Let's Get Visible® Podcast · Season 1, Episode 13
Small Business Talk with Monica O'Brien
Fear, overwhelm and self-worth, and why you should play the blockbuster in your head.
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Welcome to Episode 13
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In this episode I'm joined by Monica O'Brien, a certified coach with more than 15 years of experience working with creatives, business innovators and coaches at every stage of their careers. She helps clients find their ideal audience, build strong relationships, and create authentic offers that recognise the real value of their creativity.
Show notes
Monica uses a range of approaches, including NLP, mindfulness, meditation, action plans, visualisation, art and writing, to help creatives build the right intentions and environment for success, free from fear, procrastination, self-judgement and stress.
Monica returned to the show in season 3 for Transforming Talent into Triumph.
Episode highlights
"We're going to play a movie anyway, so for goodness sake, let's not play the one that's not so great. Let's play the blockbuster."
Monica O'Brien
In Monica's words
Where fear comes from
"Fear comes up even for successful people. It's an interesting thing. It is an emotion, but I often find fear is based on something from a past experience, or something we're worried about in the future. A lot of the work I do, with my clients and with myself, is about truly being present, in the here and now."
One step at a time
"In business development, it's about taking one step at a time, because overwhelm causes fear. And overwhelm is really us telling ourselves stories about a future that doesn't exist yet.
Our brains are geared to imagine things. So my mentoring would be along the lines of: listen, we're going to play a movie anyway, so for goodness sake, let's not play the one that's not so great. Let's play the blockbuster, something that energises us and changes how we show up in the world, because the movie we play in our mind does affect how we feel."
One step at a time, with a plan
Monica's right that overwhelm is often about everything feeling urgent at once. With visibility, that usually looks like trying to do SEO, social, content and speaking all together, and finishing none of it.
If you'd like to know which step comes first, that's what The Visibility Bootcamp™ works out with you.
Meet the guest
Monica O'Brien
Monica is a certified coach and the founder of Creative Edge Coaching, working with creatives, innovators and coaches on the fear, procrastination and self-judgement that hold them back.
Connect with Monica on LinkedIn and Instagram, or join her free Facebook group.
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