I want to let you in on a secret… I’M QUITTING MY BUSINESS.
You see, over the last year, I’ve worked with some amazing business coaches and joined phenomenal accountability groups, and I have learned SO much.
But they also solidified an idea in my head about what a successful business ‘should’ look like: I should be doing weekly newsletters, I should write guest posts, I should have webinars… before I knew it I was should’ding all over myself.
So I am here to come clean and make you a whole-hearted promise.
Watch this video to find out more!
I recorded this video while still healing from the sinus infection (so excuse the sniffs!). I just felt compelled to share this with you because it feels so good to recognize and trust re-alignment. Even when it shows up disguised as sickness, procrastination or just plain-ol’ something feeling off.
You are a big part of my life and it means a lot to me that I can come to you as my authentic, vulnerable, true self.
Hopefully that gives you a bit of permission for you to be just as you are in your life.
Self-acceptance is a key to self-love. And self-love is the foundation for everything amazing in your life.
Now I’d love to hear from you:
Where in your life can you stop should’ding and must’urbating? What visions of success could use some updating and how can you allow yourself to follow inspiration to bringing these dreams to life?
LOVE this Lana!! That’s really all I can say…indescribable resonation. Can’t wait to see your new blossoms! xoll Lindsey
Your words just gave me goose-bumps, I’m resonating with your indescribable resonation. 🙂 Thank you Lindsey!
LOOOOOOOOOVE this Lana!! I’ve done something similar recently by committing to only doing work through inspired action. I no longer structure my day, I follow my natural rhythms and it has completely changed my biz (and life) for the better! It made space for so much possibility I never would’ve thought of on my own. Everything is flowing and everything feels GOOD. Thanks for this! xo
Inspired action (and only inspired action) is the quickest path to success. So glad we both know that Susan and that everything in your life is flowing so beautifully!
I love this, Lana. I don’t know how I’m going to apply it to my life yet but it’s making me ask questions of myself why I’m always so tired. Alignment may be missing indeed in areas of my life. You are such a passionate, clear, dynamic, beautiful speaker. Thank YOU! Looking forward to seeing what opens up for you after this declaration. Blessings!
Thank you for your kind words Kat! Tiredness is usually one of the first signs my body gives me. It’s taken me some time to recognize that I get tired not because of lack of sleep (I can dance all night and then wake up for the sunrise when on vacation and feel amazing!), or because I am lazy, or because I didn’t eat enough… it is usually a sign to realign. Naps do wanders for that. 🙂
You are such a stunning person Lana! You inspire me everday… xo
You inspire me Brandon!!
This resonates strongly with me. In my previous dance studio biz I felt so out of control maintaining the status quo of others. It broke me down completely and I released myself from it. I then decided to trust myself and feel freedom in doing my own thing in an online biz. Inspired action for sure! I felt light and glowing with excitement. Learning more about the online space I noticed everyone following along blindly to the linear step by step directions. Ugh! There was that confined feeling again. I’ve been sitting back, hesitant to move forward. I’m waiting for that inspired action again to go at it my way, without feeling like following the crowd is the way to go. There is such a strong momentum in standing in the flow of runners. I too need to get on a road where I love my surroundings. I will being by being tuned in, tapped in and turned on. Much love, fellow retiree xoxo
How courageous for you to walk away and follow your freedom Jullian! I know it will continue to lead us to incredible leading-edge places!
Love this Lana! You are so watchable! Really inspirational x
Thank you Katie!
i KNEW you were going to say this. i’m fascinated by you and your “business” and lifestyle. I can’t wait to see what is happening next.
to your ALIGNMENT!
xo
alison
Your comment made me smile. Never thought I’d be fascinating, but I gotta admit, I like the sound of it. 🙂 Let’s take turns fascinating and awe-ing each other Alison, what do you say?! 🙂
So well said! I’m right there with you — reserving the “yes” and the “doings” for the tasks that are fueled by inspiration and fun for our souls to do. I’ve definitely had to be uber-conscious about how to get and then stay in alignment. Just watching you share your journey re-energized me today 🙂 Have fun!!! And we’ll see you when we see you 🙂
Thank you Tamsen! I love what you said about reserving the YES to the unequivocal yesses, and not the shoulds/coulds!
