Honoring Quiet & Divine Stillness in your Life & Business

As the year comes to an end, it’s kind of hard not to look back and reflect. I’ve been through a lot personally and professionally this year and there’s the promise of so much more on the horizon. It might just be the natural laziness that comes with Thanksgiving break, but recently, I’ve been feeling the need for quiet and stillness on a spiritual level. Anyone who knows me knows that I believe in God. I believe that we are all divine emanations of the spirit of a living God ( how much or how little we are able to see this is varies by the individual), but I believe that if we are still enough, we can hear the whispers of God. Sometimes they not whispers at all, but loud and clear. Recently, I’ve been hearing this, “Be still and know that I am God” from Psalms 46. As a divine being, I know that I’m co-creating my reality with God. I have choices to make in life. Most of the time it involves being brave enough to listen to the voice of God.

Now, how do I know I’m getting divine intuition? By the way, I consider intuition to be connected to God, connected to meditation, affirmations, and prayer - it’s like a little flow chart in my head. But anyway, the voice of God is the voice of what I would do if i had no fear of judgement. It’s like what I would do if I were to honor my deepest needs, not in a selfish way, but in a self-preservation way. From a young age, I learned that I had to take action when it came to preserving my mental and emotional health. It has been a top priority in my life for the last 12 years. So whenever I get that whisper of intuition, the divine speaking through me as I meditate (or more often after), I pay attention. I believe that God has protected me from many toxic situations that societal norms would have dictated I stay in for longer than was healthy for me.

But recently the call has been for stillness to prepare for a major shift in my life. You see, sometimes life is like surgery. You have surgical prep and then before the doctors begin, they prepare the surgical field. They clean and disinfect the surgical site. Even before the surgery begins, you may be asked to eat a certain diet or abstain from certain activities. The night before your surgery is not the time to try a new cuisine that’s foreign to your body. You prepare for the best outcome and sometimes that takes clearing and leaving space for God to orchestrate plans in the most perfect way possible. That means you have to have faith. That means you have to trust. That means you have to know that anything you abstain from will either occur at another time when it’s right or leave your life for good. That means not being afraid to be alone. That means stripping away the things that you think make you needed and necessary, because in the eyes of God and indeed, in your own vision, you are worthy enough just as you are.

Let me translate this into spiritual entrepreneurship. First of all, I don’t think I’ve actually defined what spiritual entrepreneurship means to me. It’s a concept that was introduced to me by my friend Marielle, founder of Spiritualista Beautique. It’s basically the idea of honoring your spirit throughout the experience of entrepreneurship. You can use this journey to learn about yourself on a deeper level. There are ebbs and flows. Not every “foolproof strategy” will work for everyone. Basically entrepreneurship should be a compliment to your journey, an outlet for your passion and your purpose in life. I know it’s not this way for everyone, but if you’re a spiritual person, the type who listens to those divine whispers, it’s a way that you can think of your business that will be better for your overall wellbeing. I find this to be especially true if your business is about healing - healing yourself and others. Pushing yourself like the tech bros on LinkedIn or the Girlbosses of IG is going to result in burn out and feelings of inadequacy because nowhere in that blueprint is there an emphasis on self-care. My message to my fellow spiritual entrepreneurs is this - put yourself first. Not the customer, not the audience, not the brands, not the collabs. Put your wellbeing first. There may be others out there with similar ideas, but none of them are you, and the world needs YOU in particular.

So don’t be afraid to get quiet. Get still. Cancel some plans, stop making new ones for a while. Just think of all of the seeds you’ve planted over the past year. Let go of control and give God the space to work. I promise, something even better than you are expecting will emerge.