Entrepreneurship Is A Reflection of Your Spiritual Journey

Everything we do is a reflection of our mental state, and entrepreneurship is no exception. Over the past three years of developing my podcast, I’ve faced many ups and downs. Entrepreneurship is more than just business—it’s a reflection of your spiritual journey. Starting something new can reveal deep truths about your mental and emotional state. When faced with adversity, will you rise above or let it consume you?

Chapters

• 0:13 Celebrating Four Years of Growth
• 6:11 Overcoming Insecurities in Entrepreneurship
• 18:34 Positive Self-Affirmations and Rejuvenation

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:13

Welcome to Mind Over Matter. Baby, I'm back and I'm better, y'all. I'm back and I'm better, and I'm in my home habitat. I'm in my habitat, y'all. I'm in mi casa, mi casa es su casa. I'm in mi casa, mi casa su casa.

Speaker 1: 1:09

I'm so hype to be back in the original setup, where I really started this from the ground up, brick by brick. I built this brick by brick. I need to relax. I'm just hyped. I'm just so excited. I'm sorry Sometimes I make weird noises when I get really excited, but I'm excited Use my words like a big girl. I'm excited. I'm kind of moist, I'm kind of a little bit tired, but you can't even tell I'm tired, because I'm just more excited than tired right now Because I'm back home in my habitat, comfortable, real comfy, real comfy. I'm gonna kick my feet up. That's how comfy I am. Can't do this in a studio, can you? Yeah, I'm like real cozy. Don't mind my feet, I'm barefooted. That's how comfy I am. You know you can't be doing that in a studio. I'm back home with the setup.

Speaker 1: 2:09

I set all of this back up for y'all, for y'all, like for real, for real. I got the whole setup back. I got the LED lights, I got the Mind Over Matter post. I got the plants. I got the records, even though I've never I don't own a vinyl got the records on the wall for aesthetic reasons only. I got the supreme mug cheers to more life like. I got the clock. I got the camcorder that I've never used. I got the um aromatherapy let me, let me turn, me turn it on. I got the whole setup. I got my soundboard back, like. I got the soundboard back y'all. I can't it's not plugged in, I can't even play that, but I can't do my aromatherapy right now. But I got the soundboard back y'all. That's how true it is.

Speaker 1: 3:02

Come back home y'all for my real original OG Mind of Matter listeners, this looks pretty familiar. This setup is pretty nostalgic. But I'm back. I'm back cause your girl trying to save her coins? No, but for real, for real. I missed it here. I missed it here, real bad. So I had to come back and make an episode for the people, for the people, for the people, them, for the people, them. You get me. So I'm so excited, like, all right, we're going to get into this episode.

Speaker 1: 3:38

Episode 95 of Mind Over Matter. Can you believe it? 95 is crazy. 95 is like a lot, but we made it, we made it y'all, we made it, we made it. I need a sound for that. We oh, okay, boom Today.

Speaker 1: 4:07

On today's episode, did I even introduce myself? I said a lot of words coming in, because when I get excited, I just be saying a reflection of our spiritual journeys and how much we know ourselves. So, if this is something you're interested in, kick back, relax and enjoy this episode period period. I need some water because, like, my mouth is dry. I said a lot of words and it's not even five minutes in the podcast, yet when do I start? Where do I begin?

Speaker 1: 4:50

I just want to talk about the fact that I am approaching year four of Mind Over Matter, which is wild. Four years. I'm a senior Damn near, I'm a senior, which is wild. I started this back in 2020, 2020, november 2020, and in this next not next month, november is I'm gonna make four years having a podcast, having started this podcast, and I learned a lot on this journey of entrepreneurship and I just want to share what I've learned and it's been very eye-opening, very just, very progressive, you know, because, of course, over those five years, you're going to progress a lot as a person, not just the business, but as a person. And, like I said, when you're progressing as a person, it's gonna come out into your business as well. Um, of course, during those four years go through a lot of ups, you gotta, and you go through a lot of downs, but the way you handle those downs is going to determine whether or not you're cut for this entrepreneurial journey.

