Welcome back to the Happy Productive Podcast! Today, we talk with Shulamit Ber Levtov, an entrepreneur's therapist, about processing emotions for business success. Shulamit works with women business owners, emphasizing the importance of mental and emotional health in the entrepreneurial journey.
Learn how to manage the emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship by setting boundaries and seeking support. Shulamit explains how understanding and accepting your emotions can provide valuable lessons and greater clarity. Tune in to discover how emotional health can propel you forward in life and business.
Timestamps:
👔 Shulamit is the entrepreneurs' therapist and the cofounder of The Business Therapy Center, who works with women business owners to care for their mental and emotional well-being: entrepreneurs need therapists who understand entrepreneurship. 03:21
🚬 Isolation affects your physical health as much as smoking 15 cigarettes a day: the nature of isolation for entrepreneurs is unique. 05:54
💪 Entrepreneurs are strong, capable, competent people who are even stronger with support. 08:51
💭 Emotions can appear through self-talk and thoughts: when you spend a little time with the parts of you that are frustrated, you can learn important information about the steps you need to take to move your businesses forward. 11:47
😨 The habit of caring for yourself is the real gold that makes you more resourced and helps you handle the rest of your life better: fear tells you to pay attention and keeps you humble. 16:59
✅ "Big T trauma explodes, and small t trauma erodes" - small erosive events that occur over and over again can also result in a traumatized nervous system: the same event can impact people differently depending on the support and recovery they have. 24:45
📱 Boundary challenges can come from trauma and cause survival instincts that stay too long: get a separate phone, have one for business and one for home so you can step away and have more gumption, energy, and enthusiasm the next day. 30:56
🫶 We have intimacy with our business, just like with our beloveds: intimacy is built through communication and trust with ourselves, our beloveds, and our business. 37:59
Links:
Connect with Schulamit: www.shula.ca/newsletter
7 Threats To Your Mental Health As An Entrepreneur: www.shula.ca/7-factors-mental-health-entrepreneurs
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