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Episode #4: How To Manage Overwhelm As An Entrepreneur – In A Pandemic And Anytime

Episode #4: How To Manage Overwhelm As An Entrepreneur – In A Pandemic And Anytime

Listen Here: As minimalist business owners, I want to help you focus on what’s important so you’re not wasting precious brain energy on unproductive effort and mental drama that doesn’t…

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Episode #3: How to Manage Your Mind and Business in Uncertain Times

Episode #3: How to Manage Your Mind and Business in Uncertain Times

So many of you are struggling to manage your businesses through this COVID-19 upheaval. And I get it. I have my own moments of feeling anxiety and even fear as…

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Episode #2 – Defining Success As An Entrepreneur

Episode #2 – Defining Success As An Entrepreneur

This week I'm talking all about success as a minimalist business owner. What we think it is, ways to think differently about it, and why it's so important to do…

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Introduction to the Minimalist Business Academy Podcast – Episode #1

Introduction to the Minimalist Business Academy Podcast – Episode #1

Welcome to the Minimalist Business Academy podcast! If you've come here because you were subscribed to the She Breaks The Mold podcast before, I'm thrilled that you decided to join…

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What Exactly is a “Minimalist Business” Anyway?

What Exactly is a “Minimalist Business” Anyway?

Before we get to the main article, a wee bit of housekeeping: Welcome to JanetWhalen.com! Home of Janet Whalen coaching - minimalist business training, mindset & life coaching for self-employed…