Awesome Lana!!!! Can’t wait to see you in Playa next week:-)
I was at a business retreat last week where my biggest takeaway was to get back to my meditation practice and breathe. I was getting caught up in the busy-ness. With the running, my energy was VERY high. Thrilling, but a bit unmanageable.
Feels good to get back to center:-)
Now THAT is a fabulous business retreat take-away Nneka! Center is where all the good stuff likes to hang out, so glad you and I know how to return to it! Can’t wait to dance and co-create with you in Playa!!
Lana! I love your message and, of course, it comes at such a great time for me, because I’m in the midst of doing the same thing! My business has been flourishing, and it’s been truly wonderful and has filled me up to overflowing. AND I had all of these ideas about where it “should” go, and where it certainly COULD go, but at the cost of my alignment, and that is of course NOT worth it! So it’s time to realign, and I’m closing my beautiful studio and moving to another state! Wah! There are definitely moments when a voice inside tells me I’m crazy to start fresh like this, but the deeper part knows how GOOD it is.
Also, I was very uncharacteristically unwell in my body a couple days ago, with I think my first (and last?!) experience with food poisoning. It was pretty intense, and I just breathed through it and stayed in bed all morning, with one hand on my stomach and one on my heart, sending love and conversing with them, hearing what they had to say. It was SUCH a powerful experience and gift! Definitely a reinvention and realignment! I gained SUCH insight from my conversations with my body, and I continued those conversations as I moved gently through the day. I was able to see all my clients. I just showed up softer and slower than I might normally. In fact, I showed up more expansively, because my body required greater focus. We can definitely learn so much from illness. AND it can shift very swiftly too, when we move WITH ourselves and tune within.
Thanks for this sharing Lana. Love it! 🙂 Wish you so much fun on your journeys!!!
Kimberly, following your inspiration and feeling of freedom always pays off handsomely!! I love the insights you gained from your body and how it translated to you being even more YOU! So excited to see where this wonderful alignment takes you in the near future!
Lana, this is so what I needed to hear. I also have had great results with my current business, but feel I am out of alignment with where I ultimately see myself. Having recently met you on B school has been a real eyeopener, and as I progress through the modules, I am just so excited with what the future has to offer, and what I can also offer. It is great to be on the same journey together, and thanks for just being so open and honest. Get better soon:)
I am so glad that you are taking Bschool on your own terms Julie! Nothing is more rewarding than feeling in alignment with what you are doing!
Just what I needed to hear Lana! Thank you for loving yourself so much that It inspires us to do the same.
Those words warm my heart dear Karina, thank you!
Just “stumbled” across this post and am so appreciating what you’ve laid out here.
As much as I follow inspired action, there’s always more places (and it’s so stunning to find them!) where I can let go even more and ask for the help that is always available in this friendly universe.
I get to a place like this and think, “why did I wait so long?” And then I remember how unhelpful that question is and I ask, “what do I want next?” and the deep relief flows in.
Thank you for sharing this so clearly!
You were perfectly guided by your intuition and I am so glad we found each other Frank! “What do I want next?” is such a brilliant question to move into even greater alignment – love it!
This is a great post. It is inspiring me to do more of the “right” things for ME. I hate shoulda woulda coulda’s. I agree when you are sick, life and our bodiy forces us to slow down and that is a good thing. Our bodies tell us so much. Thanks for this post.
I am so glad to hear that Brigid!
I love this! So funny — last night I texted a group of friends I’m close to and told them that I’m quitting “nice”! I’m so done with it! And by doing that, I can be more loving, I can be more authentic, and I can smile even more warmly.
Yes Julia! Trying to be nice usually zaps the true niceness out of us. 🙂
its my first time to listen to you, as im a B school newbie… but your doing this on March 21st and its the first day of spring… so there u go … springing into action on a new path…good luck to you..i find your way refreshing, delightful and inspiring…
I didn’t even connect this revelation to the first day of spring! Thank you for that reminder Jolene!
I love it, Lana! Those “should be” moments can really get you spun around from the important “I am” mindset and sometimes we question our own inner guidance system when we start focusing on what we should be doing and stop focusing on what we feel passionate about. Thank you for the reminder!
