Overwhelmed?
Stuck?
Running a business is a complex affair.
Between business design, delivery, functions, client relations, marketing, accounting, tech requirements and more, there is a lot to master.
On top of this, there’s the constant evolution.
We grow.
All. The. Time.
So our business evolves or tries to, which makes us feel like we have to start all over again – over and over, groundhog day style.
And.
The constant drip of new insights showing you where you are going seems so big that you simply have no idea where to start, let alone how.
You are stuck.
Working and living intuitively requires a lot of energy to move through you. When the stuckness descends your system simply isn’t capable of doing the job you need it to do. Unable to move energy, the feeling of stuckness and disconnection grows. You may feel like your intuition has switched off and doubt where you thought you were at.
How can you make sense of what you are doing when you don’t feel you can do anything?
There are a few stages you can work through to get moving again.
1 Clear the Energy
You are doubtless busy clearing energy constantly but often the focus of this clearing needs to be very precise.
There will be old energy lurking somewhere creating challenges whether that’s within you, your business or its structures.
This old energy will be preventing the new energy from igniting all the parts of you that are needed to move forward. New energy cannot move through you or your business, so it can’t be integrated. Unintegrated energy rattles around causing all kinds of discomfort.
It’s important to work through layers of clearing to allow this energy to flow freely.
Clear your energy field - focusing on patterns and energies that need to move on and leave your field.
Clear your business’s energy field – detach energies that impact how it is expressed and received.
Clear the energetic structures of your business – removing the attached energies that exist within the systems and structures you use.
Declutter – let go of what you don’t need anymore or is attached to an old identity for you and your business. Sometimes the stuff you need to let go is the really hard stuff to release, it may take courage to let it go. It may also take time. Declcuttering is part of restructuring your energy and changing your make up so you can operate differently. Decluttering is practical and energetic, you will know what you need to do if you give yourself the space to work on it.
2 Manage your Capacity
You aren’t actually stuck.
You just feel that way.
You might be operating under or over capacity.
If it’s under, you will feel frustrated.
If it’s over, you will feel overwhelmed.
Neither is a good state. We need to be aiming for a state of equilibrium where you can hold and sustain energy with ease.
Under Capacity - If you are feeling that the energy you are holding is a fraction of what you could manage right now, then move more energy through you by doing something practical that stretches you.
Maybe that’s speaking on a topic that you have previously baulked at because you worried what people might think.
Maybe you have had a project on the back burner for a while because it was too out there that you can bring forward now.
Maybe you could connect with someone who stretches and challenges you to rise up.
There is something lurking in the sidelines asking to be seen. You know what it is. Take some action on it.
Over Capacity – you may have overextended your energy system and activated trauma which has caused you to contract again. If this feels right to you, it’s time to assess what those trauma patterns are. Entrepreneurship creates a lot of trauma or triggers it. Getting honest about how it is causing you challenges will really help you. Giving yourself the time to work on this is necessary and supports your future growth. Do get help if you need it, navigating trauma is best done with support.
Alternatively, you may have expanded your ability to move energy but you haven’t developed the energetic structures to hold it. This is incredibly common.
Energetic structures might be in your body, consciousness, or how you manage yourself or your business.
When the energetic structures aren’t in place, you will have a big expansion followed by deflation or even a void.
Begin to address this by exploring the support you need to create structure to sustain the new energetic levels you can work with.
This might be personal practices, business energy practices, systems, support and more. Be practical and energetic in your focus. Once you have more established energetic structures, you will be able to work with the energy open to you more consistently.
3 Move the Energy
There are a number of things you can do to move the energy, which will lead to you finding yourself on the move.
Energy needs to move, it’s always seeking to move from frequency into form.
That form is multi-dimensional. If we think of energy seeking to find expression it is perhaps easier to understand the many ways it can take form. Moving energy consciously makes it possible for energy to find expression by connecting with you as its channel and through you finding the dimension you can offer it.
Use your hands to move the energy. They are your channels of energy and your tools of creation. Do something with your hands to allow the energy to begin to move through you.
This will, in itself, help to get old energy moving out and allow new energy to touch different parts of you. Inspiration will follow and expansion is inevitable.
So drum a beat, write, prepare a talk, cook, craft, paint, dance, play music… do something with your hands to feel the energy move through you.
4 Rest in Patience
Integrating energy expansion is tough on your system. If you have been doing a lot of growing, sometimes you need to stop and rest.
A little patience can go a long way in these times as you wait for things to drop into place. But don’t let rest stop you from playing with what you know and what you know is coming in. It’s in the expression that you will find the understanding and insight to develop your partnership with the energy.
Learning the skills to manage the down times is just as important as learning how to navigate and grow into the up times. Managing your energy and business energy is foundational work and will help you to get unstuck a lot faster.
As soon as the feeling begins to descend, turn your focus to these four areas to get yourself moving again.
