3 Simple Things To Do When Your Spiritual Business Is In A Slump

3 Simple Things To Do When Your Spiritual Business Is In A Slump

From time to time we all experience in our spiritual businesses what I call ‘the trough’. It’s that period of time when the energy has slowed down to a trickle–remember, while it may FEEL like it has ground to a halt, energy never really stops moving, that’s basic physics. And the clients and money have slowed down to a trickle. It feels like a slump, like nothing’s happening. And this may be despite your best efforts….or at least what you hope are your best efforts.

If you’re a heart-centered business person this is when you might start meditating and visualizing and affirming…now don’t get me wrong, I do all of these regularly, but right now–don’t. Why? Well because much of the time these practices will be very powerful, but then there are those times that this can turn into some seriously passive navel-gazing, which is not helpful.

I’m a spiritual teacher so I’m not telling you to not be aware, or to numb out or conversely, turn into a white tornado, but I am saying that what you need to do is take grounded, informed action. Of course it has to be the right action or again, it will be more distraction than anything else, so here are those….

3 Simple Things To Do When Your Spiritual Business Is In A Slump:

1. Look at your ‘WHAT TO DO NEXT’ List. What’s that? You don’t have a ‘WHAT TO DO NEXT List? Well, you better make one, because when things are bogged down is a tough time to come up with a good ‘what to do next’ item, if you get my drift. We can definitely talk about what to put on that list–things like creating a survey to ask your people what they want and would buy from you and how they’d like it delivered, or writing an article about a powerful coaching session, or finding ways to Be the Source for others of the very thing you want for yourself, etc. Go see what item on your list is energetically appealing and act on it. It’s will get energy moving, which is the point.

2. This may seem contradictory, but take a breath and give it a minute. Spirit knows what you want. You’re being coached–you ARE being coached, right? And the Universe is holding all kinds of things in escrow for you. You’re clear about your niche. You stay in touch with your list, etc. so you are doing the ‘right’ things. And sometimes you just have to give the seeds you’ve planted a minute to germinate and pop above ground. This is where the big “T’ = TRUST comes in. So whether it’s counter-intuitive or not, R-E-L-A-X, go have some fun. Stress and compulsive activity never improved anything. One of our Soul to Soul Marketing mottos is “Relax to succeed” and this is partly what it’s about.

3. Dig deep into what’s going on in the rest of your life because you know, right, that wherever else you’re blocked, energetically it’s going to show up in your business….that’s how our holistic businesses keep us learning our spiritual lessons. At times this can be really annoying but it IS what you signed up for, your work being your path and all that jazz. So get honest about what you’re experiencing or struggling with in other parts of your life, and express, clear, do what will evolve you the most powerfully and watch the energy in your business reflect that! There are times when what I call “koffing up a hairball” is the best thing you can do to move out of the doldrums. This can be a very eye-opening, exciting process that leads to breakthroughs. I help clients with this all the time.

There’s lots more to discuss regarding dealing with a slump but having some markers, some suggestions you can keep handy in your back pocket to pull out when it’s hard to think, can be really comforting and helpful.

Don’t give up. Not that you would, spiritual-preneurs being among the most persistent, committed, ‘hang in there’ people I’ve ever met! But hang in there with Joy, with the knowing that the HOW of carrying out your mission IS being revealed to you….in Spirit’s time, and healing is happening in your business and in yourself.

I coached a client today who is an author/publisher and she talked about that regarding the first book she ever wrote many years ago, and she’s written a few since then. She said that when it gets published and put out into the world will be in Spirit’s time, not hers. She’s had those moments when she really, really wanted that to happen NOW, but she always surrendered, and these days it actually looks like this might be that time. I’m thinking that patience and surrender are two of the high spiritual lessons for the heart-centered entrepreneur.

I love you for what you are doing and for the steadfast vision of healing that you carry forth into the world with the work of your heart and soul!

Here’s to your Success and your Everyday Joy!

Jan Masters, The Everyday Joy Coach

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