Entrepreneurship is quite an adventure with lots of opportunities for growth and transformation (particularly in conscious business). It requires a certain level of innovation, risk-taking, truth-telling, willingness to be different and self-directed, and the ability to think BIG.

Many of the entrepreneurs that I meet are really great at what they do and how they offer it, but have yet to learn the “how” of being an entrepreneur and allowing it to be their lifestyle. So often, they’re ready to throw in the towel, when all it takes is some mind-set shifts and tweaks in their relationship with their business to shift it from just paying the bills to thriving on all levels.

Here are the top 8 pitfalls that I consistently see for would-be successful entrepreneurs:

1. They are NOT clear on their vision. Losing sight of this creates a disconnect from why they began their business in the first place and makes the mundane tasks, along with the ups and downs, to seem even more meaningless when there is no clear vision about how their business is going to serve them and others.

Tip: Create your 5 year vision of where you and your business are going to be, the difference you are making, how you feel to be in this place, what you are experiencing and how you are showing up in your business (be as specific as you can, and most importantly, have fun with it)!

2. They are NOT clear on their message. When there is lack of clarity in this area, prospective clients, collaborative partners, media and the like go where the message is clear. If you are not making is easy for people to discern right away how to do business with you, no matter how nice or gifted you are, they will go with the flow and ease of someone who does (ouch)! Imagine how much energy goes into trying to convince people to do business with you when you are not clear from the get-go. Since everything is energy, energy will follow the clearest path!

Tip: Use your vision to help you get clear on the difference that you wish to make so that you can get clear on your message. This is a priority,

especially if you are not serving as many folks as you would like! The energy spent ‘chasing’ can now be spent attracting, and thus frees up your energy to create more wonderful products and services for your community!

3. They are NOT being their message. Prospects and clients won’t necessarily know why, but if you are not walking your talk, they can sense that a mile away. It boils down to practice what you preach (as often as you can). We’ve all encountered misaligned or inauthentic folks along our way, and it is harder to be around them compared to those in their power and speaking their truth.

Tip: Create rituals for self-care, energy management and mind-set management and offer what is your brilliance to make it easy for people to find you and desire to do business with you. This will turn you into an attraction magnet for ALL things ideal!

4. They are NOT at peace with money. Let’s face it, business is ALL about the money, whether you are allowing yourself to embrace that it or not. You have to have discussions with clients, vendors, team members, and many more about money – daily! When you are not at peace with receiving money, charging money, paying for things, or investing in the growth of your business, it WILL cost you – big time!

Tip: Make healing your money story a priority and invest in how to make that happen. You’re here to make a difference through your business – you can’t do that if it’s sinking!

5. They don’t play nice in the sandbox. Business is all about relationship. If you are not connecting, collaborating and creating community (which is the way of new paradigm business), you are going to be stuck in the pain that comes from competition and/or being the lone wolf.

Tip: Turn making connections into being JOYful. Go out and meet new people. Seek out communities that are aligned with you and your business and witness what comes from growing your business in a supportive environment.

6. They do NOT have a clear business model that actually matches their vision, message, and community. So often I see folks offering coaching packages when they’d rather do brief consulting gigs or vice versa. Or, their business model only offers 1 service when they’d rather offer a variety. These are just a few simple examples, but the truth is that as long as your business model doesn’t match your inner and outer goals for business it will keep you stagnant or even destroy your business (yikes)!

Tip: Get clear on what you are offering it, how you are offering it, who you are serving, how it benefits them (and how it benefits YOU)! If your business is not making enough to support itself and you, then you are not making a profit (which is what businesses need to do). Instead you have a very expensive hobby on your hands, and I know that is not your goal!

7. They do NOT take action and implement their million-dollar ideas. Ideas are only as useful and profitable as the implementation of them. So many conscious entrepreneurs get stuck in procrastination, perfection paralysis and analysis paralysis (and the reasons for that are a whole other article). When they do not create an action plan (and manage their energy as shared before), they lose money and watch their business stagnate or decline.

