Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in personal development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Devon Battaglia, Founder of InnerSpark, LLC, located in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

What's your business, and who are your customers?

InnerSpark is a virtual business primarily serving sensitive, deep-feeling women through its signature program, The InnerSpark Method. Through a revolutionary, whole-person approach, The InnerSpark Method teaches sensitive, deep-feelers how to build their resilience and capacity for life's challenges AND joys through re-establishing a solid foundation for caring for themselves in body, mind, and spirit so they may confidently, joyfully, and shamelessly thrive. It's a living, breathing framework and map back home, which seeks to harmonize The 5 Elements of The InnerSpark Method: Body, Emotions & Energy, Mind, Nature & Spirit, and Social & Relational.

The InnerSpark Method combines many different approaches and modalities, including areas of Integrative Health, Holistic Nutrition, Nature-Based Wisdom, Yoga & Ayurveda, Breathwork, Movement, Somatics & Embodiment Practices, Meditation, Coaching, Expressive Arts, Trauma and The Nervous System, and more.

This holistic combination, with the perfect blend of modern and ancient wisdom modalities, brings a unique inward journey of self-discovery, self-healing, and self-mastery that exists to strengthen and empower sensitive, deep-feeling women to transform challenges into resources and create their lifelong pathways towards wholeness, thriving growth, and transformation.

Tell us about yourself

I spent so many years resenting my deep-feeling, sensitive nature, and I let so much precious life pass me by. Trying to "keep up" with life as a sensitive, deep-feeling woman used to leave me chronically anxious and exhausted. I resented the heck out of my sensitivity and was on a constant crusade to "fix" or "heal" myself. I second-guessed myself at every turn, overthought everything, tried to please everyone, and experienced frequent episodes of burnout. I was disconnected from myself and in so much pain and inner turmoil. My body suffered, my mind was my own worst enemy, I had no energy for life, was completely disconnected from Nature and Spirit, and had co-dependent, unhelpful relationships. I used to feel so small, so insecure, and so anxious. I just wanted to hide and get through life. I lived with a constant, overwhelming belief that there was just something wrong with me. Year after year, I continually lived against my nature and racked up the effects on my body, mind, and spirit. I was buried under a mountain of shame until I finally made a choice to do something differently.

About a decade ago, life threw me one heck of a curveball, and I knew it was time for a change. From that moment on, I courageously made it my mission to create ways of living and being that supported me to live shame-free and confidently thrive as a deep-feeling, sensitive woman. I was DONE chasing and pacifying symptoms of burnout, DONE with quick, temporary fixes, and DONE blaming my burnout on things like overdoing and overthinking. I realized that without understanding why I was even doing and experiencing those things in the first place, the cycle would just continue. It felt like being on a hamster wheel! Wobbly at first and completely unsure of what to do or how to do it, I recreated my foundation for living a life that truly nourishes me from the inside out – shame-free.

I eventually discovered the actual ROOT cause of the burnout that used to plague me and have guided other deep-feeling, sensitive women in doing the same. I pursued studies in a variety of areas to learn all I could and gather resources for my own path, and now it is my mission to support others in having a smoother, more supported, better organized, and accelerated way to the thriving of their definition than I did.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

Being authentic to my value and purpose and not sacrificing them in the name of "success" or "doing business" are the ways we're often shown, which largely don't feel good to me as a highly sensitive person.

What's one of the hardest things that comes with being a business owner?

Befriending your mind and not getting swept up in its stories, fears, or unhelpful beliefs, but instead using them as guides. Decipher the actual need underneath the doubts to help you propel forward with integrity.

What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?

  1. Know yourself and fearlessly commit to an ongoing relationship, letting your own intuition, values, ethics, boundaries, and capacities guide you each step of the way.
  2. Don't even attempt to do it all yourself. Be willing to ask for support and admit when you don't know something!
  3. Have a clearly defined audience and a sense of purpose or "why" to keep you going when things feel hard.

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://innerspark.life/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/devon.raybattaglia.7/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_innerspark_/

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