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Maybe you know this feeling:

You’re a coach, a healer, or a creator, pouring your heart into your work with others. But when it’s time to build your own business — outlining that course, crafting a newsletter, or deciding on your next offering — the freeze hits.

“What if it’s not the right approach?”

“What if it doesn’t resonate?”

The questions loop, and nothing moves…

It’s not a lack of time nor ideas.

It’s an old, internalized fear holding you back from experimenting.

I’ve been there, s…

One of the enduring questions for me — over 16 years as a soulpreneur — is this:

Is it possible to make every moment of work joyful?

I’ve noticed 3 levels that I can approach any workday… and in fact, any work hour.

Level 1: Delayed Gratification

At this first level, what drives a worker is external motivation, a focus on completing a task. Perhaps even attachment to completing it. The work process is simply a means to an end.

• Core Mindset: “I have to get this over with.” The task is fr…

What is “deep work”?

Cal Newport’s book basically defines it as: deliberately focusing on important and purposeful tasks, so that you can maximize learning, creativity, and productivity. That’s a wonderful aim to have.

But if you’re anything like me, you want to do work not only for the results, but for personal growth and transformation too.

So let’s explore “deep” work… more deeply :)

Redefining Work and Productivity

Work has typically been defined as a means to an end — you work to get r…

Most of my life, I’ve struggled with being consistent with good habits and keeping up with my work.

If you’re a heart-based business owner or intuitive worker, maybe you can relate — feeling the resistance to doing certain important things, and letting hour after hour, day after day, pass.

I used to be devastated when I realized that I was the one standing in my own way. I had all these dreams and visions, but my lack of discipline made them feel impossible. I thought I was unchangeable.

Than…

It’s a deep, intuitive feeling that our existence should be one of abundance, that we should be supported for simply being ourselves and sharing our gifts.

I believe this intuition comes from a soulful place. It’s a recognition that we deserve to flourish, to play, and to be fully supported by the Universe for doing what lights us up.

This is why the gap between our current reality and that ideal can feel so painful. The stronger your passion and vision for your ideal work, the more acutely yo…