When plans change… how to pivot *personal & business* 🧭 BOSS IT #4

to the right place. I'm your host, Georgie Stevenson. I'm a lawyer turned entrepreneur, co founder of Naked Harvest Supplements, and social media personality with a community of over three hundred thousand. I grew up believing I had to pursue the safe option and fit into a mold others had created for me. But then I entered my corporate law job and I realized that settling for a reality that didn't set my soul on fire was something I was not prepared to do. I wanted more, and I have

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and welcome to another episode of the Rise and Conquer podcast. Today, I've got a solo podcast and we are chatting basically, stop being a control freak. I know, there has been a lot of plans that are changing, there's a lot of uncertainty. There's a lot of people who they can't run their business as they usually would. You know, there's been travel plans and not happening in all that sort

of thing. And as a control freak myself, I really just wanted to chat about kind of my headspace and how I'm feeling now compared to when everything first happened, and basically how I'm pivoting personally in business, and yeah, just have a chat about that because it is a super confusing time. I know, I'm going through like a

rollercoaster of emotions. Like one day I'm like I'm fine, everything is fine, like this is all good, like I can get through this, and then the next day I'm like a total bull of anxiety and bit of a rex. So I know, you guys are probably feeling the same, and I just want to have a chat about when plans change and how to pivot. So let's get straight

into it. I kind of have updated you guys just about I was feeling super overwhelmed when everything happening, just a small business owner with naked harvests and Tim you know, quit his job at the start of the year, so our income is solely both based on our online businesses, and so it's quite scary when you have two mortgages. And yeah, anyway, so I was a bit of a mess at the start, like I was really struggling to

get my head around things. I was really in this lack mentality, and then I have kind of shifted out of that. I know, my last solo podcasts, which will be two before this, I kind of spoke about what I'm doing to shift into more higher positive vibes every single day, like I am noticing it's something I have to really be conscious and intentional about, whereas usually I'm just in that mood already. But I am shifting into that. So if you want some more tips on that, I

would go listen to that podcast. So yeah, I'm just shifting into gratitude and shifting into a higher vibe. Being very con just about that. And I just wanted to chat about it because I heard someone say the other day, I'm trying to think about where and when, but someone was saying, like, everything is so different, but at the

same time, everything is the same. They were kind of explaining, like everything is so different in regards to how we usually do things, what is happening, how we're feeling, but the basic principles of being human, the basic principles of energy and law of attraction and all that sort of

thing are the same. So that means is yes, in business, in our personal lives, plans have changed, things are different, but the same rules that I personally live by, which is like attracts, like law of attraction, what you focus on grows, that sort of side of things is the same. And if we keep like, if we go back to the principles at the basic principles, we work with that and we have a lot of trust in what is happening,

we can get through this. And so within my personal life and my small businesses, this is such a time and I wanted to say this to you guys too, This is such a time to welcome change, to pivot, and to be very open minded. So I'll go first just through my personal life and explain that a bit and what I'm doing there, and then we'll get into business. So in my personal life, me and Tim had Europe booked.

We haven't been there before, Like, we worked extremely hard last year and it was kind of like a big trip that we were looking for to we're going to take a month month off work. We had you know, got everyone ready so I wouldn't be working too much, which I haven't taken like a holiday where I'm not working, you know, I can't remember when. So we were planning Europe. And then also we had planned to go to New

Zealand for my birthday in August. We also had like a lot of friend events on like the last couple of weekends. They would have already been gone, but I had, you know, engagement party Hens. Basically lots was happening socially, we're supposed to be in Europe, like everything has changed.

And also to be very transparent with you guys, me and Tim were thinking, like we had always said that we would try for children after we had like ticked you know, certain things off the list and a big thing and kind of the last thing for us was Europe. So we were thinking after New Zealand in August that

we would maybe try for a little baby. And I am like not that maternal, so that took a lot for me to get my head around, and I think that now with everything happening, so we have rebooked our Europe trip for next year because our Europe trip was actually better based off a holiday that we were doing for Tim's brother's wedding, so he's replanned it for next year.

