I spent this past weekend locked away in a cabin in the woods with my dear partner. No, not my husband (dear as he is). My business partner, Kitty Southworth.
She and I have officially launched The Healing Core, a company devoted to healers teaching healers, a company devoted to making us all smarter around matters of business and the energetic body. We needed to tweak / update our workshop (Energy 101: A Comprehensive Unified Introduction to the Energetic Body).
It was a wonderfully productive weekend but why did we spend the money for a cabin and truck in our own food and drive 2.5 hours? Why not save the time and money and do all this at home?
Simple. It wouldn't have worked.
Several times this weekend we came across things we didn’t really want to deal with, didn’t have an answer for, or disagreed about. If we were at home, we’d have a wealth of distractions to take us away! Checking email, answering the phone, throwing in a load of laundry, emptying the dishwasher. When there’s something you really don’t want to do, anything else looks like a good idea.
Kitty admits that when we were in massage school, she would regularly be consumed with an urge to clean the oven -- usually about the same time she was supposed to be writing her practice logs. When I was in college, I resorted to washing down the steps to avoid studying for finals.
Did Kitty really love cleaning her oven? Did I really enjoy washing down the steps? No, but those activities look so virtuous compared to studying or writing practice logs!
When the work is really important to you (and possibly kinda difficult) you may well have to escape the temptations of home, even if just for the weekend. A lot of massage therapists balk at the time and expense. Compare that to the value of getting the thing done, whatever the thing is.
In the same vein, Kitty and I actually went to couples counseling together! (Don’t worry, my husband knows all about this and approves). During the process last fall of setting up our company, we came across some interpersonal issues that we needed to work out. Sometimes, you need an objective 3rd party to walk you through the conversations necessary to resolve conflict.
We came out of that session a stronger working unit, with a better understanding of each other and, consequently, a better working relationship. Money and time well-spent.
As healers, we accept paying for things that will be useful to our clients -- equipment, linens, lotions, music, training, etc. What are the things that will make us stronger as healers (and as business owners)? Training? Mentoring? Get-aways? Books? Support? Are you willing to pay for those things too?
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