Not a ‘hustler’? That’s okay.
If 'hustling' isn't your thing, this is your permission to work in a way which feels natural to you Some of us are created to work with inspiration, flow and alignment.
Hi Coaches, this is your permission to work the way you want if ‘hustling’ isn’t your thing.
It all started with me wanting to be more ‘productive’. Ugh.
I was driven to create a strict work schedule. After reading that many self-employed people have a strict schedule of working from 9-5, I decided to see if it works for me.
I knew it was a mistake but I bulldozed that.
I started with a 9-1pm work schedule. A strict one which I said I will stick to, come hell or high water. Even if I felt uninspired. Even if I felt exhausted. Even if I felt no motivation.
I was very happy for the first 2 days. I am working on a done-for-you mindfulness workshop (launching soon!) and everything fell into place.
And then I slowly started burning out. Yes, after 4 days, my brain was fried.
I was burning out because ignoring my alignment and how my body felt, was the wrong move for me. (Can you relate?)
I wish I am a ‘hustler’. I have friends who are ‘hustlers’ - they can sleep for 3 hours a day, go for their day jobs and then work on their side hustles at night. I wish I can be like that.
But let’s face it - some of us will suffer if we do this whole hustling thing.
Some of us are made to work with inspiration and flow.
We are superstar workers when we work in the flow (hands up, my flow mates!). Blog posts write themselves. The creative output is on point. Our email newsletters hit the spot. Our videos and podcasts get ‘likes’ and people saying ‘thank you - this helped me so much!’
Acceptance is key for us, I think. I’ve accepted that I can’t work a strict routine everyday.
Do I feel frustrated sometimes? Yes. I launch lesser coaching workbooks when I could have launched one week after week like a machine.
Do I feel happier and enjoy life more everyday when I work with my flow? Yes.
It’s not worth it to sacrifice my alignment and sanity just to ‘get a new workbook launched fast!’
And as coaches, if you are burnt out, exhausted and running on empty, you have nothing to give to your audience.
Give yourself permission to work with the flow if that is natural to you.
Forcing yourself to be miserable is not going to help yourself, your loved ones or the world.
If you want to encourage self-care to your audience, you can email them some of the coaching tools in my done-for-you self care workbook. Or even use the tools as group coaching material.
If you like listening to podcasts, I have recorded a 5-minute episode here. My podcast is still new (and I have not even decided on the podcast cover yet).
Or listen to it below:
Meanwhile, take care of yourself!
Sincerely,
Shikah
Stressed that you are not a big-name coach?
We are not all destined to be Oprah or Gabby Bernstein - we have our own paths .
“Your life purpose does not have to involve changing the WHOLE world.
Your purpose can be fulfilled by changing YOUR world.”
I clicked ‘pause’ on the YouTube video I was watching. It was a video by Sonia Choquette - intuitive coach extraordinaire.
Is Ms. Choquette right?
Is changing our own little ‘world’ enough for us to say we are living our ‘life purpose’?
I had the thinking that if I am not the next big entrepreneur who makes 7 digits per year, I’m not fulfilling my biggest potential. And my life purpose journey has fallen short.
But - not all of us are destined to be big-name coaches like Gabby Bernstein or Denise Duffield-Thomas. (Or worse, comparing ourselves to Queen Oprah!)
When you make just ONE person feel good about themselves, it has a ripple effect.
Let’s look at how this cycle works
You make a frazzled mother feel good about trying her best even though she feels like a failure > She got in a good mood > And attended to her kids cheerfully that day > Her kids were happy to have a present + relaxed Mum > They got in a good mood too
If you shift the vibe of just one person, her whole community benefits from it.
So don’t be disheartened if you are spreading light and positive messages around but feel that you are just impacting ‘one’ person.
That ‘one’ person will extend your positivity to her circle. And this circle will grow.
So thank you for the work that you do, coaches.
Sincerely,
Shikah
FREE (BRANDABLE) Discover Your Gifts Coaching Tool + NEW Discover Your Life Purpose Workbook
I have created a FREE Discover Your Gifts and Talents coaching tool which you can download and use with your clients.
Hey Coaches - if you are thinking of launching a Discover Your Purpose program, you will love this new brandable workbook!
I have created a FREE Discover Your Gifts and Talents coaching tool which you can download and use with your clients at the bottom of this post.
