The Inner Work Conversation

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Have you ever found yourself saying “I’ll do that when…”

or

“I can’t do X because they’ll say Y”?

The thing with freedom is - we typically like the sound of it, but often we don’t like what we need to do (or stop doing) to actually create it.

So we blame the things OUTSIDE of ourselves.

We try to ‘fix’ the things OUTSIDE of ourselves.

But true freedom is created by the way you respond to your current situation.

This episode might be a challenging listen. Fear not though - at the end I give you a REALLY simple tool to help you OWN your freedom.

Nik x

www.tlb.org.uk

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Similar episodes:

146 - Why you’re so scared of failure & what to do about it

87 - Scared of failure? Here’s a perspective shift

80 - Unhooking from praise & criticism

79 - The expensive costs of avoiding failure

Ooh and should you join the Inner Work Club? Here’s what you need to know:

LINKS:

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JOIN THE INNER WORK CLUB HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/theinnerworkclub

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM HERE: https://www.instagram.com/_nikki_cross_/

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/private-coaching

CHECK OUT MY 200+ PODCAST EPISODES HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/podcast

Book an enquiry call HERE

LINKS:

DOWNLOAD *FREE* THE INNER WORK ESSENTIALS HERE: https://courses.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/pl/2148295919

JOIN THE INNER WORK CLUB HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/theinnerworkclub

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM HERE: https://www.instagram.com/_nikki_cross_/

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/private-coaching

CHECK OUT MY 200+ PODCAST EPISODES HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/podcast

Book an enquiry call HEREEpisode 156 - are you holding back your brilliance?

Episode 105 - Building your self assurance

Episode 111 - Uncover your inner beliefs

Episode 118 - Tools for catastrophising & fear thoughts

Episode 124 - How your assumptions are holding you back

Enjoy - Nik x

LINKS:

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JOIN THE INNER WORK CLUB HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/theinnerworkclub

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PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/private-coaching

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There’s one thing for sure business will teach you: navigating uncertainty.

It can sometimes feel like a constant prod asking us : “will you stay true to your own authenticity & integrity … or will you betray yourself to fit into the norm”

Right?

My guest today is Chloe from Studio Chloe David - and she knows a thing or two about creating success on YOUR terms.

Chloe has a unique way of seeing beauty everywhere she looks including the corners of darkness that nobody would think to look - and I think that’s what makes HER inner work journey so inspiring. She inspires us to look where we wouldn’t normally and see the beauty of wisdom in each situation.

Business is FULL to the brim of experiences where…

* Self doubt will rise up

* Disempowering thought patterns will get the better of us

* We are led astray from what “success” really means to us, and

* The uncertainty of business forces us to deal with our demons

One thing is for sure …wherever you go, there you are. Which is why you’ll find it hard to convince me that the inner work isn’t THE most important work of all.

In addition to Chloe’s wisdom, not only do I hope you feel inspired but also I hope this episode gives you an honest “behind the scenes” of my 1:1 work - here’s the link to enquire:

ENQUIRE HERE: https://calendly.com/thrivelifeandbusiness/discovery-call

You can follow Chloe’s work over on Instagram HERE - but be warned, it’ll make you want to get married …or in my case, do it all over again (soz Jim!)

HERE’S Chloe’s website

And HERE is the iconic Potato’s Instagram

Other episodes mentioned were 167 with Lucy from Wiskow & White, and

189 Navigating uncertainty

And CHECK OUT the episode that prompted Chloe to contact me to work together (156)

LINKS:

DOWNLOAD *FREE* THE INNER WORK ESSENTIALS HERE: https://courses.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/pl/2148295919

JOIN THE INNER WORK CLUB HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/theinnerworkclub

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM HERE: https://www.instagram.com/_nikki_cross_/

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CHECK OUT MY 200+ PODCAST EPISODES HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/podcast

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Mentioned in the episode:

Episode 180 - what happens when you use your friends & family as your coach

Episode 170 - Being bold in business

Episode 49 - What do you want?

GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY WORKSHOP

Link to work with me 1:1

LINKS:

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JOIN THE INNER WORK CLUB HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/theinnerworkclub

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM HERE: https://www.instagram.com/_nikki_cross_/

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/private-coaching

CHECK OUT MY 200+ PODCAST EPISODES HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/podcast

Book an enquiry call HERE

Get the replay of GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY HERE: https://www.tlb.org.uk/getoutofyourownway

Book in your 1:1 enquiry call HERE: https://calendly.com/thrivelifeandbusiness/discovery-call

In this episode I talk about three factors that I want you to consider when you’re feeling resistant to bringing more of YOU into business:

* Time and energy are two very different things

* When we are committed to ‘showing up’ for something that is meaningful to us, can we make it more energetically aligned by challenging our conditioning that makes us feel we have to show up ‘perfect’?

