What happens when your business looks successful on the outside but you're miserable behind the scenes? I'm getting vulnerable today and sharing three major business mistakes I made as a VA and OBM that led to complete burnout—even though I was making consistent income and had replaced my 9-5 in just five months. This episode answers: How did I accidentally become an agency owner without choosing that path? Why did building my business on hourly retainers cap me financially and emotionally? And what was the root cause that made burnout inevitable? If you're in a business that technically works but isn't flowing like you want it to, this story is for you.

In this episode:

✨ Mistake #1: How I became an agency owner without ever choosing to—and why following "what you're supposed to do" led me away from what I actually wanted

✨ Mistake #2: Why building everything on hourly retainers capped me at 8-12K months but left me exhausted and unable to focus on my own business

✨ Mistake #3: The root cause of it all—not having a clear vision beyond "quit my 9-5" and letting my business design me instead of designing my business

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You just signed another client, but instead of feeling excited, your stomach drops. Because you know exactly what happened, they want you for work you've been trying to move away from for the past year. You say yes anyway (because bills), then spend the next three months resenting every time their name pops up in your inbox. Sound familiar?

This isn't a marketing problem or a messaging issue. It's an identity split, and it's the thing keeping you at the same income level month after month. You're saying one thing but selling another, and your business follows what you're selling, not what you're talking about. In this episode, I'm breaking down why you keep attracting clients for work you've outgrown, what this identity misalignment is actually costing you (financially and emotionally), and the exact steps to finally commit to the version of yourself you're trying to become.

Key Points Covered:

✨ Why your nervous system keeps you straddling two identities, and why the old one always wins

✨ The audit questions to spot where your split identity is most obvious (Instagram vs website, bio vs offers)

✨ What happens when you finally commit to one identity and align your whole business around it

💫 Ready to stop the split? Grab my free Peaceful Profits Vault at dancingleafsolutions.com/resources

📩 DM me on Instagram @soulfulbizcoachandrea to book a free clarity call, I can spot your identity split in about 2 minutes

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I'll identify the biggest bottleneck in your business structure and show you what a sustainable, proactive model looks like for YOUR strengths in this free 45-minute Business Audit.

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Interactive calculators, monthly live trainings, and a vault of strategies to help you build a peacefully profitable business.

✨ WORK WITH ME
Expansion: Build a sustainable, scalable business that feels spacious, aligned, and effortless to run.

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🎧 Podcast produced and edited with love by @FerAssists 🩵

You've created this amazing specialization, you're excited about it, and then it's time to launch. Suddenly your brain starts screaming: "Wait, what if this isn't right? What if nobody wants this? What if I picked wrong?" If you've ever felt paralyzed by doubt right before putting yourself out there, you need to hear this.

Here's what's actually happening: your nervous system is taking normal launch nerves and turning them into evidence that you're not ready. But there's a difference between "this is scary and new" versus "this genuinely doesn't align with me." In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly how to tell the difference between nerves and misalignment, why your experience already counts (even without the fancy title), and how to move forward without being paralyzed by the fear of picking wrong.

Key Points Covered:

✨ Three questions to ask yourself to distinguish between protective fear and actual misalignment

✨ Why discounting your experience because you haven't used a specific title yet is keeping you stuck

✨ The truth about specialization: it's not a tattoo, and pivoting is strategy, not failure

📦 Grab my free Premium Offer Starter Kit: Ready to figure out what to specialize in and how to package it? This kit walks you through choosing your specialization and creating an offer that actually excites you.

💫 Ready to stop overthinking and start moving forward? Grab my free Premium Offer Kit at dancingleafsolutions.com/resources

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Thank you for being a part of the Soulpreneur Scaling Stories community!

📅 BOOK A FREE BUSINESS AUDIT
I'll identify the biggest bottleneck in your business structure and show you what a sustainable, proactive model looks like for YOUR strengths in this free 45-minute Business Audit.

🎁 FREE RESOURCES
Interactive calculators, monthly live trainings, and a vault of strategies to help you build a peacefully profitable business.

✨ WORK WITH ME
Expansion: Build a sustainable, scalable business that feels spacious, aligned, and effortless to run.

🔗 LET'S CONNECT
Instagram | Threads | LinkedIn | YouTube | Website

🎧 Podcast produced and edited with love by @FerAssists 🩵