Natural Therapies Directory NI

How are you with your own Self-Compassion?

I’m guessing you started your work as a Healer, Therapist, Natural Health Practitioner or Complementary Therapist because you love your particular therapies,  you’re passionate about working with people, and are fanatical about helping your clients?

You give your clients a fantastic service.  You’re always there for them, you’re an expert in your field, you do great work, and your clients go away happy.  They’ve received a wonderful service.  

But.  You’re not as financially successful as you want – or need – to be.  No matter how much L-O-A, Synchronicity,  Goddess or Angel requests you make – the money is still a struggle.  And actually, you don’t even like talking about money-it doesn’t fit in with your idea of spirituality, which is possibly one of your core values?

And if you’re being completely honest, you’re exhausted and tired of the hamster wheel.   You may even have considered giving up the wonderful work you do, that you’re passionate about – financially you can’t survive, you need to go and get a job in order to get your finances back into order.

And you know what?  I totally get it.  I’ve been on that same hamster wheel.  There can be a vicious circle.  We’re ‘in business’.  We’re supposed to be strong, confident, sales-oriented, financially savvy, maybe even aggressive.  But that is so not who we are!  

Here’s the thing:   how do we make the necessary changes so that we’re in integrity, comfortably charging what we’re worth, while still honouring our clients?  What are those changes?

Having self-compassion for You, yes You, in your business  means charging what you’re worth.  Not just what you think the client can pay.  The crunch issue that causes our lack of self-compassion in this area is firmly rooted in long-held, disempowering beliefs.

What we’ll be working on:

Charging your Value

What would it take for you to comfortably charge what you know you’re really worth?    How would it be for you to know that you are serving your clients better than you already are, while also creating a respectable income, without being aggressive, salesy or unspiritual?

How does reading that sentence impact you?  Excitement?  Tension? Fear? Apprehension?  All of these are symptoms of  diminished self-compassion.

In this 2.00hr Taster Workshop, we will be exploring how you can nourish this aspect of your self-compassion:

• Recognise, release and create rejuvenating beliefs to enhance your financial self-compassion;

• Create compassionate confidence in yourself and your client offering, so that you can authentically and with integrity generate business without stress or tension.

• Create a 30-day plan to begin to let the world know about your gifts, your offering, but in a non-salesy way;

Places at this workshop are limited to 16, to allow for the most impact, and best results.  There will be a small amount of preparation work beforehand.   To book a place, or register your interest, email info@naturaltherapiesdirectoryni.com.  When you’ve booked, Trudy will be in touch with your pre-workshop prep material.

Trudy Arthurs:  I’ve worked as a reiki master, loved being a healer and therapist for 10 years until a cancer diagnosis in 2000.  Following recovery from all the treatment, I trained as a coach, and have been working in this field for the last 14 years.  I know from my own personal experience in these worlds that most of us are more comfortable hiding below the radar, not being seen.  In doing this we are hiding our gifts from the world, not fulfilling our purpose.  And for a long time I held the belief that it was not ‘spiritual’ to charge the client my worth.   

I have had a disempowered relationship with money most of my adult life.  It’s taken me 20+ years to disentangle myself from this disempowerment, and allow myself to be in a self-compassionate relationship with it, with less emotion.  In business, emotions and money are a toxic mix. I am finally recognising my value to my clients, and am comfortable asking for it.

This ongoing work on myself is now enabling me to have a financially sound, successful business that I love, clients that are hugely contented with my service and a natural, easeful growth path for my business that aligns with my core value of spirituality.  I’m now happy to say I offer my services in a spiritually pragmatic way – and it’s working!

My coaching sessions with Trudy were very effective as they challenged my mindset, where I needed to be challenged.   I gained confidence in my skills, valuing my worth and valuing what I have to offer.  My sessions offered the opportunity for reflection and clarity, which enabled forward movement and removal of blocks in the process.  She encouraged me to step outside of my comfort zone and really explore what I'm capable of as a unique individual.  Our work inspired me to be the person I deserve to be and live the life I deserve to live.   (Tessa Greer, Founder and Director, www.thesoundhealingspa.com)

This highly interactive, experiential and practical Taster Workshop is intended to help you start having an empowering and self-compassionate relationship with your money and your worth.