* Can we trust that transparency leads to intimacy?

I also mentioned my beloved venn diagram - here it is:

Ohhhhh the “inner work”.

Sounds inspiring. Aspirational. Maybe even fun (…?!)

…most of the time, it’s not. It’s snotty, messy and unstructured.

AND it’s liberating, powerful and profound.

It is the work I’m honoured to facilitate that brings people closer to themselves.

The transparency that inevitably leads to intimacy.

The real truths that you can’t UN-see.

The line in the sand that changes you, forever. At a DNA level.

So accept this as your invitation to HEAR MY behind the scenes.

MY inner work.

ME learning out loud, going through my OWN inner sh*t.

Because whilst the inner work isn’t the easiest - it’s the most rewarding.

* How can you thrive if you’re hiding from your own truth?

* How can you thrive if you feel disconnected from yourself?

* How can you thrive if you refuse to take responsibility over your sovereignty - the power you have to choose?

* How can you thrive if you refuse to see what needs to be seen, and accept yourself?

* How can you thrive if you stay stuck in cycles that perpetuate a relationship with yourself where you refuse to own your brilliance?

These are the questions I ask, this is the work WE do. Welcome in…

JOIN GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY HERE

JOIN THE THRIVE FIRST METHOD HERE

WORK WITH ME 1:1 HERE

LINKS:

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JOIN THE INNER WORK CLUB HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/theinnerworkclub

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM HERE: https://www.instagram.com/_nikki_cross_/

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/private-coaching

CHECK OUT MY 200+ PODCAST EPISODES HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/podcast

Book an enquiry call HERE

LINKS:

DOWNLOAD *FREE* THE INNER WORK ESSENTIALS HERE: https://courses.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/pl/2148295919

JOIN THE INNER WORK CLUB HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/theinnerworkclub

FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM HERE: https://www.instagram.com/_nikki_cross_/

PRIVATE 1:1 COACHING HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/private-coaching

CHECK OUT MY 200+ PODCAST EPISODES HERE: https://www.thrivewithnikkicross.co.uk/podcast

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It was Nov 2019 - just over two years after my Mum had suddenly passed away and just over two years after starting the job I’d been working my whole career to “get”.

There I was on a train from Liverpool Lime Street to Euston to meet my then boss / CEO to tell him I was going to quit my job & start my own business.

Full disclosure: it had taken YEARS to get to this point.

…Years, money spent on coaching, numerous discussions with my husband and (thank god) complete naivety to the plot-twist-of-a-pandemic that NONE of us knew was about to happen (yes, I launched my business just before the pandemic hit. LOL at me).

Long story short: I got out of my own way (🥳) But what happened next may surprise you…

As soon as I go OUT of my own way (quit my job and started Thrive Life & Business)…

…I just as quickly got back IN my own way again.

I know …I KNOW.

I couldn’t understand it. “What is WRONG with me…?!” I thought.

Looking back - the answer is: nothing. Nothing was wrong with me. It just (very much) FELT like there was something wrong with me.

I felt like I was human-ing wrong.

I. JUST. KEPT. GETTING. IN. MY. OWN. WAY 😫 But really all that was going on was I didn’t yet know how to SUPPORT myself when I was getting in my own way.

You name it - there I was, cock blocking mySELF from making progress:

* Pricing my services …comparison

* Writing E-Mails & social media posts to tell people about what I do …complete brain-blank-procrastination-do-ANTHING-else-other-than-put-words-on-the-screen

* Promoting what I do …DEBILITATING self doubt (despite the calm, grounded, quiet confidence that had been hard earned from 18+years experience in Learning & Development)

And that’s the thing about getting in your own way…

It’s a practice.

It’s not ONCE AND DONE.

Therefore being able to:

* Identify your negative assumptions about yourself that hold you back (& play out without you even knowing it!)

* Recognise the thoughts & behaviours of getting in your own way

* Build a personalised-to-you guide of getting out of YOUR own way

…is priceless.

Well no, actually - it’s £49. I’ve created a workshop that is going to help you GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY and I would LOVE you to be there.

Moral of the story:

Getting out of your own way isn’t a ‘once and done’ thing.

As you navigate the ups and downs of business - you’ll have to get out of your own way again, and again, and again.

THIS is why it’s important to LEARN how to SUPPORT yourself when you ARE getting in your own way.

And the benefits of actively practicing that will ripple out not only into our results business …but you’ll FEEL like you’re on your own team too.

Join me - Wednesday 18th Oct 10am.

Nik x