WITH ANDREA CRISP
“And so taking that time, every single day, to really work on your mindset is going to be key in helping you stay aligned for success. Because you’re going to be able to identify those limiting beliefs, you’re going to be able to identify how you’ve been holding yourself back, you can reframe it, and start moving forward.”
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Have you been feeling really overwhelmed in your business lately? To the point where you are ready to give up. With a few simple tweaks you can be aligned for success. In this episode I'm sharing the four strategies I have been implementing in my coaching business over the past few months that have helped me achieve ease and flow.
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Andrea Crisp 0:00
Do you feel overwhelmed, scattered, lack clarity, and are ready to be aligned for success in your life in business? On today's episode, we're talking about how you can take those incremental shifts to start moving forward, and become aligned in every area of your life.
Kate 0:19
You're listening to The Couragecast, a show to equip and empower women to live bravely. Each week, we'll share coaching conversations and stories of women who are willing to face their fear and pursue their purpose. Here's your host, life coach, author, and your secret weapon.
Andrea Crisp 0:36
Hey there, welcome to The Couragecast, my name is Andrea Crisp, and I am your host. If you're listening for the very first time, I am so glad that you're here. And if you have listened many, many times over, or if you've listened from the beginning, like Hello, thank you for being here. Thank you for showing up over and over and over again. I love doing The Couragecast, I love being part of this community. And because I want to really grow the community, and to establish more of a connection with you personally, I have created a text community. And in the text community, I'm going to be sending out probably about three texts a week, how to be brave in your life, how to take those courageous steps, and really how to set intentions that will move you forward in your life and in your business. And there may even be some guided meditations that I will be putting out there as well. So if you're wanting a text from me a couple of times a week, just to encourage you in your journey, I would invite you to text me the word, Courage to 647-424-2429. So that is area code 647-424-2429. And all you have to do is put the word Courage, and I will get right back to you. And we will be able to text one another.
Andrea Crisp 2:09
Okay, I'm excited about talking about being aligned for success, you may be in a place in your life right now where it feels like you're anything but aligned for success. Maybe you've been feeling for a while now that you are not really sure what you're doing. Or you're in a place where you're feeling overwhelmed. You could even actually be avoiding doing things in your life, avoiding situations, avoiding taking action, avoiding taking those big risks in your life. And a lot of times when we find ourselves in those places, like when we're not sure what to do, or it's just like too much, or it's like, "Okay, I just want to run and hide, I don't even want to deal with this anymore." That is when we give up. That is when we want to walk away from what we're doing and say, "You know what, I can't even do this."
Andrea Crisp 3:03
So I want to make this really simple and practical for you, because in order for you to actually take a step forward, and kind of really put yourself back into alignment, which is what you want to do, it is just going to be through some very small shifts. And it's going to be easier than you would think. Okay, so the first thing we're going to talk about is like, well, what does success look like to you, because your definition of success might be different than mine. And that's okay. You know what, because if you're looking around on social media, or you're comparing yourself to other people, and you think that you need to be a certain way, or have certain things or look like this other person on social media, whatever they're doing, then you are going to quickly get out of alignment. Because you are focusing on where they're at, trying to replicate what they're doing, and not seeing the success in your own life and in your own business.
Andrea Crisp 4:06
So the first thing that we all have to do is really take a look at what does success look like for you? And so you might want to just take, you know, a pen and paper and just write it out, you know, just journal, what would success look like to me? Maybe it's going to look different to you right now than it's going to look in six months or 12 months or even any year. But as you are moving forward and you are defining what that success looks like, then you're able to take steps towards being successful in your life and staying in alignment with what it is that you see for yourself. Because when we are looking at our careers when we're looking at our businesses, when we're looking at all of the things that we're putting out into the world that are making a huge impact in the lives of others. We know that that is only going to create a ripple effect, when we are in alignment, because people will be attracted to that, they'll want more of it, they'll want to hire us, they'll want to do all of these things that will help us move forward as well. But only when we're aligned with our purpose and our vision, and we know exactly what it is that we want.
