Aren’t we all living in a pause?
A strange time for most of us to be “not working” I have been connecting with many women, who are feeling a sense of “inadequate” feeling of “not accomplishing” feeling of not in control of things in life and business. These are the times when we need to show up for ourselves, for our clients, community and those in need.
One thing this pandemic is teaching us is about the connection, and how communities get affected by each other. It is reminding us how we all are connected, and how we all need each other.
Many of these women whom I have been talking to, who are incredible in their businesses, some were starting new projects, and some were planning to host retreats and many other visionaries were planning their next steps. Now because of this pandemic, we are in a pause in a certain way, that even if we don’t want to, we are in a pause.
In these times, our clients, our communities, this world need us more than anything else.
So how can you be more of service and can still stand out to be the transformational leader
1. Be Transparent & Honest!!
One of the most important and powerful traits of a strong, grounded, and transformational leader is to be transparent and honest with their clients and community. Now is the time not to dim your voice. Share with your community how you are feeling, what is going on within your own inner world, how it is impacting you as a person. Your community, your clients are going to feel more connected to you. But along with sharing your feelings, your emotions a transformational leader know how to work around some difficult emotions, feelings. A transformational leader does no bypass or finds band-aid to the wounds just to show that nothing affects you as you are super spiritual. A breakthrough and transformational leader can show the community the ways of handling emotions, feelings in the most sacred way.
2.#NoSpiritualFukery #NoSpiritualBypassing
People who know me, know that I talk about many such topics which most are not speaking about in the spiritual community. Issues like Racism, spiritual bypassing, within our love and light community and more.
To be a transformational leader it is very important to NOT do any such things as spiritual bypassing.
This is not the time to play with “love and light” band-aid with your clients or community. It’s time to honour the shadows, fears and the feelings of your clients, and talk about them.
3. Time to go deeper, Doing your own Inner work!!
What I have known in my life, is that during any kind of challenging times, is only through doing your own inner work.
I share a story with my students and want to share that one with you here:
Once upon a time, there was a guru in India, in Punjab, the Kirtan ( holy hymns) was just ended and people of the village started to take his blessings, One mother requested guru jee, to make her son understand to not eat too many sweets. Guru jee said: Can you pls come back after 40 days?
The mother was surprised but said okay I will come. So 40 days passed and again after the evening Kirtan, she went to guru jee and requested the same:
Guru jee, pls make my son understand not to eat too many sweets.
Guru jee called the son and explained him gently not to do so. The son was an admirer of Guru jee so he agreed not to eat too many sweets.
The mother was confused, so she asked Guru Jee. “Guru Jee, this was a small talk which you could have done 40 days ago. So why did you want me to wait for 40 days and then come back? What is the significance of this?
So Guru jee started laughing and then said ” Bibi Jee, I wanted to make sure that I quit the habit of eating too many sweets before I tell your son not to do so”
So to help your clients it is very important to have your own inner work done, to know how to work on soul level, how to manage energies, how to work with shadow, archetypes, energy portals, generational imprints. That is when you will be able to work with your clients deeply and with integrity.
4. Opportunism vs being of support
Which side are you on? Truthfully I have seen, so many entrepreneurs start to take advantage of any kind of challenge people are facing, and same with this pandemic. I am not against selling and growing your business but know that your clients are human, they have feelings, they have emotions and on top of all this, they are smart!!
They can know when someone is trying to take advantage of them, their circumstances or when someone is genuinely offering support.
There are also those entrepreneurs who are offering sales, from their heart and that is what every entrepreneur’s intentions should be. If you have a product or service, which might help your clients in any of the difficult times, offer it soulfully.
5. Lead By Example
Most of us, become coaches and then learn some deep healing processes to help our clients. We become who we are today, because of a deep calling. The one and the most powerful way to inspire, encourage others is to lead them by example. This is the most essential quality of an effective, transformational leader.
Be a model for how to show up and who to be in the world. At this moment in history, we need leaders who are in integrity, who are authentic, who show kindness, who model grace & generosity.
Be that Leader!!
Show your community how to support during these times, encourage them to be home, how to talk to kids about all this, how to spend time, what they can do in their free time, and so much more…
6. Embracing the pause!!
This week I was coaching a client, who was very upset with herself and was about to quit from her business. She is working full time in the health care sector, have 5 kids. She has no time and she was very upset because she now can not do what she was planning to do.
During the coaching session, I heard her saying on repeat “what she can not do” So I helped her bring her focus on “What she can do” and then to ” how she can do that”
The challenge when we went deep, was not that she is not able to do what she wanted to or she didn’t have time, but it was that she was not okay with this pause we are all in.
See the nature has its own rhythm, and so does we. But when we do not have control over, what is going on, then it is very important to know how to embrace change.
Right now we are in a very delicate situation worldwide, and many entrepreneurs are struggling due to this, but as soon as you will become okay with this, you will see that everything will fall into place for you.
Right now people are losing their lives, and we need to focus on supporting time, even if it’s by staying home and embracing this pause.
7. Be Flexible
This is one of the powerful traits of the feminine leadership, that she works focused on feelings, emotions, love, shadows. Knowing what the circumstances divine feminine knows how to hold the container for others. Beyond the systems, the calender’s, the strategies, the protocols…
Divine feminine leaders know how to be available for the community, and how to be of more service during these times.
As an entrepreneur, it’s about time to start running your business with divine feminine principles more.
Wishing you all so much love, and a very safe journey during these difficult time. Hope you all stay and taking care of yourself, your loved ones, and your community.
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