Within the Mainstream Approach we are taught to set a big, bold goal for the year, and then spell out all of details in an action plan. With this plan in place, you can then work your plan, month-by-month, to meet your goals for the year. This approach sounds straightforward, but that doesn't make it easy to pull off. 

If you have a new business or you anticipate evolving your existing business next year, this big-vision-with-a-detailed-plan approach will not work well.

In this Organic Way episode, Carol shares why this Mainstream Planning process won’t work for many Change Catalysts and offers an Organic Way to create an aligned vision for the year ahead by assessing where you are right now with your business and your work with clients. Discover why having a vision that serves as a point on the horizon will boost your sense of intention, direction, and insight for the new year.

Join Carol for the Clear Your Path to 2024 - 

A Virtual Retreat for Emerging and Seasoned Change Catalysts.

The fastest, most effective way to create momentum for your business in 2024 is to take some time now to shore up your foundation.

During this retreat I will guide you through a series of questions on four key themes (see schedule below) to help you discover:

1. Where you are confident about your foundation and vision
2. Where you feel shaky and fuzzy about your work and outreach
3. Where you have gaps in your plan

The answers you discover during this retreat will provide you with a clear sense of where you are now, what needs your attention, and how to focus your time, attention and resources on the priorities that will bring momentum into your life, your work, and your business. 

Retreat Themes

Hour 1 - Come Home to Yourself: Start with a grounded sense of yourself, your life, your needs, and your desires for the coming year.

Hour 2 - Your Work with Clients: Gain clarity about possible new path and opportunities for 2024.

Hour 3 - Your Outreach: Find where you can lean in more effectively and comfortably to share your work with others.

Hour 4 - Harvest Insights: Make new connections that identify your next steps for 2024.

Closing: During our final gathering, you’ll have the opportunity to synthesize what you’ve discovered.

To read the full description or to register - https://www.flourishasachangecatalyst.com/retreat-clear-your-path-for-2024

If you feel out of sync with your business, it's an indication that something is missing or out of alignment with who you are, how you want to live, and how you want to work. Unfortunately, the Mainstream business and marketing strategies does not resolve any of the dynamics you are experiencing.

If you are ready to refresh, re-imagine, and redesign your business and your work with clients, this introduction to Carol's Organic Way will give you a new sense of hope and the specific steps you can take to reconnect with yourself, your business, and your work. 

When you feel aligned with yourself and your business again, it will be much easier to make decisions and take actions to bring new life to your work and business.

Topics included in this episode:

What is a Seasoned Change Catalyst
When You Feel Out of Sync with Your Business
Why Working Harder Isn't the Answer
Three Steps to Revitalize Your Work and Business

• Step 1: Reconnect with Yourself and Your Own Natural Style
• Step 2: Re-Imagine Your Work and Your Business 
• Step 3: Refresh Your Approach to Outreach and Marketing 

Which Scenario Best Reflects Your Situation? 

• Scenario 1: You already love the work you do with clients, and you want to share your work with more playing clients.
• Scenario 2: Over the years you have created a collection of services. Now you are seeing signs that your clients and colleagues are confused by all the services you offer.
• Scenario 3: You’ve had a successful business for a while, but now something is feeling off.
• Scenario 4: You are in the process of designing and developing an original program, a retreat, or entire body of work that reflects your unique expertise, experience, and knowledge.

Listen to Other Episodes in The Organic Way Series: 

• Series 1 - 1: My Journey to a Pivotal Insight
• Series 1 - 2: When Mainstream Business Strategies Don’t Work for All
• Series 1 - 3: There Is a New Path: Introducing the Organic Way

If you are an Emerging Change Catalyst - Listen to the previous episode in this series. 

If you are a Trailblazing Change Catalyst - I'll be working on an episode for you next!

If you are frustrated by the constant pressure to identify your marketing niche and ideal client avatar, you will want to listen to this episode! 

In this Episode, Carol describes the steps Emerging Change Catalysts take to start their business, the challenges they face when they follow the Mainstream Approach, and a simpler, more streamlined way to create their new business.