Tip: Create daily, weekly, monthly action plans for your most pressing business needs and plug them into your calendar. Extra tip: marketing should always be built in as equally important!

8. They do NOT have sacred support. Any successful business person will share with you that they did not do it alone, and in particular, had support such as accountability partners and business mentors. I’m a firm believer in coaching and have many myself. We all need a safe place to celebrate our successes, share our disappointments, create new ideas/see things in a new light AND learn the HOW (of being a successful entrepreneur, thriving in their purpose, and leaving a powerful legacy).

Tip: Don’t delay. Find a partner, a coach or someone that you can mentor with. This really will be the difference between where you are now and where you want to be.

As we make our way through this New Paradigm, we are also finding that the way we are doing business is shifting as well. You may find yourself being very uncomfortable with the traditional “sales-y” yuck way of doing business and yearning to find a better way.

The good news is that there IS a better way and you can create a business that resonates with who you really are a soul level. Creating your highly conscious business will allow you to live and breathe in a more joyful, easy, and peaceful way. Sounds great, right?

Your first step is to identify your passion so that you can then go on to integrate it into a highly conscious business. Your passion in life should be an activity that brings you joy and excitement. It should be something that comes easily and naturally. Whatever this looks like for you, it will feel right.

Now that you have pinpointed your passion (or passions…it’s ok to have more than one!), allow yourself to think about how your gift serves others. Part of having a highly conscious business is about serving in the highest good so you really want to take a moment to secure your vision as one from a place of service. Once you allow yourself to start envisioning your passion as a service to others, you will be able to see how you can use this to create a highly conscious business that is in alignment with who you really are.

During this part of the process, you will also want to take stock of your core values. Try not to think about them from a business perspective. Your core values are the values that you cherish in how you like to be treated and how you treat others. As you’re thinking about them, be sure to write them down.

Once you have this list created, you will start to see how your values and your gifts are easily combined to create a highly conscious business action plan. When you create your business with the values you are aligned with doing something you are passionate about, you are able to serve in the highest good and effortlessly create your abundant, purpose-filled life that you are meant to have.

These are just the beginnings of creating your highly conscious business. Whether you already have one or are just getting started, if you are really ready to take quantum leaps in your business right away, I invite you to join me in my upcoming Highly Conscious Business Intensive starting November 14th! I’ll be sharing details about this amazing program in my upcoming free call, “The 5 Most Loving Acts You Can Do Right Now To Grow Your Highly Conscious Business Exponentially” on October 18th so be sure to register right away to find out more!

For many how go through the initial trainings with the Akashic Records, a common question is “What’s next?” It’s perfectly normal to be curious about your next steps. Working in your Akashic Records is healing but as you go through the process, there will always be some “issues in your tissues” kicked up along the way. In fact, as you continue to align yourself energetically in this journey, you may experience both physical and emotional symptoms.

Physical symptoms may include weight gain, water retention, bloating, and/or digestive issues which occur as your energy field undergoes these changes. Your physical body needs to purge ‘toxins’ in all their forms and at the same time strengthen itself to increase to the capacity necessary to sustain your new higher light frequency.

This recalibration of your body is normal so do not think that there is anything wrong with you. Keep this in mind because if you look at it as something being “wrong” with you then you are focusing counterintuitively to the acension process and will likely not see significant improvement in your symptoms.

Instead, this process should be treated as a sacred, enlightening, expansive and joyful return to the love and light frequencies of our creation story. Celebrate the release of what no longer serves us. Remember that your attention becomes your intention so keeping your mindset on the celebration of your ascension will continue to call those manifestations to your attention. Any time wasted on the temporary symptoms you may be experiencing will only slow your process. Acknowledge those symptoms as an award of merit for your noble and committed attempt to evolve your soul.

Know that I am proud of you for these steps you are taking in your soul’s journey. Going through this process of accessing your Akashic Records is designed to be a sacred healing tool and a welcome home to your Universal Soul Family and a time to re-member the truth of who we really are through the release of all illusions that limit us from being the fullest expression of love, light, and creation.

