I remember being in my early 20’s, when I was training as a Psychospiritual Psychotherapist, that I first learnt about the idea that relationships can be a path for personal and spiritual growth.
Then, before becoming a mother 17 yeas ago, I realised that parenting is also a profound path for psychospiritual development.
It wasn’t until 5 years ago that I realised that entrepreneurship is also a powerful path for psychospiritual development.
In those 5 years, I’ve developed particular practices and processes and ways of understanding how we can harness the opportunity inherent in entrepreneurship to not only:
Respond to our Soul Callings in a way that bring deep purpose and fulfilment;
Make a living making a difference;
but also, becoming more who we really are in the process.
Entrepreneurship is an invitation to:
Be guided by our divine downloads and Divine Will;
Distinguish between Soul-Callings and doubts and second-guessing that we learnt growing up;
Act from our true willingness, the channel between Spirit and Matter, rather than from inner coercion and hustle;
Listen lovingly to our inner children as they emerge to be heard and receive reparative experiences around being seen, being heard, sharing our gifts and being ourselves;
Develop deep self-compassion that replaces internalised self-judgment and comparison;
Develop our capacity to honour our needs as well as our callings;
Feel a deep sense of belonging as we take part in the Conversation with Life;
Understand synchronicities, signs and symptoms;
Understand willingness, flow and being connected with the Energy of the Universe.
My approach is unique, because it includes all of these.
The purpose and fulfilment;
The making a living making a difference;
And the psychospiritual development.
I’m so grateful to be on this journey, and learning all the time!
I’m so incredibly grateful that my personal and professional lives have been so intertwined for so long.
In the past 5 years, I’ve understood this at a much deeper level, as I’ve developed a psychospiritual perspective to entrepreneurship.
I believe that we all have callings; our Soul calls us to share our unique voice with the world.
As we follow those callings, we inevitably meet the intersection between those callings and the personality we’ve developed as we grew up in our family and culture.
That might show up as:
Wanting to speak about a method of healing AND feeling scared;
Wanting to set up a website AND having technical hitches;
Wanting to write a book AND procrastinating;
Wanting to share about healthy living AND forcing ourselves to work late into the night.
I see this as part of the Journey of the Soul – our callings call us forwards, to take action to make a difference in the world, and along the way, we are also called to listen lovingly to our inner children that show up to be heard and healed; and old beliefs and harsh self-dialogue bubble up to be transformed.
These are profound opportunities for psychospiritual development.
For example, at the moment, I’m clearly being called to do some inner work around separation. In my outer work, there have been some people leaving offerings. That also fits with my teenagers clearly being at their next stage of individuation and separating out from me.
So, when I felt some painful feelings bubbling up other day, I listened to the invitation. When I listened in, I connected with 8 year old me, just after my Mum had left me in England with my Dad whilst she went back to Australia for 18 months.
The feelings of loss are bubbling up to be heard, so that I can both take my next steps in my calling as well as in my parenting.
Instead of pushing the feelings away, or judging myself for having them, I see them as beautiful invitations for healing.
My Inner Loving Mother is listening to my 8 year old self and I’m working with the Inner Loving Presence Process too.
I see this as a holistic approach, because it includes ALL of us as human beings, including;
Purpose, meaning and calling;
Our will and willingness (working with procrastination and hustle);
Listening to our inner children and giving them reparative experiences;
Making a living making a difference, including working with Inner Loving Money;
Feeling a deep sense of interconnectedness and hearing the Messages from Life;
Increasing our capacity for self-compassion and self-care;
Becoming increasingly authentically who we really are rather than who we learnt to be to be safe, to fit in and belong.
SOUL CALLING, LEARNT RESPONSE AND SOUL RESPONSE.
SOUL CALLING COMES FIRST:
First comes the Soul calling.
You’ll usually know that it’s a soul calling because you’ll tend to feel:
euphoric, lively, excited, energised, enlivened, invigorated, vibrant, absorbed, entranced, animated, enthusiastic, inspired
an inflow of ideas, a rush of interconnections, new ways of seeing things, creative inspiration.
What is your particular flavour of Soul calling? What are the feelings and experiences you tend to have?
This comes from the connection between your Soul and Source.
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LEARNT RESPONSES COME SECOND:
The second flavour that can come in are LEARNT responses.
These are internalised voices and responses.
They came from outside of you.
They are from times as a child, teen or younger adult when you had a soul calling and others responded with questioning, ignoring, judgment, shame, and generally not trusting you and your callings.
These might be things like,
“Who am I to do this?”
“I am too (insert judgment) or not enough (insert judgment) to do this.”
“Other people are doing this already, and they’re better than me.”