If you are a Seasoned Change Catalyst or a Trailblazing Change Catalyst, you may discover new healing insights about your own start-up process by listening to this episode. (I'll be adding new episodes to describe your unique journeys soon!)

Topics Included in This Episode:

• What Opened My Eyes to the unique elements of the journey of Emerging Change Catalysts
• What is an Emerging Change Catalyst?
• What’s Entailed in Starting Your Business?
• Your 3 Biggest Challenges and What They Lead to.
• What Qualifies Me to Support You? 
• Here’s How I Can Help You and Your Business Blossom

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You can explore this content in several ways:  

• Read or review this episode in writing:  Check out this page. 
  
  
• Explore the mentoring program, Blossom Sequence Mentoring, in more detail.
  
  
• Subscribe to hear about upcoming workshops and retreats for Emerging Change Catalysts.

Listen to Other Episodes in The Organic Way Series: 

• Series 1 - 1: My Journey to a Pivotal Insight
• Series 1 - 2: When Mainstream Business Strategies Don’t Work for All
• Series 1 - 3: There Is a New Path: Introducing the Organic Way
  
  
  

 Carol’s Social Media: Facebook Business Page | Instagram | LinkedIn
 Join the Change Catalysts at the Growing Edge Facebook Group
Carol's Website: www.FlourishasaChangeCatalyst.com

Series 1: Part 1: My Journey to a Pivotal Insight

Between 2010 - 2015 Carol invested time, money, and energy in a series of marketing courses and business coaching programs to strengthen her previous business. When she received little to no return on her investment, Carol felt exhausted and hopeless. Although she had plenty of gifts and talents to share, she struggled to figure out a business model that would allow her to flourish personally and financially. She knew she wasn’t alone in this frustrating cycle. Other colleagues -- all creative, intelligent, passionate, and dedicated -- could tell much the same story.

In this episode, Carol shares her journey of discovery and the insight that showed her what was at the heart of this all-too-common pattern. If you’ve struggled to find a viable way to translate your vision into a flourishing business, listen to Carol’s story to discover insights to open up a new trajectory for your business.


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You can explore this content in several ways: 

• eBook: Discover a New Path Forward: A Gentle, Encouraging Way to Create and Grow a Viable Business
  
  
• Website: Business Mentoring Insights 

 Carol’s Social Media: Facebook Business Page | Instagram | LinkedIn
Join the Change Catalysts at the Growing Edge Facebook Group
Carol's Website: www.FlourishasaChangeCatalyst.com

Series 1 - Part 2: When Mainstream Business Strategies Don’t Work for All

In this episode, you’ll discover why Change Catalysts in certain circumstances struggle to implement the Mainstream strategies they’ve learned in marketing workshops, business coaching programs, and influencer videos. If you have ever blamed yourself for your lack of progress in your business, take heart! It's possible your style, your way of working with your clients, and where you are in your business journey put you at odds with Mainstream business strategies.

Listen to this episode to gain more insights if you resonate with any of these scenarios:

• You are a business owner who is sensitive, intuitive, and creative.
• Your work depends on developing deep trust with your clients.
• You have a deep, nuanced way of working with clients as they move through significant changes to create lives that are refreshing and align with who they are becoming.
• You have a new emerging business, program, or body of work or you are in the process of re-imagining your existing business.

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You can explore this content in several ways: 

• eBook: Discover a New Path Forward: A Gentle, Encouraging Way to Create and Grow a Viable Business
  
  
• Website: How the Mainstream Approach Derails Change Catalysts. 

 Carol’s Social Media: Facebook Business Page | Instagram | LinkedIn
Join the Change Catalysts at the Growing Edge Facebook Group
Carol's Website: www.FlourishasaChangeCatalyst.com

Series 1 - Part 3: There Is a New Path: Introducing the Organic Way

In this episode, Carol introduces you to a new path, The Organic Way. This gentle, encouraging journey is especially inspiring for coaches, therapists, and other change catalysts who work with clients moving through significant transitions. By the end of the episode, you’ll know five Key Dynamics that are unique to the Organic Way. 

