Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in personal development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Shealagh King, founder of A Nurtured Life Coaching, located in Cloverdale, BC, Canada.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
A Nurtured Life is my secret wish for everyone I work with, and our coaching experience builds the inner stability needed to make a plan and take a stand for the life you want.
If you feel overwhelmed or shut down by burnout, changes, loss, illness, accident, trauma, or an addictive pattern, Resilience & Recovery Coaching supports you in finding where old fear, anxiety, or ‘overdoing’ habits live in your body, and helps unwind those tension patterns, so the freed up energy gets your life flowing in the direction you want it to go.
Together, we find ways to drop new habits into muscle memory so that even when you’re overwhelmed, your body knows just what to do to get you back on track. Your one-page visual plan gets you sturdy and will consistently remind you of the support you can call on as old blocks and habits make their way out of your life.
Tell us about yourself
I’ve spent the last couple of decades watching incredibly gifted people grow roots of resilience in their bodies so that the qualities they needed to clear blocks and get into what makes them come alive felt strong inside them - qualities like being centered, balanced, focused and aligned. These qualities all live in the body, and everything we do in the coaching relationship nurtures these roots within you.
My years of individual and group work at wellness and addiction centers here in BC have shown me that we can all recover from hard things by playing with new possibilities - Let's play 🌱👣👣☀️
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
I have maintained a great working relationship with both my B2B clients and those who work with me privately - mostly because I know they are the experts in their life. My role is to keep introducing ways to reveal their own more profound wisdom and nurture the resilience they possess. This means word of mouth - sustained on the strength of the network I’ve built - has kept A Nurtured Life alive and well over the past seven years, including 2+ years of this pandemic.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Keeping track of all the moving parts can be a particularly challenging piece. In fact, I had to break the three main thrusts of the company into the most simple terms I could find. An embodied business model was born as a way to give my creative approach a flexible framework - a soft structure that keeps me on track but leaves room for my oodles of ideas & strong intuition.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- KISS RULE - Keep it simple silly! Keep things as simple as possible. When you make a plan (and trust me, you’ll need one to keep you moving in a solid direction), find terms you relate to versus the formal ones traditionally used so you can readily wrap your brain around what they mean.
- Get systems in place for your money, your admin, and your client tracking as needed. Ask someone doing your type of business what they use and what their experience has been. For money, I use Mint (auto budget tracking), Square and Quickbooks because they all talk to each other ;] That’s an example of my KISS rule!
- Spend time building relationships because when people really believe in you, they become part of the fabric of your business. When strong threads weave together, they aren’t easily broken.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
There are exciting ways to build your plan creatively. My tactile business card gets people playing right away as they spin the Nurture Wheel. We are open to possibilities and create great solutions from that playful place! I would love to learn more about the reader and talk more about the resilience of your business!
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: http://www.anurturedlife.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shealaghk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shealaghkk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NurturedLife
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anurturedlife/
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