Happy Healthy Entrepreneur is all about teaching business owners how to make the most of their mental health and wellbeing, so that they have all the emotional resources they need to have a happy, fulfilling and profitable business.

This week’s podcast is the last one of 2018, and so I’m going to do something slightly different. Please do not drive whilst listening to this one!

Instead, wait until you are home in a nice calm space with a notepad and pen, perhaps some nice relaxing music on. In other words it needs your full attention in order to get the most from it.

Last year, I led a workshop for Cambridge Business Women to help them get reflective about the year they’d just had and it received some really good feedback - so I’m going to share that same talk with you in this podcast.

The reason I think it works so well is that, quite often we become conditioned in our businesses to focus on striving for more, it’s all about getting ‘there’, quite often we seem to put the spotlight on what we haven’t achieved, rather than all that we have.

This is about putting the spotlight on what we have achieved, and celebrating that! So I invite you to put your logical, rational thinking to one side and allow that more creative, reflective part of you to emerge so that you can get the most out of it.

What you’ll find is by going through this process, it will help you access a helpful, resourceful and creative state of mind, in order move gently into 2019, feeling grounded, centred and focused.

Also...The Effortless Path to Success is now OPEN for enrolment - don't miss out on the early bird price which runs out on Friday 11th January 2019. To find out more go to >> https://www.happyhealthyentrepreneur.com/effortlesssuccess

Would you like to be much more consistent when it comes to creating content?

As a mindset coach to entrepreneurs and small business owners, the conversation I frequently hear is this:

"I know I should be writing blogs/recording videos/being more active on social media, but I just can't seem to get going with it. Help!"

The good news is, everyone has the ability to 'get going' with it, but when you're not there yet, it feels incredibly frustrating (and worrying), because if there's one thing we all know as creators of our own income, money comes when we get visible to people.

In this podcast, I am going to address what gets in the way when it comes to creating and sharing content online.

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Do you wake up in the morning feeling exhausted, even though you went to bed at a reasonable time? Then you find yourself mentally calculating how many hours you’ve had, telling yourself tonight will be an early night?

Waking up feeling tired before the day’s even started has to be one of the most frustrating things. The motivation isn’t there to get things done, the urge for sugar and carbs is high, and you feel like you’re in go-slow mode. No one sees the best of us on those days. But what if it’s beginning to feel like that every day?

Is there another way to stop feeling so tired, without having to go to bed at 8.30 pm or 9 pm every night?

This week's podcast will give you a deeper understanding of what's going on 'behind the scenes' and help shed some light on why you've been feeling so tired in the morning up to now. 

In listening, you'll find yourself realising so much about what was causing it, and most importantly what's going to be your best bet when it comes to getting a deeper, more restful nights sleep.

And whilst relaxing baths, switching all screens off two hours before bedtime, and lavender spray on your pillow *can* aid sleep, this podcast is not about that.

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The Happy Healthy Entrepreneur podcast is all about supporting entrepreneurs, from all walks of life and at all stages in this business, who’ve had enough of the work all hours, keep striving for more – messages out there, and are really looking (searching even) for a fresh, new way of approaching their business, and life (we can’t separate the two), so they can get back to that feeling they had in mind, all along really, when they decided to venture into self-employment.

If there’s one thing that I hope for in these podcasts, it’s to help you have the realisation that you don’t need to do anywhere near as much thinking, worrying, and busying yourself as much as you think you do – and that can have an incredible impact on the life that you live, both inside and out.

This week’s topic is entitled Thoughts are Not a Call To Action, and this is something I am seeing for myself more and more over the past 18 months since coming across this inside out understanding, which forms the basis of the work I do with groups and individuals in my coaching work – and I really wanted to share it with you too, because maybe as you listen to this, you’ll see something, hear something or catch a glimpse of what I’m saying here, that really helps you out too…

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For far too long now, the feelings of 'imposter syndrome' has hoodwinked many brilliant and talented people into believing they are frauds and do not deserve to occupy the place they have reached in life as well as business.

...and what a shame! 

That said, the feelings of 'imposter' are so incredibly believable and compelling that when people experience them, it's no wonder they pay attention and act on those feelings - often either by retreating into the darkness or stepping on to the wheel of fighting it by engaging in more study, more learning, and working harder than most.

As sustainable and sensible strategies go, it doesn't help business growth and tends to leave one feeling frustrated and burned out. 

So, what to do about it? Because if it's hoodwinking up to 70% of human beings who walk this planet, then that's a lot of tired and dissatisfied people! 

On The Happy Healthy Entrepreneur podcast this week, I seek to shine a light on helping people understand the truth behind what's really going on when it comes to experiencing those imposter feelings, so that you not just see through it, but that it doesn't have as much 'hold' over you as it might have done up to now. 

