How Entrepreneurship Can Help You Heal While You Build

Have you ever felt hesitant to pursue your entrepreneurial dreams while still navigating your healing journey? If so, I understand. Fear, lack of confidence, and an overwhelmed mind can easily take over your initial motivation and enthusiasm for starting a business. Any combination of this can seem like building your business is an impossible task. But what if I told you that entrepreneurship could actually complement your healing process? That you don’t have to wait until you’re fully healed and ready to take the leap? Let’s discuss!

Firstly, starting and running a business is a journey of self-discovery - you can learn so much about yourself, the business realm, and the world! Becoming an entrepreneur empowers you to uncover strengths and passions that align with your healing journey, helping you find purpose and direction.

Entrepreneurship also offers a sense of control and agency; it fuels your healing journey with purpose, giving you the confidence to overcome challenges and pursue your dreams. As a business owner, you are in control of everything: your vision, mission, products/services, prices, hiring the right team, etc. This is a benefit that corporate does not offer!

With entrepreneurship comes other entrepreneurs who are either in the same newbie boat as you or have years of experience on their belt. Surrounding yourself with a supportive community of fellow entrepreneurs can provide encouragement and guidance. This offers perspective and motivation, reminding you that you're not alone on your journey. This is especially important during times when you face imposter syndrome or other mindset struggles.

Additionally, entrepreneurship provides flexibility. It allows you to prioritize self-care and set boundaries that support your healing journey, ensuring you maintain balance and well-being. Reiterating my point about control and agency, you have the power to set your schedule however you want it to be or when to take a day off or go on vacation. You can work from home, go to a coworking space, or rent out offices for you and your team. You can do whatever makes you feel most comfortable!

Lastly, embracing the challenges of building a business fosters resilience and a growth mindset. Your business is basically your child - it teaches you to adapt, learn from failures, and keep moving forward, which are all essential skills for both entrepreneurship and healing! Starting your own business isn’t easy, but in the end, it makes you stronger than ever.

The journey of healing while building a business isn't always smooth sailing though. There are moments when the urge to quit and focus solely on healing feels overwhelming. However, it's important to recognize that healing and entrepreneurship can complement each other. Every obstacle you overcome, every setback you face - they're all opportunities for growth! Embracing entrepreneurship as a tool for healing empowers you to turn challenges into stepping stones toward personal and professional development. So, here's to taking that leap together this spring, aka the perfect time to bloom into a new and improved YOU!

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About LaShana West

LaShana West is a Business Therapist and Mindset Coach who helps CEOs, entrepreneurs, and creatives crush the mindset blocks that are holding them back from their full potential. She started off in corporate, serving an array of capacities from direct youth care work to overseeing staff and programs to helping with corporate wide initiatives. She spent 20 years working directly with individuals with developmental disabilities; this is where she learned the importance of having true compassion and engaging in servant leadership. She then went on to gain a wealth of experience with program restructuring, training, developing professionals, ensuring quality management processes, and mastering an evidence-based behavior modification teaching model for children and families. All of these learning opportunities have positioned her to serve and step into a new direction by helping others in the creative and entrepreneurial field. With the mental health background coupled with the business acumen, LaShana is able to help the "whole person.”

She started Accountability on Demand in 2018, becoming a full-time entrepreneur two years later. LaShana’s influence has since spread throughout the entrepreneurial field, as she has collaborated with many coaches and business owners through livestreams, podcasts, and events. Some of these life changing events have been Elevate Her Social Summit, Boss Talk Expo, Womanifest, and Spa Boss Expo. With her words, LaShana inspires and empowers women from all over to face their fears and take the leap into maximizing their potential and increasing their impact and income!

LaShana currently lives in Atlanta, GA with her daughter, Jazmyne.