47. The Path from Burnout to Balance | Part 2 of a 3 Part Series on Burnout

In the second episode of my three-part burnout series, I’m diving into the research-backed factors that contribute to burnout and sharing actionable steps to help you transition from burnout to balance in your online service provider business. 

I’ll walk you through the six critical factors—workload, control, reward, community, fairness, and values—that can lead to burnout and show you how to align your business with your personal needs and desires. 

Plus, I’ll introduce you to my Intentional Scaling Framework, a tool I’ve developed to help you build a thriving, balanced business that truly supports you.

Key Points Covered:
✨ Six Factors of Burnout. Discover the six key factors that contribute to burnout and how to evaluate them in your business.
✨ Transitioning to Balance. Learn actionable steps to align your business with your values, ensuring long-term sustainability and success.
✨ Intentional Scaling Framework. Understand how intentional decisions can replace burnout with balance and foster business growth.

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[00:00:00] Andrea Elibero: Andrea here, your host and passionate business coach and scaling strategist for Soulful Service Providers and Coaches. Welcome to another episode of Soulpreneur Scaling Stories. Have you ever wanted to look behind the curtain of your fellow entrepreneur's business to see what actually went into scaling it?

[00:00:22] Well, you are in for a treat because that's exactly what we are doing here. In each episode, we will be uncovering the truth behind the lessons and the stories behind what it truly takes for sole preneurs to scale their businesses intentionally. I'm hoping that their stories will help you to unlock the true potential of your business so you can create your own soulful, abundant and aligned laptop lifestyle through intentional scaling.

[00:00:46] So whether you're just starting out on your scaling journey or you're a seasoned entrepreneur seeking inspiration, this episode has something incredible in store for you. Are you ready to rise, grow and create? Create a business that fully supports your dream life. Well, let's [00:01:00] dive in before we begin.

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[00:01:11] Hello, my friends. And welcome back to soul preneur scaling stories. I am so excited for the second episode of the three episode burnout series. If you haven't. Listened to the first one. It's the one right before this. one Episode 46, I believe. And in that episode we defined burnout. We talked about some myths surrounding burnout. 

[00:01:37] What signs to look out for, for burnout as a service provider, what the real problem is. That underlies burnout as well. And today, today we are going to take this one step further today. I am going to finally, I tease us so much in the last episode, but we are going to talk about. The research backed factors [00:02:00] of burnout. And I'll tell you what that is in a second. 

[00:02:03] And I'm going to tell you the steps to go from burnout to balance in your business. Okay. So are we ready to jump in? Okay, we're going to start with the burnout factors. So let's back it up a second to end it as a quick review. Burnout is what happens when you feel burnout is that you do not have any energy is step one. 

[00:02:27] You have step two is this lack of empathy. And step three is being unfulfilled. And this happens when there is a misalignment between you. And. What is going on within each of these six factors in your work or in your business. So as I'm going through these, I invite you to really think about yourself and think about, okay, what's going on? 

[00:02:52] How do I feel and how do I feel each of these things are going in my business. Number one is your workload. So this is the [00:03:00] one that everybody thinks about, right? So really it's having a high demand with low resources. So you have lots of things to do and not enough time tools, people, or information to get them done. 

[00:03:10] This is the one that everybody thinks about again. And this one is funny because it's actually not the most important one. But I invite you to check in with yourself. So what's going on in your business? You feel like you just have so much going on and it's not that, oh, do I have so much going on? It's do I have so much going on in relation to how much I want to have happen? 

[00:03:30] Do I feel like it's aligned personally with my own personal desires and goals and values around workload so that his workload. Number two is control. So control is how much choice discretion or say you have over what you do and how you innovate. And if you're able to do things differently. So here what to look at is okay. What do I like do I'm I on my, somebody who really enjoys, innovating, really [00:04:00] enjoys getting things done, how I want to do it, or am I somebody who just really likes to just follow the instructions, just go step by step and be told what to do and how to do it. 

[00:04:09] And what is going on in my business is what is going on? Does that match? Is it in alignment with what I desire? And you can see here. It's interesting because there's no right or wrong answer. Right. So this is really a. You thing versus how is it actually set up in your business? So we have workload control. 

[00:04:29] Number three is reward. Here here is what to look for under reward. Reward is not, not so much pay or perks, but it's really recognition for having done something well. What's going on with you and your clients, how much recognition do you enjoy? Is that your love language? Is getting verbal, uh, tells having somebody tell you that you're doing an amazing job, or do you want somebody to send you gifts or extra monetary things? 