Speaker 1: 6:11

I that word is about to really get to me because I don't know why it's so hard to say say that fast, three times entrepreneurial. How much you can't. It's a lot. It's a lot of syllable, syllables, and I feel like I need a better word, but I don't want to get off a track right now. But yeah, you learn a lot, especially in your lows. Um, I think that's where I've learned the most about myself is through those lows of when I was going through things in my personal life, and it's hard to not make what you are going through mentally just spew out in your external world. That's why I am so adamant about building and developing a strong mindset. I am so adamant about building and developing a strong mindset.

Speaker 1: 7:08

I feel like there's two types of people in this world. There are people who hide behind their adversity and their challenges and the lows that they go through on this journey. And then there's people that actually use it as motivation, and I've always been the second one person that used my adversity as motivation to keep going. And along the course of this journey, I started to get consumed by what I was going through and it really was eating me up, eating me up. I became very insecure, very. I liked a lot of. I started to lack a lot of confidence. I would know I wasn't as confident in myself anymore and my challenges started to really eat me up.

Speaker 1: 8:01

And I truly believe that everything we do is an extension of our mental health, everything we do and entrepreneurship is not excluded from this and both paths are hard. It's hard hiding behind your adversity and it's also hard using it as motivation. But pick a hard, honestly, pick a hard. I think that I have reached a crossroads recently where I had to choose my heart, had to actually get back into using it as my motivation, because I don't want to be a victim, I don't want to feel like a sad story. You know what I mean. I truly believe we are a projection of our thoughts and our beliefs. So whatever you're going through mentally, like I said, is going to be reflected in everything you do, how you interact with people, how you're running your business, how you speak to yourself. Even and it's the main reason why healed people heal people and why misery loves company is because you need your reality to confirm what you're going through mentally and you learn a lot about your mental state through entrepreneurship and how much you know yourself through entrepreneurship for sure.

Speaker 1: 9:35

Through entrepreneurship, for sure, I realized that I started to lose myself somewhere in the development and the process of creating this podcast Around episode, a lot in episode 60s. A lot of episodes in 70s too, not a lot, but a good amount. Some didn't make the cut, but around 60s, 70s, a lot of episodes in 70s too, not a lot, but a good amount. Some didn't make the cut, but around 60s, 70s, a little bit in 80s, but not as much, but some of those episodes. You see, I took a very passive approach because I was started to feel very insecure and consumed about what I was going through in my personal life.

Speaker 1: 10:15

So I was looking for validation outside of myself, which is crazy because when I started this podcast, it was about validating myself. It was about speaking life into my days. I wanted to create a safe space where I could be transparent and just raise my frequency confidently and shine my light confidently and not feel like I had to dim it. It's crazy how self-doubt and insecurities and things you're going through can really change and affect you as a person because slowly, podcasts started morphing from me speaking life to me and me shining unapologetically to me. Dimming my light for other people, for the guests to feel more comfortable, while I feel uncomfortable on my own platform. Isn't that crazy? Isn't that crazy? Like that's like, like that's actually insane.

Speaker 1: 11:21

Not recommended, zero out of ten, zero stars. I would not recommend you do that. Um, I experienced firsthand, just I experienced firsthand. Just watching back those episodes is very hard for me because I see that I'm constantly like looking for validation on my points I'm not trying to be too confrontational with my guests and I'm not and I started to lose the messaging of my podcast. It's to a point where, like not being able to articulate your business, your messaging will get you lost. You, when you lose yourself. It's very hard for you to articulate your vision and where you want to go with your business or just your day-to-day endeavors and your goals Very hard to navigate when you lose yourself and it's very hard to be able to navigate where you want to go without, of course, outside influence.

Speaker 1: 12:47

And I started to try to look outside of myself for validation a lot during that time because I just didn't feel confident in my own validation and I started to look for people with bigger platforms. I started to really just hide behind what I was going through, trying to, like, look for that validation, looking for that oh Deja, you're doing such a good job, I'm so proud of you. Like, oh my God, you're doing so good. Good job, I'm so proud of you. Like, oh my God, you're doing so good, instead of telling myself good job, like I used to. But you start losing sight of the vision. You start losing sight of my vision and my internal dialogue became very clouded with other people's perception of how the podcast should be, and this was reflected in my lack of confidence to make solo episodes and I started to rely on other people to shine on my platform while I dim my light, which is still crazy.

