This episode is packed with metaphors galore! Starting a small business is scary but that doesn't mean it can't also be fun.

Playfulness inspires creativity, as well as motivates, energizes, and fuels entrepreneurship.

In order to live the life you want to live you need to take risks — to fall down, dust yourself off, and try again.

In this episode, I talk with my good friend, Jane Carter, about small business fears, failures, lessons, and how to work through all of them by following your bliss.

We discuss how to find the joy in the unknown of private practice ownership and ensure your entrepreneurial story is filled with playfulness, bliss, and freedom.

Find whatever your version of bliss is, follow it, and create the entrepreneurial life you really want.

More about Jane Carter:

Jane Carter is a counselor and business coach who is committed to helping therapists and other solopreneurs have more money, fun, and freedom in their businesses. She lives in the mountains of Asheville, NC, where she’s an outdoorswoman, coffee-shop connoisseur, and local-beer snob.

She offers a free Clarity Call to discuss people's goals for their practice, and to see whether her individual coaching/mastermind may be able to help them. She also does free "Q&A Café" sessions on Zoom, and free in-person "Mighty Friday" masterminding sessions in Asheville, NC.

Jane's Website: www.janecartercoaching.com (see "Free Resources")

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