[00:04:55] How is it that you like to feel rewarded that you'd like to feel valued and [00:05:00] is that what's happening? Number four is community. This is not your. The people, you know, in your family, your friends, things like that, this is really your business community. So these are the people you are regularly in contact with. Your clients, their teams, people who you regularly have to interact with. Are these relationships supportive? Is there something toxic going on, like what's going on? 

[00:05:24] Do you feel like you're being treated badly? Are you being bullied or you, you know, what's going on with these relationships and what's your role within this? How do you want things to be and what really is going on? So we had workload. Control reward. Community number five is fairness. How do you feel. You're being treated. 

[00:05:47] You feel like you're being respected. Do you feel that. You are being respected for. The expertise that you bring, or do you feel like you're being treated just like some [00:06:00] other quote unquote employee or somebody who is less than, this is a big one in terms of how it can relate to the level of cynicism that can happen. 

[00:06:09] So if you feel like you're not being treated with respect, obviously that's going to, you know, very likely that that can result in some feelings about this and you can see how that can lead to you feeling resentful, feeling cynical. And again, that is what we see. In burnout. And then the last one, number six. This one. Is the most important one and not just because I think so, but because this is supported by science, by the research. As well, number six. His values. So values are the sixth and most important factor when it comes to alignment. Between you and your work or business. 

[00:06:51] So what do we mean by values? So it's interesting. If you think about people in general, what do people want most in life? People want it to be [00:07:00] valued. They want to be challenged. They want to make an impact. So. This makes total sense, right? If you think about those three, how burnout shows up the last piece of the puzzle is that you don't feel fulfilled. 

[00:07:14] There's no sense of fulfillment. If you are feeling like you're not being challenged, and you're just kind of going about your day, doing meaningless things or things that you perceive to be meaningless. Of course, you're not going to feel fulfilled. What is it tight? Like if you think back to your life, when are times when you feel the most fulfilled? It's when you were challenged with something and you succeeded. 

[00:07:35] Right? So. It makes total sense. So when you are challenged and when you succeed, you feel fulfilled. And then on top of that, when somebody notices that and really appreciates what you do and tells you that, then you're even more fulfilled. And look at your business, right. Look at your business, your own personal journey, and you can see that, oh, like when things are going well, when you're making more money, [00:08:00] when you're getting these really cool projects, when you love your clients. You feel fulfilled the growth in her business leads to fulfillment. 

[00:08:07] So when there is a discrepancy here, of course, that's going to lead it to burnout. And again, this is one that is not, maybe not necessarily so obvious to people. But it is the biggest, biggest factor. In burnout. So if we go over to them super quick, one more time. The six factors. That to look at, to see how aligned or misaligned you are between your personal feelings, your needs, etcetera. 

[00:08:36] And what is going on in your business, in your work? Our workload. Control. Reward. Community. Fairness. And Values. So I invite you to take a moment, pause this, if you want to kind of go through, think about, and maybe just evaluate yourself on this. [00:09:00] And see, how are you feeling in each of these categories? 

[00:09:03] And is there something that you can do? Are there some immediate actions that you can take? I'm going to talk about the transformation in a moment for some really, for the actual true change for the deeper. Action. But on the surface level, there must be a few things that you can do. That really have this immediate effect. 

[00:09:23] And I do want to take a moment to. Remind you, if you haven't listened to the well, if you have listened to the last episode on burnout, you will know if not, I'm telling you for the first time that. I have a free masterclass. On burnout, it's called from burnout to balanced six steps to burnout, free business growth for online service providers at dancingleafsolutions.com slash burnout. 

[00:09:47] And I'm bringing this up now because I go way deeper into all this. This is the ultimate guide, the ultimate resource. For burnout. And for those who attend this. [00:10:00] Masterclass, there is a special invitation. And in that imitation, I will spoil the surprise. It is a free call with me where we go over these things together so we can get you some relief. 

[00:10:12] So go ahead and go into the master class to find the link. So you can book that call because it is really, really invaluable. Okay. So now we know. We have in the last episode, we define burnout, you know, the myths, you know, all about it. You know the causes of it. So now let's talk about the transformation. The transformation is really what is behind my intentional scaling framework. 