Andrea Crisp 5:27
And here's the first thing. A lot of times, when you are feeling overwhelmed in your feeling like it is just too much, and you want to avoid at all, and I have been there, it is likely because you lack clarity, and you lack clarity on what it is that you truly desire. And for me, I have been taking the past year to really get clear on my vision for my business. And further to that I've actually been taking the time to get clear on the vision for my life. Because for a long time I kind of had this like, you know, okay, it could be this or it could be that and I'd be alright with this and be alright with that. But I wasn't really in touch with what I wanted. And I wasn't letting myself get in touch with my own desires, with my needs, with things I wanted, because I was too afraid that if I desired something that I would actually not get it. And so I would then be disappointed. And to avoid that disappointment, I decided that well just don't have the desires, then that way you can avoid that right, you can avoid the disappointment.
Andrea Crisp 6:37
But when you start getting clear about what it is that you do desire, then you can move in alignment towards that desire, whether it's building a six figure business, or it's establishing a non profit, or you desire to create something and put it out into the world. The truth of it is, is that when you know exactly what it is that you want to be doing, the impact that you want to be making, and you're super clear on what it is that you want to be doing, then you can allow your inner guidance and wisdom to show you the steps that you need to take, the how, right? And so you're not going to always live in this place of fear that, you know, it's just never going to happen. And you can incrementally take those shifts forward.
Andrea Crisp 7:25
So I want to talk about four particular things that I think will help you in really becoming aligned in your life. And the first one is always, this is like my go-to, right? It's working on your subconscious beliefs, your mindset. And so often we're living out of the conscious, we're living out of like, this is my story, this is what I believe to be true. And we're acting out of that narrative, we're acting out of that story. And so when we are feeling like we're not being successful, like we're not getting where we want to go, or we can't take those risks, or take those brave steps in our lives. It really boils down to what do we believe to be true? What is the story that we're telling ourselves, and all of that is in the subconscious. And so taking that time, every single day, to really work on your mindset is going to be key in helping you stay aligned for success. Because you're going to be able to identify those limiting beliefs, you're going to be able to identify how you've been holding yourself back, you can reframe it, and start moving forward. So that would be number one, is work on your subconscious beliefs.
Andrea Crisp 8:40
Number two, and this is going to be so simple, it's going to be like so simple that you're going to think how in the world is this even gonna help me, but it is take small, incremental shifts every single day. You know, I think, oftentimes, we think that we need to move the needle so far ahead, but then that just gets, like, it's too overwhelming. And we don't want to do that. And we can't do and we don't know how. And so it's literally taking small incremental shifts and saying, "You know what, tomorrow and come back to this, I can keep doing it, I can keep working on it. But I'm going to work out of a place of ease and flow right now. And when I feel like that's all that I can do for the day, then I'll pack it in, and I'll come back tomorrow. And I will work on it when I know that I'm in the right frame of mind to actually be working on it." So instead of like looking at like how do you like pack it all in? You don't have to worry about that do what you can do when you can do it. You know, I have been thinking about how do I batch my content or how do I batch things in my own business, in a way that will really work because sometimes that overwhelm sets in, when I'm trying to do too much at one time, and so I have been learning that even in my own business, I have to take those incremental steps as well. And yes, it might be great to do it all at once. But maybe it takes me longer to do that. And so I batch it over days. And that way, the creativity and the ideas flow a bit better. So for you, maybe that is just taking incremental shifts every single day, and really making smaller decisions, because sometimes it's the big decisions, you'll feel more confident making, when you know that it's easy to make the small decisions, and those small decisions are piling up on each other. And you're like, Yeah, I know, I can do this. And I can make a bigger decision for my life and for my business.
