurled back into your busy life after the holidays. Work, school, house, kids, business, deadlines, bills. Who’s got the luxury of trying all kinds of new strategies? Who has the head...
Read MoreWhite Space: Why You Need More Of It In Your Life
White space isn’t just for designing things in print, it’s for designing your life, too. And here’s why you need more of it and how it puts more LIFE into your precious time. In graphic design terms, ‘white space,’ refers to areas left blank. You know when a poster or webpage is too busy to even see what it says? Lack of white space can create a visual overwhelm that causes you to shut down and move on, without reading or taking in anything that’s been presented. In the art of creating your life, white space needs to be included, too. In fact, the addition of white space...
Read More[NEW BLOG] Revealed: The Essential Ingredient In Any Plan
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In my writing this year about the steps needed to create a successful plan for any project, goal, or your future, I realize I’ve been holding out on you! Not unlike when your grandmother gave you her beloved Christmas cookie recipe, but didn’t include the secret ingredient that makes them the best cookies in the world. I haven’t revealed the absolutely essential ingredient in any plan you make. I didn’t keep it a secret on purpose, in fact, it just became clear to me the other day, when I was putting the finishing touches on the Plan Like A Pro For 2018 3-Day Challenge, which starts next...
Read MoreGet My Top Tools For Business 2017
It’s November and I have to admit I’ve already started watching Christmas movies. I love how, with a little Christmas magic, everyone lives happily ever after. Ah, but we know business success doesn’t just magically happen. That’s why this week I’m taking you behind the scenes and sharing my Top Tools For Business 2017. These are the technical tools I use every day to make my business beautiful, organized, and flying forward like a sleigh pulled by eight tiny reindeer. But there’s no magic here, just a system for how to stay clear and focused, build...
Read MoreThe 4 Pillars Of A Successful Business (and Life)
Let’s take a look at the 4 pillars — the cornerstones, the building blocks — that have to be in place in order to have a strong and successful business. ANY business. You know I work with wellness practitioners to help them THRIVE, but lately I’ve been sharing the timeless marketing and business principles that ANY business needs. Because there are just some things that apply to every business. And it turns out they’re pretty great principles for life and relationships, too. Here are the 4 Pillars of a Successful Business 1. SELF CARE Without body, mind, and spirit self care, no...
Read MoreHow I Fell In Love
It was an autumn day in New York City in the late 80’s. Crisp and clear, with that warm sun that somehow manages to have a whisper of winter in it. And I fell head over heels in love. With marketing. I know what you’re thinking, “Yuck! Marketing is sales-y and creepy and so forced!” Or, as a health coach client said to me recently, “I just want to work with my clients, I hate the marketing part.” But that’s because you don’t know marketing like I know marketing. And how powerful and important marketing is — how truly vital it is — to you doing the work you love in the world. What really made...
Read MoreBeyond Word Of Mouth: How To Shape A Soul Satisfying Wellness Practice
Let me ask you about your wellness practice. Are you relying on word of mouth to get clients and students? Do you feel deeply connected to and soul inspired by the people you do work with? OR — Is your aromatherapy business stalled? Are you wondering how to recoup all the money you spent on massage school? Are you stuck with clients or students who aren’t enthusiastic about your work or their own healing journey? There are some simple reasons that those things are happening. And it’s not because you’re not good enough or there’s too many people doing the same thing, that or you need to learn...
Read MoreThe 8 Most Valuable Life and Business Goals To Pursue Right Now
It’s that time again — back to school, back to work, back to sweaters and boots (at least here in the northeast), and that means it’s another Goal Setting Season! I like to use seasonal changes and yearly flows to shape my rhythms and pursuits, and decades of “fresh starts in the fall” means it’s a great time to think about the 8 Most Valuable Life and Business Goals To Pursue Right Now. I had a teacher who used to say, “Whenever you wake up, it’s morning,” meaning that you shouldn’t beat yourself up for not realizing, starting, or doing something sooner. Be on your own time table. So...
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