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This month's free resource is a short audio on Inspiration. 

I truly believe that when we are inspired and in flow we do our very best work. Inspiration is so vital for your business, it creates momentum, drives action, evolves your creative edge and passes on to others creating a magic that few other forces can replicate. 

This audio introduces inspiration as a daily practice and one that we can all engage in with wanton abandon.

 

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Nature is at it again doing what it does best, preparing for change and ensuring the cycle of life. It's seed season, they're everywhere have you noticed?⠀ ⠀ Held in fat little fruit packages or bursting spontaneously from pregnant pods. The promise of new beginnings, latent potential, stored and waiting to spring forth and put down roots at just the right time. ⠀ ⠀ I know so many people set goals and plan at new year but it's always felt a little counter intuitive to me. This time of year before winter sets in has always felt much more prime for planning, more in sync with the natural order of things. ⠀ ⠀ It's when I get most inspired, when I can start to see even more clearly what might be possible given the right conditions and when the cooler temperatures bring a little more energy for productivity and getting stuff done. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Do you feel it too? ⠀ ⠀ I'd love to know what plans are afoot for your work? How is business evolving for you? Is it growing, are you scaling back, taking life more slowly and simply, on the cusp of something new? I'd love to hear. ⠀ ⠀ #alignwiththeseasons #seeds #businessplanning
Morning lovely peeps. ⠀ How are you? Are you back into the swing of things after the summer or still in that transition phase?⠀ ⠀ ⠀ I love this point in the year when the season shifts to autumn, especially when the blackberries are still abundant and the apples are nearly ready in the garden. I'm looking forward to the inevitable crumble glut.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ I love it when my work aligns with the seasons too, do you find that? ⠀ It feels like so much is almost ready for harvest. My new website will be going live any day, @makingwaves and I are just working on the final stages. My book copies will be arriving in the next month and so many client projects are bearing fruit too. But it all has to come together at the right time to work well doesn't it? There is a season for everything, and that's true for any business. ⠀ There are times to plan and times to act, times to move forward with purpose and times to wait.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ An entrepreneur who becomes skilled at sowing the seeds and creating the conditions for growth and productivity enjoys that inevitable fruitfulness but only if they stay tuned into that flow and how it works in their unique business.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ I inevitably find that i'm tuned in to the energy of the season. Finding ways to align my work with that makes it so much easier, especially the creative projects. Do the seasons make a difference in your work? and do you have a favourite?⠀ ⠀ ⠀ These scrumptious blackberries were illustrated by Gail @Starkeyslane and feature in my new book - The Empowered Entrepreneur. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #autumn #gowiththeflow #aseasonforeverything #seasoninasquare #botanicalillustration ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
Hello lovely peeps. ⠀ ⠀ My lovely friend and client @thebrand_stylist has a fab new insta challenge starting today so here's my offering for Day 1 of #mybrilliantbrand ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ What I do: ⠀ ⠀ Hello, I'm Elizabeth Cairns and for the last 20 years or so i've been supporting entrepreneurs and creatives do what they love and love what they do. ⠀ ⠀ My work, in a nutshell, is about holding transformational space and empowering my clients, whether that be in a coaching conversation, an intimate business development workshop or an immersive and holistic retreat. I help them find real clarity, get right to the heart of what's important, move beyond what's holding them back and work with greater purpose, ease, vitality and creativity. ⠀ ⠀ I'm passionate about empowering my clients to really thrive. A lot of that is about helping them find deep meaning in their work, to craft a successful business that puts their passions and gifts at it's heart and to work in a way that raises their vitality and honours their wellbeing.⠀ ⠀ I feel so grateful to be doing this work with the incredible and inspiring clients that put their faith in me and join me for the ride. I really do get to work with the most awesome humans! #dotheworkyoulove #lovetheworkyoudo #inspiredentrepreneur #beempowered ⠀ This shot of me with the incredible @starkeyslane was captured by @Cathy.pyle for my new book. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
Hello lovely peeps,⠀ ⠀ The weekend is nearly upon us and i'm off with the smalls and some friends to Valley Fest to give @amersham_music_studios a well earned rest. Before I do I wanted to give you a promised update on the book. ⠀ ⠀ I hope you'll bear with me as it is very nearly up for pre-order but there's been a glitch at the Amazon end so i'm delaying making sales live on my site until next week. ⠀ ⠀ That said, I have made the book page live and you can see a little more including a short video by the wonderful @duncanmcbabe Which will tell you a little more about it. Link in my profile.⠀ ⠀ Thanks so much for all your support and patience, i'm on the home straight and really look forward to sharing exciting news soon. In the mean time you can enjoy a tranquil field of buttercups taken in the Lake District earlier this summer. You're welcome ;)⠀ ⠀ Have a wonderful weekend.⠀ ⠀ Elizabeth⠀ x⠀ ⠀ #theempoweredentrepreneur #theempoweredentrepreneurbook ⠀ ⠀