1) The Organic Way Is an Unfolding Journey, not a Defined Destination
2) Guided by Self-Alignment, not a “Proven” Template
3) Focused on Strengthening Your Foundation First, Not Rushing to Market
4) Enriched by Receiving Feedback from Clients, Not Just a Reflection of Your Own Imagination
5) Gaining Confidence through Verification, Not Faking It Until You Make It.

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You can explore this content in several ways: 

• eBook: Discover a New Path Forward: A Gentle, Encouraging Way to Create and Grow a Viable Business
  
  
• Website: Introducing the Organic Way

 Carol’s Social Media: Facebook Business Page | Instagram | LinkedIn
Join the Change Catalysts at the Growing Edge Facebook Group
Carol's Website: www.FlourishasaChangeCatalyst.com

There’s no escaping the fact that we have entered into a time of tremendous change.

As Change Catalysts we are feeling the effects in our own lives while also seeing we have a role to play with our clients and our communities. In this episode, Carol describes four elements that need to be in place for us to feel clear enough and strong enough to do the work we are here to do at this time.



Episode Resources:

• Element 1: Personal Well-Being - Discover how to navigate relentless change in ways that will enhance your life in Carol's free eBook: Riding the Waves of Change and explore 50 Deep Self-Care Activities for Uncertain Times.
  
  
• Element 2: Training - Interested in gaining more insights about how to talk about these times and how to support clients during this free fall and the uncertainty that we're living in right now? Let me know if you’d like to receive updates about upcoming training courses.
  
  
• Element 3: Community - Change Catalyst Network
  
  
• Element 4: Business Momentum - Trying to figure out how to move your business forward? Discover more in Carol’s free eBook: 7 Vital Milestones to Turn Your Emerging Idea into a Flourishing Business.  

About Carol: 

Having tracked transition trends for three decades, Carol McClelland Fields, Ph.D., is dedicated to helping Change Catalysts develop a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the changes we all face personally, professionally, and collectively right now. As an award-winning author and Board Certified Coach, Carol has written several books and coaching programs about change and clarity and trained Change Catalysts through the Institute for Life Coach Training since 2004. 

Combining her unique nature-inspired approach to change with her clarity expertise, Carol mentors Change Catalyst entrepreneurs on the growing edge of their work to transform their hesitation into momentum by developing a deeper sense of clarity, a stronger business foundation, and newfound confidence in the work they are bringing to the world.  

Carol’s Social Media: Facebook Business Page | Instagram | LinkedIn 
Join the Change Catalysts at the Growing Edge Facebook Group
Carol's Website: www.FlourishasaChangeCatalyst.com

In 2023, Carol launched a new season of podcast episodes to introduce a Gentle, Encouraging Way to Create and Grow a Viable Business. 

1. Listen to Part 1: My Journey to a Pivotal Insight 
2. Listen to Part 2: When Mainstream Business Strategies Don’t Work for All 
3. Listen to Part 3: There Is a New Path: Introducing the Organic Way

In this episode, Carol describes why it's difficult to grow your business when you aren't quite clear about the core focus of your work.

You may be starting a new business, embarking on a new chapter, or creating a new body of work and you aren't completely clear about what you do or the details of your business foundation...YET.

Discover what you need to have in place before you attempt to market your work and sell your Change Catalyst services. 

You can explore this content in several ways:  

• eBook: Discover a New Path Forward: A Gentle, Encouraging Way to Create and Grow a Viable Business
  
  
• Website: Business Mentoring Insights 

About Carol: 

Having tracked transition trends for three decades, Carol McClelland Fields, Ph.D., is dedicated to helping Change Catalysts develop a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the changes we all face personally, professionally, and collectively right now. As an award-winning author and Board Certified Coach, Carol has written several books and coaching programs about change and clarity and trained Change Catalysts through the Institute for Life Coach Training since 2004. 

Combining her unique nature-inspired approach to change with her clarity expertise, Carol mentors Change Catalyst entrepreneurs on the growing edge of their work to transform their hesitation into momentum by developing a deeper sense of clarity, a stronger business foundation, and newfound confidence in the work they are bringing to the world.  

 Carol’s Social Media: Facebook Business Page | Instagram | LinkedIn
 Join the Change Catalysts at the Growing Edge Facebook Group
Carol's Website: www.FlourishasaChangeCatalyst.com