Soul-based Business Archives

Why Slow Business Wins The Race

July 10, 2017 by Natalie Kent

For the last three years, I’ve been travelling around the natural wonders of Australia, in and out of wi-fi so I can build my business whilst maintaining my connection with nature. So much of what I teach is inspired by the success of our natural world, specifically how we can grow in harmony with all of creation, without sacrificing our health, relationships or our planet. It all begins with pace…

You may have heard of the emerging ‘slow business’ movement, which some progressive organisations and even well-known technology companies are adopting by choice. It urges people to reduce the pervasive fast pace of our economy and instead reap the rewards of organic growth. I call it living in ‘Earth time’.

Mind time versus Earth time

Our economy has been created largely from the mind, driven by the ego’s need to feel secure, overriding our innate sense of natural rhythm and timing. When the mind tries to control timing, life moves too quickly for our bodies and our environment to keep up with. It pushes us to create more and more, without looking square on at the side effects of maintaining such a high level of growth.

‘Mind time’ has yielded technologies that we as humans can barely keep up with, it’s left local communities without natural resources, people with permanently high blood pressure, and eroded intimacy in relationships. All because ‘there isn’t enough time’.

Living from the mind alone has resulted in much noise and distraction from what really matters: co-creating with each other and our planet from peace, not fear.

What’s more, we are so conditioned in our society for ‘overnight success’ – we only see the pinnacle of people’s work when it’s in the spotlight of (social) media. When we watch an athlete win a medal at the Olympics, we are not privy to personal, financial and physical sacrifices over many years that made it happen. We take it for granted and worse, become programmed into thinking ‘that’s all it takes, I can do that’. We’re only evaluating what we see. In my view, underlying all true success is slow progress.

Not All Creators Were Made Equal

June 15, 2017 by Natalie Kent

If you are a business owner, you are a creator.

If you are a parent, you are a creator.

If you are an artist, an athlete, a bartender or a blogger, you are a creator.

We are all creators in some form or another; we each have the capacity to set our intention and through co-creation, bring it to fruition. This form of conscious creation is one of the pinnacles of being human: to align with our vision and co-create with the universe to make it reality.

Conscious creators on this planet are very powerful, especially in the world of business, sweeping people up in their vision and supporting their livelihoods, building mutually beneficial relationships and directing money flow. You may wonder how these people do it. How is it that they seem to create something from nothing?

Conscious creators have one thing in common – they know how to live in their creative flow. They know how to channel their life force energy for a productive purpose. They know how to slipstream into their natural creation style, and more importantly, they don’t go against it.

Most people who are struggling through life resist their creative flow, they shut it down, channel it in destructive ways, or deny that they have the power to create what they desire at all.

Yes, this is partly choice, but there is more to it than that. Do you ever feel the pressure to create in a way that doesn’t feel right, or simply doesn’t work for you?

In our Western culture, we’re told that we should create according to a universal formula…

Decide what you want.

Set a goal.

Go for it.

Fast.

And, if you have any resistance to this way, you need to ‘blast through those fears and get your head in the game’.

For some of us, this works, at least for a while. But it’s not the whole equation and it certainly doesn’t work for everyone. Here’s the catch:

{2016} Business Can Be Sacred

December 30, 2015 by Natalie Kent

What have you learned this year?

Business is an experiment. Nothing is ever certain and if we are wise, we are always learning from our mistakes. That’s what this time of year is about; the theme of Capricorn prompts us to evaluate how far we have come.

Sacred Business has been growing steadily now for 2 years, and it all began with the seed of an idea that I have nurtured with plenty of time, money and love. This is how a sacred business grows…through our consistent and focused attention and receptivity to what it needs and when, we eventually reap the rewards.

I am so grateful to all of you, especially to those of you whom I have worked with directly, for your contribution to what Sacred Business is today. Each of you have added valuable energy to its growth, so the teachings of Sacred Business can reach more people.

That’s why I made this video. To show you that it’s possible for you to create a business that ignites your heart, fills your life with abundance and enriches the lives of the people you serve.

What will you create in 2016?

