But who’s going to listen to me?

This is a question I hear from biz chicks all the time, and it stops them from getting out there and making money.

PLEASE Biz Chick sister, DON”T let this stop you. When you do new things, “some pushing is required.”

In my world, this week I’m hosting a 3 day biz chick training called BOLD, where we are having lots of fun getting our businesses “hustle ready”. On top of all that I’m also getting ready to launch ‘Fire up your Biz’ AND go on a 2 month summer roadtrip. I feel like I’m in active labor where they say,  “some pushing is required” , as I prepare to do many things that are exciting but also new to me.

Just as a mother birthing her baby, without this “pushing” in labor, the baby would never see this world.

Doing things for the first time is not always smooth. Doing things for the first time can be scary. It’s easy to want to give up, to feel like a failure if it doesn’t go perfectly the first time. In fact you might pretty much expect that the first time you do anything it will be pretty bumpy, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be enjoyable.

One reason I see so many women struggling in business is because they give up too soon.

Today’s Biz chick Video lesson is all about one of the most important things you can do to create a movement behind your business that will help you make money more quickly.

Watch your inbox tomorrow for a detailed and specific training called ‘Fire up your Biz : Get Confident, Get Strategic, Make money, Make a Difference”, where you’ll learn:

• 5 key things you must do to make money more quickly in your business
• How to use your menstrual cycle to help you make more money and feel more pleasure in your life
• Why Strategy is NOT a dirty word and how to use it to your feminine advantage
• How to feel more confident asking for money and selling out your products and services
• The most important things you need to have more presence in your business ( and why your presence correlates to your income)

This is different than my weekly videos, it’s more detailed, more specific, and you’ll get tools you can use immediately in your life and biz! It’s some of my best work yet! So be sure to check it out and send to your biz chick friends who feel like giving up!

Leave me a comment below, I wanna know what your thoughts are about positioning:

1) What are you positioning yourself as?

2) What is your consistent way of doing this?

3) How do you experience the “some pushing is required” phase of your business?

Until next week!

lauren

I’m about to pour my heart and soul out to you. Would you witness me for a moment?

I’m in the midst of creating my summer ‘Fire up your Biz‘ course and I’m realizing something very huge for me. I have a very deep rooted belief that in order to create I need to exhaust myself. And I’m literally tired of it and I’m ready to change it. If you can relate to this, keep reading, I’m about to do a soul-pouring….

I’ve always been a high achieving person, and that’s been an advantage for me. But it’s also my Achilles heel. Most people are somewhat shocked and awed to know that I run my whole business myself, including my video editing, web design, copywriting… pretty much everything. In fact, I think most people look at me and wish that they could do it all themselves too.

But here’s what you don’t see (unless you see me in person a lot)

I’M EXHAUSTED. I’m tired; the kind of tired where I need to lay down after one phone call. I still get frozen with fear, stuck in my own crazy belief patterns, in the fog, unable to express myself, totally unconscious, not present, anxious, and tense.

I have a list of “supposed tos” in my head. Supposed to get this done, call this person, email these people, eat dinner…

I’m “supposed to” stick to my weekly video schedule. I even have a video recorded and ready to edit. But I just don’t have it in me to edit it or send it out to you.

Over the years I’ve learned and come up with a routine that helps me move through these massive attacks of stagnation. It’s called SURRENDER.

I’m not talking about holding up the white flag and giving up. I’m talking about the kind of surrender that says, I’m ready.

Ready for what? Support, guidance, intuition, help, connection, love, your wildest dreams.

There is nothing that moves me back into receptivity and in the flow of my creation cycle for my biz than total surrender. Surrender is a powerful form of bright faith.

When you’re at your wits end and you have no idea what to do, you’re totally lost, your exhausted to the core, nothing is left to give. That’s when it happens.

It’s the kind of surrender that says:

I give up AND I’m ready. I ‘m listening.

Here’s a process I did today that got me into writing you this blog post:

1) Stop.Drop. And Roll into your Surrender Pose:

The quickest way to change how you feel is to move your body and the fastest way to move into surrender is to put your body in a position that gives you no other option.

My surrender pose usually looks something like the image to the left. Yours might look similar. It might look like childs pose or something completely different. Only you know

The key here is know your pose, and just go there. You’ll know you’re there because you’re body will start to get the “all is well signal”. Your breath will slow. The chatter will lessen, your heart will open again.