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  • Join me for Episode #4 of the Minimalist Business Academy podcast today to learn about managing overwhelm. As minimalist business owners, I want to help you focus on what’s important so you’re not wasting precious brain energy on unproductive effort and mental drama that doesn’t affect our bottom line, or positively affect your customers. One of the biggest barriers to really succeeding with this is feeling overwhelmed. It’s one of the most common problems my clients come to me with. And it’s one of the feelings they often need the most help overcoming because when they’re in the middle of it, they don’t realize what an indulgent emotion it really is. Overwhelm causes you to spin in circles of uncertainty, doubt and lack of confidence. It makes you feel like you don’t have choices. Or even too many choices. It can leave you feeling like you’re stuck in quick sand because it offers no solutions and no forward movement. Fortunately, even in the midst of physical distancing in a pandemic, there are solutions. You don’t have to stay stuck in overwhelm. You can train yourself to recognize it for what it is – an emotion that tricks you into thinking it’s more comfortable than acting, and offers no useful upside – and learn to think more productive thoughts. Listen via the link in my profile ⬆️ #podcastsforwomeninbusiness #businesscoachingforwomen #manageoverwhelm #minimalistbusiness #businesscoach #lifecoaching #selfcompassion #selfcare #conqueroverwhelm #overwhelmed #managinganxiety #podcastforwomen #womensupportingwomen #womensupportingwomeninbusiness
  • How are you doing today? Under normal circumstances, when you’re not feeling so great, it can be helpful to have a gratitude practice to remind you that all is not broken, and there are still positive things to focus on. But most of us have never gone through a global pandemic together, have never been forced to close our businesses, to face months without revenue or even the prospect of closing altogether. I get that gratitude could be hard to grasp at the moment for some of you. So I want to introduce you to the concept of the ladder thought. If you can’t quite find belief in gratitude, you might be able to take a believable step towards it that feels even a tiny bit better than what you’re thinking now. I’m starting today by answering my own ladder thought - “What’s making this easier for me right now?” - in my stories and will post a new answer to that question every day. Whatever you’re feeling right now is normal. And totally ok. AND if you’d like to find a way to feel even a little better, join me and let me know what’s making all of this easier for you. You never know - someone else could be helped by your answer too. #whatsmakingthiseasier #feelbetter #womensupportingwomeninbusiness #lifecoach #businesscoachingforwomen #thelifecoachschool #mindset #ladderthoughts #gratitudepractice #womeninbiz #shiftyourperspective #businesscoach
  • While we wait for a vaccine to help end this situation we’re all facing, I’m feeling grateful today for continued access to healthy food and water. And for having everything we need to sustain ourselves right now. And I’m thankful for the amazing people who are still going to work to make that possible. I also realized this morning that while my physical body might not be immune to this virus, I’ve already got a vaccine for my mindset - and it’s been helping me tremendously for weeks now. My life coach training from @lifecoachschool has been indispensable, especially in recent days. Knowing I can manage my mind and decide to think thoughts that serve me at any given moment has been such a gift. Do I still feel anxious sometimes? Of course. I have a human brain and it’s doing its job, just like yours is. It desperately wants to keep me safe. But I also know I can handle any feeling I’m having right now. And I have my own back while I sort through what’s working for me. And if that’s all the immunity I can get for now? I will handle that too. #thelifecoachschool #lifecoach #changeyourthoughtschangeyourlife #businesscoachforwomen #womenhelpingwomen #mindset #anxiety #thoughtwork #growth #awareness #haveyourownback #minbizacademy #vaccineforthemindset
  • Episode #3 of the Minimalist Business Academy podcast is up now! This one’s for you if you’re struggling with how to think about your business right now - how to promote yourself, or if you even should? There’s a better way to manage your thinking if you’re spinning in uncertainty, doubt or worry about how you’re going to manage through the next few months. This pandemic will end. They always do. We have no idea what the future looks like right now, but that just makes today the same as any other day we’ve ever lived though. The future has never been promised to us. We need to acknowledge how we’re feeling right now, allow those feelings to be there, and then get back to work. Just as the many corporate employees are doing who are working at home - some for the first time. It’s not easy. But it never was. We’ve never had control over our circumstances. But we have all the control over what we make them mean to us. Let’s start with that. Be well my friends! Listen with the link in my profile ⬆️ #podcastsforwomeninbusiness #podcastforwomen #businesscoachingforwomen #manageyourmind #thinkonpurpose #womeninbiz #youvegotthis #smallbusinessowner #changeyourthoughts #womenentrepreneurs #womensupportingwomen #womenhelpingwomen #coaching #thoughtwork #stayhome #vaccineforthemindset #minbizacademy
  • Checking in! How are you doing? I’ve been trying to limit my news and social media consumption to help manage anxiety. But I want to know how you’re doing! How are you managing in your business while we move through this bizarre time? Are you actively working? If you have kids, how are you dealing with working at home with other people running around? I have a new podcast coming later tonight that might help, but for now, let’s share some tips and help each other out. My chief complaint is everyone hogging the WiFi. First world problems, to be sure, but I think we have between 6 and 8 devices online at any given time between our university student, my working-from-home husband, my other son and me! What’s working for you? How are you managing? If you’re not, tell us that too. We need to give ourselves space to deal with this however we can. Perfect is the enemy of absolutely everything except hand washing right now 🦠 #workfromhomemom #businesscoachforwomen #stayhome #workingduringcovid19 #womeninbiz #shareyourtips #vaccineforthemindset
  • Really fun news this morning! I loved every minute of the first six months of my training with the @lifecoachschool! Yes, I was already a coach before I went through this program. But I’ve really found my coaching home with Brooke Castillo and The Life Coach School. I’ll never say I wish I had done this sooner, because I was meant to do it now - in this moment. And to have the coaching education I got a few years ago as well. It’s all happening exactly as it should and now I have a beautiful blend of tools and experience to offer you! On a personal note, I want to live my life learning - right up until the end! I believe all good coaches should think this way. To always be on the leading edge of what’s available to help us help our clients. I’m looking forward to bringing all of this learning to my sessions with you 👍🏻 And thank you to the amazing women who showed up for my free zoom call today. I hope you got what you needed and can approach these next few months with less fear and doubt around your businesses! Stay healthy, my friends! Yours in social distancing, Janet #thelifecoachschool #businesscoachingforwomen #lifecoach #definesuccess #yourthoughtscreateyourreality #neverstoplearning #celebrate #womeninbusiness
  • Today on the Minimalist Business Academy podcast I’m talking all about SUCCESS! What we think it is, ways to think differently about it, and why it’s so important to do this thought work early in our business. A few things can happen when we try to define success for ourselves: 1. We conflate success with happiness (listen to hear why this is is a problem), and 2. Too often, we follow someone else’s (or society’s) definition of what success should look like. We end up not knowing how to evaluate opportunities, not being able to celebrate milestones, and feeling like a great big failure when that’s not at all what’s happened. Minimalist business owners start with a strong sense of what success will look like. We set goals based on the values we want our business to run by, and we decide on purpose what it will look like when we’ve achieved them. We try not to spend time in indecision, or confusion or overwhelm, because we know what we want to achieve, no more and no less. Listen to hear more and grab your free Goals & Outcomes worksheet! Link to listen in my bio ⬆️ #podcastsforwomen #womeninbiz #businesscoachingforwomen #lifecoach #success #definesuccess #successmotivation #womenwithaplan #herbusiness #sayyestosuccess #savvybusinessowners #minimalistbusiness #womenentrepreneurship #businesscoach #businesscoaching
  • When you think of success in your business, do you think in terms of snapshots in time - like before & after photos? Or is success about the whole journey, including all the milestones along the way that define your progress? One of the most amazing things about being an entrepreneur is that you get to define what success looks like for you. No one else can tell you you’re doing it wrong. Oh they’ll try! The internet is full of advice that makes us think we have to constantly be 10x’ing our business, or getting in front of investors or [insert trendy advice here]. It’s worth giving your definition of success some thought so you’ll know when you’re on the right path for you. So you can notice and celebrate the milestones along the way. And so you can tune out the external voices that tell you your business isn’t “enough”. Tell me in the comments what success looks like for you, and how you celebrate enjoying it throughout the journey! #definesuccess #womenentrepreneurship #enough #successmotivation #minimalistbusiness #businesscoachingforwomen #womenwithaplan #womenbusinessowners #herbusiness #lovemybiz #lifecoach #businesscoach #sayyestosuccess #createyourhappy #savvybusinessowners
  • It’s my new podcast’s birthday! And I’m hoping you’ll celebrate with me by listening ☺️ If you were already subscribed to She Breaks The Mold, you don’t have to do a thing - I changed the name of that show so you’ll remain subscribed. If not, you can find me at Minimalist Business Academy on Apple Podcasts, and hopefully everywhere else you listen (sometimes it takes a while for podcast changes to get pushed out to other directories). My new show, still for women entrepreneurs of course, helps you learn to define success for yourself. To remember why you started your business in the first place and focus on profitability and simplicity over complexity and busy-ness. Minimalist businesses aren’t necessarily small - they aim to be lean and profitable! To achieve that sounds simple - isn’t that what every business owner wants? Maybe. But it’s not what most business advice gets us. We’re taught “Go big or go home”. Take on debt because there’s more to valuation calculations than just profit. And if you be quick about it, someone will come along, scoop up your business for millions and you can retire! Problem is, that’s not realistic for most business owners. And many of us don’t want to scale and sell. We want to run a manageable business that brings us and/or our families financial freedom and the satisfaction that comes from doing work we love. If you want to figure out what enough is for you, define success on your terms, and have a life outside your business, I hope you’ll follow along. Link in profile to listen ⬆️ #minimalistbusiness #businesscoachingforwomen #lifecoachforwomen #defineyoursuccess #podcastsforwomen #podcastsofinstagram #newpodcastalert #womenentrepreneur #womeninbiz

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