Highlights 26 - 50
Pressures of High Ambition and the Imposter Syndrome of Stepping Up as a Leader
As a successful serial entrepreneur Jackson found himself dealing with the next level of his personal evolution: dealing with the imposter syndrome of being a leader inside his business.
As we dove into the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process he realized that the way he was compartmentalizing certain narratives in his head which in turn was perpetuating the sense of not being good enough. For him this started showing up as imposter syndrome towards the lofty ambitions he held and his realization was that the path of moving beyond was to embrace the space he was in.
Giving Yourself Permission to Be Yourself and Express it Authentically in Terms of Focus and Running Multiple Businesses
Sharon is a multifaceted entrepreneur who owns multiple businesses and was struggling with finding the best way to focus on growth. She was trying all of the ‘things’ - productivity, funnels, working on business systems yet nothing was really working to keep her fulfilled or moving forward.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she had a breakthrough the she was really not allowing herself to be herself which is someone who thrives in flow, busyness and spinning multiple plates. This eased a long struggle of forcing her to work against her natural disposition stalling the growth and fulfillment she was looking for.
Being vs. Doing, the Lonely Pressures of CEO Responsibility and Feast and Famine Business Cycles
As a brilliant marketer, former founder of an ad agency and now a Marketing Activist helping non profits excel their missions into the world, Lindsay is a high achiever in every sense of the word. Yet in all of her businesses she could not escape the feast and famine pattern of revenue and the team issues that followed her.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching process she began to realize that so much of her sense of significance came from the ‘doing’ and she had a really hard time just being with herself. This began to open up more doors in her deep wounding of ‘I am alone’ which explained a lot of the dysfunctional team dynamics she had to go through and uncovered the internal pressures that kept her in this loop of ‘me issues showing up as business issues’.
Imposter Syndrome and Self Worth Issues Hold Expert Back From Abundance
As a veteran therapist, Melissa with years of expertise had a hard time meeting her own goals due to a scarcity mindset. Despite having a full workload she was aware she was undercharging and thus overworking inside of her practice.
As we do dove into the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she realized that she was paying business coaches a whole lot more than she believed she was worth, and thus not implementing everything she was learning. In addition, she realized how pervasive the inner critic and her standards around her self worth really needed to be worked on to make the business aspects work.
Limiting Beliefs and Inner Critic Keeps Coach Stuck
After deciding to leave a successful corporate career, Jonathan transitioned into coaching to follow his passion. He quickly came to the realization that he had all of the skills to be successful but his inner critic and limiting beliefs about his ability to succeed were what was actually holding him back.
As he went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process he was able to identify exactly how the pattern was showing up and how it was affecting his daily outreach activities. Especially when it came to coming to terms with his inner judge, he realized what a big impact it was having on his self sabotage.
Working Yourself Into a Stroke and the Fear of Success
Coming from a successful health coaching career Angelika found herself broadening her coaching focus and going online where her default of working hard actually led her to work herself into a stroke.
Having recovered from it and looking for more balance in the creation of her second business, she discovered the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process and it quickly became clear that a lot of her overwork was due to proving her self worth while at the same time limiting her success in an effort to not cause friction in her close relationships.
Letting Go of The Need to Know Everything to Move Forward Faster
After spending a decade in becoming an expert in mediation, Elizabeth went independent and started her own firm on the back of the skill that got her, her initial success: learning as much as she could. This was now the bottleneck towards more forward momentum which is when she found UpLevel Mind.
Going through the coaching process she realized that a lot of her narrative was perpetuating a deep need to control and know everything before proceeding. This allowed her to release the tight she grp she had on the narrative and move a lot faster towards more forward momentum in her business.
Letting Go of The Comfort of Self Defeating Thoughts
Michelle came to UpLevel Mind very aware that her own stories were limiting her success, especially when it came to expanding into working with higher level clients.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she realized that the stories ran a lot deeper than expected. Her inner critic kept her from making more connections, and kept her stuck in a cycle of overdelivering while undercharging that was causing her current business ceiling.