[00:10:38] So I talk about intentional scaling and intentional business growth. A lot in my online space. If you ever catch me out on the Instagram streets, soulful biz coach, Andrea. Um, and really my, the concept is that. In order to have a sustainably successful business that is thriving [00:11:00] and balanced, it takes intentionality. At every decision has to be intentional in your business. Because when it is not, then you go down all these crazy roads, you end up doing things that are completely misaligned with you, and guess what? You feel burnt out. 

[00:11:19] You don't like it. There's some reason men going on, all sorts of things like that. So really the goal is, is to intentionally grow a business that replaces this burnout with balance. Where you have the impact that you crave by really focusing on the things that you love. All while you're feeling nourished and supported by your business and having the self trust and confidence to grow your business in a way that feels so good to you. So within this intentional scaling framework, and this really is the transformation, these steps, these six steps are how you never have to experience burnout again. 

[00:11:53] So I'm going to go through them briefly. Again, we go through it more in the burnout masterclass. [00:12:00] So the first step is to get clarity. And it is ticket clarity in four areas. What is your dream life vision? What is it that you want your life to look like? And work backwards from here to make it happen. What's the vision for your business? What are your personal values and what is your mission? .It's kind of funny because I feel like a lot of people skip over this step. 

[00:12:23] And when you don't know these things, then you end up going down these unaligned paths and I will give you a quick example. for me, when I first started out in 2019, I was a virtual assistant. I was getting all of these clients and I was like, oh my God, what do I do now? I don't want to turn people away. You know, I'm looking at these things online. 

[00:12:42] I don't know what to do. The literal only advice out there was, oh, well obviously the only way the VA's can grow is to create an agency. So I did. And I ended up, I don't know, I had like four or five people working under me. I had all these clients, but why did I create an agency? This wasn't a decision that I made for [00:13:00] myself. This was a decision that was made for me. 

[00:13:03] I let my business lead me and guess what? I didn't like it. And even have it for a whole year because that, wasn't what I actually wanted to do. And if I had taken the time to get clear on what I want on my left to look like, and what my values were or my mission, then I wouldn't have made that decision. So this knowing this helps you to make decisions. 

[00:13:23] It's the north star that guides everything. Step number two of the intentional scaling framework is to define your unique magic, your new unique magic consists of your natural strength. Things that you could do all day long and things that really feel easy to you. A lot of times, it's kind of funny because you think like, yeah, of course I know what I'm good at, but a lot of times. You don't realize that you're good at it because it comes so easy to you. A lot of times we think like, oh, anybody can do this. 

[00:13:52] Cause easy. It's not true. It's easy for you. And it oftentimes takes somebody outside of yourself to [00:14:00] point this out to you. So knowing what you want your life to look like, and then knowing what you're amazing at what your unique magic is, are the key, key foundational pieces. In order to be aligned on those six factors. 

[00:14:15] So you don't have burnout. And then we go on to number three, which is design. And this is the thoughtful and intentional integration of your dream life. Vision of your values of your unique magic to create an aligned offer. Suite. Your offer suite is the heart and soul of your business. . It is the manifestation. It's like the physical manifestation of being in control of your business. Because when you design an offer suite that reflects all of those things and it has in it boundaries, it's very clear. It enables you to increase your profit and your purpose in your business and to grow peacefully. 

[00:14:57] Really the offer suite is key to [00:15:00] having a business that is balanced, but you can't get there without those other two pieces. Right? So. Super super, super key. And then number four is support and by support. I mean the support of your offer suite. So meaning the admin, the backend of your business, because just as much intentionality and purpose is needed in the running of your business to support the sales, to support the delivery, to support your offer suite as, as needed in the creation of it. And trust me when I say this, because this comes from a place of my being an online business manager and seeing these businesses that could be amazing that they do. 

[00:15:41] Like, they do amazing things. I've worked with so many, six and seven figure businesses that do amazing things, but the back end is completely on fire. And it's insane and it's not enjoyable to work in. So this is really the, okay. Who am I internally? What do I love? [00:16:00] What are my values? What am I amazing at? 

[00:16:01] How can I create something that really. Presents that to the world where I can serve my people and do it in a way. That really supports and nurtures and protects me. And now how can I create the business structure around that, the support around that? So that way it runs really smoothly. And then step number five is embodiment. And embodiment. 

[00:16:25] This is your personal foundation, just as the support is the foundation for your business. The embodiment is the foundation for you. And this is fully stepping into and knowing in your soul that you are the CEO of a thriving business, who is an expert in your field that you're abundant and you're making an impact. 

