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What to do when you're doing ALL the right things - and it's not working.

It's the worst. You know you're doing the right things. You've read books, learnt from mentors, hired coaches, watched what others do. You're doing the things that other people do to achieve success. It can feel so frustrating! Why isn't it working for you? 

When you're in this place, my guess is that you've gotten caught up in a) being busy doing stuff, and b) looking outside yourself.

My advice? Reconnect - to yourself, to your ideal clients, and to what you actually offer and sell.

Let's dive in...

What should you do when you're doing all the right things and nothing is working?

Here's my advice:

1. Re-establish connection with yourself. How? Journalling, use the prompts in my Align + Attract book, meditate, walk, align to a goal using my alignment process, book a Kinesiology session
2. Re-establish connection with your ideal clients. Who are they? What do they want and need? How...

Aligning to Your Life Purpose with Daria Schwarzenböck

This episode of the Align + Attract podcast is part of my "Your Aligned Business" series where I interview a range of business owners about their aligned businesses to give you inspiration for yours.

I met Daria Schwarzenböck when she joined Align + Attract late 2020 and her journey in the course was an inspiring one I wanted to share with you!

A live round of Align + Attract is running during June - read more and join us if you feel inspired.

Daria is a transformation coach, a deep transformation channel, from Belarus, now living in Austria. She helps heart-centered entrepreneurs, great healers, coaches & therapists who already mastered all of the strategy and marketing hacks, energy and mindset tools, to get to the next level in their business with ease. But - differently.

Healing and releasing the deepest buried wounds and blocks with ease, reconnecting even more to your soul and to the divine and...

Creative Sparks with Erica Boettcher

Align + Attract

Align + Attract is enrolling now with a new live round starting May 31st. If you'd love to create more alignment in your business, read more and join us here: alignandattract.com/course

Erica's Fruitful Feelings...

Are you Aligning + Attracting?

It's so important to find the tools that resonate with you so that you can clear blocks that come up for you, and continue to re-connect with yourself and create (or refine) your version of an aligned business.

My Align + Attract group program has a new live round starting Monday 31st May - yep, next Monday!

Learn more about it and whether it might be right for you...

Align + Attract

In Align + Attract you focus on aligning your energy with your big picture goals, your ideal clients, your fees, your income goals + your ideal numbers.

And.... don't be surprised if you end up on your own journey of discovery as you start to gain deeper clarity on what you REALLY want and your power to align with that.

If you enjoy the podcast and resonate with my energy - you'll love the program. I've been teaching versions of this material since 2011 because it really works.

It's not just about "getting" more of what you want, it's about creating a deeper...

Creating and Re-Creating Your Beautifully Aligned Business with Emma Polette

This interview is part of my Your Aligned Business series where I talk to inspiring business owners about THEIR inspiring businesses to give you inspiration for YOURS. Find the ep on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

GRIT + Business Alignment

Grit is a theory by Angela Duckworth which looks at what causes successful people to be successful. We explore it further in my workshop on upgrading your mindset. Register now: alignandattract.com/mindset

If you work for yourself - you absolutely do have grit.

Grit is all about how you move towards long-term goals and what you do when you face challenge or adversity. Angela found that passion and perseverance are key - more important than intelligence or talent, and also reminds us, like in Growth Mindset - even factors like intelligence are not fixed and can grow.

For this episode of the podcast, I focused on three ways I sometimes see clients use their grit in the "wrong" ways... burnout anyone?!

Let's dive in...

3 ways I see clients use their Grit in the "wrong" ways

I wonder if you'll relate to any of these. 

1. Obsessing or fixating on one specific outcome, process or pathway to success
2. Applying their GRIT in short bursts - pouring heaps of...

I have a new live webinar coming up!

This is my first live webinar in YEARS and I've really landed on a topic I know you're going to love and find incredibly helpful. I'm looking at YOUR Entrepreneur Mindset and how to upgrade it using evidence-based methods - Growth v Fixed Mindset and GRIT, and then to bring it all together, we'll use my alignment process. 

Learn more, and sign up here: alignandattract.com/mindset

3 Signs You have a Fixed Mindset and What to Do About It

Wouldn't it be amazing to have one of those rock solid mindsets that "those" successful entrepreneurs seem to have rather than feeling like you're on an emotional rollercoaster or worse - stuck in a negative spiral because something went "wrong" in your business? Of course it would!

The good news? You CAN upgrade your mindset.

Understanding Growth and Fixed Mindset (a theory by Carol Dweck) is a great place to start when upgrading your mindset. With a growth mindset, you believe that your talents, intelligence...

Aligning to the Season of Life You're In

When you recognise and own the season of life that you're in, you can give yourself permission to enjoy, or get what you need (such as rest or healing) from that season.

If you're in a particular season of life (perhaps focused on young kids like me, for example) but define your success by a different season - perhaps a time when you were work-focused, or by comparing yourself to someone else who has is able to devote a lot more time and energy to their business/career, you can create unnecessary stress for yourself. 

Let's discuss this...

How can you align to the season of life you're in?

1. Identify the season of life you're in. Work-focused, young kids, new relationship, health, reflective, busy, connected to the actual season (eg Winter, Summer)
2. Clarify your top priorities in this season - aim for three
3. Check - do your actions align with your priorities? What is one change you could make to ensure you're more aligned?
...

Creating Your Joyful High-Profit Business with Leonie Dawson

This episode is part of my Your Aligned Business series where I interview inspiring business owners about THEIR aligned business to give YOU inspiration for YOURS.

Leonie talks about how she gave up social media in this episode, and has a new course about marketing without social media here.

Leonie Dawson is a e-course creator, writer, best-selling author, Mama of two sweet girls and general life enthusiast.  She's wonderfully warm, incredibly funny, has a brilliant mind and is just SO LEONIE. You can't help but be inspired by her energy, and the way she has made millions in her business by focusing on... JOY. And creativity. And making things people want and need.

Focus on what lights you up and brings you joy

Leonie shares how her business has been a lot about experimenting and finding what lights her up and brings her joy.

When reflecting on times she has not been so aligned compared to those times she really is,...

Feeling Stuck when Creating? Quick Ways to Create More Alignment

Sometimes you sit down to create and the inspiration just doesn't flow. You need to write that article, create that podcast episode, plan a webinar, get some social media sorted, write that newsletter... or something else. You want it to connect with your ideal clients, not just tick a box!

So, how do you create more alignment so you can get on with creating something wonderful? Let's dive in...

Here are the five steps:

1 - Do a quick goal alignment. If you're not in Align + Attract or don't have my DIY Kinesiology Kit, sign up to do a free goal alignment with me here. YAY!

2 - Get moving! Turn the music up and DANCE. Or some other kind of movement - squats, lunges, yoga stretches. Change your state and energy.

3 - Use a different task to find flow. Be careful - set a time limit on this and make it a defined task you can complete! Schedule some social media, do some book keeping, empty your dishwasher.

4 - Think of a...