How do you do inner child work? There are so many ways.
Here are some ideas for working on your own.
As I mentioned in a recent video yesterday, inner child work is one of the tools I recommend to help you relax and rest without guilt.
But did you know it will also help you to uplevel and achieve your goals to write or create for your book or business?
Seriously inner child work is the gift that keeps on giving.
Check these methods out in the image above.
Sometimes it can be hard to get really deep in your healing process by yourself and figure out what is blocking you from creating and writing in your book or business.
That’s why I offer my services!
If you want to make faster progress, I am happy to help you one of two ways.
1. I offer single time one on one sessions!
Prices for new clients to do a one time sessions are increasing January 22nd from $120 to $160.
(Old clients this rate will not apply to you if we have an ongoing arrangement. If we haven’t worked together in over six months, let’s talk!)
2. Get a session included in the 5 Week Jumpstart Package!
Ready to make faster progress writing on your book or business?
The 5 Week Jumpstart Program is open to help guide you by the hand if you are sensitive and want to make faster progress writing or creating so you connect to the people who really GET you.
It includes -a private 60-90 minute session to help you get clear on the big picture, outline writing, and put systems in place to help you succeed. -check-ins every 2 days so you always know what to do next and don’t waste time.
2 spots available at 40%
BONUS If you sign on by February 15, get up to 3 hours of writing review so you receive guidance and editing specific to what you are working on during your check-ins.
Ready for a breakthrough? Tired of waiting or being stuck?
Contact me about my 5 Week Jumpstart Program to help you make faster progress writing or creating for your book or business.
The key to make more progress this year is not to weigh yourself done with endless to do lists.
I had a client who wanted to make faster progress as a musician and she also home schooled her kids, made meals, etc.
She had so many plans and ideas.
When I started working with her, she started writing all the action steps she wanted to take that week down in her new planner.
I said, “Hey, these lists look pretty long…”But she said the action steps would be easy to do and she was so excited so I was not going to naysay her.
Except next time we talked, she was distraught that barely any of the things for her own career ended up getting done. Things for other people or essential things for her life were taken care of but her own goals for her creative career were slagging.
I said we needed to focus on what she was grateful for before we went any further.
There was no way she was going to make progress from a place of feeling like she failed or was not good enough.
Those lists made her feel crappy. And overwhelmed and paralyzed. Oops!!!
They hurt the progress.
Once she got into a space of self appreciation for what she did do, and gratitude for her life she ascended to a spiritual space.
She described it as the sun coming out of the clouds.
Then when I asked her about her next steps she spoke like she was a psychic genius. I could feel her power.
She found the connection to her True Voice. That Creative Power was brewing strong.
This time, I said let’s keep it simple, what is the one most important thing to do this week?
She knew exactly what to do next. Her words about the experience:
“Sofia, in her gentle and wise way, helped me to find clarity of purpose with my music while reminding me to keep rooted in that purpose as I take intentional steps forward rather than being overwhelmed with how to put it all together perfectly.”
Once I released the worrying part, the path became more clear and the steps were more solid, like stepping stones. One baby step in particular has formed into amazing opportunity that is giving clear form to the path ahead.”
If you want to make faster progress writing or creating for your book or business Contact me for help making progress the easy way!
There are 2 spots open in my 5 Week Creative Jumpstart Service.
The 5 Week Jumpstart Program is open to help guide you by the hand if you are sensitive and want to make faster progress writing or creating so you connect to the people who really GET you.
It includes
-a private 60-90 minute session to help you get clear on the big picture of what you are writing and creating, overcome your challenges, and create a plan to help you make faster progress
-check-ins every 2 days so you always know what to do next and don’t waste time, using text and audio messages so it is always convenient for you to stay on track.
BONUS -If you sign on by February 15, get up to 3 hours of editorial guidance on what you are working on each week, such as your writing or business website
2 spots available at 40%
Contact me now about my 5 Week Jumpstart Program to help you make faster progress writing or creating for your book or business at an incredible value!
• • • • • • In today’s episode, I am joined by @bydylanm — artist and illustrator and this episode is all about trying new things. I met Dylan because I moved to a new state (details in the episode!). Dylan talks about trying new art styles, and how to be challenged and encouraged by community. I can’t wait for you to listen to this one.
Our conversation got me thinking a lot about how hard it is to try new things and way. Here are some reasons I’ve come up with as to why it might be hard to try new things. Let me know in the comments if you connect with any one of this:
It’s hard to try new things because: 1 – Other people are watching you 2 – You’re not sure if you’re going to be good at it 3 – You don’t want to be seen failing 4 – You don’t want to seem cliché, typical, or predictable 5 – You don’t want to look like you’re trying too hard, or doing too much
Do you connect with any of these?
What did I forget to list?
For the record, that little list comes from my own personal fears about trying new things. My artwork is about working through that. And here’s what I’m continuing to learn: we are allowed to try new things even if they don’t work out. Even if we’re not good at them. Even if people talk about us behind our back. Even if we fail. Because even then, the process shapes us. We grow in courage, humility, and wisdom.
It’s the process that prepares us for where we need to be. Not a perfect outcome. Think about it this way…if everything we ever tried worked out perfectly…would we even learn anything? If we always got the outcome we were hoping for, how would we grow in humility, courage, and wisdom?
I can only speak for myself here, but I truly believe my work is informed by my failures. I wouldn’t be here without all the things I tried and failed. All of those things led me to where I am today. And whenever I start getting in my head and afraid to try something new (like this new season of the podcast!), I have to remember that. Whether it works out, or whether it fails, this is a part of the story I will tell. This is a part of how I grow.