Speaker 1: 13:56

I did that, yo, like I really did that, like I was really hiding my personality on my own podcast because I was insecure and not wanting to show too much of myself, not wanting to just shine unapologetically which is wild to me like please don't do that, please don't do it. I I'm telling you it's, it's. It's something I'm still trying to forgive myself for and I do forgive myself for that Like I'm gonna give myself grace, like it's all a process. At the end of the day, it's all a learning process and I'm just sharing what I've learned over this time. Um, yeah, I was just allowing people to've learned over this time. Yeah, I was just allowing people to shine. They were pushing their agendas, their messaging their interests. Nothing's wrong with that, but it's like I am. I was not being as transparent, as vulnerable, and that's the whole reason I started this. So it's so ironic that I was like really doing all of that.

Speaker 1: 15:01

Um, but I also found something beautiful. A beautiful lesson in this also is that as I evolve with this podcast, I'm glad that I've learned that lesson now. Better sooner than later. I mean better now than never. I realized that as I evolved with this podcast, that this platform is like putting a mirror up to my face and looking at my authentic self, and if I'm constantly looking for guests with bigger platforms to feel validated. I feel like I will always be chasing that validation from others and trying to prove my worth Like, instead of realizing that, no matter who supports my business, that I believe in myself, I believe that I will be successful. Um, it doesn't really matter what other people think I know it's a cliche thing to say, but I believe that I will be successful.

Speaker 1: 16:02

There's a scripture that goes belief as small as a mustard seed could move mountains. Belief as small as a mustard seed can move mountains. Just remember, it doesn't matter how little bit you believe in yourself. That belief alone. Hold on to it. Cling on to it. Your life depends on it. Belief alone, hold on to it. Cling on to it like your life depends on it.

Speaker 1: 16:31

And those insecurities, those that negative self-talk, that negative voice in your head that's telling you you can't do it. Stomp it out, grab it by its neck, stomp it out, step, put your foot on its neck and stomp it out repeatedly. Just beat her down, beat her down, beat her down, beat her down, beat her down. And you gotta really listen more to. That voice is telling you that you can do it. You can do it. Um, it's not an easy task. It takes a lot of courage, but you can do it.

Speaker 1: 17:04

Um, just that little bit of hope that things will work out in your favor, that everything is going to fall into plan, will fuel you to move with more intention in everything you're doing, especially in your business, and take that authority over your life. Take the authority over your life. Take the authority over your life. You are not your thoughts. Your thoughts are always fleeting. These tough moments are always fleeting. It's always passing. You are what God tells you you are. Don't allow your demons to win. Fight back, fight back, fight back. Stomp it out. Stomp those demons out. It's hard. It's hard to stomp it out and it's also hard to believe in yourself. Choose a hard, pick a struggle. Choose a hard One is going to be way more costly in the long run. So that's really what I started to realize is that you have to pick whether you're going to hide behind your adversity or if you're going to use it as your motivation, and me personally, I'm use it as your motivation, and me personally, I'm using it as motivation.

Speaker 1: 18:34

Very yeah, and that's really what I had to get it off my chest today. I had to get it off, so I got it off and I feel good. I feel good. Thank you. If you listened to the end of another episode. I appreciate you. You really listened to that and like, oh my God, I love that for. Thank you if you listened to the end of another episode. I appreciate you.

Speaker 1: 18:48

You really listened to that and like, oh my god, I love that for you. Like you really listened to that and I know you love yourself like for real. I see you there, smiling, glowing. You look good. Like, oh my god, like I really hope you have the best day ever, like the best day. And if you didn't already tell a friend to tell a friend that it's mind over matter, baby, I'm going to stop before I break this soundboard. I miss it here. You see, I can't do all that extra stuff in the studio without being heavily judged, but I'm back and I'm better. And just know, just know, just know. I'm back and I'm better. Aren't you bad as ever?