So it's all basically pushed back a year. And yeah, for us, it's like kind of our holiday plans and then even like personal baby plans is like push back a year plus more. And yeah, I'm not that maternal, but then like now it's over a year. Way, like I feel very I think I got attached to the plan a lot, and I just like, yeah, I feel a bit sad about it. It feels weird because we just have no control. But these are like personal life decisions,

so we're supposed to have control over us. So I totally get you if you are feeling the exact same way. So how I've kind of shifted and pivoted with this, And don't get me wrong, guys, like I sat in a lot of like sadness and confusion, and I just let myself feel those feelings and we are so allowed to do that. A big thing I want to kind of mention is however I'm feeling, however I'm expressing it

to you. If you don't feel the same, or if you're feeling things differently, or if you're feeling them the same, it is okay. However we're feeling, It's just so okay because I know so many of us would just like be responding to this whole thing differently, and especially as a collective, there is a lot of emotions right now, so don't worry if you're getting all the feels or if you're not feeling it, etc. So yeah, I was definitely super sad, and I had a really crap couple

of weeks just getting my head around it. But basically my whole thing is like I create my own reality. I get to work with the universe and create how I want my life, and I really need to trust that this is for a great reason and something better as happening. So when I like manifest and write goals. There's always something I say at the end, and I always like say my goal, I want it by this time or blah blah blah, and then I always say

this or something better. So obviously I had these goals of traveling of maybe you know, trying for a child and all this sort of thing, but at the end I would be saying this or something better. So it's not that manifestation doesn't work, or like I can totally understand if you're losing faith in things. I totally get that. But I'm just trying to really sit in the or

this is or something better. So I'm really just giving a lot of trust over to whatever you want to call it, God, universe, spirit, anything like that, and I'm just going, Okay, this is my current reality. Something better is happening, Like this happened for a reason, like maybe when we were supposed to go traveling in May, like something happened in Europe that wasn't that great, or the simple fact of you know, when we do travel next year, I am going to appreciate it so much more because

it was like taken away from me. And I think that's also I've spoken to a lot of girls who you know, they had their wedding planned, like their wedding was a couple of weeks away and they had to cancel their wedding. And I just feel so much for people who have just had it's like devastation, that devastating feeling. I know, there's people who have lost people, and there's

just there's a lot going on. And that's like I was messaging a girl and she was saying, oh, you know, my wedding was supposed to happen, and I was supposed to go to Italy from my honeymoon, and it's kind of like, look, when this is all over and we get to travel, we get to do our normal life, we are going to appreciate it so much more. We

are going to be so much more present. So I am really just like looking at it from that angle, and also, to be completely honest, as someone who is not that maternal, it was like a nice kind of feeling to realize that I actually really did care about, you know, wanting to maybe try for a child or that sort of thing. And so I'm just really looking at everything as a blessing and trusting that the universe has something better in store and just having faith This

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chat a little more about the business side of stuff. So, as you guys know, I have an online business, Naked Harvest Natural Supplements, also obviously the podcast and then my personal brand. And yeah, for the first couple of weeks, I was in this mentality where I was like, Oh my god, no one's gonna buy anything from Naked Harvest. What have we done? Tim has just quit his job. We're gonna have to sell the house. Like I was spiraling.

I feel extremely lucky because it's not actually that much changed in the business because we are an online business, and I know there's lots of people who have it extremely worse. But I was just in this really weird place where I couldn't see out of my usual plans, and I think that is because I'm a control freak. So basically we sat down. I sat down with Mel and Cooper and we're all like, all right, this is happening. This is a real thing. How are we going to adapt?

How are we going to pivot? And so we looked at Naked Harvest and we have been doing nhfit, which is a private Instagram account where we host workouts that are approved by a pt and programmed over a month. It's kind of like a challenge, and we wanted to do that all home based, basically no equipment, just to suit everyone. And we started that, like we had that idea in December and it started in January, so we

had already been building on this thing. And this is why guys like I really have faith in guided action, because I remember when I got that idea about NH fit, and I was like, oh, maybe we should do blah blah blah, and it just seemed like such an odd,

random idea. And now I look back and I know this sounds weird, but like that was such a guided decision anyway, getting back to it, so I was like, Okay, we have nh fit really focus on that, and then the overall vibe for the whole thing was like everyone is going through a huge change as a collective, we're going to be feeling a lot of feelings. And basically how we wanted to approach this as a business is

we wanted to support our community. So we thought, Okay, what can we do in business to make sure Naked Harvest sustains because like this guy's like, we are going through a mini recession with everything happening, So it's like, what can we do so Naked Harvest survives and we can get through this? And then what can we do to support our community? Because that like, without our community, without our customers, we are nothing, So what can we

do to support them? And that was our main thing, Like we literally wrote that down and so like some little shifts. Just as an example, we slowered the entry into nh fit so it used to be spend one hundred dollars and now it's only spent eighty. We did free shipping for a week, and guys like with that free shipping like for example our samples, Like so we're doing free shipping on samples and how much they cost us? And then how much we have to pay for shipping

for you guys to get it free. We were like just breaking even if not losing money. But the whole focus is on community. So it was like it was like, it's not even at this moment with business, I wouldn't be focused on growth and like growing your profit and all that sort of thing. I would just really be focused on sustaining, keeping your customers, keeping your community happy, and supporting them. Like that's exactly what we're doing. Yep.