[00:16:42] And most importantly, it's believing in yourself before you have seen any success. And again, this is the foundation for you. This is how you make everything happen. And this is one of the key things that I work with with my clients. Because again, because you need both the [00:17:00] strategy. And the inner work in order to have this amazing business. And then the next step is mentorship. And mentorship really is an act of self-love. 

[00:17:11] Now hear me out on this one, because you're going to be like, oh yes, yes. I can see that. So when you work with somebody. You are giving yourself permission to succeed. And when you do that, you're affirming your own. Self-worth. You're also within yourself. You're cultivating. Self-trust. Because you get to do things, you get to see yourself succeed. 

[00:17:31] Then you get to trust yourself a little bit more, a little bit more, a little bit more. When you have a mentor you're honoring your own potential. Because you have so much potential inside of you and oftentimes it takes somebody to bring it out of you. When you have a mentor you're aligning with your values. And you're honoring your own inner wisdom. 

[00:17:52] So really all of this is such an act of self love because you're allowing yourself to succeed, to believe in yourself, [00:18:00] to grow all of these things within you and do it in a way. That doesn't take, as long as it took me. You don't have to go through. The, if you were in the last episode, I spoke about my burnout. 

[00:18:13] That lasted almost a year about a, you, I told you in this episode a few minutes ago about my creating this agency, because I don't know why, because my business, I felt like that was the right thing to do. And it, it didn't support me the way I wanted it to. So you get to take all of the things that I've done and I've gone down this whole road so I can help you. Not do the same things. 

[00:18:36] I can help you to cultivate all of these steps so you can bring this beautiful, amazing, balanced, and thriving business to life. So I'd love to share with you a couple of stories of a couple of other people who have done this. So I had a client. Ah, C.. Who is an online business manager and she wanted to do. So you are working one-on-one with clients and really wanted to do [00:19:00] something else that she wanted to have this other more robust offers in her offer suite, aside from just working with one-on-one. And she felt overwhelmed. She had analysis paralysis. You just didn't have any idea of what her path forward was. So together we worked together for a month and on my aligned offer suite. Alignment intensive. Um, to clarify her mission, her vision, her values to uncover her unique magic, her strengths . To really dive in and see, okay, what experiences have you had and how can we bring all of this together to craft this amazing, beautiful, aligned, scalable offer suite that supports you that nourishes you and supports your dream life. So we did that and we created something that really supported, not just her now, but her in her future. And it was really interesting because she was torn between two things and with our working together, she could see, oh, well, this path is not the path. You know, it sounds good, but actually it's this other path [00:20:00] that is the one that actually supports me the best. 

[00:20:02] So she now has this clear strategy for her business growth. Her new scalable offer suite aligns perfectly with her talents and her long term aspirations. And she's now bringing that to life. And then my other client L who was a successful copywriter when we started working together and. She was amazing. 

[00:20:21] And, she had been doing it for a long time and really just, it was that she wasn't feeling it anymore. She was feeling so drained by these copy projects and she really wanted to make a significant change. And be within us with us working together. She was able to get the guidance that she needed to transition into her true calling as a creativity coach, which is so cool. So we work together to help her to overcome. A number of limiting beliefs that she had about pivoting. Uh, we address a lot of the challenges of building this new business of really having the strong foundation and for her personal and professional growth and [00:21:00] her transformation. 

[00:21:00] And this is in her own words is beyond just a business change. She discovered a deeper connection to her work and in renewed sense of purpose. And the cool thing was, was in the very first offer that she launched. She had a number of pupil signup and she was only talking about it for a few weeks. So it was really, really cool. So. That is everything I wanted to share with you guys today. And next time, our last episode of this little mini series on burnout, we're going to talk about some more of these really practical steps to create your balanced business that you're not going to want to miss that. 

[00:21:33] And last reminder, there will be a link in the show notes down below is if you really want to dive in deeper, you do not want to miss this masterclass from burnout to balance six steps to burnout free business growth for online service providers. The link is below it is at dancingleafsolutions.com slash burnout. And I'm so excited to talk to you guys in the next episode, and I'll see you then.

[00:21:57] [00:22:00] Thank you so much for joining us today. I really hope you found inspiration and insights from today's episode. You know, scaling your business intentionally and from the inside out is a transformational process, but I'm here to support you every step of the way. Head on over to dancingleafsolutions. com slash resources for free tools to help you do just that.

[00:22:22] And thank you again for being a part of the Soulpreneur Scaling Stories community, your presence and dedication to growth, inspiring me every day.