This podcast episode is brought to you by Sarah Swanton of www.happyhealthyentrepreneur.com

World Mental Health Day is on 10th October,

so I thought it would be useful to speak about the topic of burnout in entrepreneurs.

I want to help raise some awareness around what it is, how to recognize it, and most importantly, what to do about it so it doesn’t keep showing up again and again.

Because if there’s one thing I know for sure, trying to run a business whilst dealing with burnout, is not an enjoyable way to spend your days and the good news is, it doesn’t have to be like that.

Burnout is not an inevitable part of being in business for yourself, it really isn't.

And if you get the sense that the way you’re working isn’t working, then come join me for a group coaching programme I have designed to address just that. If you’ve reached a point where the hustle, bustle and hard work is grinding you down, then come join us. We start on 8th October for six weeks, and be open and curious to the idea that there is another way of being in business and life that feels lighter, easier, more doable, more effortless. And guess what? When you feel happier, healthier, your business benefits too. It just does, by default.

Enrolment closes on Friday 5th October at 12noon, so get yourself booked on if you fancy it – go to happyhealthyentrepreneur.com/effortless.

And if you’re listening to this after that date, I plan to run this again in the Spring so you haven’t missed out completely.

This podcast is brought to you by Sarah Swanton, founder of www.happyhealthyentrepreneur.com

Ahh! So lovely to be back after the summer break.

Over the next few episodes, I’m going to be addressing questions that I see coming up for entrepreneurs and small business owners both in my 1:1 clients and in conversations with peers and other business owners.

This week I’m going to talk about fear of putting yourself out there in the world of social media marketing. Offering up some fresh new perspective on how you view fear, anxiety and resistance, that *might* just make all the difference to how you feel when you show up next time.

If you’d like me to address an issue that is getting in your way of making progress in your business or stealing enjoyment from your days working for yourself, let me know, the chances are others will benefit from that too - just pop it on https://www.facebook.com/HappyHealthyEntrepreneur/ and I’d be happy to create a podcast which speaks directly to that issue. I have one or two to go at, one but I’d love some more, please!

This week I'm chatting about about fear, resistance and anxiety, and how people can really feel held back by those thoughts and feelings around that.

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If you enjoy this episode, please consider rating this show, and even leaving a review. I should be very grateful.

'til next time xx

This week is a little bit different to mark the end of Series 1. I’m part of a mastermind group, and we meet once a month, and after our meeting, we always enjoy lunch together.

In this episode, you’re going to be able to listen in to one of those lunchtime conversations, where the theme is all around the stories we tell ourselves and how it holds us back or has held us back in business.

Within that, it covers a range of juicy topics, all relevant to entrepreneurs no matter what stage you’re at - including perfectionism, comparison, money stuff, self-belief, and listening to your own intuition and wisdom when it comes to being in business.

I always get so much from these chats, just shooting the breeze, and I hope you do too, by having a little listen in to this particular one.

Who you're listening to:

Katie Foster of Destination Freedom

Jo De Rosa of Quantum Sobriety and Inner Guidance Retreat Centre

Vendulka Battais of Oliven Felting and Patchwork

Cate Caruth of The Content Alchemist

Maria Broadbent of Casa Bar and Restaurant

and me Sarah Swanton of Happy Healthy Entrepreneur

Happy listening folks and I hope you enjoy it.

I'm delighted to introduce you to Margaret Rode who is this week's podcast guest.

Margaret is a writer, consultant, and geek sherpa (don't you just love that!) to small businesses and self-employed folks trying to create some good in the world with their work. Her company, Websites For Good, has been helping thoughtful, compassionate business owners save money and avoid 'brain damage' for over 20 years by teaching them to use online marketing tools wisely and well.

Margaret has just recently written and published her first book - Storytelling For Small Business, (which I really recommend, by the way), and so much of our conversation is about her experience of writing her first book, alongside continuing with running her business, as well as the mindset blocks she found herself up against as she went through the process. 

If you've ever dreamt of writing a book, or you're in the process of going through it now, I think you'll find this episode really useful. 

www.websitesforgood.com

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Do you get those days where you just feel like giving up?

Where everything feels really hard and you think to yourself, I'm just not cut out for this! 

It could be about something technical that's proving too difficult, or earning enough money to cover the bills each month, or even trying to juggle running a business alongside having a family.

It can leave people feeling really frustrated, or even sad. Frustration is a strong emotion.

That's the topic of this week's podcast episode, and in it I offer up a slightly different perspective on that, which may get you thinking about the urge to quit in a different way.

Here's a link to the course I mention if you want to reignite your own resilience when it comes to running your own business.

www.happyhealthyentrepreneur.com/resilience