I want to genuinely help you coaches create positive change in this world in an easy way.
That is why I have created a Discover Your Life Purpose and Passion Workbook which you can brand and use with your clients.
So how can your clients transform with this Discover your Life Purpose & Passion Coaching Workbook?
Discover their unique gifts + talents and being authentic to themselves
Learn how to discover their true life purpose + start experiencing clarity
Start finding their true passions + honour them
Learn how to make the BEST decisions with my Value Score Method
Uncover their authentic life values and respect them
Can you personalise this Workbook?
Yes, you can swap the images, tweak the branding colours in the Challenge workbook to be in sync with your brand.
Want the free and brandable Discover your Gifts and Talents coaching tool?
Use this as a lead magnet to get more subscribers, or as content for your blog and save time!
Take care, thank you for the work that you do and may you have a wonderful day today.
Sincerely,
Shikah
PS: In short, I have created Discover Your Life Purpose Workbook which you can edit and use with your clients. Save your time and energy and spare yourself all the headaches associated with creating coaching content!
Make the BEST business decisions with this method
Coaches, if you can’t sleep at night obsessing over business decisions, this method can clear your mind.
Coaches, if you can’t sleep at night obsessing over business decisions, this method can clear your mind.
I’m sure you have pictured many ways to expand and get more reach for your coaching business.
Maybe you feel tempted to offer ‘ABC’ service to your clients because you are very driven to hit a six-figure income this year.
Maybe you have considered creating 10 Instagram Stories everyday to stay relevant to your audience. (Even though you know in the deepest corner of your heart that you are going to hate doing all these)
I’ve been there too.
I will share one method for you to get crystal clear on your decisions so that you can continue to enjoy running your business.
If you are lost and indecisive if you should offer this extra service or that, take note of your core life values.
Sounds boring at first glance, yes?
Well, you can start by listing down your top 5 life values. I will give mine as an example.
My current list - in order of importance
Freedom
Health (including mental health)
Relationships and friendships
Wealth
Fun
You can then create your business to line up with your values - especially your top 3 values.
For example, I choose not to offer 1-1 services right now although I get emails almost everyday requesting for custom workbooks.
At this moment, offering 1-1 services does not fulfil my HIGH need for freedom.
And stressing over deadlines - coupled with my need to produce high quality work - will affect my mental health.
Take note of your values before collaborating, launching a service, introducing a new system, trying a new marketing tactic - you name it.
Your values will change as time passes.
So your business is likely going to shape-shift to meet your values and not remain the same - provided that you honour your values.
I feel called to share this info with you after watching too many motivational YouTube videos last week, thanks to a flu bug. What a fun week it was.
Meanwhile, let’s send our blessings to people who need them and pray for peace.
Shikah
Two FREE Self-Care Coaching Captions for your Instagram (Done-for-you content for coaches)
Typing out long, meaningful captions on Instagram can give you a major headache if you are feeling frazzled running your own coaching business! I have self care coaching captions for you to use on your Instagram free of charge. Let me do the creating and writing - you just copy and paste my work on your Instagram page!
Whenever I click open my IG app and scroll through the feeds of big name coaches, I see that many of them write long, meaningful captions.
These six-or-seven figure coaches have the cash to get writers to help them with writing.
But if you are at the starting point of your coaching business, hiring a writer can be a pinch to your finances.
Because of that, I’m giving you two free MEANINGFUL self-care captions which you can copy-and-paste on your IG today.
If you are excited to have your IG content done + scheduled for this month, you can grab my bundle of 20 Self Care Captions + 20 images.
So you can...
Build credibility as a coach on IG
Be seen as an authority in coaching
Save your time and focus on coaching clients
Spend less on writers!
Of course you will be curious to see what these self-care captions look like.
Grab these two free captions below.
Or you can jump straight to grabbing the 20 Self Care Captions + Images bundle and immediately schedule everything using Later.com or Planoly.
Take advantage of the blood, sweat and tears I put in to write these 20 captions! (ok, that was a bit of an exaggeration…)
But these captions are like mini blog posts, so you can imagine the work that goes behind creating them.
Want 2 FREE Self Care captions from this 20-captions super bundle?
Type your email address below and wait for them to appear in your inbox.
That’s all from me today :)
Blessings always.
Shikah