Fancy a swim?⠀ ⠀ The weather is hotting up again and a dip in a Tarn might just be order of the day. Never mind the clear crystal waters of mountain lakes, even the Thames looked inviting yesterday. I had a birds eye view of swimmers from the @danesfieldhouse terrace. I had such a lovely day there working with @roomtobloom on her process and a wonderful new offering. I was so touched by Ursula's philosophy, warm and open hearted nature, not to mention her design aesthetic which is simply beautiful. ⠀ ⠀ Helping creative entrepreneurs bring out all that amazing talent and shape it into an offering that adds value to their clients and beauty to the world really makes my heart sing. ⠀ ⠀ Speaking of beauty and wonderful offerings I had the joy of working with another lovely client Annabel @bleakhouse.london developing her latest offering recently. Now Annie can tell you a thing or two about wild swimming, she did it for a year in Hampstead ladies pond and tells her amazing story on her blog. I love a kindred spirit who is wild at heart and i'm really excited about the imminent launch of Annie's latest offering, Bleak House Experiences. If you're a lover of natural beauty and outdoor adventures with like minds then hop on over to her site and sign up to her newsletter as I know she'll be getting bookings up soon. ⠀ ⠀ My thoughts are back now to the @creativecountryside summer gathering where I took this pic as I put the finishing touches to my article for the autumn edition of the magazine this week. I’m writing about flow in the creative process. The tarn at the bunkhouse where we stayed was so beautiful, although a little overrun with lily pads to make for good swimming. Annie may disagree ;)⠀ ⠀ Have a wonderful day folks, and if you get the chance for a dip in wild waters, enjoy!⠀ x⠀ ⠀ ⠀
Morning lovely peeps, ⠀ ⠀ Wow what week i'm having, making great progress on the new book project with Michael Ledzion at Sports for Schools, and today i'm in the office with his team working on their process.⠀ ⠀ It's been so inspiring working with Michael this week. ⠀ ⠀ His mission, in a nut shell, is to make physical activity as important in primary schools as academic results. The book we are writing makes the case for it and i've got to say, there is a hugely compelling argument. I've noticed my own behaviour shifting too as I get deeper into the research and composing the arguments to inspire and influence his audience.⠀ ⠀ I wouldn't usually take on a book project like this, but it was a natural unfolding of the work we are already doing together on building Michaels brand and offering, and I always trust that unfolding.⠀ ⠀ You may be wondering why i'm working with a client like Sports for Schools at all, when much of my work is focused on creative entrepreneurs, and again it comes back to mission and what i'm passionate about. ⠀ ⠀ Michaels mission is really about inspiring and empowering a generation. He is working to help them be the best version of themselves they can possibly be, to have faster, fitter brains, healthier minds and bodies and a the opportunity to achieve potential and live a thriving life. It aligns to perfectly with my desire to empower my clients and its working with the next generation so it's a total no brainer.⠀ ⠀ All of this work also fulfils my 'get through the door' criteria when I take on a piece of work.⠀ ⠀ a) does it inspire me?⠀ b) will is stretch me so I can learn and grow?⠀ c) does it make a difference to the lives of others in a meaningful way?⠀ d) will I enjoy it...and not just mildly enjoy it but jump out of bed can't wait to get started enjoy it?⠀ e) does it make commercial sense?⠀ e) am I the best person for this particular job?⠀ ⠀ Do you have a criteria for the work you do? Would love to hear your thoughts.⠀ ⠀ Have a great day, i'll leave you with this soothing chamomile image taken at the @creativecountryside summer gathering, i'm off to the office.
Morning lovely peeps,⠀ ⠀ @anniespratt took this beautiful shot at the @creativecountryside summer gathering. ⠀ ⠀ If you haven’t come across Annie and her work you’re missing a treat. A stunning photographer, beautifully humble, she’s one of life’s truly good people.⠀ ⠀ I was very lucky at the gathering to be surrounded by people like Annie. Creative, wholehearted, passionate about what they do and ridiculously talented. ⠀ ⠀ Talking to Eleanor, the founder and editor in chief of creative countryside magazine, about her mission reminded me of the power of mission to bring people together. ⠀ ⠀ We were all there because of her mission. ⠀ ⠀ We shared her desire to maintain a connection to nature and the old ways of celebrating and honouring the seasons. We all wanted to live more slowly, connect more deeply and be among people who felt the same. ⠀ ⠀ Mission helps us connect to each other in ways that have meaning. When we share our mission and ask others about theirs, it deepens the conversation. ⠀ ⠀ Mission has value and substance and gets right to the heart of what is most important to someone. ⠀ ⠀ When you align your work with others with shared vision a web of hangers is created that is so much more powerful than the individual strands. ⠀ ⠀ I am so grateful to be connected to the bright and beautiful souls in the creative countryside community. ⠀ ⠀ I’m wondering who’s mission you support? Those that align with your own values. I’d love to hear. ⠀ ⠀ #missionmatters #togethereveryoneachievesmore

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