Growing Pains as a Spiritual Entrepreneur

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Episode:

Growing Pains as a Spiritual Entrepreneur

by Danielle Searancke

Growing Pains as a Spiritual Entrepreneur
Danielle Searancke

This week’s episode is inspired by a conversation I had with my friend’s father, an avid listener and successful entrepreneur, in which he shared some of his wisdom with me. I went live to talk about the struggles that come with expansion on Instagram and my audience asked me to do a podcast episode on this topic. I’ve received so many comments about how much the live resonated with people, so I hope this episode helps you realize that you aren’t alone. It’s okay to struggle and feel pressure when things are going well. 

I receive criticism when I talk about the shadow side of this work because it can be interpreted as complaining when I am in a place of privilege. However, part of using this podcast to share authentically means sharing the full spectrum and reality of the experience. Typically, I talk about difficult periods when I’ve completed them but I am offering this episode while I’m in the process. My hope is that you are able to feel seen, and know that I’m not looking for solutions. I know that the expansion on the other side of this struggle will be just as magical as it always is! 

Though I am experiencing growing pains, I love the world of spirit, my work, and my students so much it brings me to tears. I’ve invited you to hold a vision with me, and for me, of being so supported in my work that I can just show up and teach while also feeling worthy enough of being the main character. I feel you rooting for my success and I thank you for your support.


Episode:

Growing Pains as a Spiritual Entrepreneur

Spirit School Podcast

In this episode:

  • I have shared the recent expansion of Spirit School including the physical school

  • Episodes talking about the shadow side of the business have been met with some criticism

  • If I am sharing authentically, I think that it's important to not only share about the good things

  • I typically don’t share my struggles before I have found solutions for them

  • I am talking about my current growing pains of expanding as a spiritual entrepreneur

  • Hopefully you can avoid them and have your own unique growing pains

  • Early on, I only had my home or my friend’s to host my development circles

  • The people coming to my first in-person events at Spirit School came to my circles

  • I built it in an incredibly bougie way and wanted to go big right out of the gate

  • I did have to scale back quite a bit and we went still went over budget

  • The debt from going over budget is some of the pressure I’m facing

  • As a teacher, you become walking context for what you teach

  • This is coming up as I prepare for the Heal That Money Shit class series

  • Adding the physical space doubled the cost of running my business

  • It also expands my potential for earning more with less effort

  • I have been led in every step up until this moment and I will be okay

  • All the tools I’ve been learning are actually having to start to be put into practice

  • I have created the platform for growth but haven’t expanded yet

  • Everything is going out and not everything is coming in yet to its highest potential

  • There is a lot of discomfort for the nervous system in our human in that void

  • Time is more valuable than money to me and I’ve disrespected my own time

  • It’s been hard to find someone ahead of me in this space to look to as a mentor

  • I was privileged to have someone sit with me and share their wisdom 

  • They told me to prioritize my time on unique things I do that people can’t do for me

  • One growing pain is seeing myself as a main character and enlisting support I need

  • I would love to just show up on Zoom to teach, record podcasts, and go live

  • There are a lot of intricate things like accounting tasks that only I can do

  • I’ve started to pass tasks to my team that are easy for me, but time consuming

  • It takes a lot of time to manage details like inspections to get Spirit School operational

  • I’m having to find a new way of being in my business to hand these things off

  • I don’t have any sense of a balanced lifestyle

  • On top of regular business, I’ve had health crises, emotional situations, the retreat and the build

  • I went from having time to myself regularly last year to only having time off when I was sick

  • One of the things Bart suggested was structured hours to work with more intention

  • Being an entrepreneur and owning a business is 24/7 and intertwined with home

  • I give my team an extra hour each week in their invoices for the mental space I take up

  • I need to be responsive when my team is working evenings and weekends

  • Now that I have an office I will be working school hours while my kids are young

  • I don't know many entrepreneurs who are still entrepreneurs today because it is a hustle

  • I feel duped by people promoting a lifestyle of ease and only working 4 hours a week

  • I struggle to leave myself time for the envisioning time required to create new things

  • I am capturing this as a vault for myself and don’t have the solutions

  • I am in this middle ground of what was and what will be and it is uncomfortable

  • Reflecting on past spirit messages, I still catch myself pacifying the discomfort

  • Though I empathize with people who have given up, I’m still moving forward

  • I love my work and the world of spirit so much, and I invite you to hold a vision with me

  • I want to be so supported in my work that I can just show up as the main character and teach

  • There is shame that makes me feel I have to work harder now that I have more

  • I compensate my team well because it creates more abundance and opportunity

  • I feel you rooting for my success and I thank you for your support

  • I am wholeheartedly rooting for your success as well because your success is my success

Spirit School Links

The Initiation 2.0 Summer 2023 Registration: https://www.squamishmedium.com/mediumship-advancement

Spirit School Collective: https://www.squamishmedium.com/spiritschoolcollective

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I was interviewed by MysticMag


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