How to Get Back On Track When Your Holistic Business Goes Sideways In 6 Steps
Sometimes we get stuck or our holistic business goes sideways…it can go a little sideways or full blown, train off its tracks we’re gonna need a cleanup crew sideways. And you are not sure how to get back on track.
First We Need To Recognize The Subtle Signs That This Is Occuring
It can show up in less clients booking, or us dragging out or stalling on getting back to people.
Our marketing strategies are more of an afterthought than a strategically focused game plan.
We are struggling to get out of bed, cutting it closer and closer to our client session start times.
We might find that we are on our phones scrolling more than doing the work that needs to be done.
Overall just feeling kind of blah. It’s not burn out. It’s not depression – cause you don’t feel hopeless.
The term for this is languishing. It’s where you feel joyless and aimless so you bump along.
And – It happens.
I’ve been there and I’m sure may have experienced this as well.
So Here Are The 6 Steps For When Your Holistic Business Goes Sideways?
STEP #1 – CLEAN OUT ALL THE CLUTTER IN YOUR WORKSPACE
There’s just something wonderful that happens with our mindset when we are working in a clean and organized space.
I like to do a major clean every 30-45 days. I like to write things down and so I have a bunch of papers and sticky notes that can accumulate…EVERYWHERE…if I’m not careful. So when I’m in a creative mode it gets crazy.
The simple act of this decluttering and reorganizing will give you a boost of serotonin and get those juices flowing again.
STEP #2 – REPEAT AFTER ME – BUSINESS BOUNDARIES!
These are so important and even more so as you start to scale and grow your business.
These are things like:
- Specific Office Hours – What time do you start and end…and I mean start and end. So no answering emails before your workday or after your workday…and never on holidays or vacation.
- How Can People Reach You? – This one for me was a game changer. I only answer emails. No messenger, texts, random video calls. Email. That’s it.
- How Much Time You Give To Each Area Of Your Business? – So if you’re running a clinic (like I did for 10 years), I had specific office hours for my team. Email was and still is only checked twice a day. I have set times for project work, client follow up, social media, content creation, etc. Timers are your friend here. Plus having these scheduled into blocks gives you a sense of control even when you believe it doesn’t.
STEP #3 – GET A COACH TO HELP YOU MASTER YOUR HOLISTIC BUSINESS BASICS
I hired my first coach back in 2000 and I’ve never gone without one ever since.
They are amazing.
Feeling some of the weight and pressure of getting it right is immediately lifted because you have a support person in your back pocket.
They can keep you accountable (if you let them). They have different insights than you do. And if you hired the right one….they are where you desire to be and are making excellent money at it.
STEP #4 – OPTIMAL HEALTH CREATES WEALTH.
My mom used to always say – “If you don’t have your health you have nothing”.
And it’s so true. I have seen a lot of business owners in the holistic field who put their health last. They are so motivated to provide service to their clients that they are burning themselves out.
So shake it up. Try a new workout routine. Try something that challenges you or something that you think is downright silly that you might LOVE.
My guilty addiction right now is WII Dance.
I will boogie to that game until my body gives out and I love watching my stats go up.
I also have a new yoga buddy because doing it at home by myself wasn’t cutting it.
Desire to meet with me? Great! I’ll meet you by the river for a walk and talk…oh and by the way I’m setting a timer because I’m focused and have boundaries.
STEP #5 – RELEASE THE ENERGY DRAINERS
This should be from every area of your life.
We are talking…
- Clients
- Staff
- Joint venture partners
- Suppliers
- Friends
- Family
How do you know if they are an energy drainer?
You physically cringe when you see their name on the phone or on the schedule. It’s okay to release them. If you are getting a physical response, then it’s not a fit for either of you and you need to be the courageous one that pulls the plug.
It also makes space to welcome new, energizing people can show up because now you have space.
STEP #6 – CHANGE YOUR SCENERY.
A change of scenery shakes up everything in a good way. This can be a vacation or a weekend getaway to personally recharge without any work.
When it comes to changing the scenery to do work ON my business….
I personally love work-cations. When it comes to doing my yearly and quarterly planning, I hit the mountains for a few days. Bring my laptop, printer, calendars, easels, highlighters and all those goodies.
I turn off the phone and email and just focus on what I desire to create. It’s awesome.
Walk by the river, light a fire, eat good healthy food, go to bed early, wake up and meditate. You bet your buns you’ll be more creative!
Need something like right now?
I write my best content in libraries. And I mix up the ones I go to. Everywhere from public libraries to university and college libraries. The energy is different. It hums and I love it.
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Let’s connect and get this solved for you today. Because with your passion, and with my Signature Program Mastery training that includes video trainings, step by step workbooks and private 1:1 coaching you can masterfully craft a holistic signature program offering and signing on new high ticket health clients sooner than you might realize.
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Let’s have a conversation and see if this is a fit for you and your viral program creation!
Xo,
Tracy
PS: I founded my company to empower female holistic professionals to have financial independence through signature programs. And that means you showcasing your expertise in a unique to you and your clients program. It means you are making incredible income. And it means you expanding and fulfilling your potential at the highest level because you get to have it all – money, time freedom and fulfilling your soul’s divine purpose at the highest level.
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PPS: The wrong holistic business model creates and income cap and burnout whereas the right program could change everything for you.
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