‘It’s Better to Give Than to Receive’ as a Limiting Belief That Stops This Healers Business Growth
As an experienced coach herself, Wendy came to UpLevel Mind not really sure what her main issue was that was holding her back from experiencing the success she wanted inside her business.
As we went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she was able to unearth a narrative that she had heard growing up - It's better to give than to receive - and how it wasn’t just limiting her business growth but was feeding into the people pleasing tendencies outside of her business.
Releasing the Narrative and the Control of Limiting Stories
Christy runs transformational retreats and one of the things she routinely hears is how her happy clients feel like she undercharges. Despite this her resistance around this was so deep rooted she kept thinking it was her marketing that was an issue in not achieving her goals.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she began to realize how deep seeded that limiting narrative was in that she was actively fighting for her receiving the least amount possible for her services. By the end of the process her perspective began to shift, opening up the space to step into a higher version of herself.
The Savior Complex Manifesting in a Never Ending To Do List
Jaclyn is someone that has a natural inclination to help people and because of that she found herself both excited about her business and also imprisoned by it. She was overwhelmed at a never ending to do list yet despite all the work her business was not growing.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she realized that what was actually powering that was a savior complex that kept her putting her energies into people that didn’t show strong evidence that they wanted the help. She realized a lot of narratives and feelings kept her in patterns of leaking energy out into the world with nothing to show for it, which opened up the door to shift her focus towards helping herself first.
Breaking the Inner Narratives Around the Fear of Success
Adriane had a powerful story of overcoming addiction which was the catalyst for the coaching she now does. Despite the depth of her experience a fear of success kept her playing small and unable to move forward with bold action.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching process she began to realize that there were many deeper, “sub-stories” underneath her fear of success. It was really a fear of the responsibility that would come with success, the pressures of being seen as an authority and letting go of the limiting identify holding her stuck. These realizations also opened up the space to heal the nervous system panic she would experience when faced with this awareness.
How Safety Patterns of ‘Saving Face’ in School Create Business Plateaus in the Form of Indecision, Overthinking and Procrastination
Hayley was a seasoned therapist and was looking to expand beyond her full client load into a more online, group based business. Despite the clarity in her desires and visions she was overwhelmed with inaction.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching process she began to unpack subconscious patterns and beliefs she wasn’t aware were contributing to her procrastination patterns. In a short time, she came face to face with triggers from her school days around ‘saving face’ in terms of making mistakes and the subsequent perfectionism that created. It became clear how these patterns were driving the indecision much more than not understanding the nuances of the latest funnel hack.
A Thriving Corporate Career and Lifelong Success In Academics Doesn’t Translate to Success In Business
While Erin is a unique position to be focusing on her PhD while also running a business she was self aware enough to realize how she was holding back on expanding the income she was making. She knew she was being timid in her reach outs and despite the high workload, knew a lot of her activities were just busy work.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process, she realized the limiting narratives responsible for the self sabotage, namely the self doubt she felt in reaching out wasn’t about her ability, it was about the unrealistic standards she felt she needed to hit in order to do those actions. And as we dug deeper she realized this was also just another ‘mask’ of not good enough.
Growing Up With The Idea that Kids Are seen Not Heard Now Contributes to Visibility Fear and Stunting Business Growth
As a coach and healer herself, Tearhsa was very familiar with the inner work yet despite her best efforts she was still running into a business ceiling she couldn’t overcome.
Going through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process what she realized was that she had still not let go of a key limiting belief from childhood - that kids should be seen, not heard. This manifested as perfectionism, a fear of being exposed and in general having a pattern of hiding in order to find a sense of safety. All of these were the friction points that got in the way of her standing in her fullest expression online.
Discomfort With Selling and Charging For Healing Is a Result of Childhood Trauma
As someone who spent a lot of time and energy healing herself to become a proficient healer, Giada was unable to make the connection between her unworthiness patterns and the business stagnation she was experiencing.
She was spreading herself too thin while also being inconsistent with her marketing and sales efforts. As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she was able to realize that her childhood trauma surrounding how she was treated as a daughter and the dynamics around that fueled a lot of the self limiting choices she was making.
