The Power of Belief: My Journey to Business Bliss

As I sit down to write, I think I have nothing to say because there is no drama to write about or problems to be solved. I feel so much peace and stillness in business at this moment. I’ve never felt this before. It is new to me.

There is still work to do. Some of the work is professionally challenging, and that feels good.

I see and resist the urge to make the absence of business stress a problem.

My mind wants to nag at me, asking questions like:

Should I be doing more?

Should I be working harder?

Do I not have big enough goals? After all, some of my colleagues have million-dollar firms.

And the answer to all these things is a no.

I’ve changed many beliefs about life and business along the way to awakening to my true power. The knowledge that I am the creator of my life and business.

I used to equate my worth to my work and believed that work had to be hard and a struggle until I fully realized and accepted that I was responsible for creating my life. I’ve worked on myself to overcome my patterns.

And it didn’t happen overnight. It took years.

I have looked at myself, the good, the bad, and the ugly, and learned to give myself so much grace and love. My work involved learning how the brain and body keep us trapped in patterns of thought and behavior, going to workshops and retreats, and lots of coaching/counseling.

One powerful thing I did was listen to the recordings of my coaching sessions to get to know myself better. I heard when I was a victim, when I was being overresponsible for everyone and everything, when I was hard on myself, and when I was strong and confident. I heard myself know what my boundaries needed to be, and hearing my own voice speak about what I was tolerating gave me the strength to end unsupportive relationships and situations. I meditated for hours, created intentional art, and found my voice. I am so grateful I’ve had the resources to do this work.

I still have a tendency to go back to the struggling energy and look for problems. Now that I have done the work to look at and know myself, I see the patterns more quickly when I boomerang (this is what my coach, the amazing Vicki Baird, calls it) back into striving and confusion. I get out more rapidly.

I know this period of peace and ease is a new setpoint that I can return to. It feels solid, and experiencing it helps me know I am not there when I feel it’s absence.

I also know I will continue to challenge myself in business and grow, and for now, I am enjoying this space where things are humming along and the knowledge that I’ve done the hard work to create it and deserve to enjoy it.

One of the best business advice I have ever received was to have fun with my career. I remember hearing that and feeling totally confused because I believed I needed to struggle in business at that time. I needed to go home and be able to say, you don’t understand how hard things are. This behavior came from watching my father use work hardship as an excuse for his absence. It’s so twisted how our patterns come about and become entrenched in our chemistry.

Dr. Joe Dispenza teaches that we must exert a will greater than our programming to change. This is the work, and it’s so worth the effort.

I am setting the intention during this week of my birthday, the start of my next year of living, for receiving health in all ways, including peace and joy in business.

I now believe:

Work can be fun.

Work can be easeful.

Business doesn’t have to be painful.

I am creating this life.

I am living proof it is possible to create a business you love that feels good.

Let the games continue.