What does breaking up, bad links and podcasts have to do with each other?
It’s something extremely important when it comes to freedom and ruling your world.
Any guesses??
Let’s start with podcasts….
You know what I hate….worrying about who is going to show up for things like live events, calls, and my radio show. I know I shouldn’t worry about such things….but I do.
This worrying creates some wonky energy around my Wisdom Collective Show.
I LOVE interviewing other kick-ass people and hearing their stories and have dreams of creating a powerful show that inspires other entrepreneurs to really go for it in their biz. I want it to be fun and easy.
BUT……I’d worry about promoting the show enough ahead of time and then I’d get super concerned with how many people showed up to listen live. It was totally distracting and sucked the fun out of the process for me.
Worrying like this knocked me right out of alignment and felt crappy!
For this past episode we decided to record the show ahead of time, then play it back at show time. Woo-Hoo! This felt so expansive and fun. No worries about people tuning in live, just me and Nona having a fabulous conversation with no distractions. Total alignment!!!
I decide to let go of the old way of doing things, embrace this new model and shift the Wisdom Collective into a podcast. Less pressure more fun…same great content! Everyone wins.
Extra added bonus…It’s ⅓ of the cost to do a podcast and I put the first few episodes up on Soundcloud and immediately had new fans!
ALIGNMENT!!!!
Then there is the break up…
Back in the fall my biz was on fire. Month after month my income was growing. I was constantly making more money than ever before while working with the most kick-ass people ever. I was in the flow in oh so many ways.
Things were going so well, I decided to hire an awesome assistant to help me expand my business. It seemed like a match made in heaven. I loved the work she did for me and it felt good to get the things I didn’t love doing off my plate.
Three months in we had admit there were some issues. Mis-communications, things getting lost in the shuffle, and my list building efforts failing miserably. People were jumping ship left and right. By January half my business had disappeared. WTF!!
Something was clearly out of alignment, but I was blinded by my love. The funny thing about being out of alignment, if you ignore it, it gets worse!
My list kept shrinking, no one was calling, and then the bad links started happening. No matter how hard we tried, my emails would go out with the wrong links in them. (This drives me crazy!!) Then I noticed my website had them too.
We couldn’t pretend anymore. We were so NOT in alignment. We talked about it, tried to straighten things out, but ultimately we decided to break up so we could each find alignment with someone else.
As soon as that decision was made, new people started knocking at my door and I can feel things slipping right back into alignment for me.
The moral of this story- pay attention to your alignment! If something doesn’t feel good and you’re not getting the results you’re looking for….you are out of alignment. Time to shift things around till you can feel things open up.
Look for your alignment in every aspect of your life. It will open up the way for the juicy goodness to flow in.
If you are ready to set your life up to fit you perfectly and are looking for a community of like minded women to support you in getting there….Step into the Vortex. Right now is the perfect time to join us as we gather up momentum for another round.
If this sounds enticing, lets talk.
Hi Leah! I’m at a point where I can relate to this so well. Spring really is a time of new things trying to blossom and spring-cleaning applies to our alignment as well. For me that’s a new commitment from my staff (and new staff coming on under refreshed expectations), a new blog design, and a massive release of other things that aren’t working. This post was divine timing for me. xo
Things are shifting and changing all the time… and we need to be ready to shift right along w/them! Spring is an especially good time to shake things up and welcome in new resources and opportunities. I like that the podcast feels easy… I’ll have to ask you about that next time I see you :).
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Love how you made the podcast work for you Leah! It’s good to be honest and take stock of what isn’t working and move on…that’s what I need to be doing with my own relationship, ahem…you keep trying to make it work and you only throw yourself more off track. Yeah…sigh. Good reminder!!
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I find the ‘out of alignment’ feeling usually happens when I’m growing into something new or bigger. Situations, relationships, even clothes seem out of alignment after some major expansion!
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I could not agree more, Leah! For the first year of my business I kept creating programs that seemed like things people wanted. I was afraid of creating something that I loved and not have anyone sign up. Once I finally got over that fear (mostly) and just jumped in, I attracted so many amazing people into my first ever group program who LOVE the work I’m doing. Congrats on feeling the fear and listening to your heart!
So true! Growth is the name of the game and sometimes we outgrow things, people and even some ideas. I love that you are always tapping into that and shifting it when necessary.
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YES! I love this especially: ” If something doesn’t feel good and you’re not getting the results you’re looking for….you are out of alignment. Time to shift things around till you can feel things open up.”
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