20. Embracing Discomfort, Rhythms, and Seasonality in Your Business

In this episode of the Idea to Empire Podcast, Rebecca Lee, a Clinical Eco-therapist and Burnout Business Coach, emphasizes the significance of finding rhythm and seasonality in one's work while challenging societal norms and expectations.Rebecca encourages individuals to embrace discomfort as a sign of authenticity and growth, rather than something to be avoided. She also highlights the importance of building a supportive community and seeking mentorship to navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship. By aligning one's values and investing in oneself and their business, individuals can create a fulfilling and sustainable path to success.Download the Transcript!Key Talking Points:Find rhythm and seasonality in your work, allowing for flexibility and alignment with personal energy levels.Embrace discomfort as a sign of authenticity and growth, rather than something to avoid.Build a supportive community and seek mentorship to navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship.Magical Quotes:"I think people grow their business when they get comfortable with not doing things the way that they are supposed to, but instead doing things in ways that their whole body can lean into it, because that's what we need for our business.""I have worked with people individually for a long time. I've also worked in groups for a while, and it's just hands down, people grow exponentially in community.""The more that we see discomfort as our own internal wisdom that's speaking to us versus the message is just to avoid it altogether and just, like, just chug through and we're just going to keep going and no, no, no, slow down for a minute and really sit and process it."Meet Rebecca Lee!Rebecca Lee is a Clinical Eco-therapist and Burnout Business Coach who guides givers, helping professionals and healers to create impactful and joyful professional lives centered in their own authenticity and vision. She is a landscape and seasonality-oriented clinician and entrepreneur who has spent her career exploring how we can leverage our authenticity, natural rhythms, and inner wisdom to move from burnout to a vision-centered life. She lives in Toppenish, WA on the indigenous land of the Yakama Nation with her multi-generational family, partner, 2 kids, and a menagerie of chickens, goats, and cows, so don’t be surprised if she finds a way to incorporate “dirt” into the conversation.Website - https://www.justlivingtherapy.org/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/justlivingtherapy/SPECIAL OFFER: Meet Becoming Home Learn more: https://www.justlivingtherapy.org/becominghomeprogram A one-year dynamic, small-group community experience to tap into your landscape, your unique vision, and your authentic self, to up-level your life, eliminate burnout and re-discover joy in your work.This experience is likely for you if:You FEEL burnt out, overwhelmed, more like a product than a person, and unsatisfied in your life or your workYou feel LOST in your sense of self and why you do what you doYou often don’t...