For further support in your journey, I welcome you to explore other resources available at www.souljourneys.ca. In the meantime, welcome home.

After conducting over 20,000 sessions over the years, there are many things that I’ve learned about purpose and also living in our greatness.

“What is my soul’s purpose?” is THE most popular questions that I’ve been asked over the years. Once people learned the answer to this questions, it typically brought in a sense of home-coming, lightness, clarity, freedom and so much more, until…..

…..the light bulb went off about what it might require of them to shift from knowing their purpose to actually living it. For the first few years, I was somewhat perplexed when folks would ask me repeatedly what their purpose was until I tapped into the question behind the question (and believe me when I say, there is *always* a question behind the question).

Here are some of those hidden questions:

Will I be supported by God/Creator/Source while living my purpose?

Will I be supported by my partner/friends/loved ones while living my purpose?

Will I be able to handle the responsibility of living my purpose?

Can I be trusted to live my purpose “right”?

How much will *I* have to change if I live a purpose-filled life?

What if I fail at living my purpose?

…..and this list goes on and on!

So, here’s the truth:

You are loved.

You are supported.

You are trusted.

You have not called anything to yourself that you cannot handle.

You already have everything that you need.

You are already perfect, whole and complete.

Your purpose is intended to be joyful, not burdensome.

There is no such thing as failure.

And…..there is ONLY one of you!

Really take a moment to breathe that in!

To support you in moving forward, here are some questions and activities that you can do to help you shift from knowing to living (and even thriving) in your purpose:

a) Write out all of the reasons why you can’t live your purpose.

b) Review that list and respond to reason with at least 5 reasons why you can.

c) Research people who you feel are living their purpose and study how they show up in their lives to provide you with insight about how you may choose to show up in your life differently.

d) Seek support. Whether it is a friend, trusted advisor, sacred circle, or healer. We all need someone to hold space for us while we grow and evolve, particularly in areas where we have created the most struggle.

Your source of support is often one of the most critical keys to your success and I want you to know that even though I have been called to serve differently, I am still doing Akashic Record Consultations. You can book a session with me for an investment of $497 or a bundle of three for $1200. I also recognize that some of you may not be quite ready to make that level of investment so I want to remind you that you may also secure an amazing Akashic Record Consultation with Nicole Carey, another of our in-house consultants. You may secure your session with Nicole for a significantly reduced rate of $150. To secure your session with either me or Nicole, please email my client care team at clientcare@souljourneys.ca and a member of my team will get back to you right away.

Do you ever have an overwhelming sense of loneliness or disconnection? Do you feel like you have been separated from your tribe?

You are not alone. When I was young, I, too, had this sense that I was missing essential family members and even felt like earth was not my home. As I grew older, this feeling grew into a deep homesickness and I experienced profound feelings of isolation and even abandonment. Later, through my work with thousands of souls doing Akashic Record readings, I came to realize that this feeling was amazingly common.

If this sounds like how you are feeling right now, I want to lovingly assure you that you are not alone and that you have a soul family right here on this planet who is waiting to connect with you and welcome you back home. I can tell you this with absolute certainty because I’ve witnessed this miracle with others who have felt just like you.

Each of us has a spiritual language (we vibrate at certain harmonics) that is recognized and understood by others. When you encounter someone that ‘speaks the same language’ that you do, you can experience an incredible homecoming that allows you to finally BE all that you are. When you reach this moment, you can then finally heal any blocks that were created to protect your feelings of spiritual rejection and abandonment and then restore your commitment to living your purpose on this planet. Then, you can grow and develop while being supported by your harmonic family that really gets you!

Can you FEEL what a powerful connection this can create for you?

I want you to be able to create this sense of connection and belonging for yourself, so allow me to share my own process:

1. Your first step is to decide that you want this for yourself. You need to declare that you are truly ready to allow others into your heart and your soul so that you can share the depths of your being. It is in this sharing that you can grow and heal.

