Threw a party with friends last week. Stayed out late. Had drinks. Laughed until my face hurt. Didn't check my phone once for work. For someone who spends most days inside their head building a business, this felt absolutely terrifying and also the most alive I've been in weeks. I kept waiting for the guilt to show up, the voice that says I should be working, posting, optimizing. It never came. Instead I woke up the next day with more energy than I've had in months. Turns out letting go of what you think you should be doing gives you way more fuel than white-knuckling through another productive evening ever could. Sometimes the best thing you can do for your business is remember you're still a person. What's one thing you used to love doing before you became a business owner that you've completely stopped making time for?

I thought I'd write a quick message about working with Lara yet knowing me it might be quite a long missive! 😂 TLDR: working with @Lara Bruyelles has been fabulous! I've been thinking about starting a community for a while and finally started accepting members in November. I'm a member of one of the largest Skool creator communities and saw Lara's activities there and Skoolers so found Aligned Creators from her activity. I felt there was something about her that was authentically Lara and I already had a sense that she was someone who would be able to at least guide me on that aligned path; I couldn't have underestimated her more! When we first spoke, as I was already just running my biz as an expensive hobby since pivoting, I'd already decided we were likely a good fit and checked the company bank balance to see where I stood. As soon as we started discussing my situation she impressed me with her attentive style and absolute presence. She pitched and I said, 'Yes.' I pivoted into coaching and the biggest aspect that surprised me during our relationship so far is how insightful she has been in uncovering my subconscious and allowing me to recognise my own blind spots. From the start we agreed a strategy, a plan of action, new habits to adopt, and approaches to embody. It's actually not been easy however it was simple, well defined, and in my opinion very likely to bear fruit specifically with regard to the agreed goal at the start. I'm not really considering whether or not it will be successful because it's helped me enormously to shift my identity from retired employee with a side Hustle to business owner with a hungry market which needs to know I'm there to help them. She's provided ideas, mentorship, accountability, systems, encouragement, and has been a real motivator, reminding me of my purpose, giving me energy, and providing small simple steps. @Lara Bruyelles I salute you 🫡 and thank you!

We recently hit 100 members in the community, and I'd like to thank every single one of you, Aligned Creators, for trusting this space and honouring it with your presence. I would love to understand a little bit more about where you all are in your journey so that we can get the community to support you best. Where are you all at? How many of you already got their first paying client through coaching, and how many of you didn't? Feel free to write in the comments. What would be supporting you right now? Talking about - The emotional side of building a business? - What an aligned business truly feels like to you? - More concrete strategies to get clients? - Networking? Every single day we align with who we deeply are and the business we're building, we're changing the world. Let's support each other through this shift ❤️❤️

It is interesting how reality shifts when you move into a sphere that is not your comfort zone. Knowing I have an tendency to introversion I used to see myself as - actually having an innate proclivity for - being unable to network. In actual fact all it has just been ... all this time ... an unwillingness to meet and share my plans just in case something unwanted happens; what that might be I have no idea . So, far then, since seeing @Koen Cramer operate in his community and latterly starting my community, Type 1 Simplicity, a few weeks ago, I am working with @Lara Bruyelles and have booked two networking calls - - the one with @Jacopo Forte having just finished really positively - and have about 25% of my community members booked on Welcome calls. In addition I spent Saturday with some of you and others at the UK Skoolers IRL & after party Mastermind. This is embodying my head knowledge about shifting identity to become a person able to progress along one's aligned path. Thanks to everyone with whom I have interacted especially in the last 6 months or so,

Most of you are content creators, I know this. I just uploaded a very raw and vulnerable video that you might relate to if you've been posting on social media. Let me know if you do. :)