Trauma and Entrepreneurship
Episode 15: Nicole Lewis-Keeber on Business Trauma
Someone wise once said, “Those who do not learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.” Listen in on this episode of Awaken Your Wise Woman, as host Elizabeth Cush and Nicole Lewis-Keeber, the Business Therapist, talk about reliving past traumas in our work lives.
“There’s wisdom in those younger versions of me about what it is I need to pay attention to, or heal, or recognize in this moment.”
Show Notes:
Are you married to your business? Are your co-workers “like family”? Maybe you’re feeling discomfort that feels vaguely familiar or you hear your inner child shouting “danger.” It could be that you’re repeating old patterns. In this episode of the Awaken Your Wise Woman (previously Woman Worriers) podcast, host Elizabeth Cush, LCPC, a licensed professional therapist, founder of Progression Counseling in Annapolis, Md., and a mid-life women’s life coach, welcomes Nicole Lewis-Keeber, a therapist, business coach and author of How to Love Your Business: Stop Recreating Trauma and Have a Business You Love—and That Loves You Back. They talk about how childhood trauma can follow us into entrepreneurship, and they share what it takes to stop repeating those ingrained patterns so we can can a better relationship with our business.
Listen and learn:
What the wisdom of our inner child can teach us—and why we need to pay attention.
Why we might be doing the same thing over and over
What often lies beneath the “money mindset” struggle
How a business can be like the other relationships in our life—and how it’s possible to build a loving one
A healthy way to respond when we’re burnt out or saying “I should have…”
Why we sometimes need to walk away
What a transition could look like
The useful skill sets we can find in the pain of our past
The important thing to remember about boundaries
Learn more:
Nicole Lewis-Keeber’s website
Nicole Lewis-Keeber on Instagram
Nicole Lewis-Keeber on LinkedIn
Nicole Lewis-Keeber the Business Therapist on TikTok
How to Love Your Business: Stop Recreating Trauma and Have a Business You Love—and That Loves You Back by Nicole Lewis-Keeber
Tapping Into Wealth: How Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Can Help You Clear the Path to Making More Money by Margaret M. Lynch with Daylle Deanna Schwartz
More Nicole Lewis-Keeber links
Guided meditations from Progression Counseling
Other episodes you might enjoy
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