Episode #72: Reflecting on Your Year: A Deep Dive into Personal Growth and Evolution as a female entrepreneur
The Fearless Female Entrepreneur
Release Date: 12/15/2023
The Fearless Female Entrepreneur
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info_outlineWelcome to Day 3 of the Lead Yourself series! Today we are doing a fun and reflective exercise.
In this episode I am sharing the power of reflection and celebrating personal growth before jumping into the new dreams and plans for next year.
Who you were a year ago is completely different than who you are today. Today, we are going to explore the path you've traveled over the past year and honor the resilience that has carried you through life's ups and downs.
I'm guiding you through a heartfelt letter-writing exercise to the YOU a year ago. This exercise is going to leave you in AWE of your strength, courage, growth, and resilience. It may not seem like you've transformed much this year, but this exercise is going to unveil the most important transformations that DID happen behind the scenes!
Grab a piece of paper and a pen and let's jump in!
(Stay tuned to the end of the episode where I share details about my upcoming new group coaching membership - BECOMING, designed to align your business vision, mindset, intuition, and actions with the coaching and support you need to succeed. The link is below to join the waitlist!)
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*Join the waitlist for BECOMING. This is a group coaching membership experience where we dive into your big life and business dreams and guide you to design and create your business vision, strategy and foundation, while aligning your mindset, intuition and aligned actions so you CONFIDENTLY make decisions that are BEST for you, decide the visibility and marketing strategies that ignite your magnetism and your passion so you show up consistently and fearlessly. This group is about YOUR EVOLUTION every step of the way. With multiple ways to get support throughout each month including 2 group coaching calls, coworking sessions, quarterly goal setting sessions, Live Q&A sessions, and monthly business growing and mindset shifted challenges.
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