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This is going to sound preachy but it’s importan

This is going to sound preachy but it’s important to say, because someone’s got to stick up for the no-kids working adults who still have other priorities and a life they need to balance…

I've never liked the idea that just because you have a child your time is more important than someone else's.

Before I had my daughter my time was precious in my business. I had a purpose and was clear in how I wanted to build my coaching practice and business, and support my clients.

I was also clear in time off, boundaries and being able to rest. My health and wellbeing depended on it.

Despite now having a child, I am still clear that my time before having her was as important as it is now.

Just like yours is whether you have children or not.

You have many reasons to need to have balance in your business and prioritising the need for time off, boundaries, balance, space, creativity, flow is VITAL to ensure you remain the best founder and developer of your business.

Everyone's time is precious.

Whatever reasons you have for having limited time, or time pressures, make time your friend.

Comparing how much we have against someone else is a losing game.

We win when we make the most of what we know we have available to us and us alone 💪🏼

I saw a post / story / reel / igtv who heckin know

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I'm upgrading this to a post from stories as the responses will be gold for many people - thanks to all who've answered on stories so far;⁠
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I want to refer my clients to paid business memberships when we've ended our 121 time together if it's relevant for them; I don't plan to build or run a membership myself so it makes most sense to have others to recommend to.⁠
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I could open up a google spreadsheet and have you / others auto complete it but I'm not sure of the ramifications/security of that.⁠
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So in the meantime, please do tag or recommend a paid business membership that you know and think highly of below.⁠
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As niche, diverse and big or small as you like. I will particularly be interested for my clients in the ones that support established/scaling service based businesses (which is interesting because I don't know a huge number that do, since 'higher level' - or however you want to describe them - businesses tend to want more personalised, tailored support)⁠
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Look forward to seeing your contributions 👌🏼⁠
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#businessmembership #entrepreneurlifestyle #entrepreneurlife #successmindset #growthmindset #businessowner #growyourbusiness #businessgrowth

I've not been particularly well lately. Part of th

I've not been particularly well lately. Part of the problem with this version of not well is that it's not been consistent. I have days where I'm just about normal (like this really good day for my mum's birthday) and days or weeks where I'm not - I need to sleep up to 3 times a day, I ache all over, can't tolerate too much or compute information, feel overwhelmed easily.

It's likely one of a few things, or a combination (menopause, old surgery stuff, thyroid issues, plus I've been looking at long-covid - not that I know I had it - as a few possibilities) and then the more obvious on top (baby, pandemic, a few stressful years of life before).

I've learnt however that I'm impatient because I feel like this isn't due now - not the menopause with a baby in tow. Not thyroid issues that might have been missed for years. They don't feel major because they're not life threatening yet they're impacting every part of daily life right now, so they are.

Work wise I've done the bare minimum and been incredibly happy with that to be honest. I've seen my clients who remain brilliant, taken on new ones, I host my mastermind. I've been very inconsistent with my podcast, although episodes have gone out. Thinking, creating, scheming has ground to a halt though; I've been too foggy, heavy and achey to contemplate anything else.

I'm getting some things moving now, with better professional support and adjustments. But that's been a battle in itself, which I've tried to not take me back to reminders of everything that came before.

However, this beautiful, cheeky girl is starting nursery and she, and we, love it. I'm loathed to say 'I'm going to get so much done now'; probably because I don't intend to try to. I just intend to be present more; for nurturing myself and my business kindly.

I don't know how present I'm going to be on social media - I'm not making plans to be one way or another. But I hope to be around in some form.

How are you? Feel free to share your own updates, especially if my own has helped you x

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This photo has nothing to do with this content other than to say it's also something I did this week🤣

I've been talking to a potential client this week (hello you🙋🏼‍♀️) and whilst they're private conversations (as the potential clients' content should be) so much of what the coach says in the 'sales' part - the booking email if it's not automated, the discovery call if we have them, the follow-up questions if we offer them etc - could be way more public. It could take place more freely and openly in our newsletters, blogs, posts, stories and videos, way before someone's ready to enquire with you.

That way, if someone becomes ready, they already have so much of the information they need to make a clear decision with us.

A lot of the sales process is otherwise shrouded in mystery, which - to be fair - helps us in many ways too; we might change pricing slightly each time, or answer differently to the same question next time. But core parts of what we do will be the same throughout our offers - how we work, what we bring to the table to support people, our pricing range, even.

A lot of the enrolment-type conversations I've been having lately have been way away from social media and not content-led. They've been phonecalls, emails, voicenotes. But that doesn't mean to say the process couldn't benefit from having more up-front. It requires confidence of course - anyone sharing their higher 1:1 rates in public, for example, wants to be ready and happy they might be shared and analysed to some degree. But, honestly, if you coach with integrity why wouldn't you want to have this happen; so you can prove your worth, your pricing, your outcomes?

The longer I'm a coach (and online) the more I get excited about sharing stuff that may otherwise have been, like I said, shrouded in mystery. This isn't just about money - it's also about standard operating procedures, and helping other coaches to see they can re-write how the industry works for them and their clients with simplicity.

Wishing you a lovely weekend. I’ll be with more dogs and babies again. One happy place 🥰

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