Be here as long as you need. You’ll know when it’s time to move on.

2) Find your Surrender Playlist:

Music has always played a large role in my life  as a dancer and as a hopeless romantic. I remember telling my good friend Joe once when he asked me what sort of music was my favorite and I said “music that makes me feel”.

Music makes us feel…. anything, something, everything. Music brings us into our bodies and into the present moment.

Lately I’ve been loving classical music ( Especially Eric Whitacre’s Album Water Night). Pandora and Spotify are a godsend.

Find what moves you. And if you need inspiration, the video below is one of my Art of Feminine Presence Students Lyndsey Rodriguez, singing a song called “Who you are” that always makes me feel and below that is a link to my Art of Feminine Presence Meditation playlist with some juicy music.

My Spotify AFP playlist: yin

3) Create your Surrender ‘Sacred Space’

Danielle Laporte’s book The Fire Starter Sessions  has brought up a revival in me around staying clear about how I want to feel in my life. For me, my big 5 are

nourished. influential. masterful.sensual. connected

The idea is that everything I do helps me create these feelings.

So today I made sure I created a space to create all these feelings during my surrender time. I created a workspace in my bedroom with candlelight, I brought in some flowers. A beautiful, sensual space makes me feel nourished and connected.

Creating beauty makes me feel masterful.

Feeling masterful helps me find a space to feel influential as I feel more inspired to write this heart-pour blog post.

Here’s a question to have in your sweet little surrender space this week:

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO CONTROL in your life and business?

Your latest offering. Your children. Your partner. All of the above?

How can you let go a little ( or a lot) and move more into surrender.

Please let me know what you loved about this post and more specifically:

What do you do when you get into a whacky crazy space and you need to re-connect to yourself? What are your techniques for calming the freakout moments in your life?

If you loved this, please share it with your biz chick friends who might need some support! Here’s a quick tweet you can use to send out

Feel like giving up? Use your surrender pose @lauren_sheehan http://j.mp/JWuT0Q

I am reminded that when I find this space of sweet surrender, I find myself again. Which is the only thing I ever search for.

So remember sweet biz chick sister. Surrender and go home to yourself. Because it’s more of you that we want.

With so much love and gratitude,

Lauren

PS. Want a chance to work with me over the summer to fire up your biz? Want an even sweeter discount on the launch of this amazing course for biz chicks who wanna get their money honey flowing….Click here get on the VIP list!

There are THREE WAYS to get some complimentary training and coaching with me this month and I’m really excited about them.

Why?

Because I’m giving away my best and most valuable secrets that help me make money and change people’s lives, and I’m there’s also some unique opportunities live or virtually to get 10 minutes of “Light you up” coaching from me where I’ll help you identify your top 3 assets that you LOVE

Free Events

 Intro to the Art of Feminine Presence for Biz Chicks -How to leverage your Feminine Energy to help you make more money and attract more clients

May 9th @ 7:30pm, Austin Tx (networking begins at 6:45!!!)

Fire up your Biz LIVE: How to become the go-to person in your industry + make more money + change the world (and do it in a feminine way)
May 17th @ 7pm, Austin TX

……..AND FOR YOU NON AUSTINITE BIZ CHICKS…….

Fire up your Biz FREE TELE-JAM- in which I’ll be doing the same presentation as the previously mentioned Fire up your Biz live but virtually.

Tuesday May 22 @ 12pm est/11am central/10am MST/9am PST/ 5pmUK

Click on each link to register and see more details about each!

There’s some cool PERKS to these events

1) Valuable and Actionable biz training- From my best and most fun toolset

2) Open spots for FREE “Light you Up” coaching in the Fire up your biz events ( even in the tele-jam… see the deets, this is HUGE for your personal presence)

3) Cool Prizes- Feminine Presence Meditations CD, Danielle LaPorte’s Fire Starter Sessions, My online Course, Magnetic Feminine Presence

4) Networking with some amazing women biz chicks who want to change this world for the better and are committed to making it happen.

I’m looking forward to connecting with you soon!

I’ve been ruminating on how I can bring more ME to my weekly videos.