2. Have a heart-to-heart with God (Creator, Source, Spirit, The One, Universe) and allow the part of your self that is feeling abandoned to share your feelings (i.e. anger, sadness, etc.) on paper. Get those feelings out of your system. Doing this process will allow you to see the illusion of separation that is blinding your connection with Source. Once you do this you can create a new story for your sacred time on earth and your divine connection with the Universe.

3. Once you do this, now you can ask (really ask!) the Universe to support you AND for you to open your heart to receive love, guidance and support. Once this shift occurs, you can make a powerful request to Spirit that will change your experience on earth and turn you into an attraction magnet for your soul family.

In my process, I powerfully requested to be instantly and joyously aligned and connected with my soul family residing here on earth. I asked that we could easily and effortlessly find each other and for the results to be even greater than I could have hoped for or imagined.

Once I made this declaration, what happened was nothing short of a miracle and now, connecting with new members of my soul family is easy breezy.

I know there are a lot of you out there who are longing for this connection and this pain impacts so many aspects of your day-to-day lives. I felt called to share this with you because I know that once you feel deeply connected and supported, you are finally able to choose to ground on the earth and move forward to consciously co-create your path. Until this occurs though, you often feel stuck and in limbo which can create commitment issues, depression, confusion, lack of focus and so much more.

If you are ready to create this alignment for yourself, I want to invite you to join me at a very special event. Accessing your Akashic Records is one of the most profound ways to align to our soul’s purpose and activate your own attraction for aligning to your universal soul family. September 21-23, I will be hosting a very special Akashic Record Training Intensive. During this incredible three day event, I will be sharing the Soul Journeys(r) Method of Akashic Records Levels 1,2, and 3 allowing you to make quantum leaps in your connection and path in a very short time.

This is likely the last time I will be personally teaching all three levels so now really is the time to join me. And what better place than magical Sedona, Arizona?!? This event is a perfect place to have your first reunion with your soul family so be sure to visit www.souljourneys.ca/sedona-intensive today to secure your sacred seat.

Jennifer Longmore, Business Energetics Expert, shares some of her secrets to success as co-author in the brand new release of “Success Rituals 2.0: Winning-Habits of High-Achieving Women.” On its June 1st debut, “Success Rituals 2.0: Winning-Habits of High-Achieving Women” catapulted to #1 on Amazon.com in two categories: Entrepreneurship and Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Movers and Shakers.

“Success Rituals 2.0: Winning-Habits of High-Achieving Women” is a collaboration of insights from 30 highly successful women entrepreneurs–an amazing list of ‘who’s who’ of women in business. As a leader, Jennifer has long been recognized for her ability to create profitable, sustainable, highly-conscious business models for healers, visionaries and spirit-based entrepreneurs.

“After spending time with Jennifer she shifted my way of thinking about my business offerings and what I was charging in a matter of minutes. She is a gifted energetic who sees your fullest potential, often before you can even visualize it. Working with her on my money story has helped me become more aligned with what I really want, break free from old thinking patterns and increase my rates with integrity in way that feels good and is of service to my clients. I am more energetically aligned with what is possible and continue to step into the unlimited potential that I now know is there for me. Because I am aligned with the energy of money I am regularly attracting ideal partnerships (in addition to my normal income streams) including one that will generate a minimum of five figures. If you feel as if you’re in “stuck” spot when it comes to your money story and you’re not sure how to move forward, I highly recommend investing in Jennifer’s programs and services. Her offerings can help you finally heal your money story so you can move forward, help more people, get paid what you are worth (often much more than you’re currently charging) and do the work you were meant to do.” says Lisa Manyon, Copywriter & Marketing Strategist of www.writeoncreative.comand co-author in “Success Rituals 2.0″.

To order your copy of “Success Rituals 2.0: Winning Habits of High-Achieving Women” is available on Amazon.com.

If you have ever found yourself saying “If I had the money, I would do _____________________” or “I would start ________________ if I could afford it”, then you are holding yourself back and hiding behind not having enough money for some reason. Before you can start to truly heal your money story, however, it’s a good idea to discover the root of your money story. Here are four common reasons that money is a source of hopelessness, frustration, and confusion.

