Author: Elisa Balabram (Page 16 of 21)

Self-Doubt: What to do when it settles in?

questionsSix Steps to Help You Shift from Self-doubt to Self-confidence

Let’s say you are launching your business: you wrote the business plan, you told your friends and family about it, you attended networking events and distributed business cards, you shared it on social media, and you placed ads on Craigslist, other sites, newspapers, and the phone isn’t ringing. Nobody is calling you for that one time free offer or discount you have to invite them to sign up for your program, buy your products or services, by a certain date. Actually the offer deadline has come and gone.

It’s natural to start questioning yourself, your talents and gifts. You may think that because it isn’t happening as your business plan projected, or as you envisioned it, it is not meant to be. You tried. You put yourself out there. Nobody has shown interest. The self-doubt settles in and you start asking yourself: ‘What’s the point? Why bother? Why would people hire me/buy from me? So and so has been doing it for a long time, why don’t they go directly to them? It makes sense that nobody is contacting me, they have other choices.’ Does this inner dialogue sound familiar? I’ve heard this from many clients, and I experienced it myself. Instead of staying stuck, you can take the following steps to shift from self-doubt to self-confidence:

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Elisa Balabram interviews Catherine Storing, Chief Style Coach

I had the opportunity to interview Catherine Storing via Skype. In this interview she shares how her journey as a Chief Style Coach found her, how passionate she is about helping women find their image style, and she also shared her personal journey to embrace her own unique and authentic style. Catherine shares my view about the importance of self-love for women, and she inspires women to dress their best and show their truth inside and outside. She also shared women's biggest challenge when shopping for clothes.

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“I believe every woman is beautiful, and deserves to look her best.” Catherine Storing, Chief Style Coach, Styling Women to the Top. To learn more about Catherine Storing, and her services, please visit www.catherinestoring.com.  

Valentine’s Day and Self-love

Thursday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day in the United States. In Brazil*, Valentine’s Day is on June 12th. Whenever you celebrate it, why not dedicate February 14th to self-love?

Either if you are in a relationship or not, you could choose Valentine’s Day to practice self-love at its best:

  1. Plan the day carefully but let go and allow for spontaneity to happen;
  2. Have your favorite fruits in the morning – and prepare a nurturing breakfast;
  3. Take time to meditate once or twice for at least 10 minutes on Valentine’s Day;
  4. Give yourself a box of your favorite chocolate;

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Planting Seeds

I’ve been asked recently what is my coaching style, and I had to think about it for a while. It’s certainly a holistic approach, which incorporates business strategies with spiritual and self-love practices that I’ve learned on my own, through coaching others, through all the courses I’ve taken and books I read and through, at times painful, life experiences.

Furthermore, the key to my coaching is active and intuitive listening to what’s being said and to what’s hidden, and I plant a seed.  Then, if it resonates for them, I can help my clients nurture and grow the seed, which sometimes entails a new project, a different way to grow a project or provide a service, write a book, or a change of an old belief and pattern.

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Collaboration and Co-Creation

Since last year, more than ever before, you probably have heard about the importance of collaboration, and how we can co-create and create win-win opportunities. I wanted to share with you more of how my collaboration with Jennifer Alhasa came about, so that you can start reflecting on the collaborations you can also create in your life and business.

Jennifer and I met early last year. We were both participating on the Tweet chat #spiritchat, hosted by Kumud Ajmani.*  We started following each other on Twitter and Jennifer suggested we meet for coffee. I loved the idea, and pretty soon we had breakfast in my neighborhood as she had a meeting close by and I had to go to Brooklyn where I was working at the time. It’s wonderful how we met by chance online on a Sunday morning, and it turned out that we had so much in common that the relationship grew into a wonderful friendship.

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Letting Go of the Old

As we continue to grow into our true selves, we start shedding layers of our old selves, of things we held on to for too long, of old belief systems, of old patterns, of old. It can be scary at times, as we’ve known the old all our lives, we’ve behaved a certain way for years, and somehow it feels safe. But there is something special about taking the leap and going for it. The transformed you will feel more alive, powerful, self-loving and reassured. I certainly do.

How can we let go?

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Facing the Truth and Pursuing Your Dreams

Have you ever felt frustrated by the number of years that have passed without you creating or pursuing your real dreams? Your dreams of someday launching a business, becoming an artist, promoting your music, writing and publishing a book, investing in your talents and gifts, and anything else you know you’ve always wanted to pursue? If yes, have you taken the time to go deeper within to uncover and discover why you haven’t pursued it?

We all have excuses, and it’s so simple to come up with a few: I’m too busy, I’m a procrastinator, I’m lazy, I don’t have time, it’s an expensive project, I’m always exhausted, I don’t have all the skills, I need to figure things out first, I have a lot going on already, and the list goes on.

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Start the Year on a High Note

In the beginning of every year we feel excited about new possibilities. We let go of all that we consider negative experiences from the previous year, and we set intentions for the New Year.

I’ve grown a lot last year; there was no other option. Through all the challenges I had to face and learn from, (sites being hacked, leaving an 8-year successful non-profit career, and going through a heart break, to name a few), my coaching practice has also improved and grown with it. Next week, I’m providing two days (Monday and Wednesday) of complementary 45-minute Skype calls, to help you get clearer on what you want to create for 2013. If after the call, you feel like having a coach to guide you through achieving your goals, I will send you information about my self-love and business coaching services. 

To sign up, fill out the contact us page with the best times for you, and I will contact you to schedule our Skype call.

All the best in 2013,

Elisa Balabram

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Expanding One’s Comfort Zone

Peru Dec 2012During a 2-week journey to Peru, we visited Puno, Uros Island, Cusco, Urubamba and Machu Picchu. We visited temples and many Inca sites. To get to some of them, a lot of hiking was required. In the beginning of the trip, my fear of heights showed up and almost paralyzed me. The only reason I made it through and back was because of those who showed up in a big way to hold my hand, to cheer me on, or to give me invaluable advice – your feet know what to do, trust yourself, don’t look down, look at your feet only, you can do it! The fear showed up again in other hikes that were not so difficult but yet scary. Again I counted on others for support, encouragement, and a calm presence which helped me to keep going.

On our last day in Machu Picchu, we were advised that the guide had purchased in advance, tickets for us to climb Wayna Picchu, but only those who thought they could handle it should go. I talked to those who had climbed it at another time. The women explained how hard it was, but encouraged me to go for it. The men mentioned the strength needed and figured I could probably handle it. I was very close to not going, but then I decided that since one of the reasons for going on the trip was to transform myself and to expand my comfort zone, I owed it to myself to go for it. I had also been advised that failing was not an option. There would be no one or no way to go back in case I realized mid-way through it that I couldn’t do it – very reassuring.

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