I’ve been heavily giving you lots of biz strategy, which I love, but I realize I’ve been leaving out some of my most powerful feminine presence tools that I use on a moment to moment basis in my life and biz to keep me tied to my truest, deepest, authentic desires.

Have you ever set a goal and then reached it… but realized that you still weren’t happy? Sometimes we think we want things, and the end result leaves us exhausted, tired, sad, still alone, overworked etc. Sometimes we pick goals that we know sound hard and logical: get my website up, follow up with those clients, launch a program. And in the process we forget about resting, fun, and connecting with our loved ones.

When you are a perfectionist and a “not enough-er”, it can be really easy to get sucked into always going, doing, doing, and never resting. Especially as an entrepreneur trying to make her dreams come true.

Here’s a thought for you:

Sometimes the most bold action you take in your business is to take a whole day off spontaneously because your wombspace said so. Sometimes the most courageous thing you can do is listen to the voice in your body that says “take a nap right now instead of work on the computer”. When all your logic is screaming “I have to get this done, I need to get this done, naps won’t help me”… that’s almost always a good sign that taking the nap is the scariest thing to do.

To let go and trust your body and your inner wisdom, and take a bold action that follows that takes courage.

Here’s my example, sometimes I think I want $10,o00 a month, and I start working towards that diligently. I can see it in my reach. And then all of the sudden I realize I’m working all the time, I’m exhausted, I’m not taking care of my body, my nutrition is suffering, and I remember, I don’t need $10,000 a month to feel happy and have fun.

The ability to check in with your body, to know how to access your inner wisdom and your true desires is a key to having a successful business and a happy life.

In this week’s Biz Chick lesson, I teach you the two most important questions you can ask yourself and why cultivating a relationship with your wombspace, your place of feminine power, is one of the best things you can do in to move your biz forward.

I’ll teach you why it’s not enough just to start asking what you want, you’ve got to anchor yourself to something very powerful first… watch the video to see what it is.

It’s kinda scarier than I thought it would be dropping the wombspace bomb into the biz chick lessons, but it’s time for me to start bringing more of myself through these videos.

I’d LOVE to know what you think, feel, and experience with these two questions and how you will use this in your biz this week.

LEAVE ME A COMMENT below. I wanna know:

1) What pop ups occur for you when you ask these two questions

2) What courageous action is your body telling you to take that doesn’t seem like it will lead you towards payday?

Thanks for seeing more of me this week!

Until next time!

Lauren

Are you in the GREEN yet?

I’m seeing lots of green lately with springtime around, my business growing, and my latest green revival, green juice!

My body has been telling me it’s time to detox so here I go. With my passion for work and determination it’s super easy for me to forget to take care of my body. Anyone else in the same boat? (PS. I decided to share my fave green juice recipe below this weeks biz chick lesson so scroll down)

Now that you know what’s up with me on a personal level, let’s get into this week’s Biz Chick lesson. I’m totally stoked to have my first EMAIL question for these videos. It came from Amanda in Toronto, ON and she asks a question I think we can all relate to ( me especially) and it’s about what I call “severe perfectionism”. Amanda has lots going on for her, great skills and already a following of 175 in her local meetup, yet something is keeping her from monetizing her magnetism and getting her message out there in a bigger and more lucrative way that supports everyone.

If you are feeling in a similar position, WATCH THIS WEEK’S VIDEO! It’s some of my best motivation for getting over the “I’m not good enough” monster.

I’d love to know what you think on this subject. Leave a comment below about

1) How do you get over the “I’m not good enough” monster?

How to get over the “I’m not good enough” monster with more than good enough for you foods!

Only a few of you might know that I have over 5 years experience in the Fitness and Nutrition industry as a personal trainer and clean eating coach.

My ugly secret is that taking care of my body nutritionally has always been a struggle, especially when I get tangled up with work, excitement and stress.

But what I am EXCELLENT at is listening to what food my body wants, and although it might take me a few weeks to actually follow through, I can recognize the cry for green juice and sour (probiotic) foods like none other.

Below is a SUPER easy recipe for green juice that tastes amazing. A little sweet, but not too sweet. It literally takes me 5 min to make including prep time.