Remembering to Walk Your Own Talk As a Way to Allow The Expansion of Business to Occur
Emily is a PR professional turned spiritual advisor and when she came to UpLevel Mind she found herself unclear about how to move her business forward.
As she went through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she was able to see a connection between the narratives of ‘life is hard’ she heard growing up as well as her resistance to taking her own advice and walking her own talk.
Overwhelm and Business Glass Ceilings
As a successful naturopathic doctor Marissa was expecting overwhelm inside her business that was stunting her growth. She was aware that she needed to simplify things and give herself breathing room but she was stuck on a hamster wheel she couldn't get out of.
Going through the UpLevel Mind Coaching Process she began to finally see how her unresolved narratives from the pressures she felt being a student were still plaguing how she showed up in her business. The need to prove and be ‘a rebellious teengager’ meant that she was acting from a wounded place that didn’t have a place inside her business.
Self Judgment and Unrelenting Worry Stop a Successful Realtor From Following Her Heart's Calling Into Coaching
As a veteran realtor of 35 years, DLisa operated on a never ending pattern of worry that she would run out of money, despite making 30k commissions on a regular basis during her career.
Additionally, her heart was calling her to go all in on her coaching side hustle and replace her real estate income but those same worry patterns were putting the brakes on her progress.
Our conversation revealed that the worry stemmed from a never ending narrative of self-judgement masked as a concern about what others will think. This opened up the space for her to exercise the courage to follow her heart's calling into coaching her clients full time.
Need for Validation and Overwhelm Blocks the Clarity Needed to Simplify the Core Offer and Scale the Business
As an expert in many wellness modalities, Gabriel capped his capacity for growth by juggling multiple offers and deliverables to his clients. He was struggling to narrow down an offer that would allow him to simplify his business and scale and he felt he wasn't able to figure it out because he was always running out of time working in his business rather than on it.
Our conversation revealed that the bottleneck to his business wasn't time or offer but rather the certainty he was hoping would be revealed by one of his offers turning into a 'home run'.
This need for external validation vs. the power of choice to go all in and consistently refine one offer until it works was the block holding him back from scaling his business and getting his time back.
Perpetually Playing Small, Not Feeling Safe to Suceed and a 'Discounted Self Identity' Stunt Business Growth
Viv was in a perpetual loop of 'playing small' by constantly rationalizing discounting her services to the point where she developed a 'discounted self' identity.
As we dove deeper into her pattern it was revealed that her fear of success was rooted in the belief that 'I will be egotistical if I make more money'. In fact, her ego was convinced that it wasn't safe to succeed.
This opened up the space for her to give herself permission to let go of this defense and stay in her power of matching her prices to the level of the value she brought to her clients.
Going From 'Selling is Sleazy and Manipulative' to Empowered and Excited About Selling Live on Air
Melissa's coaching business was stagnating because she was procrastinating on income producing activities and even avoiding incoming sales conversations.
As we probed deeper we found the underlying narrative keeping her in fear of growing her business - selling is sleazy and manipulative. This was understandable, as growing up in a religious cult, money was used as a manipulation tool to keep people powerless.
This realization allowed her to open the space to get excited about sales as an empowerment vehicle for both her and her clients.
Self Sabotaging Business Growth By Trying to Help the Wrong People as a Result of an Unhealed Martyrdom Complex
As an international lawyer turned psychic advisor, Liz was exhausting herself trying to help as many people as she could wake up to their inner purpose.
During our conversation she was able to see that her desire to help was actually playing out in its distortion - martyrdom of trying to save everyone at her own energetic expense.
It was causing her to spread herself thin and sabotage her from ever growing her business with higher level clients more aligned with the kind of transformation she was trying to deliver.
Inauthentic and Diluted Marketing, Feeling Not Good Enough as Drivers of Plateauing Revenue
Karey hit a plateau in her coaching business and felt that her marketing was falling flat because she wasn't able to show up authentically.
As we probed deeper we discovered that she was diluting her online presence due to a fear of revealing her core wounding - I am not enough.
She realized that if she showed up authentically, her core wounding would be exposed and no one would believe she could actually coach them. This was the beginning of her releasing this self-sabotaging narrative and stepping up to show up in her full presence online.
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