I’ll remind you if you’ll remind me when I need it. Deal Laurel?! 😉
Love this!! I am just starting a new biz in b-school and have a crazy idea that will really really make me happy and serve my ICA. The problem is some feedback from people who aren’t my ICA make me think I should expand things to include them. But that would make me miserable. And I am also going to highly hold the line on no 1 on 1 bonuses to my online stuff so I can also spend that energy on the offline part that thrills me. I think my online stuff will rock all on its own and I am going to resist adding any packages that offer draining (to my introvert) 1 on 1 sessions that I see others doing. Can’t wait for lift off and thank you for this permission to continue to break and bend the rules.
The thing that I’m starting to realize is that for every ‘rule’, there are exceptions. Many succeed by doing something differently. So there really are no rules and I’d rather be the exception!
Lana –
Such a true inspiration! In launching my new business, this helped me realized I’ve been putting SO MUCH LAME pressure on myself to do what I think I “SHOULD” do to be a successful coach and grow my business. Your words rang so true and I’m excited for some introspection and reassessment of what’s truly in my heart and how I can translate that unique gift in to what others could benefit from in my coachings. THANK YOU! i recently attended an Abraham Hicks workshop in San Diego – they’re incredible! Enjoy and heal up! Sending you love and light!
Lisa 🙂
(also a B-school sister :))
Hi fellow Aber and Bschool sister Lisa! I am so excited that this post resonated with you and that you will follow your inspiration to bring the unique gift into this world that only YOU can bring! And on your own terms. 🙂
THIS is what I want to interview you on! Kudos, mama, kudos.
I would be honored Wendy!
Wonderful Lana!! I have recently been going through a letting go & rebirth as well:) I wrote a post about it here: http://www.aspenoracle.com/evolving-with-grace/
Loved your post, thanks for sharing Jennah! I also feel that “Things really do easily unfold if I let them.”
Yes:) thank you for taking the time to read it. Best of luck & lemme know how Ahicks is! I’m looking at attending the one in Denver June 21st.
Lana, thank you for sharing. That is exactly how I have been feeling! Have fun at Abraham Hicks. I so love them. Saw them in Melbourne Australia. Life changing for me! Enjoy! 🙂 xx
Follow your heart, Lana, and get to the New Success. Good luck.
Thank you Leo. Our hearts always know!
This really helped me. Thank you 🙂 Lately I have felt a bit unmotivated and as I was watching your video something clicked for me.
All I can say is this really, really resonated with me right now – it was exactly what I needed to hear. I know this sounds a bit silly, but now I won’t feel like such a lazy, horrid, unproductive person for not doing all that boring crap that I feel I “should” do for my business. Because I am not alone in this!
xoxo
Kate
Wonderful Lana~
I’m REALLY inspired by your energy here and your authenticity!
Go for it and I am too 🙂
Inspired too by your B School post, which sent me here!
I will respond there further.
Sarah
Thank you so much Sarah! Let’s keep reminding each other to go for it!
Hi Lana, I love seeing you step higher and higher into your alignment and embodying the way of living and principles that you share with the world, it’s a joy to behold, and I know your future adventures (work / play) will be fabulous.
It is such a powerful thing to follow your own alignment rather than a perscribed strategy for how to be, work and succeed in the world – it takes courage and alignment – and you model it beautifully.
I too have been listening to and following my own inner guidance more than outer ‘guidance’ recently (and letting go the shoulds) about work / life and have taken some time off to revitalise when my body asked me to. That is indeed so nourishing … and I look forward to re-emerging refreshed and re-energised very soon.
It’s a real pleasure to be part of your journey dear friend – have a fantabulous time at the land cruise <3
Thank you Ferris! I know the same exhilaration is ahead for you too!
Hi Lana,
I am a fellow B-Schooler and I wanted to let you know how awesome it is that you bared your soul and shared this with us. I’m excited to see the journey unfold and i am sure it will be awesome 🙂 Its so true and so freeing to be yourself, and to truly be present with our loved ones. I have known both sides of this (unpresent and depressed, and now more connected) and there’s a world of a difference. I hope you have a wonderful retreat in Playa and we’ll see you on the other side, whenever you are back 🙂 Sending you love and light:)
Can I just say what a comfort to find an individual who truly understands what they are talking about on the net.
You certainly realize how to bring a problem to light and make it important.
More and more people have to look at this and understand this side of your story.
I was surprised that you aren’t more popular since you most certainly have the
gift.