Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey in personal development but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Nandi Camille Schloesser, a life coach based in Denver, CO, USA.

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

Life Coach for Women, I specialize in helping creative entrepreneurs overcome and rewrite limiting beliefs that keep them in places they have outgrown. Whether navigating divorce, overcoming anxious thinking, starting your first business, or all of the above at once, I help creative entrepreneurs and high-achieving women move through life transitions with grace, self-love, and mindfulness. Working with women one-on-one to help them better understand what brings THEM into alignment, my clients leave sessions feeling empowered, having trust in themselves and their intuition, and ready to take aligned and inspired action.

Tell us about yourself

I have always loved people, their stories, and learning about what makes us human, the psychology, culture, and neuroscience behind the behavior, mood, action, and success. As a kid, I checked out every single "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book my library had and opted for autobiographies when given the choice of reading. I love people, and I believe my gift is helping people better love themselves, trust themselves and take action on behalf of themselves instead of taking action to prove something to others.

I love happy dancing during coaching calls, holding space for pain, and seeing my clients wake up to how powerful they truly are. My background is in education, so I easily relate it to the teacher who loves the moment their student suddenly grasps a concept or feels proud or excited about something they did! It truly is rewarding and exciting work.

What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?

As a business owner, I am most proud of being selected to be the keynote speaker of the Fuel Your Influence Conference (FYI Conference) in 2020. The conference owner specifically wanted participants to feel uplifted after COVID-19 and the shutdown that hit us. I was honored that the owner specifically chose me. It was a full-circle moment for me. I started this journey as a wellness blogger and attended the first-ever FYI conference. To be asked to speak at it years later was truly a dream come true and something I will cherish for life.

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

Having your own back. As a business owner, you are a decision-maker, and while that is often the draw to owning a business in the first place, making decisions can also be scary. You have to trust your vision, trust that what is in your brain can truly be brought to life, and I think that is the hardest part because you don't do it just once. You do it every time you want to pivot, launch a new product or idea, re-brand, whatever it is. It's an ongoing process, but it's the most rewarding one too. Every time you take action from a place of trust, you gain confidence. So while it is the hardest, it also is the part that has made me the most resilient and adaptable - which you have to be as a business owner.

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

  1. Know your why. I love this one; you'll hear this one again and again...but it's true. Why are you doing what you are doing? What is going to keep you going? What is the vision? Why is that the vision? How does the vision make you feel? Why is it so important that you do this? Even if what you're doing is selling sassy embroidered pillows. Why do it? Why is it important to you?
  2. Know what you want. Do you want 100,000 followers on IG? Why? For brand partnerships? To sell to a larger audience? To pitch yourself to a specific company? Know what you are going after and why. Your energy is focused, and you don't end up flailing energy without a focused purpose and burn yourself out.
  3. Be the client. If you sell plants, when was the last time you visited another plant store? This is not about copying what others are doing; rather, it's about connecting to what brought you to your business in the first place. Have FUN being the client! Are you a yoga teacher? Attend a new class, notice what you like, and go in with a beginner's mindset. In turn, you will be able to provide a service that better anticipates your client's needs and provides for them in a way that leaves them feeling like you read their mind and exceeded expectations! Exceeded expectations create clients who fall in love with your brand, not just your product.

Where can people find you and your business?

Website: https://www.nandicamille.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nandi.camille/

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