“I’m probably not meant to do this/ it wasn’t really a calling/ it’s not the right time.”
You can notice the learnt responses from the feeling states that match those learnt responses. You might feel flat, lethargic, depressed, worried, frustrated, confused, distracted, numb, uncomfortable, sad, discouraged, despondent, overwhelmed.
I invite you to notice what your habitual learnt responses are, and how you feel when you think those.
Recognising them is an important part of the journey!
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THIRD, WE CAN CHOOSE TO REPLACE THESE WITH SOUL RESPONSES
The wonderful thing is that because those are NOT FROM OUR SOUL, we can replace them with SOUL RESPONSES.
The more we choose to respond to our Soul’s Callings with Soul Responses, the more those become the habitual response.
The doubt, second-guessing, comparison, judgment, shame; eventually all these decrease and decrease.
Soul responses can include:
“I trust you and your callings.”
“What you want to do is your soul calling”
“Life is calling through you”
“Your callings are of value to this world”
“I know you can do what you feel called to do”
“Your gifts are unique and important”
“What you do makes a difference to the lives of others”
“I deeply value your unique offerings”
“I’m here to support you in sharing your gifts and making a difference”
“You are here for a reason”
“I love what you are passionate about”
“You have gifts that noone else has”
“Even when you don’t feel connected with your calling, I am holding it for you”
“You have what it takes to make the difference you want to make”
“I have faith in you”
“I’m always here, walking alongside you”
“I’m here with you”
“I trust you”
“I value you”
“I’m right here with you.”
They will tend to lead to feeling relieved, excited, jubilant, elated, warm, clear, flowing, calm, trust, relaxed, absorbed, inner confidence, empowered, fulfilled, belonging, relaxed, trusting.
Eventually, the learnt/internalised responses get replaced by the Soul responses, so we return to where we would have been if we’d been seen, honoured, trusted, valued, celebrated the first time around!
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If you want support in understanding the interrelationship between your soul’s calling and your learnt responses, and would love to replace those learnt responses with Soul Responses, my three offerings are all about that:
TIER ONE: PRERECORDED COURSE :
Inner Loving Presence Process for Entrepreneurs:
(Open all year round).
This is a self-paced stand alone course to help you:
Use the willingness practice to move through procrastination and fear;
Connect with your Inner Loving Crew to give you empathy, reassurance and celebration as you take action;
Use the Inner Loving Presence Process to heal old hurts that show up either as fears or other feelings, or outside events that appear to stop you from moving forward;
Understand the Conversation with Life and how Life is giving you support and information about your next steps.
It’s a self-guided, self-paced standalone course that you have lifetime access to!
It’s designed to help you:
~ Find more compassion for yourself and your needs whilst also doing what you love;
~ Harness the generative power of your force to take action and get in flow;
~ Respond compassionately and effectively to yourself when fear arises, rather than forcing yourself through it;
~ Heal from old hurts that show up as you take your next steps;
~ Listen when apparent ‘resistance’ shows up in the form of tech glitches or health issues, so you can keep moving;
~ Understand the messages that Life is bringing you.
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TIER TWO: LIVE COURSE WITH SISTERHOOD (FB GROUP) AND PRE-RECORDED TRAININGS:
Respond Lovingly to your Calling:
(Open for two live rounds a year)
This is a 16 week course that combines support for you to do the inner work and videos of exactly how you can create an online business.
During the live round, there are 16 weekly live trainings in the FB group, with a deep sense of sacred sisterhood. (they are available afterwards as replays)
The rest of the content is all prerecorded and self-paced and contains:
Clarifying your vision and purpose;
Receiving the creative downloads;
Authentic relationship with your clients and customers;
Authentic self-expression – social media, writing, videos, FB lives, etc;
How-to (branding, canva, MailChimp, social media, IG, FB ads, domain name, online course creation, opt-ins etc);
Balancing masculine and feminine;
Peaceful planning and productivity;
The Inner Processes and Practices – your Inner Loving Crew, The Willingness Practice, The Inner Loving Presence Process, The Conversation with Life.
Bonus – receive the Inner Loving Presence Process for Entrepreneurs Free!
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TIER THREE: 1-1 MENTORING
Psychospiritual Entrepreneurship Immersion:
This is 1-1 mentoring that also includes training material to help you deeply understand what is going on in your soul’s journey so you can willingly take action to respond to your soul’s callings, be more compassionate with yourself, and heal old hurts that show up along the way.
I’ll help you stay connected with your callings, get free from self-doubt and second-guessing, change your inner dialogue, find willingness to take action, compassionately neutralise fear, and listen lovingly to little parts of you that show up on your entrepreneurial journey.
Message me for details!