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Space for New Places: A peek behind the scenes in a small business

March 24, 2021

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lotus flower in water

I’m taking some space in my business for a season.  A modified sabbatical for my own becoming..and so I give you a peek behind what is going on and a few seasonal shifts I’m making.  I share these with those that are interested specifically because of my passion for transparent leadership.  So many of my clients need permission to be on the journey and in the mess of real life, instead of the beauty-filtered bullshit of perfection that social media shows us.  I want to give you the real deal, in hopes that it helps you navigate your journey with compassion instead of comparison. 

Please know, that I am happy, I am well resourced, and I am still working.  I’m just physically and emotionally tired and intuitively I feel a slight shift in my professional work on the horizon and instead of fighting it, I’m listening and following the flow. 

 

I have a neighbor down the street who is moving in.  They did not hire professional movers but have been hauling loads of their belongings via landscaping trailers. An array of items sit disorganized in their driveway and open garage. I can see no method to the madness, but having moved 3 times in the last 6 years I know that slowly that jumble of stuff will find its way where it belongs in their new home. 

Their driveway is like part of my heart and brain right now. My BEING is in the middle of a new beginning. And often, I feel jumbled like that driveway. There is a part of me that is sorting herself out after 17 years of business and 49 years of living.  And so I’m taking the space to do my own soul sorting. 

 

How am I doing this while still working? First, I love and am energized by time with clients – and my calendar is perfectly sorted with group Soul-full Success sessions (membership is quietly opening you want to join us) and a few private appointments.  Each week I also have 1-2 appointments with my coaches.  I am in a business mastermind, I am working on compassionately writing my first book, and I am doing some private self-leadership work.  

 

Itโ€™s funny, before writing that paragraph out I was โ€œthinkingโ€ that do so little (my overachiever self is strong), and really, I am actually involved in so much.  And all that MUCHNESS requires space.  

 

So I am shrinking and shifting my output to the world – bringing it into a strategic huddle of things that make my heart feel light.  

 

You may have noticed I did not release a new podcast episode last week.  For now, Iโ€™m pausing my podcast and my โ€œformalโ€ marketing. Right now those feel heavy and extra vs. joyful and essential.  My intuition tells me this is just for a season, and that space will open me up for greater clarity.  I will still be sharing my heart and showing my work from a 100% spontaneous place – no plan, not strategy just following my energy.  

 

I want to love on my people, and that is YOU.  Thank you for being on my email list or reading my blog. I feel like spending more time here with YOU.  

 

Facebook has really fucked with my brain and attention span, and Iโ€™m lovingly choosing to write and read more outside of the little blue F.  

 

If you want to follow along, you can expect love notes and ideas herein email or on my blog… 

 

And so I will finish this up with a reflection question for you:

 

What is giving you energy? What is depleting you?

What are you gripping/doing that if you let it go, would free up your heart and mind, to give you more miraculous space and lightness? 

 

Loving you, 

Allison 

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๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง ๐„๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฑ๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐๐ž๐โ€”theyโ€™re messages from different parts of you. Rather than labeling them as good or bad, approach them with curiosity. Each emotion is a part of your system trying to communicate something important about your needs. By listening with empathy to these parts, you deepen your understanding of yourself and build emotional intelligence. This practice of compassionate inquiry helps you strengthen your connection to your internal experience and empowers you to respond in a way that aligns with your true Self.
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Overthink Much? I have this mental ideal that is Overthink Much?

I have this mental ideal that is embedded in my brain that I would be able to wake up and move forward with all my intentions.  I can see the clear direction and simple steps. I can envision all the "results" and the relief I make up those results would bring. 

One of the things I'm teaching myself to do - is try to write more from a professional voice for you instead of blab in inner processing out on this little white pop-up box. 

How's that working, Alli?

Buahahahah.... all my sweet and striving little parts trying to hold my life closely to that ideal.  I sense the squirm of these parts in my body even when my "thinking" is clear.

I now know this to be a signal for me to slow down and meet those parts with calm and curiosity. First, I must get past one of my sneakiest and most powerful partsโ€”my "awareness" part. This is not Awareness from my core self. 
In IFS - we call these self-like parts. The distinction is that the awareness part carries the burden and tone of "You're doing it wrong."

I asked my clients to notice the part of them that is "mindful and self-aware." What are the words that the voice uses? What is its tone? 

Is it SELF-calm and compassionate, deeply connected? Or is it cognitive and managerial with a motive? 

OOOOF...sending sweet love and compassion to all my thinking, overthinking, and trying-to-get-it-right-for-some-imaginaryideal-parts, and to yours. 

These parts need our somatic connection and attunement. They do not need judgment and alienation. They are scared and holding ages of fear and pain. 

Hello, inner managers, and judgers, and thinkers.  I see you.  I am here for you.  I see your skills.  You have done nothing wrong.  No matter what you feel, you deserve more love, not less.  Let's just breathe together, and then you can share your fears and concerns.  I am here for you.  I will not leave you.
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For me, it was the fear I would disintegrate and b For me, it was the fear I would disintegrate and be insignificant.  For many, it's attached to conditional love.  IFS coaching helped me in places typical coaching couldn't.  It helped me compassionately understand and connect with these parts - and ya know what? They began to relax, build trust, and step back, leaving space for my natural creativity, grounded confidence, and clarity to lead in my work & life.  This is available to you.  #ifscoaching
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