So we dropped our entry into end h fit, we did free shipping, and then we also started the life workout. So we had this chat and we're like, okay, everyone is now working out from home. Yes we've got n h fit, but that is they've got to pay to get in it. So what can we offer the community completely for free, like you know, within our sphere of skills and professions. And I'm not a pet, but I obviously work out every single day, and so we came

up with let's do live workouts with the community. It's good because you know, people are in isolation, so at least they feel like they're working out with someone and will create that community feel. That has been one of the best steps that we did because for me personally, I am loving the workouts so much because it is keeping me motivated, it is keeping me like really in tune with you guys and what you guys are doing. And then also it's like it helps with our end

hate gang and all that sort of thing. So basically, for business wise, like my advice, in my personal opinion, I would just be thinking, how can you support your customer more than ever right now? Like what do they need right now from your profession or your set of skills, and how can you give that to them externally and online and for a pretty good price or like something

that really gives value and support to them. And then also look at your business and think of how maybe you can pivot or just like throughout the real book

and just see what works. Another thing I wanted to talk about is for the last couple of months previous I have really been craving like connection with like minded people like community wise, and so I did last year three live podcast events with Maddie from The Healthy Hustlers, and we plan to well we don't know if it's going to happen now, but we plan to do them

this year. Later in the year, so hopefully we can still do those, but I was really craving kind of like an intimate connection because obviously in the big events, like we can meet people after, but it's not like you get to sit down and have a chat. So me and mel were brainstorming and we thought of how we can do something like that. And so we actually had been planning this for a while, and we're gonna

announce it. I think it like maybe this week. And we had actually planned like an intimate self development workshop day with me where I would meet up with like, you know, maybe fifteen girls who all in the same headspace of wanting connection, of basically wanting to take the next step, interested in investing in themselves, interested in self development, and so I would take you through this day of basically the tools and formula I use at any like

next step in my life. And so we had been planned this, We're about to announce it, and then everything happened and we were like, oh, okay, we obviously cannot do this because you know, it was going to be in this event space, and we had already got that all organized, and we you know, we want to be safe, we want to be complying with everything that is happening. We want to be flattening the curve. And also we

don't know when this is going to finish. So instead of just like sitting there and being like, oh my god, you know, my intimate workshop day is ruined. I can't do it. Me and Mel now are actually thinking of how can we take this externally online? And we have a pretty good kind of idea and direction we're currently planning it. So keep your eyes peeled if that kind of sounds like something that you would be interested in. And that is the whole thing, guys. It's kind of like, yup, okay,

that's not happening. What can I do now? How can I bring this online? How can I do this externally? How can I support people during this time? That's basically what you want to be looking at. It's a pretty cool time to try different stuff, to get out of your comfort zone and to support people around you and just see what works, see what sticks. Like, don't get caught up too much in the what other people are

doing or what you're supposed to do. For me. What I do in kind of like a crossroads is it's the best time to like get quiet, to make sure you're meditating, to make sure you're focusing on self care. I'm a big journaler, so I have been journaling so much, like every single day, I'm asking myself how I am, I'm checking in, I'm asking myself what I need today,

and all that sort of thing. And I think another thing I just want to finish on is realizing that this time of stillness too might come at the perfect time for you to do nothing. So I know, personally, I just spoke about how I'm pivoting and base sickly instead of going on holidays and all these fun social plans, I'm getting more into my business that might be completely opposite to you, and this might be the perfect time to really chill out and slow down, because you know,

maybe burnout was coming. Maybe this has happened to you at the exact right time of what you need. I was actually looking and a girl that I follow, I think she's like she's some sort of like life coach or something, and basically she was like, hey, guys, I'm actually taking a two week break off social media to

really just like focus on myself. And she explained that she was going inwards and that's the feeling that she was getting was that, and so she really just was like, Hey, I'm actually going to take this time to slow down, not be on here, do my own things. So like that is exactly what I want you guys to do, is not just be frantic and be like, oh my god, what have I got to do? What's everyone else doing? But go inwards and be like, Okay, what do I

feel cool to do right now? Do I feel cool to start something new, to start working on something new, or to learn a new skill, or is it do I feel cool to actually take this time to really chill out, to actually do nothing, to go more inwards because it's going to be so different for everyone. All right, guys,

I'm going to wrap up this episode. I hope that was insightful or interesting to just give you an update on how I'm feeling, what I'm doing in business, and how I'm pivoting and dealing with change during this time. So thank you so much for listening. I really appreciate you guys tuning in every single week. Sending you so much love. Guys. Bye, and that's a wrap on another episode of the Rise and Conquer podcast. I hope you got something valuable from it, and I want to say

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