This is everything right now. I feel like clean energy coming in a wave right now.
I keep thinking about good ways to nurture myself and let go of certain patterns and expectations.
I am the kind of person who worries about helping people a lot and have been very present online for the last six months…
Actually I prefer the lifestyle of Japan where basically no one can reach me for chunks of time because it is restorative and also I like to create without distraction.
So I need to look at the boundaries I set with myself around my presence online and opening up my schedule to the public.
I am working on changing my business model to accommodate this:
-focusing on production of books, courses, songs, and other passive income generating products.
-prices for one time consultations are going up from $120 an hour to $160 an hour this month. If you want one contact me as they may only be available for a limited time.
(Great if you want to make faster progress writing or creating for your book or business so you can connect to the people who really GET you and have them become super fans.)
-Moving towards packages where I support you to write and create without getting on the phone constantly. We can send text, email, and voice note updates every two days in my new 5 Week Jumpstart Service and my 8 month VIP program Deep Creative Impact.
Being a very good coach and healer, copywriter, intuitive for the soul of books and businesses
–I feel like I have to share these skills with the world, like it isn’t fair if I do not offer my services.
But I really do think I will touch more people’s lives focusing on creating and writing my own projects.
Stepping away from attracting new clients for ghostwriting other people’s books or writing for people’s businesses in the last two years was a big choice.
I decided to invest my energy into my own work. I got my book Freedom Year out and the Blood Witch Series coming out starting late spring is the culmination of that refocusing and effort. I am moving to helping people who are more committed to investing in themselves and getting the deepest level of support I offer.
Excited to see where this new energy wave takes us. Xo
It’s an exciting journey. I’ve arrived in Japan and I’m speaking to you from a place of peace and gentleness that has become a huge focus for me since I made this transition. A lot of things have been changing for me.
One of the biggest things that I learned last year in 2020 was around the idea of treating things like an experiment. (You may remember, I first made a post about this in October.)
I’ve kept this mindset alive in my business, my marketing, and through all of my creating, writing, and relationships with people–And it has been so productive.
Lately, I have been looking back at some of my success stories, and testimonials of people that I have worked with, especially the people who only had one conversation with me, and that one conversation sparked something so deep within them that they were able to go out and make faster progress on their business or their writing.
It was around one big key. This key that helped them to make faster progress on their writing and their business was the same for a lot of people: it had to do with being a perfectionist. It had to do with taking the first step at something.
It’s astounding to me because it seems so simple. It seems like something many people could have said to them, you know, “Hey, have you tried just taking the first step?”
But I think sometimes when somebody has already done these things before (like I have) it lands differently. Perhaps I was able to speak to them and to help them feel like I really heard all of the things that get in their way, all the worries and concerns. So I talk about some of those things in my latest podcast episode 010.
I was able to hear them. And I was able to say, I understand where you’re coming from.
Earlier this year after I published Freedom Year, From August to October I had a dip where I wasn’t showing up or communicating online as much as I would like to.
All the visibility of showing up and publishing a book about my deep inner world, vulnerable thoughts, and chaotic emotions was really intense so I just needed a break…but that break became a few months of not showing up much at all. I started worrying about my next move needing to be perfect. As a result, I didn’t do much of anything to market my book or my business.
Not showing up was a problem not just because those things help me make bill paying money $$$ but because I want to be of SERVICE.
I am a creator, a writer, a musician, and most of all I am passionate about helping people which is why I started being a coach, healer, and consultant for writers and entrepreneurs in the first place. I know there are sensitive, amazing, passionate people who want to make faster progress on what they are working on but it dragging on or not getting done.
I know how awesome it is to make progress on those important projects that light up your soul, because it’s what gets me up every day.
What you are working on mattersbecause it will change your life to get it out there, and other people’s, too. It will help you connect to the people who really get you. It will help bring you joy, and joyful people create more joy for others.
It will empower you to be your true self: the artist, the writer, the entrepreneur, the creator of your life. You will unleash others from that space.
I broke free of perfectionism to be of service, using the method I share today.
As a result, since late October, I not only achieved my goal of showing up more online, I did so much more.
I created more posts, more blogs, more videos, making Tiktoks and Reels, and 10 new podcast episodes.
I wrote 10 chapters of another novel, I professional recorded an original song in a studio with a producer, AND I spontaneously moved to Japan to be with my fiance with about 5 weeks notice.
In that time, I ended up creating a group called the Creative Vision in Action Community. It’s an incredible group of people who I have the privilege of holding space for each week to collaborate and grow into our own visions for ourselves and our lives as creators, healers, and entrepreneurs.
I’ve never been more creative!!
I am so passionate about tapping into this juice and I want to share it with you: It will change your life, so I hope you have a year ahead where perfectionism does not get in your way!
This method of treating life like an experiment is awesome.
Make faster progress on writing, creating, or growing your business with this one key.
After reading many of my testimonials, I noticed a pattern.
I repeatedly helped clients create massive change and reach goals after one conversation with me on this very topic:
Just start and let go of it needing to be perfect!
The big lesson of 2020 for me was about releasing perfectionism.
You’ll also learn how I applied this idea to my own business writing and marketing online in 2020, and how it led me to huge productive leaps after a few months of not showing up as much as I wanted to.
If you want to make a difference in the world, grow your business, write and create more–I highly recommend integrating this information into your life with practical experience. Listen now to hear how. 😀