{Soul Notes} The “Choice Maker”

October 14, 2015 by Natalie Kent

Recently I felt the urge to ask the graduates of the Soul Business Blueprint this question: ‘What do you know to be true about soul-based business?’ I asked them to write their responses for the Sacred Business blog. Here are their inspiring reflections…

Where to begin!!!! How do I explain the amazing and continuing journey into “soul-based business” course with Natalie Kent.

Before I commenced this course I had taken 6 months off from my astrology/tarot/reiki business to do some work on myself, and also to try to work out where I needed to direct my business to make it successful and also less time consuming. I work in administration 4 days a week, and then worked the other three on my business. This was getting to the stage where I was feeling overwhelmed by all I needed to do – or what I perceived I needed to do.

{Soul Notes} Miracles In Disguise

October 3, 2015 by Natalie Kent

“If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. If you go down to the woods today, you’d better go in disguise.”

Who doesn’t know the catchy Teddy Bears’ Picnic song from their childhood?

I knew it too but only just now linked it to the process and journey of the Soul Business Blueprint program in my life.

I met Natalie Kent four years ago when I completed Certificates 3 & 4 in Psychosomatic Therapy in Nerang, Qld and was both intrigued and spellbound by her delightfully ethereal, fairy-like way she had about her. I was fortunate enough to attend a workshop she ran a year later and was again enamoured by her sparkle and glow. It’s the only way I can describe how she appeared to me.

Then I began more recently to follow her on Facebook as she began her Sacred Business endeavour and looked forward to all of her blogs, posts, videos and interviews. But there was now something different about her; a deep sense of powerful peace that sat beautifully alongside the sparkle and glow and I wanted what she was having!

I knew that I wanted to work with her and that I was still drawn to her, like a moth to a flame. But unlike the unhappy ending that the moth is going to have, I knew that working with Natalie would help me uncover and discover my own sparkle, glow and powerful inner……something!

So one day back in May of this year, both the timing for me and the offer from her was right as the planets aligned for us to begin working together in her Soul Business Blueprint Program.

{Soul Notes} The Big Reveal

September 26, 2015 by Natalie Kent

So, here I am, on the edge of launching a new offering that is so powerfully effective that it even blows my mind… pushing myself to a new level of creation and tapping into some of my under-utilised natural abilities.

And there’s a road block, well sort of. An obstacle that feels so big that it’s almost insurmountable. But, is it? Really? I’ve been told that it’s only a small obstacle, about ‘this’ high… less than a foot … Surely that’s surmountable… 🙂

So, here goes… I’m realising how terrified I have been of the Big Reveal. The one where I tell the world my story. Ironically, I’m great at story. Ironically, again, I like telling my story. I am an amazing story teller and I do love an audience… However, for all my love of telling story, I am actually quite a deeply private person and I prefer to share my story with a more select audience of close friends and confidantes… and, dare I say it, anyone who’s willing to listen, but usually on a one to one basis.

So what I have I been afraid of? Well, a whole plethora of things jump to mind but the biggest ones are of being seen, and being shot down for sticking my head above the crowd… and stepping outside the comfort zone of anonymity. I can tell you, it’s very safe in my cave, and I love it. It’s warm and cozy in here.

My story goes like this…

How Passion Fuels Or Undermines Your Business

August 12, 2015 by Natalie Kent

Let’s get real. Life is not all love and light. No matter how soul-full you are, how big your heart is, no matter how much you desire it, life at times can make us feel angry, disillusioned and depressed. Life is light AND shadow.

So why is ‘business’ any different?

The online world presents people in business who really have it all together. They’re thriving, they’re loving their work, they’re making heaps of cash. The polished videos, ‘I’ve been there, done that’ blog posts, raving testimonials that give the impression that the products we see are miraculous, and they can work for EVERYONE!

Where’s the shadow, the humanness, in all of that?

My business certainly has shadow and so do I, but I don’t always have the courage, or sometimes even think to show it. Sometimes I feel at odds with myself, and it shows up in my work. Sometimes I am a total control freak and it stifles my business growth. Sometimes I sabotage my success and I take the detour to my goal. Sometimes my ego gets in the way and I enrol a client for the wrong reasons.

But you know what the benefit of shadow is?

My business is fuelled by passion. My passion for my work is what gets me through the shadows. It’s also what helps me see the shadow side of myself and my business.