ALIGNMENT
By JESS BLANCHE
W
hat is alignment? How do I even know
when I’m aligned?
Have you wondered about this? I used to ask these
questions and recently got a BIG, BOLD answer
from the Universe. Here’s what happened…
I launched my coaching practice in March of this
year, and like any new entrepreneur, my business was steadily growing but not as fast as I had
hoped. This left me frustrated, especially since all I
was seeing online were other entrepreneurs talking
about their 10k months and how you too, could
have 10k months… I felt like I must be doing something wrong and like I was the only one not getting
the results I desired. I knew that there had to be
other people out there feeling the way I was, and I
also whole-heartedly believe that there is no onesize-fits-all way to success, so I started speaking
out about the way others were marketing. My very
first Facebook post about this, which essentially
said that everyone else’s rules are bullshit, got over
30 comments and 200 likes. I was floored. People
were pouring into my Facebook group. I was being
flooded with private messages and booking tons
of discovery calls. I was invited on podcasts and to
guest blog. It was like my business blew up overnight. And so I thought, “This message isn’t being
voiced by anyone else, and people obviously need
to hear it, so I’ll run with it.” Over the following two
months I was loud and proud about being a rebel. I fiercely voiced the message that you can play
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by your own rules and find success on your own
terms, and my online community continued to
explode.
But something was off. Everyone seemed to love
what I was saying, but it wasn’t translating financially. I looked like a huge success online, but in
reality I hadn’t signed a client in two months. I had
to stop and ask myself WTF was going on, and
that’s when it hit me.
I wasn’t aligned with my message or how I was
voicing it.
I couldn’t put my finger on what was wrong at
first, I just knew it didn’t feel right. After some soul
searching, I realized that the reason I wasn’t feeling aligned was because my message is one of
love, and I wasn’t coming from a place of love. I
was coming from a place of finger pointing, calling
people out, and ranting. Yes, my business grew
because I had a message with fierce energy, but it
wasn’t an energy I am now all that proud of. The
moment I came to this conclusion, I changed everything. I still believe that you can find success on
your own terms, but I shifted the way I was talking
about it. I started promoting what I loved instead
of bashing what I didn’t. My message was kinder
and ultimately led to what my true message was
always meant to be- that the foundation of your
life, business, and manifesting your desires is SELF
ACCEPTANCE.