10/21/2026
Everyone celebrates the freedom that comes with working for yourself.
Building a business around your gifts. Doing work you love. Creating a life that works for you.
And I get to experience that. I’ve spent 27 years supporting people on their healing journeys and built a business I’m proud of.
But there are parts of entrepreneurship people don’t talk about enough.
Like spending years figuring out how to run a business when all you were trained to do was the work itself.
I knew how to counsel and coach people. But running a successful business? That was something I had to learn.
I’ve experienced the disappointment of launching programs that no one signed up for. Spending weeks planning, creating, and marketing something I was excited about, only to close the doors without a single enrollment.
And let me tell you, that feeling sucks!
I remember lying in bed checking my email, hoping someone had signed up. Feeling frustrated because I’d invested so much time and energy.
And being an empath added another layer. When you care deeply about your work, it’s easy to take disappointing results personally.
Here’s what I’ve learned about myself.
I had attached my value to what I was creating.
When something wasn’t successful, I questioned whether I was good enough or should even keep going.
I’ve had to learn to separate my worth from my business results.
I’m still learning, making adjustments, and occasionally getting frustrated. But I’ve also learned to give myself grace and keep moving forward.
So if you’re building something you believe in and things aren’t going as you’d hoped, remember this:
Your results do not determine your worth.
Give yourself permission to be disappointed, learn what you can, and keep going.
You’re not alone in this experience.