1. Fear of Personal Power - many of us do not know how to manage our energy and manage our authentic power, so rather than embracing our light, we retreat from it because we don’t consciously understand it, only to experience sustained feelings of being disempowered and disconnected. When we learn how t o celebrate our greatness and manage our infinite light and expansiveness, it actually becomes a joy rather than a burden. If this resonates for you, what is it costing you to fear your own divinity?

2. Fear of Having It All - do you suffer from the “what will other’s think” syndrome? If so, this may be the pain point in your money story. What is the price you’ve paid in the past when others have perceived you as having it all? How safe do you feel when life is going well? How often do you find yourself dulling your light and creating “problems” in order to make others feel more comfortable and to “normalize” yourself? More importantly, what is the price that you have paid (and are currently paying) to stay locked in this fear?

3. Fear of Leaving the Tribe Behind - how often do you make decisions based on what your family and/or friends expect from you? How often do you find yourself putting your life on hold, suppressing your dreams, and playing small because you’re afraid of disappointing others by moving on?

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing! You can still remain energetically connected to others if you choose, while still soaring in your own life. You are not abandoning or rejecting others when you live your life to it’s fullest, you are actually providing others with a model of how they can live a fearless and full life if they so choose. If you are waiting for others to give you permission to move on while they stay behind, you are likely going to be waiting for a long time. Can you live with that? More importantly, what is it costing you to waiting for the green light?-)

4. Fear of Not Being Worthy Enough – if you have received messages that you are not worthy or not lovable, you very well may feel that you do not have a right to receive money. Since money is energy, it may also hit a deep chord inside of you that you are not worthy of anything divine. The truth is that you are an extension of the creator, and as an infinite being of light have a divine entitlement to your divine birthrights, including wealth. Until this is healed within, you will continue to be disconnected from the energy of money. In not healing this, what is that costing you?

So, when you are holding ourselves back, but using money as the reason, you can see how it’s really NOT about the money, right?! It’s actually about protecting yourself from the pain generated from one (or more) of these fears. And, until these fears are cleared, your unhealthy money story will continue.

The key for you right now, is to identify which fear is most prominent, and find a new way of shifting the energy so that it no longer acts as a barrier to your fullest potential

Countless numbers of people are living the “good enough” path while they watch others live “full out”. This is too often because those people are caught in the illusion that there is not enough to go around, they aren’t enough, they’re not provided for, or they may even think that it will disappear. They have been taught that money is a finite object and they relate to it as such. The truth is that money is energy. When you integrate this thought, your relationship with money can shift. Here are 3 ways to support you in tackling scarcity thinking:

1. To begin, gift yourself sacred time, tune into your heart’s wisdom and write out all of the things that you want which you are not doing because you believe that you are not enough and/or there is not enough.

Really gift yourself time with this and review all areas of your life – physical, social, romantic partnership, job/business, your bucket list, hobbies, new experiences, and so on.

2. Next, take time reflecting on each of these areas (and any others that arise) where you have enough and write that out too. This may translate to enough stuff, enough education, enough friends, and so on.

3. Finally, go into your heart, call upon your inner cheerleader and write out where you are enough. I invite you to look at things like, I am smart enough, I am wise enough, I am likable, I am lovable, I am capable (and many more)

Once you have completed these 3 keys, review what you have written down for each one and compare the incongruence between each. When you review what you actually have enough of, you’ll be able to see how you can actually move forward on the things that have been on hold because of the illusion of “not enough” and then shift your mindset accordingly.

Of course, this is just the beginning and because this can be such a tricky area for so many people, I invite you to seek help and step out of the “I can do it by myself” mindset. My sense is that it is not serving you and hasn’t gotten you to where you want to be.

