At my first women's circle, my inner child came running through a meadow in a little blue dress, arms wide like a plane, with a dandelion puff in her hand. She wasn't asking me for anything. She was handing something back.

In this episode, I'm getting into why I think I've had inner child work backwards this whole time, how the little girl who learned to carry the weight of the world carried it right into my business, and what it looks like to finally let her lead.

Because stepping out of the way for her, and stepping out of the center of my business, are the exact same thing.

WHAT WE GET INTO

• Meeting my little me in the meadow, and the gift she came running into my arms with
• Why I think I've had inner child work backwards this whole time, and what changes when she's the one leading
• What over-responsibility, hyper-independence, and hyper-vigilance actually look like inside my business, and why I keep adding myself back into the things I built to run without me
• The voice I've trusted since I was eleven, and the one question it asked that turned the weight I carry into a gift
• What happened when the woman who learned she couldn't rely on anyone sat in the center of a circle and let three women hold something for her
• What I really want to be known for, and why stepping out of the center of your business is where feeling good in it starts

SHOUTOUTS
Jennifer, founder of The Healing Roe @thehealingroe, for holding such a beautiful circle and guiding me back to my little me.
Natalie Ellis, for her phenomenal new book, The Freedom-Based Business Method. @iamnatalie and @bossbabeinc

COME FIND ME
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Website: www.stephnemchik.com

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