Easy Green Juice Recipe

1 organic cucumber, peeled

3-4 cups organic spinach ( or other dark leafy greens)

1 lg organic apple of your choice

1 organic lemon, peeled

2-3 celery sticks

It’s pretty simple, place these ingredients in your juicer and you’re good to go. I like to have my green juice with my daily vitamins. I never used to be a supplement gal ( even when I was a personal trainer, paleo junkie and crossfit enthusiast) but since I’ve been taking my new high quality faves for the past year on and off, I can tell a huge difference in my energy when I use them and when I don’t.

So, what do you think? Will you start your green juicing this week too??

Much love!

See you next week!

Lauren

When I heard about pinterest, I said “Oh shit”!

Not like the Oh Shit wake up, but like “oh shit, I better stay away from this or I’ll never get anything done”.  So after a few hours wasted dabbling on pinterest last summer, I couldn’t see why it would help me with my business.

Now, after doing some fancy research ( thanks google and mashable!) hearing from some trusted sources, and finding my own fun in using pinterest, I’ve realized that Pinterest has a huge potential to help me  and you grow our businesses with purpose AND lots of fun.

I’ve come up with 6 key ways that you can use Pinterest to interact with customers and clients and use it as a fun tool to position yourself, add credibility, and engage your tribe.You’ll really want to watch this video because I also sing a lil song I wrote for you…

Watch the video below!

*** How to pin this video to your pinterest****

Pinterest has opened up the doorway to speak with fewer words and really paint the picture, plus share valuable content. Leave me a comment below if you’re already using pinterest for your biz I’d love to follow you and highlight you.

Just like any social media, Pinterest isn’t just about ME ME ME. Be mindful about how your are presenting your boards and pages. Remember that people want to get to know WHO you are and who your company is.

Here are the 6 Keys and some examples of pin boards

1)Show them- results, your expertise, your credibility, proof

• Client/Project/Partner Showcase
• Before/after images
• images of completed projects
• Client Showcase + Testimonials
• Case Studies
• Updates on current projects
• Videos of your clients
• Collaborator/Partner Board

My Client Board

Mkay Flooring’s Case Studies Board

2) Teach them- 

• Videos
• How-to Images
• Tutorial Boards
• Fave blog posts/tips
• Free resources

Examples:

Badass Biz Chick Vids

Feminine Biz + Marketing Tips

Videos about Pinterest

How to make a Felt Board

3) Throw a Contest

• Image creation contest
• Quote Contest
• Video contest

Emamples:

Pinterest Contest Examples

How Kraft set up their pinterest contest ( Great example of contest rules)

5) Tell them the story of You/Your Company

• Share your story through images
• Your main products
• Your passions
• Your Accomplishments and accolades
• Showcase images of you and your company “in action”

Examples

A peek into my world- About Lauren and the Feminine Rhythm

Mayflower Brewing Company

6) Inspire them!

• Funny/inspiring quotes
• Funny/inspiring images
• Videos

Example

 Feel like giving up? Don’t!

7) Connect them!

Create a board for your group or community where the can share and inspire each other. Growing a strong community is key to having people stay with you and your tribe for years to come. People can give up all sorts of things, but one thing they really don’t want to leave is a community they feel connected to .

Ode to Woman- Fem Prez Inspiration ( collaborative board with me and my Art of Feminine Presence students)

More Pinterest Resources

Pinterest Case Studies
http://pinterest.com/pinterestbiz/pinterest-case-studies/

How Whole foods is using pinterest
http://mashable.com/2012/02/23/pinterest-whole-foods/

How a Flooring company is using pinterest
http://www.pauleycreative.co.uk/2012/02/case-study-how-a-uk-flooring-company-is-using-pinterest/

Tools to increase your Pinfluence!

Read the Article from Mashable.com
1) Pinerly- pinterest analytics
2) Pin to quote- easy conversion of text to an image
3) Pin reach more pinterest analytics

Leave me some lovin! I’m stoked to know:

• How are you already using pinterest for your business?
• Given today’s video how will you start to use it for your biz?

Until next week!

PSsssst! Don’t Forget ! There’s a 50% off Sale going on to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the launch of my first online course. Go grab it before it ends on April 12th!

Lauren

Oh Shit! It’s time to wake up!

I’ve got to get this done and that done, I’m freaked out about making money, I’m not good enough….

And your day starts off feeling like a frozen, shit-storm of worry, doubt, fear, anxiety, and tension.