Andrea Crisp 10:46
Then the fourth thing is, and this is key, oh, friend, this is key. Listen to your inner wisdom and guidance. Because it knows, so you can call that your intuition, your gut instinct, your god voice, whatever it is inside of you, that you know is leading and guiding you, that is where you want to be tapping into every single day. And there were times in my life where I was really struggling. And I didn't want to do that I didn't want to tap into my god voice. I didn't want to tap into spending that time because, you know, it was just like, "Oh, I gotta do this again." But the reality was sometimes even for me, as simple as putting on some music and lighting a candle really shifted my energy, and I started to feel better.
Andrea Crisp 11:40
Sometimes I would just go for a walk. And immediately I would have like this, like download of like, this is what I can do, these are the steps I can take. And I just even remember doing that the other day, feeling super overwhelmed with all the things that I needed to be doing in my business right now. And feeling like okay, the pressure is mounting. And I don't want to be working out of this kind of mode anymore. Like this is not working for me, this does not feel good. And so I was like, Okay, I'm going to stop what I'm doing. I'm going to go take a walk, and I'm going to regroup, and I got up for my walk. And immediately as I'm walking through the woods, it was like literally, I had a moment where it was like the four steps came and I opened my voice notes on my phone. And I just spoke them into my voice notes. Step one, step two, step three, step four, and I wrote it all out, or sorry, I just put it into my voice notes. And there it was. And it was so helpful to me to know that, "You know what, I could spend hours and hours coming up with those steps. Or I can take a break, go for a walk and allow God to speak right to me directly." So listen to your inner wisdom and guidance.
Andrea Crisp 12:57
And then the fourth thing is get clarity. And you can do that multiple different ways. Getting clarity can be through, actually, you know, going through worksheets or, you know, listening to something that is helping you to make some decisions in your life. But a lot of times, it is actually talking it out with a coach, someone who can help guide you in the process, and can help you start to make those decisions in your business that feel really good for you to move forward. And, and a lot of times when we're just trying to figure it out on our own, it can feel like, "Oh, it's just too much." And in my life, I have been really fortunate because I am part of a Mastermind called Fast Foundations. And in this Mastermind, in this particular round that I'm in is like over 140 people that are entrepreneurs. And I mean they're kick ass entrepreneurs, they're coaches, they're healers, they're, they've, they they do everything under the sun. And I can literally tap into having those conversations with these people. And I get clarity each and every time I talk with one of them. Because by nature, they just are coaching through conversations. And then of course, I have my own coach as well, which is when I really need to dial in. And I need to be super specific about what it is that I want him to be doing and how I want to execute the plan.
Andrea Crisp 14:27
So I want to encourage you, if you're lacking clarity, in an area of your life, there is going to be someone who can help you to get the clarity that you need to start becoming aligned in your life and in your business. And that is going to give you the success that you truly desire moving forward. You know we are already almost at the end of 2021, which is so crazy to me. And I want to encourage you that if you are in a place right now where you're like, "I really do you want to set myself up for success in 2022, but I'm having a little bit of trouble figuring out how to do that." Let's jump on a call. And let's chat, I'm offering a coaching intensive to help you strategize for 2022. And over the next few weeks, I will have some spots available. And so if this seems like something you really want to do, you just kind of want to just dive right in. And you want to get really clear on a few things that will help you to start move forward, so that you can start planning for your year head and you can start feeling a little bit more relief and feeling like you're headed in the right direction and you know where you're going and you can trust your instincts, then I would love to chat with you. The way to book that call is just to go to my website, andreacrisp.ca/schedule, and we'll hop on a call. And we'll talk that through and we can go from there. I know that you do want to be brave and that you do want to be aligned for success. So Friend, if this helped you in any way, I'd love to hear about it. Make sure you are connected with me on Instagram at @andreacrispcoach, also @the.couragecast, and let me know what was your one big takeaway from this episode today? How are you going to start aligning yourself for success? Are you going to work on your mindset? Are going to start taking those incremental shifts? Are you going to just tap into your inner wisdom? Or are you going to get really clear by talking it out with a coach? I loved hanging out with you today. Until next time, remember, you have everything you need to live bravely.
Kate 16:38
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