To help you further in overcoming your Money Story, feel free to check out “Heal Your Money Story: Free Your Soul”

You were not created to be in discord with money. Just as you are a part of creation, so is money. Any misalignment with this truth is simply illusion. The illusions that you may be holding about money keep you from the truth of who you really are, what you are here to share, and what you are here to experience. By healing these illusions, you will be free to live as the expansive being of love/light that you are.

In order to heal and break free from this illusion, you must first examine how you are using the excuse of money to protect you from stepping out into the world in a bigger way. There are many but here are five ways your money story might be holding you back:

1. Putting your dreams on hold – You find yourself dreaming about all of the things that you wish to do but easily default to the statement, “but I don’t have enough money!”

If you allow yourself to dig deeper, what you may find is that you are afraid of how others may respond if they perceive that you have it all. Or, you may be afraid to outgrow others/leave the tribe behind. You may have a fear of losing it all, so to avoid disappointment, you avoid even trying (only to feel disappointed). These are just some examples to consider. What I do invite you to consider is how you *can* take one step in support of your dreams.

2. Staying stuck in icky situations – You find yourself in a job or a relationship that is not serving you, or may even be abusive in some way, but….you’ve convinced yourself that you need to stay because there’s not enough money or that you need the money.

What I’ve learned over the years, having served thousands of people, is that these situations do not get better….ever! And….. that it’s not about the money. We need to shift inside and declare that we are no longer prepared to settle for less than we are worth. It is only when this happens that the energies shift and opportunities open up. So, healing self-worth and self-esteem are a high priority here. Can you relate?

3. Chronic debt – You find yourself listing all of the things that you can’t do because of debt. Although debt is a complex energy, it ultimately is a protector and keeps us small and from experiencing that which we desire. When our mindset creates limitations about what we can and cannot do, this will always show up in our money story. How are you doing in this and how can you release limitation so that you can expand into all that you are?

4. Not allowing support – When you are not allowing, you are not receiving. When we believe that we need to be the lone ranger, or we don’t trust support that comes to us, our money has a ceiling. The truth is that money wants to provide for us, so it is only when we activate the energy of allowing, and align with the receptive nature of the divine feminine that we can shift our money story. How can you shift your receptivity muscle to support you in this moment?

5. Sabotaging business – This shows up when expenses are not managed, overspending occurs, there is no marketing to sustain the business and attract new clients and customers, actions are not take to support the growth of your business (and so much more). I can’t even tell you how many entrepreneurs that I’ve worked with who set themselves up and reinforce the “I have no money” mantra which only serves to keep repeating more of the same.

It actually pains me to see how many talented souls are out there trying to get their business of the ground or keep their business afloat, but feel like they are failing because their unhealed money story is getting in the way. Believe me when I say that you are not alone.

As I mentioned earlier, these are just a few of the ways your Money Story may be holding you back. I encourage you to dig deep and begin to heal this illusion so you can take that step into living in your biggest and brightest way.

In the 6th plane of existence, your higher consciousness, higher councils, and Universal Laws reside (and much much more).  These energies support us in moving through the universe in a highly conscious way if we so choose.  When we are working with Universal Laws, we are in the same energetic space as our higher self.  When we work against this flow, an incredible amount of energy is used.  So, imagine what power awaits you if yo give yourself permission to step into partnership with energies that are aligned to support you.  Creating this alignment takes little time and effort.  Here are 5 steps to create that connection:

1. Affirm that you are willing to partner with Universal Laws
2. Choose the Universal Law that you wish to partner with in the moment (for this piece, we’ll work with the Universal Law of Co-Creation)
3. Set the intention that you are aligning and harmonizing with the wisdom of this law.
4. Breathe that in.
5. Believe it to be so.

Imagine what will release from your life AND what will enter once you create this partnership with the Universal Law of Co-Creation (for example).  If you are aligned with this law, you will release blame, shame, guilt, judgment and step into compassionate detachment with yourself and others. You will step into an infinite awareness that you are deeply connected to all that is, realize your fullest co-creative potential, and open your energy field for divine downloads (inspiration) and the people, experiences and energies needed to partner with your co-creative visions.