I realized the Oh SHit wake up was hurting me a while ago, so I’ve been taking steps to prevent it from happening and I have a few tips about what’s worked for me. This is important because the Oh Shit wake up used to totally ruin my whole day, make me feel terrible about myself and I’d not get anything done that day.

My first big step was to JUST SAY NO to checking my email first thing in the AM. I developed this habit the second I got my iphone years ago and over the last year or so, I’ve realized what a nasty habit it is. Getting on technology, whether it be my iphone or my computer just sucked me straight into work and or worry, and I would completely forget to take care of my self. Can you relate?

This week’s video shares some tips about how to get over your email AM habit and kick the Oh Shit wake up’s ass for good.

How do you get over the Oh-Shit Wake up??

Leave me a comment below!

• Are you gonna kick your email checkin’ habit in the AM to the curb?
• What else contributes to our Oh Shit wake up?

Do you love ? Share the biz tip pic with your friends!

Spring is starting to happen here in Austin and the wildflowers look BEAUTIFUL!

I hope you are all enjoying the springtime energy where ever you are (unless of course you’re in the southern hemisphere).

You’ve probably heard me say once or twice that presenting is the way I make about 90% of my income. And to clarify, that’s not because I get paid to speak (yet). My pay-day comes at the end of a presentation when the people in the room want to work with me.

When I first started presenting, I had no experience and not much training ( and I wasn’t really getting checks handed to me either). I’m happy to say that now I’ve gotten so good at presenting that not only is my income growing,  I was able to teach this and help a client get 80% of the room to sign up and pay her THAT day for her program with some pretty simple tools.

So when I saw this question pop through my survey from last week, I had to answer it. It’s all about how to be a badass presenter when you have no experience. Watch this week’s video for my top 4 tips on presenting when you have no experience and they might surprise you.

Leave me some love yall cause I wanna know:
1) How will this help you in your next presentation?
2) What presenting advice would you give to someone with no experience?

Hope this helps you a LOT!

Much love,

Lauren

I have an idea I really wanna share with you!

It’s about my story and how I can help you even more.

In today’s Badass Biz Chick (BBC for short) lesson I’ll tell you about my idea to help you and give a FREE GIFT!

It’s a simple but powerful Monthly Feminine Rhythm Strategy Map and it’s something that helps me stay on track,

This downloadable toolkit comes with video instruction from  me and it will help you:

• Get clear on your income potential for the month so you can maximize your time and energy
• Strategize appropriate events in harmony with your menstrual cycle and natural rhythm
• Be more active about becoming more visible in your business
• Stay motivated when you start to feel like giving up on your dream
• Know what your fears are, and have the courage to do them anyway
• Laser Focus your ONE BIG thing that will make the biggest difference in your biz that month

Once you watch the video, click here to take this short and sweet Survey and get your FREE Monthly Rhythm Biz Strategy Map.

I use it, my students use it… but we won’t fill it out for you so make sure you take action and USE the damn thing!

Leave me a comment below and let me know what you’ve noticed telling your story and hearing stories from others. And let me know how this free tool is helping you!

And Go here now to take the survey already!

http://app.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/femininerhythm/serving-you-better/

How much of YOU should you put into your business?

This can be a touchy subject for a lot of entrepreneurs and times are a changin’.

For example, Back in the day (before facebook and the rise of social media) it was acceptable to use stock photography and any random photos for their blogs, websites, and marketing materials or worse, to not even have photos.

Social media brought us this question and encouraged us to desire this one thing: “WHO ARE YOU?” and it forever more made the idea of hiding behind random people in stock images totally irrelavant.

If we don’t know who you are, we don’t want it. Simple as that.

Authenticity, Integrity, Transparency…. all words that are becoming increasingly important in the way you present your business and your personal brand.

You are your first and most important brand, and it’s important that you know how to amplify yourself so that you can be that magnetic powerful and feminine leader.

This week’s Badass Biz Chick video answers these questions and I share a very powerful tool for figuring out what is super magnetic about you. Plus I share something really vulnerable for me towards the end of the video.

Watch this weeks BBC video now!

I wanna know your thoughts!

 Leave me a comment:

• How will this lesson help you in your business this week?
• What are your biggest assets that make you really magnetic?
• How do you amplify your personality in your brand?